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Shifting Strategies: Addressing Challenges in Audience Engagement and Income

Shifting Strategies: Addressing Challenges in Audience Engagement and Income The American theater is confronting a complex set of challenges, with shifting societal expectations and changes in audience behavior. The Public Theater is addressing many of these challenges head on. Join Patrick Willingham and Ciara Murphy, Executive Director and Director of Strategic Research and Planning of the Public Theater, in a conversation about contributed and other forms of income and strategies for audience engagement across a broad swath of communities. Heidi Thompson-Saunders, Managing Director of Court Theatre and Treasurer of the board of …

Bystander Intervention and Prevention Workshop

Bystander Intervention and Prevention Workshop The Your Life is My Life Bystander Intervention and Prevention Program through the Alliance of Local Service Organizations provides an opportunity for members of the theatre community to actively engage in safely preventing and ending violence and encourages individuals to practice accountability. The training provides interactive opportunities for participants to consider what safety means and allow for imagining what a safer environment could look like at theatres and other settings. The workshop offers practical prevention and intervention strategies in a scenario-based curriculum that covers: The many forms …

CGTA Pop Up Costume Swap

CGTA Pop Up Costume Swap FREE Costume and Clothing SWAP sponsored by the Chicago Green Theatre Alliance and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. Friday Oct 18th 10am-5pm & Saturday Oct 19th 10am-5pm Bring costumes, clothing and accessories that you no longer want or need. Take costumes, clothing and accessories for free. Use items from the SWAP on stage, at home or save for later. Just help us keep these items from the landfill. All wearable pieces will be accepted. All leftover pieces will be donated. Please note we are NOT collecting other …

Erasing Racism Workshop – Cohort D

Erasing Racism Workshop – Cohort D Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 10AM – 5PM The Alice at Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn The League is once again working with Keryl McCord of Equity Quotient to present a two day Erasing Racism workshop available for all member companies of the League. The aim of the workshop is to build a collective vision for a more just, equitable, more open and transparent, diverse and inclusive theatre community. Workshop attendees will: – Fully comprehend how racial systems develop and a clear definition of …

Effective Management Strategies for Theatre Leaders

Effective Management Strategies for Theatre Leaders Friday, November 8, 2019, 9AM – 5PM Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin Garage Space, 1624 N. Halsted Robbin Walker is back! This popular one-day workshop provides participants with new leadership skills they can put into action immediately. Topics will include exploring elements of highly-effective teams, understanding different behavioral styles, delivering effective feedback and resolving conflict. Robbin creates a learning environment that is energetic and highly interactive, providing you with critical skills, information and solutions based on best practices and widely-used management principles. A few examples where your enhanced …

Fall Chicago Green Theatre Alliance Meeting

Fall Chicago Green Theatre Alliance Meeting Help us make Chicago theatre greener! Join us for the next meeting of the Chicago Green Theatre Alliance and help push our CGTA initiatives forward. We’ll gather to hear a guest speaker, and share new ideas and bright spots. Actors, administrators, designers, technicians, stage managers, production managers and anyone that is interested in helping Chicago theatres adopt more environmentally-friendly practices is welcome!

Click. Click. Done. Must-Have Google Analytics Settings

Click. Click. Done. Must-Have Google Analytics Settings Join Drew McManus, Principal of Venture Industries Online for a hands-on workshop with Google Analytics. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop with their organization’s Analytics login for a live working session. Without a doubt, Google Analytics does all sorts of great things, but that doesn’t mean you are getting a complete picture. To get every benefit of the data, you’ll need to activate and/or setup several key features. Attendees will get step by step instructions on how to implement must-have GA settings in …