Yesterday, I read the American Theatre article on the mess at New Dramatists. I’d like to examine this as a case study on communication (or lack thereof). I started sharing my thoughts on communication a little over a week ago, but boy is the ND situation ever a neon sign highlighting multiple things at once. […]
Category: leadership
The Reckoning is Here
I’m taking a quick break from the blog series that grew out of my workshops at SWTC to highlight the signs that the nonprofit theatre reckoning is here; the reckoning many of us saw coming at the beginning of the pandemic…but was blissfully delayed by SVOG funding. Yesterday, I read this article on Williamstown Theatre […]
BRAINS! How to build a Working Board (and staff)
In yesterday’s post, I suggested you build your Board (and small staff) based on the types of brains you need. What did I mean by that? In my ~25 years working in nonprofit theatre, I’ve noticed we tend to have two approaches to hiring: Of course, when you read them written out in black and […]
Excuse me, why do you exist?
This is the first of a series of posts that have come out of a workshop I created for the South West Theatre Conference in Little Rock last weekend. The thoughts contained herein have been informed by a ton of articles read, lectures and workshops attended, and conversations enjoyed over the last few years. Apologies […]
Treating Yourself to a Retreat
Today I head back to my regular life. For the past five days I’ve been on my own little retreat, hidden away in a cabin in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. All by myself. When I first started talking about this plan I received a lot of responses like, “wow, you are so brave!,” “gosh, […]