HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE OPERATIONS for Architects, Administrators and Academics

By Elizabeth Rand

These days many junior and senior high schools are being built or re-modeled with a state-of-the-art theatre on campus. Architects who normally specialize in educational facilities find themselves appointed to design theatres, and administrators who normally specialize in instruction and learning find themselves appointed to manage a theatre. In addition, too often it takes a school district by surprise after their high school theatre is built, that there are special operational, staffing and safety factors that need funding. One district administrator commented that he had never had to think about school theatres so much in his career as he has to now!Having to design a theatre without having an understanding of how it functions is like being charged with painting the lines on a football field without knowing how the game is played. Having to manage a theatre facility without an understanding of its operations is like coaching a football team by just letting them get on with the game themselves, making up their own rules and safety procedures. Furthermore, a theatre is like a construction site - in the dark. Where else are students allowed to fly heavy weights over people without safety helmets, operate equipment 30 feet in the air, repair electrical equipment, use power tools, to name but a few activities inherent to working in a theatre.This book will take you behind the scenes and give you insight into what matters to a high school theatre's operations, and give you a better understanding of the essentials to consider, such as: what consumable equipment to stock, how to create versatile lighting, sound, stage and communication systems; how to develop customized operational policies and procedures that improve personal safety, protect property, and mitigate liability; what systems, forms, scheduling procedures are needed; how to set budgets and fees; and more. This book also advocates for safe, relevant and empowering learning environments, and will help you design facilities and programs that will maximize student learning - providing real-world experience and transferable personal and career skills for all performing students, and provide vocational training for tech theatre students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508813396
• ISBN13: 9781508813392
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"