1st Edition

Technical Management for the Performing Arts Utilizing Time, Talent, and Money

By Mark Shanda, Dennis Dorn Copyright 2016
    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    Technical Management for the Performing Arts: Utilizing Time, Talent, and Money is a comprehensive guide to the tools and strategies of a successful technical manager. This book demonstrates how you can coordinate personnel, raw materials, and venues, all while keeping a production on a tight schedule and within budget. From concept to realization, through nightly performances, Technical Management for the Performing Arts focuses on the technical and organization skills a technical manager must demonstrate, and emphasizes the need for creativity and interpersonal management of a team.

    Acknowledgements

    Preface

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAP 1 – Meet the Manager & the Triangle

    PART TWO: FOUNDATIONS

    CHAP 2 –Roles

    CHAP 3 – Authority

    CHAP 4 – Personnel

    CHAP 5 – Communication

    CHAP 6 -- Specialized communication

    CHAP 7 -- Professional Practices & Resources

    CHAP 8 -- Employment

    PART 3 – STRATEGIES

    CHAP 9 -- Planning & Scheduling

    Chap 10 – Analysis & Problem Solving

    CHAP 11 – Budgets & Quality Control

    CHAP 12 – Putting it all together

    PART FOUR – WRAP UP

    CHAP 13 – Looking back as we look forward

    APPENDIX

      1. Blueprint of a Production
      2. Technical Production Guidelines
      3. Standard Technical Information Package
      4. Scene Studio Safety Form
      5. Scene Studio Standards
      6. Labor Estimation Guidelines
      7. Evaluation Form
      8. Sample Job Descriptions

    Biography

    Mark Shanda is a professor at The Ohio State University and former resident technical director and Department of Theatre chair. He recently completed a five-year term as the dean of arts and humanities at Ohio State. He is now serving as president of USITT, where he is also Fellow of the Institute. He has authored numerous articles about theatre technology.

    A professor emeritus and a former director of theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dennis Dorn functioned in the Department of Theatre and Drama as technical director and/or designer for more than 180 productions. He is an active member and Fellow of USITT, and has been an active contributor to Theatre Design & Technology magazine.