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2017 MEDIA KIT The leading publication serving the ENTIRE theatre industry. Theatre involves more than just what appears onstage. People interested in theatre want to know and learn about acting, directing & playwriting, but so many others also want to learn about lighting, sound, staging, special effects, makeup, facility management, producing and much, much more. That is why Stage Directions’ editorial is dedicated to all aspects of theatre. We provide information on everything people interested in theatre want to know about. That is why you should be advertising with us. Stage Directions reaches more than 9,500 venues—from the largest theatrical houses to high-schools with a theatre on campus, and everything in-between, including universities and colleges, performing arts centers, churches, community theatres, equity theatres and museums. All those venues need people to care for them—and those people are our readers. Our readership is second to none. Individuals receiving Stage Directions are owners, presidents, lighting designers, sound designers, scenic designers, make-up artist, riggers, backstage staff/crew and front-of-house staff, actors, directors, producers & educators in addition to consultants, stage managers, facility & box office managers, and everyone else within the theatre industry. In order for any promotional campaign to be effective you must keep your message in front of our readers (your clients) as often as possible. Why give your competitors an advantage over you? www.stage-directions.com/mediakit • 21,557 Qualified Subscribers — Our circulation is audited by Verified Audit Circulation (www.verifiedaudit.com) to ensure circulation integrity. * • 84% of Stage Directions readers make purchasing decisions on lighting products.** • 77% of Stage Directions readers make purchasing decisions on audio products.** • 59% of Stage Directions readers make purchasing decisions on staging products.** *December 2016 Verified Audit Circulation Statement **Publisher’s 2017 Reader Survey SD 03-17-2017 – Theatre Editorial The atre Audience Editorial Profile Michael S. Eddy, Editor of Stage Directions S tage Directions is theatre. We are the only magazine that covers theatre for people who make it—everywhere they make it. While other magazines only glancingly cover theatre, squeezing in an article between talking about the latest concert tour, Stage Directions covers it from back stage to onstage. No matter what segment of the industry you’re in, we are able to put the spotlight on you and your message. We also know that theatre means more than just Broadway. Of course, we cover Broadway shows with the budgets and equipment to push what’s possible—but smart companies know that those shows are only a miniscule part of the market. That theatre in Omaha needs mics, too—and a lot more besides. We speak to all of the theatres across the country, reaching more than 10,000 theatres, performing arts centers, and training programs from coast to coast. And we reach them at every level—our readers need to know, want to know, and look to Stage Directions to inform them about the latest advances in everything theatrical—be it training programs, production products and services. Our readers are passionate about theatre. They are seasoned professionals, highly-skilled technical directors, established designers, early career associates, and the next generation of students. They are more than 20,000-strong who make purchasing decisions and training program choices. When you advertise with Stage Directions you’re not reaching a fraction of an already smaller readership. Our subscriber base is bigger, unique to Stage Directions, and focused on your products and services. We reach them wherever they look for information—in print, online at our industry leading website, and through an engaged and large presence on social media. SD 03-17-2017 Stage Directions can also be an extension of your larger marketing efforts. In addition to our monthly special sections and Company 411 profiles—which offer clients a direct voice to speak to our readers—we also partner with clients to create unique and winning campaigns that offer new ways to reach our readers through contests, social media and other outreach methods. In-Depth and Comprehensive Editorial Every Single Month In addition to its Special Sections and Features which change from month to month, Stage Directions publishes articles in the following categories every month, providing our readers the most complete look at what it takes to make theatre. Answer Box A place to highlight practical answers. Readers contribute solutions to problems they’ve encountered in production, or professionals share their wisdom in conversation with members of TheatreFace.com. Audio Design New York City editor (and musician) Bryan Reesman interviews a different sound designer every month, getting the low down about the low end. Microphone choice and placement, speaker