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Title:
Theater careers : a realistic guide / Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson.
Author:
Donahue, Tim, 1952-

Patterson, Jim (Jim Aris)
Publication Information:
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2012.
Call Number:
PN2074 .D66 2012
Abstract:
Theater Careers is designed to empower aspiring theater professionals to make savvy, informed decisions through a concise overview of how to prepare for and find work in the theater business. Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson offer well-researched information on various professions, salary ranges, educational and experience requirements, and other facets certain to enlighten students contemplating a theater career, as well as inform counselors, teachers, and parents of available opportunities and the demands of each path. --from publisher description.
ISBN:
9781611170801

9781611170818
Physical Description:
173 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
The many jobs in professional theater -- Theater education offers many paths -- Choosing a university, consider time and money -- Theater income varies -- Theatrical unions make rules but not jobs -- Theater jobs are everywhere ... but mostly in New York -- Many choose many careers -- Find current facts -- Afterword: love theater without a career in theater -- Appendix A: the American community survey -- Appendix B: the National Science Foundation's "National survey of college graduates" -- Appendix C: IATSE local types -- Appendix D: IATSE stage employee locals.
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