Presenting performances / Thomas Wolf ; illustrated by Barbara Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Thomas, 1945-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts sponsorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Performing arts sponsorship.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Sixth revised edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : ACA Books ; Saint Paul, MN : Distributor to the trade in the U.S., Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, [1991]

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Administration

Get organized!

Incorporate and protect your tax-exempt status

Pick your trustees with utmost care

Give your board a working structure

Maximize your work force

Spend your dollars where they count

Know the law

When it comes to money, be cautious

Programming and performances

Remember, performers are people, too

Don't buy a pig in a poke

It's often negotiable

Insist on a contract

Use your performers fully

Prepare your performers

Be a good parent to your performers

Filling the auditorium

You have to make it happen

Check the competition

Use publicity materials that look professional

Start your subscription campaign early

Work closely with newspapers

Use the radio and TV, too

Make it easy to get tickets

Make the night of the performance special

Build your audience overtime

Fund raising

Don't fantasize

Make your fund-raising events lucrative

Make it easy to contribute to your organization

Concentrate your efforts on individual contributors

Find benevolent angels

Remember your local businesses

If you must chase a rainbow, read this section

When dealing with public funding agencies, persevere

Behind the curtain

Don't buy a Rube Goldberg!

Know your space

Hire reliable technical help

Know the union rules

Supply proper equipment that works

For open space performances, consider desert islands and time squares

Be prepared

Sample bylaws

Sample contract rider

Sample press release

Sample fund-raising letter

Procedure for applying to he national endowment of arts

Technical glossary

Regional arts organizations.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters."

"Copublished with Allworth Press."

Includes bibliographical references (page 183) and index.

ISBN:

0915400987

9780915400980

OCLC:

24467876