Theater Festivals PA

Playwrights, directors, heads and members of ensemble performance groups,roducers, and students and budding thespians starting out in the businessill find a comprehensive resource to more than 50 festivals throughout theorld. Readers will find expert tips to selecting festivals that are bestuited to their work, as this directory explains which festivals areerformance-driven, fringe, or playwright-oriented; which festivals drawroducers with the deepest pockets; and which draw the biggest crowds.;Everytep of festival participation is covered: contact information, applicationequirements, auditions and tryout performances, face-to-face meetings andore. Readers will find all the tips they need to travel with their shows,uch as customizing a production for the road, packing, budgeting, andbtaining insurance. This book also serves as a full business primer,nswering essential questions on negotiating and networking with producers.

Lisa Mulcahy is a theater teacher, director, and performer. She was the cowriter and stage manager of the hit off-braodway musical Renegade Sluts on Bikes. She lives in Fitchburg, MA.