Directing Your Directing Career Part I
Course Outline:
Know Thyself
- Why be a Director?
- Career and Life Vision
- Your Personal Mission D. Setting Goals and
- Defining Strategies
It’s Who You Know
- You Already Know the Right People
- Making Contacts and Keeping Them
- I Need to See Your Work
- Staying Connected to the Profession
Everything You Do You Still Audition
- Interviews and Meetings (include role-playing interviews)
- Getting the Most From Each Project
Career Development Opportunities
- SDC Foundation Programs
- Drama League
- TCG/NEA Program
- Bailiwick Rep Festival
- Sundance Theatre Lab
- Lincoln Center Directors Lab
- Regional Theatre Opportunities
East Coast, West Coast or All Around the Globe
- Follow Your Goals
- Advantages of New York, L.A. and other cities
- Opportunities Abroad
Directing Your Directing Career – Part II
Course Outline:
Grants and Fellowships
- Gielgud Fellowship
- Phil Killian Directing Fellowship
- Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship
- Getting Grants for Project
- Foundation Center
- Local and State Arts Councils
Do I Need An Agent and How Do I Get One?
- Pros and Cons of Having and Agent
- Getting the Right Agent
- Using the Relationship with An Agent
Producing Your Own Work
- Pros and Cons
- For Profit vs. Not-for-Profit
- Wearing the Producer’s Hat
- Budgets, Spaces, Production Costs
- Raising Money
- Was It Worth It?
Mid-Career and Future Goals
- Practical Steps
- Joining the Union: Why and When?
- Ongoing Study
- Workshops and Other Classes
Balancing Business and Art
- What Is the Right Balance?
- Working When No One is Hiring You
- The Best Day Jobs
- Staying Motivated: Some Tips
- Final Thoughts
Each Part is Approximately 4 Hours.
Please contact me regarding dates and rates for these workshops.