Business/Legal Information: Theater

Membership benefits in Actors Equity Association include health insurance, pension benefits, and casting news. Members also have access to services through the Actors Federal Credit Union and the Actors Fund.

Monthly newsletter that summarizes key developments at art councils around New York State.

Everything one needs to know to form and build a theater company.

Comprehensive, ready-to-use collection of 25 model business and legal forms covering every aspect of theater law.

One-stop guide to theater law.

A bimonthly newsletter that summarizes federal legislation pertaining to the arts.

The ACLU provides information on censorship issues facing artists.

Emerging and growing performance companies, technical theater personnel, students of theater design, and architects will find successful techniques for renovation, restoration, and improvement in this essential guide. Checklists, sample contracts, architectural drawings, contact resources, and examples of successful projects illustrate how to achieve your goals. Available on Amazon.

A&U is an unusual hybrid publication whose readership reflects a cross section of society: leading intellectuals, business and civic leaders, artists, AIDS educators, AIDS activists, doctors, pharmacists, and others who are well-informed about the disease.

Services designed to help artists understand how to tap the business side of their art. Strategic planning, marketing, fundraising and a variety of other services.

On-line listing of opportunities for artists.

Online tutorials on grantwriting, portfolio protocols, negotiating and selling work, copyright issues, investment tips, and finding residency programs.