420 stories by "Michael Roderick"
This week's A.P.T. is Sink or Swim Rep which has taken on the ambitious task of producing two shows this summer! They are just about over their fundraising hump and need a little extra push.…
Seth Godin recently took some time to write about the dangers of a grant applcation based on Facebook likes, as well as some observations with Kickstarter and while I am not nearly as clairv…
This weekend I spent indoors thanks to this ridiculous heat, but I didn't spend it watching another NCIS marathon. I spent it reviewing my records. I'm sure at this point, you're picturing a…
This week's guest blog comes from Laura Ramadei of Lesser America. Check out her observations after running her company for a year. Take it away Laura! Another time that I guest blogged for …
Photo by: Darren Wagner This week's A.P.T. is from Janine Pixley who is going to tell you more about the insanely talented Brett Boles. I'm currently consulting producer for his show Forever…
Today I want to bring to light a HUGE productivity killer: Pretending Now before all of the artists, get ready to curse me out, let's take a second to talk about what I mean. I am not refere…
After watching the latest season of Game of Thrones, it should come as no surprise that armor has been on my mind lately. The importance of armor in keeping someone from getting hurt is para…
Listen. That's it. It's interesting how many times I have sat down with someone having a problem with their show, their business, their projects etc. and when we dig into the problem, we fin…
This week's A.P.T. goes out to the prolific Nat Cassidy. If you have been in the indie theatre scene for any number of years, you will have no doubt seen his work in various festivals as a p…
Any entrepreneur will tell you that you have the same 24 hours in a day as anyone else on this earth and that the folks who use those hours most effectively are the most succesful. The quest…
This past weekend a lot happened that was exciting. 1. I launched Finding Center for the first time and it was really cool. My favorite part of teaching is watching my students have A ha! mo…
This week's A.P.T. goes out to Rachel Klein. Not only is Rachel an amazing choreographer and visionary whose work I suggest you see, she is also a tenacious producer. Ms. Klein has been self…
Earlier today I was asked about elevator pitches and what makes them effective. For those new to the lingo, an elevator pitch is a short blurb about you, your business, or your show that is …
Any arts based project is filled with a lot of pressure. I have been in situations where the work of a week has had to be crammed into one day. In all of these cases though, I am always surp…
When I used to teach, one of the books that came up often was The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. You'd use this book to teach students the concept of metaphor. The idea was that if y…
Pizza! If you live in the city, you're going to find pizza on every corner and if you step inside of any of those shops, you're also going to find really good pizza and really bad pizza. Not…
Last night I was out with a group of producers and we were having a conversation about the developmental steps for shows. There were a number of stories of people spending way too much on a …
If I had to identify the one thing that taught me the most about producing when I first got started it was doing internships and volunteering for projects. It was a great opportunity for me …
This week's guest blog comes from my good friend Lenny Schwartz. What I admire so much about Lenny is that he's always writing and exploring new territory. His list of work is so impressive …
Back in July of 2011 I received an email from a young woman who was really excited about a reading of a new play in the Midtown International Theatre Festival. I was struck by the email beca…
One of the most common concerns I hear from clients is that they feel they can't get beyond their existing customer base. Whether it involves raising money and they are trying to get beyond …
This memorial day weekend a whole slew of deals were made. And I'm willing to bet very few of them were around a conference table. They happened on boats, at barbeques, and most likely by sw…
This week since my guest blogger cant make it, I wanted to make you all aware of some great projects and causes that could use the support of readers like you. A few notes about support: 1. …
This week's A.P.T. is the film Baby Lu by new up and coming film maker Emily Ray Reese. Below Emily tells about her story and how that story has translated into a film. As a new producer, sh…
One of the shows that I enjoy watching when I have some precious downtime is NCIS. It's one of those murder mystery military things that ends up doing marathons on cable every other weekend.…
