THEA 210
The Art of Making Art: Production Management Across the Arts Fall 2023
Division I

An introductory look at management across the performing arts from the point of view of the Production Manager and Artistic Producer. How do these team members facilitate the conceptual ideas of creative teams while balancing the practical realities of the business of the arts? This course will examine how collaborators in a variety of fields breakdown barriers, embrace change and recover from failures. Through exercises, textual analysis and research projects participants will develop a theoretical creative project and will explore the management process in the following areas: communication, collaboration, scheduling, budgeting, human resources, negotiation and creativity.