Monday, November 23, 2009

Madison Conference - Day Two

Yesterday, we spent a lot of time on two topics - marketing theatre (seasons, tickets) and selecting a season. There was a lot of discussion in both areas, and we're behind on the agenda - we've got lots of topics to cover today and Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, I'm leaving on Tuesday morning and will have to leave the Tuesday session early in order to get to the airport in time for my flight.

There seems to be an overall thought of two things - lots of community theatre directors are burned out and need to be "recharged" at this meeting, and we're all concerned about the next group of plays/musicals that we're going to produce. The "hits & misses" session last night had limited usefulness - there was lots of disagreement - what worked in Peoria didn't work in Sacramento. Hard to gain consensus on shows.

I have two questions that I hope to get answers today from the groups:
1) How do other theatres list the "crew" in the program without knowing the volunteers in advance?
2) Do other theatres have a master calender or schedule posted on line?



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