Small Productions
May 14, 2020
Small Productions
May 14, 2020
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Many Broadway producers start their careers by producing much smaller-scale shows, often in tiny spaces and for short runs off-off-Broadway. The experience is invaluable, but the rules are very different from Broadway. CTI has teamed up with Shay Gines of New York Innovative Theatre Foundation to create a full-day course that will explore this theatrical world. The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation’s purpose is to celebrate the great work being done off-off-Broadway and help bolster the community surrounding those shows.

Inspired by feedback received from CTI participants, this course will explore how and where to mount a small production, how to find the resources to make tiny budgets go far, and how to find an audience – perfect for producers, writers, and actors looking to kick-start their careers.

If you intend to enroll at the student ($55) or educator ($85) rates, please email Commercial.Theater.Institute.Info@gmail.com from a school (.edu) account.

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Day One

1:00pm – 1:15pm   Welcome/Opening

  Tom Viertel, The Commercial Theater Institute

1:15pm – 1:30pm   Intro to Indie Theatre

  Akia Squitieri, NYIT, Rising Sun Performance Company

  Cat Parker, NYIT, Articulate Theatre Company

1:30pm – 2:15pm   Financials: Best Business Practices & Budgets

  Clarissa Soto Josephs, Pentacle

2:15pm – 3:00pm   Marketing & Social Media

  Ariel Estrada, Leviathan Lab

3:00pm – 3:15pm   Break

3:15pm – 3:45pm   Codes & Contracts

  Aimee Todoroff, Elephant Run District

3:45pm – 4:15pm   Fundraising for Indie Theatre

  Meredith Lucio, Aaron Grant Theatrical, The Assembly

4:15pm – 4:20pm   Break

4:20pm – 4:50pm   Festivals

  Akia Squitieri, NYIT, Rising Sun Performance Company

4:50pm – 5:00pm   Closing Remarks

  Tom Viertel, The Commercial Theater Institute

Day Two

1:00pm – 1:15pm   Welcome/Reconvening

  Tom Viertel, The Commercial Theater Institute

1:15pm – 1:45pm   Resources for Producing

  Corinne Woods, A.R.T./New York

1:45pm – 2:45pm   COVID-19 Panel

  Ann Marie Lonsdale, Cave Canem Foundation

  Randi Berry, The Indie Theatre Fund, Wreckio Ensemble

  Corinne Woods, A.R.T./New York

  Aimee Todoroff, Elephant Run District

2:45pm – 3:00pm   Break

3:00pm – 3:55pm     Producing in Virtual & Digital Platforms

  Moderator: Cat Parker, NYIT, Articulate Theatre Company

  Rob Neill, New York Neo-Futurists

  Katie Rosin, Kampfire Films

  Federica Borlenghi, HERE WE GO

  Maera Daniel Hagage, Dirty Laundry Theatre

  Liz Ulmer, Sony/ATV

  Dominic D’Andrea, Queens Theatre

  Erez Ziv, Frigid New York

  Mark Levy, Independent Actor/Producer/Writer

3:55pm – 4:00pm   Break

4:00pm – 4:40pm   Keynote

  Melissa Moschitto, The Anthropologists

4:40pm – 4:50pm   Wrap Up

  Akia Squitieri, NYIT, Rising Sun Performance Company

  Cat Parker, NYIT, Articulate Theatre Company

4:50pm – 5:00pm   Closing Remarks

  Tom Viertel, The Commercial Theater Institute