placement and live mixing all get covered. Creative Spotlights They may be used to the spotlight, but our features get actors and directors to dive behind the performance and share their thoughts on creativity, craft and what it takes to make a life in the theatre. Gear Reviews Each month Stage Directions puts a piece of gear under the microscope. Our unique format lets the readers interact directly with the reviewer, insuring the right tests are run so they know exactly how the gear will act in the theatre. Light on the Subject Lumens get the lux treatment in our column that covers all aspects of lighting—design techniques, advances in technology, drafting tips and fundamental theory. Theatre Space You can’t have a show without a stage. Theatre Space shines a spotlight on new and noteworthy theatres in communities across the country, the consultants and architects who conceived and built them, as well as the technology that outfits the space. 2017 Editorial Calendar Date Focus Feature Special Section Bonus Distribution Ad Due Date Jan Buyer's Guide for Small Format Digital Consoles A special section covering aspects of Acting and Stage Management, along with our Summer Study Directory - A survey of summer programs for everyone, from students to professional continuing education. NAMM Dec. 8, 2016 Feb Buyer's Guide to LED Profile Fixtures Scenic Design and Stage Automation March THE PROFILE ISSUE - We talk to the legends of the industry to find the secrets behind their success, gain insight into their innovations, and learn how they've re-shaped theatre. Full page and half page advertisers receive free profile page of equal size. Lighting April Buy or Rent Your Automation? What theatres need to consider when choosing to move. Backdrops and Drapery March 8, 2017 May Makeup Myths from YouTube - Makeup designers correct makeup technicques popularized on YouTube and adapt them for the stage. Special Effects April 8, 2017 June Switches and Standards - Covering control and data networking for theatres Seating and Staging July THEATRE RESOURCES DIRECTORY - SD's Annual encyclopedia of everyone you need to know to help a theatre run smoothly. Aug The 2017 Sound Design Toolkit - Designers share their indispensible tools. Costumes and Makeup Sept Powering, programming and controlling LED tape Video - Everything from LED panels to projectors to projection surfaces as well as media servers and content generation. PLASA Aug. 8, 2017 Oct Buyer's Guide for Fill Speakers THEATRICAL EDUCATION GUIDE - Our comprehensive directory of higher-education theatre programs, highlighting performance and design programs, as well as interviews and insights in how to get the most from an education. AES Sept. 8, 2017 Nov HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE HONORS PROGRAM We highlight superb high school programs from across the country LDI ISSUE - Previews of new products debuting at the show, and a special section covering Lighting and Staging. LDI Oct. 8, 2017 Dec Video tools for theatres of every size. Rigging Jan. 8, 2017 USITT, Prolight + Sound InfoComm Feb. 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 June 8, 2017 Nov. 8, 2017 SD 03-17-2017 July 8, 2017 Special Opportunities Exciting Upgrades to Stage Directions’ School Spotlights School and Company Spotlights S tage Directions has long done in-depth academic profiles with our School Spotlight feature. Now they present an even greater opportunity for schools to reach potential students. Combining first-rate editorial content with an advertising message of your crafting means unbeatable impact. T A two-page advertorial that delivers maximum exposure and return. Spotlights feature a Q&Astyle interview with anyone from your organization and can cover any topic you like, ensuring your message reaches the SD audience. Highlight your staff, facilities, and expertise in a sidebar with content you provide. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to position your organization as a leader in your field today! he main portion of the School Spotlight is a Q & A interview between a Stage Directions writer and a representative of your school. Our writers will work with your staff to create an agenda that will explore all the facets of your program in order to give our readers a detailed look into the workings of your school. Because the story focuses exclusively on your program, you’ll have the space you need to clearly communicate the advantages and unique possibilities your school offers its students. • Expanded Summer Study Directory TheatreFace.com • StageNorth’s A.D. Talks About Community Involvement www.stage-directions.com JANUARY 2010 Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood talk about the risks and rewards of not thinking things through “Stage Directions is a great resource for our high school theatre department. It’s a connection to the world of theatre equipment as well as a place to get new ideas and support.” —Stefoni Burgi • Domonic Sack