THEATRICALLY SPEAKING

Theatrically Speaking : a guide to operations for the nonprofit arts organization

by Enid Holm

This book should be in the library of every nonprofit theatre. Topics covered in the 340 page book include the legalities: organizing and structuring for the business of theatre; developing codes of operation for business and artistic endeavors; management by goals and objectives; and much, much more. Included in the appendix are sample By laws, Articles of Incorporations, Annual Fund Drive Campaign, etc.

Comments about the book:

Theatrically Speaking by Enid Holm is a brilliant, down-home, cracker barrel smart compendium of fundamentals regarding community theatre. Every worker in community theatre, and everyone dreaming of starting a community theatre must have Theatrically Speaking.
- Paul Baker

This is a candid work, thoughtful and provocative, filled with personal insight . . . clearly the result of a well spent life . . . a grand effort to reorient and organize community theatre for generations!
- John Paul Batiste, Executive Director, Texas Commission on the Arts

. . . Theatrically Speaking is an extraordinarily useful reference for the smooth running of a theatre company. . . . This book wins our highest recommendation.
- from Off The Shelf, STAGE DIRECTIONS magazine

Cost for Theatrically Speaking is $35 plus $4.50 shipping and handling. 75% of the proceeds from sales of the book go to benefit the Texas Commission on the Arts Cultural Endowment, Texas Non-profit Theatres, Inc. and the American Association of Community Theatre.