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		<title>Case Study: American Players Theatre (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Kayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2009, American Players Theatre (APT) finished construction of a new 200-seat indoor theater, the culmination of the most recent strategic plan.  The completion of the Touchstone Theatre accomplished APT’s goal of building a year-round venue to complement its 1,148-seat outdoor venue The Up-the-Hill Theatre on its one-hundred ten acre campus outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Charles Dillingham (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Priromprintr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Dillingham was the managing director at Center Theatre Group from 1991 to 2011, where he supervised all development, marketing, administrative and financial aspects of Center Theatre Group. Prior to CTG, he was CEO of The Entertainment Corporation USA, presenting the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Opera, Kirov Ballet, Kirov Opera, and Royal Ballet at the Metropolitan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Penumbra Theatre Company (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate E. Liberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lou Bellamy, Founder and Artistic Director of Penumbra Theatre Company in Minneapolis, had recently begun the slow process of planning for his own retirement.  In addition to his own transition, his colleague since 2004, Managing Director Chris Widdess, had announced that she would be leaving the organization at the end of the 2012 season.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Ice Theatre of New York (2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Black</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the far west side of midtown Manhattan, looking out across the Hudson with a view of New Jersey, is a large sports complex called Chelsea Piers. The office of Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) is located at Pier 59, across the parking lot from the Golf Center. ITNY is the only arts organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Bread and Puppet Theater (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Elliott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This case looks at a venerable, founder-driven theater and its planning for the future. Every morning on the Bread and Puppet farm in Glover, Vermont, Peter Schumann rises at the crack of dawn, straps on his apron, and sets to the task of baking the day&#8217;s bread.  With matted white hair, an overgrown beard, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Arena Stage (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Priromprintr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This case discusses strategy and competitive advantage, using the context of Arena Stage and the opening of its new facility in Southwest Washington DC. In March of 2010, Arena Stage was preparing to make one of the biggest changes in its storied, 60-year history.  The Mead Center for American Theater, a major expansion and top-to-bottom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tool: Strategic Planning (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Kandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to successfully predicting the future, some might question the value of actually trying to do so. The future can be forecast with neither surety nor precision. Yet those who make little or no attempt to chart their future will find themselves in the unenviable position of merely reacting to the ongoing, often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tool: Organizational Analysis (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Kandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An organizational analysis raises provocative questions, illuminates problems, and many times it unveils opportunities that may have eluded an organization. Most important, a rigorous, objective analysis, conducted at regular intervals, can help ensure that an organization remains faithful to its mission. Like a snapshot, an organizational analysis captures the state of an organization at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Network of Ensemble Theaters (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Jurczak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of shared management resources has not been adopted widely, particularly amongst small theaters.  Network of Ensemble Theaters National Coordinator Mark Valdez believes the time and circumstances might be right for a group of member theaters located in New Orleans to consider the idea. The continuing focus on rebuilding the city after the devastating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Denver Center for the Performing Arts (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aurélia K Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) case study is an in-depth look at an organization with two competing theatrical divisions, a unique financial structure, and recent management changes after a long history of established leadership. The DCPA has three divisions: one produces theatre, another presents theatre, and the third educates through theatre. The [...]]]></description>
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