Covers the Bases The Theatre School at DePaul School Spotlight of Sound Design • How To Finance Higher Learning • Stats and Facts of The Theatre School at DePaul A Backdrop Primer and Directory www.stage-directions.com MAY 2008 Mission Statement The Theatre School at DePaul University educates, trains, and inspires students of theatre in a conservatory setting that is rigorous, disciplined, culturally diverse and that strives for the highest level of professional skill and artistry. A commitment to diversity and equality in education is central to our mission. As an integral part of the training, The Theatre School produces public programming and performances of a wide repertoire of plays—classic, contemporary, and original—that challenge, entertain, and stimulate the imagination. We seek to enhance the intellectual and cultural life of our university community, our city, and our profession. A Q&A with the Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul, John Culbert ANNUAL DIRECTORIES Kevin Spacey Talks Training and the Future of the Old Vic The Career Paths of Two Regional Theatre A.D.s Alternate Models of Artistic Direction About the School • Founded as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925 Students perfect their technique in the make-up lab at The Theatre School at DePaul University John Culbert, Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul Q Stage Dire i cti t ons: So tell me one unique thing about DePaul. A John Culbert: I do think that there are some core values of the school that started in 1925 and are still with us today. And one of those is the commitment to hands-on training for every single student in the school. So the opportunity, whatever one’s discipline is to actually practice what one is learning fo f r everyy body. For example, every actor in the school is guaranteed to have roles in our productions. Our playwriting students will have a production of their play produced before they leave the school. All the designers will design fully-mounted, fully-produced productions in our theatres before they leave. So in every discipline the students practice what they’re doing in addition to studying it. Another core aspect of our school is the specialized programs that we have. We have 12 different undergraduate degrees in different disciplines. So fo f r example, one doesn’t major in design, one majors in either lighting design, scenic design, sound design, or costume design. And when one comes in, there is a separate and distinct curriculum for each of those. You apply to and are admitted to that specific discipline. It’s very specialized even at the undergraduate level. Q You talk about different models of study, on the one hand, you’ve got liberal arts— A We peg the meter in the other directions. Q Why was that choice made to go in that direction? We think that what happens is that through the specialized A study one gains a broader sense of the art—one uses a specialized study to dive into something, and on that journey gains a broader perspective. As opposed to the reverse, which would be to gain the broad perspective then learn a little bit about a specialty. So from the beginning the philosophy has been to 2 be as specific as possible with those specialties and provide the curriculum that supports that, and then work very hard to find the students for whom it’s a good choice. And obviously it’s not for every student who is going to be successful in theatre. Not everybody knows at that point in their trajectory that it would make sense fo f r them to be that specialized. So we work hard to find the students for whom this is a good choice to do this kind of specialization. Q What does being in Chicago give you? A I would say that Chicago is another leg of the stool that enables us to be who we are at The Theatre School at DePaul. Chicago of course has an amazing theatre community in it, and I’d say that provides a wonderful opportunity for the school that we then work very hard to take full advantage of, and one aspect of that is of course our students can experience a whole wide range of theatre. The opportunity to see theatre at every level, from a very small storefront theatre—probably done by a student who graduated last year—to the larger theatre stuff, the range of opportunity for a student to experience live theatre is actually amazing. They aren’t doing this in a vacuum. Of course, another key component of having this community here is that we can engage a lot of theatre community to come to the school and work with our students. That happens in a couple ways. Our full-time faculty, which we have 28, while they are teaching, they can also play roles in the theatre community. So the fa f culty design, direct, write—all the things that all the disciplines do, they’re out their doing that in Chicago. And another is that we • 85-year tradition and reputation as a professional theatre conservatory • 12 Undergraduate Majors: BFA in Acting, Costume Design, Costume Technology, Lighting