Laserfiche WebLink
• <br /> • <br /> • <br /> Three common categories of theater management for municipal theaters are: <br /> Presenter - The operation and management of a municipally owned Presenter theater is <br /> by a theater management organization that contracts to manage the facility. Presenter <br /> management provides for a well balanced schedule by seeking out special presentations <br /> and special events and by marketing the theater for organized presentations (annual <br /> events and series). Community user groups and touring groups sometimes rent the <br /> theater for their own use. Normally these renter groups are responsible for their own <br /> ticket marketing and promotion; often hiring the theater management organization to <br /> perform that function. Touring groups rely on the Presenter management for all <br /> arrangements and charge a set fee to the Presenter management organization. <br /> Examples of this organizational operation include: <br /> • Washington Center for the Arts <br /> • Broadway Performance Hall <br /> ■ The Opera House <br /> • Pantages <br /> • Rialto <br /> • Yakama Capitol Theatre <br /> Producer - A resident theater company or producing organization contracts to run the <br /> total operation of the theater, usually via a long term lease. They develop, finance and <br /> produce their own shows and events. In a Producer theater the priority for use of the <br /> facility is for the resident company's own presentations. Examples of this <br /> organizational operation include: <br /> ■ Bagley Wright - Seattle Repertory Theatre <br /> • Intiman Theatre <br /> • Seattle Children's Theatre <br /> Rental - While operating under conditions similar to a Presenter theater, very few <br /> provisions are made to seek out users or actively promote and publicize the facility as a <br /> community asset. The facility is there when a user group comes forward to rent it. <br /> • Omak Performing Arts Center <br /> In the interviews conducted with municipally owned northwest theaters, we found that <br /> each theater primarily belonged in one of these categories. It is also noted that many of <br /> the theaters had a secondary function. <br /> CITY OF EVERETT <br /> COMMUNITY THEATER MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET PLAN <br /> Page 3 <br />