I love theater! I've been doing more backstage than onstage work. For the Thursday preview, I was running the board to control the lights and soundFX.
But I have had a little film acting experience. Two indie films and two TV shows. Well, I only count one of the shows -- my scenes in an episode of HACK never made it to the final version!
There are a number of theaters in downtown Philadelphia.
I live about an hour north of downtown Philly, in Bucks County. And I participate in theater groups in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, both of which have diverse and active theater groups -- community and otherwise.
Aside from a leading role in a production for the Dutch Country Players last year, I have been primarily active in tech and backstage work at the Montgomery Theater in Souderton, PA.
The Montgomery Theater, which was never a community theater, recently made the jump from not-for-profit business to Small Professional Theater. So there are lots of changes to weather right now.
Happy to help -- if I can help in any way. I thought I might have rambled way off course and answered the wrong question.
Small Professional Theater, as far as I can tell so far, is different from non-profits in that:
(1) They are in a different category for purchasing performance rights (you are either non-profit or pro ... no middle ground).
(2) Pro outfits, size notwithstanding, get preferred treatment from the distributers -- in terms of getting the shows they want, when they want them. They also pay more per performance for those rights.
(3) The designation of "Small Professional Theater" dictates that a certain number of roles must go to Equity actors, and an Equity stage manager must be on hand as well. There are other Equity rules and such to follow for auditions, rehearsal, etc. But I won't go into listing all that.
As far as making money is concerned, there are a number of revenue streams to help with the costs and such (donations, sponsorships, grants, etc.). Heck, even membership on the board of directors carries a financial committment.
Oh, and none of that is unique to SPT, as our theater was already pursuing those things well before the shift.
3 comments:
Hi Ricia!
I love theater! I've been doing more backstage than onstage work. For the Thursday preview, I was running the board to control the lights and soundFX.
But I have had a little film acting experience. Two indie films and two TV shows. Well, I only count one of the shows -- my scenes in an episode of HACK never made it to the final version!
There are a number of theaters in downtown Philadelphia.
I live about an hour north of downtown Philly, in Bucks County. And I participate in theater groups in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, both of which have diverse and active theater groups -- community and otherwise.
Aside from a leading role in a production for the Dutch Country Players last year, I have been primarily active in tech and backstage work at the Montgomery Theater in Souderton, PA.
The Montgomery Theater, which was never a community theater, recently made the jump from not-for-profit business to Small Professional Theater. So there are lots of changes to weather right now.
Have I answered your question?
Happy to help -- if I can help in any way. I thought I might have rambled way off course and answered the wrong question.
Small Professional Theater, as far as I can tell so far, is different from non-profits in that:
(1) They are in a different category for purchasing performance rights (you are either non-profit or pro ... no middle ground).
(2) Pro outfits, size notwithstanding, get preferred treatment from the distributers -- in terms of getting the shows they want, when they want them. They also pay more per performance for those rights.
(3) The designation of "Small Professional Theater" dictates that a certain number of roles must go to Equity actors, and an Equity stage manager must be on hand as well. There are other Equity rules and such to follow for auditions, rehearsal, etc. But I won't go into listing all that.
As far as making money is concerned, there are a number of revenue streams to help with the costs and such (donations, sponsorships, grants, etc.). Heck, even membership on the board of directors carries a financial committment.
Oh, and none of that is unique to SPT, as our theater was already pursuing those things well before the shift.
Oh ... I can talk about theater all day!! :)
Post a Comment