Design, Scenic Design, Sound Design, Stage Management, Theatre Technology, Dramaturgy/Criticism, Playwriting, Theatre Arts, and Theatre Management Three Graduate Majors: MFA in Acting, Directing, and Arts Leadership • 340 students A moment from the 2008 production of Kosi Dasa at DePaul’s historic Merle Reskin Theatre. I would say that Chicago is anotherr leg of the stool that enables us to o be who we are at The Theatre Scchool at DePaul. have about 65 adjunct faculty that are part of the school. And they are people whose primary role is in the theatre profession, and their secondarilyy they’re teaching fo f r us. So theyy can come in and teach their specialty for us, and then go back to their profession. And as far as students—for example, in the lighting design program, the students here won’t just meet and get to know and have connections to the one fac f ulty member whose the head of the program, but through their journey here and the various courses they take, they will meet three of fo f ur other lighting designers in Chicago and know them and work with them. That means that it diversifies the point of view they get and the approach they get. And it also means that when they graduate they have more connections out in the profession. So I think we work hard to make sure we’re taking advantage of this amazing opportunity that we have to be in a place with a theatre community like Chicago offers. • Complete offering of all professional theatre disciplines • Over $2,000,000 in scholarships awarded annually • 28 full-time faculty • 60 part-time faculty • 35+ productions annually, attended by more than 35,000 people each year • In the last academic year 47 students participated in professional internships at 32 different professional theatres or production companies. • Guaranteed production experience • Notable alumni in the entertainment industry include: Tarell Alvin McCraney, John C. Reilly, Joe Mantegna, Judy Greer, Gillian Anderson, Scott Ellis, Geraldine Page, and Theoni V. Aldredge – among many others. For more information, visit http://theatreschool.depaul.edu 300.0805.CVR.indd 1 Y Three times a year Stage Directions publishes directories for different segments of the theatre community. 4/15/08 12:51:00 PM ou have total control of the content in the sidebar, and can use it to speak directly to prospective students and their teachers and impress them with your message. We’ll also be sure you include direct contact information so whoever wants to reach you will have the shortest, best path to talking to someone eager to help. Additionally, thanks to our ScanLife technology, you can send interested students directly to your website, an online video highlighting your program, or whatever other online content you wish. Summer Study Directory June 2010 • www.stage-directions.com www.stage-directions.com The Art & Technology of Theatre JANUARY 2016 1) Position your school as a leader… Make your school stand out from all others High School Theatre Honors Program High school theatres provide many students with their first sustained access to the practice of creating theatre, and Stage Directions honors the best of these programs across the country every fall. These are the programs that do more, teach more, perform more and influence the next generation of theatre artists. Make sure you’re a part of their future! 2010 Educational Brochure.indd 2 Bonus Show Distribution! Four times a year Stage Directions clips on its name tag and visits the show floor of the most important conventions to the technical theatre community. Make sure your message reaches all the extra people at the USITT, InfoComm, LDI and AES trade shows by making sure you’re in Stage Directions! Upgrade Benefits 3) Explain the benefits of attending your school Our January issues houses the Summer Study Directory, a listing of available training options during the summer months, letting students of all ages know how they can continue their education in camps, summer school sessions, special college courses, and even continuing professional education programs. Using new technology to build 4) Highlight your alumni, facility members, programs, productions etc. 5) Let students reach you directly by providing a “real person” to speak with …someone who knows what your Theatre Department has to offer them for classic theatre 5/7/10 11:39 AM Innovative Wireless Pushes Opera into Uncharted Territory Reviewing the Drama FS-LED 700 from Mega-Lite Successfully Incorporating LED Tape into Scenics for How to Succeed July Theatre Resources Directory SD’s annual Theatre Resources Directory is the encyclopedia of every company, school or organization that supports the theatre world. In today’s distracted world this is the bedrock directory to ensure theatre makers know how to get the resources they need. Advertisers are given expanded listings, including e-mail, website and contact info, as well as premium ad placement to ensure maximum impact. October Training Directory Our directory of higher education training opportunities continues to grow, referring students to the most dynamic and prestigious undergrad and graduate training available. Expanded, highlighted listings, combined with optimal ad placement, means schools that advertise are sure to pop in front of the eyes of interested students. SD 03-17-2017 “Stage Directions is the best magazine for presenting theatre past, present and future. 