Act on Accessibility
Don’t have a policy to accommodate people with disabilities, both backstage and in the house? You need one.
Category Archives: Best Practices
Taking a page from our Strategies column, we’ve tackled several common theatrical challenges and gathered some of the field’s smartest approaches to addressing them. While all the stories below relate to the theme, our 14-part “best practices” series is aggregated and explained in the story “Tools of the Trade,” and begins below that with the piece titled “Find the Right Leader.”
Play Fair on Pay
How can institutions confront inequity and entrenched privilege in their hiring and workplace policies? Transparency is a good start.
Roll Out the Welcome Wagon
Company managers wear many hats, all fashioned to make out-of-town artists feel at home at the theatre.
Take the Hell Out of Hell Week
Tech will always be hard work, but it doesn’t have to be inhuman.
Make Theatre, Not Waste
How green is your theatremaking? Here are some practical tips to make your work planet-friendly.
Market to New Audiences
4 tips for bringing theatre marketing into the 21st century.
Remove Box-Office Barriers
Theatres don’t need fancy tech to manage box office and customer data, but they do need a system.
Serve Your Audience
You’ve got to make concessions to your theatregoers’ tastes for food and drink.
Prevent First-Degree Burnout
Creating a happy, healthy, equitable work environment for employees is as important as compensating them fairly.
Train for a Diverse Theatre
Diversifying personnel is important, but a more fundamental step might be to change the ways we teach theatre.
