CAREER RESOURCES – STARTING YOUR OWN THEATRE COMPANY

 

FORMING A NONPROFIT CORPORATION IN MASSACHUSETTS:

Process:

http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/forming-nonprofit-corporation-massachusetts

Forms:

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/cornp/npfrm.htm

 

FINDING AND RENTING PERFORMANCE SPACE IN BOSTON:

The Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, The BCA Plaza Theatres, BU Theatre: 

http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/venue-rentals/

IBA’s Villa Victoria Center for the Arts:

http://www.ibaboston.org/rent-our-space/

The Factory Theatre:

http://www.thefactorytheatre.org/?page_id=178

Oberon:

http://americanrepertorytheater.org/node/11443

Berklee Performance Spaces:

https://www.berklee.edu/BPC/rental

Tsai Performance Center:

http://www.bu.edu/tsai/booking/

 

SETTING UP YOUR THEATRE WEBSITE:

Word Press templates:

https://wordpress.org/themes/

http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress

Blogger Templates:

http://btemplates.com/ 

http://www.mybloggerthemes.com/

Other site design services:

http://www.squarespace.com/

http://www.wix.com/

http://www.web.com/

http://www.weebly.com/

 

REGISTER YOUR WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME:

https://www.godaddy.com/

 

SELL TICKETS:

https://www.eventbrite.com

http://www.stubhub.com/

https://www.freshtix.com

https://www.ticketleap.com

 

MARKET YOUR EVENT IN BOSTON:

https://www.facebook.com/business/products/ads/

http://www.bostoneventguide.com

http://www.artsboston.org/

http://www.boston-theater.com/

https://www.smartcrowdz.com

http://www.theatermania.com/boston-theater/shows/

 

BOOKS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED

Reginald Nelson, How to Start Your Own Theatre Company, 2010.

Jim Voltz, How to Run a Theater: Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theater, 2011.