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Now they present an even greater opportunity for schools to reach potential students. Combining first-rate editorial content with an advertising message of your crafting means unbeatable impact. “ Stage Directions is a great resource for our high school theatre department. It’s a connection to the world of theatre equipment as well as a place to get new ideas and support.” —Stefoni Burgi, Ventura Unified School District T he main portion of the School Spotlight is a Q & A interview between a Stage Directions writer and a representative of your school. Our writers will work with your staff to create an agenda that will explore all the facets of your program in order to give our readers a detailed look into the workings of your school. Because the story focuses exclusively on your program, you’ll have the space you need to clearly communicate the advantages and unique possibilities your school offers its students. • Domonic Sack Covers the Bases of Sound Design • How To Finance Higher Learning • www.stage-directions.com Stats and Facts of The Theatre School at DePaul Mission Statement TheatreFace.com Community Involvement JANUARY 2010 The Career Paths of Two Regional Theatre A.D.s Alternate Models of Artistic Direction About the School • Founded as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925 Students perfect their technique in the make-up lab at The Theatre School at DePaul University Stage Dire i cti t ons: So tell me one unique thing about DePaul. A John Culbert: I do think that there are some core values of the school that started in 1925 and are still with us today. And one of those is the commitment to hands-on training for every single student in the school. So the opportunity, whatever one’s discipline is to actually practice what one is learning fo f r everyy body. For example, every actor in the school is guaranteed to have roles in our productions. Our playwriting students will have a production of their play produced before they leave the school. All the designers will design fully-mounted, fully-produced productions in our theatres before they leave. So in every discipline the students practice what they’re doing in addition to studying it. Another core aspect of our school is the specialized programs that we have. We have 12 different undergraduate degrees in different disciplines. So fo f r example, one doesn’t major in design, one majors in either lighting design, scenic design, sound design, or costume design. And when one comes in, there is a separate and distinct curriculum for each of those. You apply to and are admitted to that specific discipline. It’s very specialized even at the undergraduate level. Q You talk about different models of study, on the one hand, you’ve got liberal arts— A We peg the meter in the other directions. Why was that choice made to go in that direction? We think that what happens is that through the specialized A study one gains a broader sense of the art—one uses a specialized study to dive into something, and on that journey gains a broader perspective. As opposed to the reverse, which would be to gain the broad perspective then learn a little bit about a specialty. So from the beginning the philosophy has been to Q 2 be as specific as possible with those specialties and provide the curriculum that supports that, and then work very hard to find the students for whom it’s a good choice. And obviously it’s not for every student who is going to be successful in theatre. Not everybody knows at that point in their trajectory that it would make sense fo f r them to be that specialized. So we work hard to find the students for whom this is a good choice to do this kind of specialization. Q What does being in Chicago give you? A I would say that Chicago is another leg of the stool that enables us to be who we are at The Theatre School at DePaul. Chicago of course has an amazing theatre community in it, and I’d say that provides a wonderful opportunity for the school that we then work very hard to take full advantage of, and one aspect of that is of course our students can experience a whole wide range of theatre. The opportunity to see theatre at every level, from a very small storefront theatre—probably done by a student who graduated last year—to the larger theatre stuff, the range of opportunity for a student to experience live theatre is actually amazing. They aren’t doing this in a vacuum. Of course, another key component of having this community here is that we can engage a lot of theatre