Theatre director Oliver Butler discusses the state of pay for theatre directors.
Topics:
⭐️ Director Fees at Non-Profit Theatres in NYC
⭐️ Giving credit to the non profits that pay above the SDC minimum.
⭐️ Actionable steps to address the issue both for individuals and institutions.
⭐️ Discussing theatre pay honestly and in public so we don’t uphold the myth that it’s livable.
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Artistic Finance
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Oliver Butler Instagram Videos
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Oliver Butler
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A Knock of the Roof:
https://www.nytw.org/show/a-knock-on-the-roof/
https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/a-knock-on-the-roof/
WEER by Natalie Palamides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEER_(play)
GuideStar
The Public Theatre
Oscar Eustis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Eustis
Manhattan Theatre Club
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/
SoHo Rep
https://sohorep.org/staff-board/
Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/
New York Theatre Workshop
Non Profit Theatre Budgets - 33% of Income From Ticket Sales
https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/nonprofit-theatres-rebounding-but-expenses-skyrocketing/
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Budget Reports
https://tcg.org/Web/Our-Work/Research/Theatre-Facts.aspx
Oliver Butler (he/him) is a theatre director who grew up in New England and is now based in The Rockaways in Queens. He directed the critically-acclaimed Broadway premiere of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me (Best Play Tony Award Nomination, Obie Award Winner, Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Drama League Award Nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination; and Drama Desk Award Nomination; Finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), a film version of which is now streaming on Amazon Prime. He is directing the off-Broadway premiere of A Knock on the Roof by Khawla Ibraheem at New York Theatre workshop, which just return
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