The Fine Art of Collaboration
What are the steps to finding and maintaining a great creative team? Putting together a collaborative creative team is more of an art than most people realize, especially for a musical. After having experienced both good and not so good collaborations, it all...
What Do Producers Look For in a Script?
From Page to … You’ve finished writing your script, held a few readings and incorporated the feedback, and worked with a dramaturg. Maybe you’ve even had a showcase production of your show and have a website up with clips to prove it. Now you need someone to help you...
Welcome to CreateTheater
Connection is the Currency of the 21st Century! I am so excited to launch CreateTheater, the online community for theater professionals. What would it be like to be able to meet other working theater artists online? To take classes, join in industry seminars and...
Denial is not just a river….
Money. There. I said it. As much as I try to avoid it, everything comes back to one thing: money. As artists that's a dirty word. Our art, our mission, is what's important. It's our life's work, our passion, what means more to us than anything in the world. And...
What are the arts to me?
The Relevance of the Arts What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? The spring semester has just begun at the university where I teach, and once again I am faced with the issue of the relevance of my profession. To my large roster of...
Hamilton: Innovation and Inspiration
The first gift of 2016 was the unexpected opportunity to see Hamilton on Broadway. (Yes, sometimes the theater gods are very generous!) Even without Lin-Manuel Miranda - Jon Rua gave an outstanding performance as Alexander Hamilton at our matinee - Hamilton embodies...