community to come to the school and work with our students. That happens in a couple ways. Our full-time faculty, which we have 28, while they are teaching, they can also play roles in the theatre community. So the fa f culty design, direct, write—all the things that all the disciplines do, they’re out their doing that in Chicago. And another is that we • 85-year tradition and reputation as a professional theatre conservatory 300.0805.CVR.indd 1 • 12 Undergraduate Majors: BFA in Acting, Costume Design, Costume Technology, Lighting Design, Scenic Design, Sound Design, Stage Management, Theatre Technology, Dramaturgy/Criticism, Playwriting, Theatre Arts, and Theatre Management Three Graduate Majors: MFA in Acting, Directing, and Arts Leadership • 340 students A moment from the 2008 production of Kosi Dasa at DePaul’s historic Merle Reskin Theatre. I would say that Chicago is anotherr leg of the stool that enables us to o be who we are at The Theatre Scchool at DePaul. have about 65 adjunct faculty that are part of the school. And they are people whose primary role is in the theatre profession, and their secondarilyy they’re teaching fo f r us. So theyy can come in and teach their specialty for us, and then go back to their profession. And as far as students—for example, in the lighting design program, the students here won’t just meet and get to know and have connections to the one fac f ulty member whose the head of the program, but through their journey here and the various courses they take, they will meet three of fo f ur other lighting designers in Chicago and know them and work with them. That means that it diversifies the point of view they get and the approach they get. And it also means that when they graduate they have more connections out in the profession. So I think we work hard to make sure we’re taking advantage of this amazing opportunity that we have to be in a place with a theatre community like Chicago offers. June 2010 • www.stage-directions.com Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood talk about the risks and rewards of not thinking things through • Complete offering of all professional theatre disciplines • Over $2,000,000 in scholarships awarded annually • 28 full-time faculty • 60 part-time faculty • 35+ productions annually, attended by more than 35,000 people each year • In the last academic year 47 students participated in professional internships at 32 different professional theatres or production companies. • Guaranteed production experience • Notable alumni in the entertainment industry include: Tarell Alvin McCraney, John C. Reilly, Joe Mantegna, Judy Greer, Gillian Anderson, Scott Ellis, Geraldine Page, and Theoni V. Aldredge – among many others. For more information, visit http://theatreschool.depaul.edu 4/15/08 12:51:00 PM Y ou have total control of the content in the sidebar, and can use it to speak directly to prospective students and their teachers and impress them with your message. We’ll also be sure you include direct contact information so whoever wants to reach you will have the shortest, best path to talking to someone eager to help. Additionally, thanks to our ScanLife technology, you can send interested students directly to your website, an online video highlighting your program, or whatever other online content you wish. 1) Position your school as a leader… Make your school stand out from all others “Stage Directions is the best magazine for presenting theatre past, present and future. We learn from the past to excel into the future.” —Charles Bowen, Hillsborough Community College Upgrade Benefits 2) Create an image so prospective students want to attend your school 3) Explain the benefits of attending your school 4) Highlight your alumni, facility members, programs, productions etc. 5) Let students reach you directly by providing a “real person” to speak with …someone who knows what your Theatre Department has to offer them SD 03-17-2017 www.stage-directions.com Kevin Spacey Talks Training and the Future of the Old Vic The Theatre School at DePaul University educates, trains, and inspires students of theatre in a conservatory setting that is rigorous, disciplined, culturally diverse and that strives for the highest level of professional skill and artistry. A commitment to diversity and equality in education is central to our mission. As an integral part of the training, The Theatre School produces public programming and performances of a wide repertoire of plays—classic, contemporary, and original—that challenge, entertain, and stimulate the imagination. We seek to enhance the intellectual and cultural life of our university community, our city, and our profession. A Q&A with the Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul, John Culbert Q • StageNorth’s A.D. Talks About MAY 2008 The Theatre School at DePaul School Spotlight John Culbert, Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul • Expanded Summer Study Directory A Backdrop Primer and Directory