Overview
Author and successful producer Paul Harris blends his proven, hands-on experience with advice from industry veterans to show readers, step by step, how to become successful do-it-yourself off-off Broadway producers. This essential guide features hundreds of surefire techniques from selecting a cast to setting up rehearsals and putting on the performance. For anyone who wants to know what it takes to manage and produce a successful showcase production, chapters include: selecting the right play; creating a workable budget; finding a theater; raising money; attracting attention with publicity and advertising; rehearsing the play; putting on the performance; using the Internet; and more. This volume is filled with unique insights, tired-and-true advice, and sound guidance that can't be found anywhere else.
Synopsis
Author and successful producer Paul Harris blends his proven, hands-on experience with advice from industry veterans to show readers, step by step, how to become successful do-it-yourself off-off Broadway producers.
This essential guide features hundreds of surefire techniques from selecting a cast to setting up rehearsals and putting on the performance. For anyone who wants to know what it takes to manage and produce a successful showcase production, chapters include: selecting the right play; creating a workable budget; finding a theater; raising money; attracting attention with publicity and advertising; rehearsing the play; putting on the performance; using the Internet; and more. This volume is filled with unique insights, tired-and-true advice, and sound guidance that can't be found anywhere else.
Emmy Award-nominated independent television and documentary producer, Producer of PBS's series pilot, The American Novel - Julie Sacks
"As an independent producer I found myself wishing I had had Producing Your Own Showcase when I was starting out. An easy read, this step-by-step manual hits all the bases of pre-production, production, and post-production planning. I've already dog-eared the pages with the resource lists. If the answer's not in this manual, you'll know where to find it when you're through reading."
Editorials
Glenn Alterman
"Actors, directors, producers, and playwrights seriously seeking the most useful and up-to-date information on producing their own showcases will find an absolute goldmine of information in this book. I highly recommend it!"— author, Promoting Your Acting Career and Creating Your Own Monologue
Harriet Slaughter
"Producing Your Own Showcase contains a treasury of information about the challenges of producing for those who wish to begin the exciting journey into the business of show business."—Director of Labor Relations, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.
Julie Sacks
"As an independent producer I found myself wishing I had had Producing Your Own Showcase when I was starting out. An easy read, this step-by-step manual hits all the bases of pre-production, production, and post-production planning. I've already dog-eared the pages with the resource lists. If the answer's not in this manual, you'll know where to find it when you're through reading."—Emmy Award-nominated independent television and documentary producer, Producer of PBS's series pilot, The American Novel