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Inspiring award-winning performances from your talent: Crossover applications to business leadership from the theatrical development process with Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre in Chicago Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor
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Inspiring award-winning performances from your talent:
Crossover applications to business leadership from the theatrical development process
with Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre in Chicago
A CEO’s Virtual Mentor Episode 24
Welcome to Episode 24, Season 5, of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor®.
I'm joined in the program today by Charles Newell, the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of the renowned and critically acclaimed Court Theatre in Chicago.
This interview was recorded in the summer of 2019 as the Court Theatre's production of the play, The Adventures of Augie March, had completed its record-breaking performance run. We had intended to publish this episode early this year in 2020, but COVID hit and it seemed a little bold to put this out at the early stage of the pandemic. The world had other pressing items that deserved attention. But now, in the middle of the holiday season, we've been without live theater and entertainment for nine months, we thought this interview might be not only informative, but also soothing at this stage of the pandemic.
This interview is timeless and gets deep into a theatrical production's creative process as seen through the mind's eye of the director. In general, we, as an audience of entertainment, be it sports or the performing arts, are often spoiled with the perfection and professionalism of the finished product. But what is involved or required from a leadership perspective to develop and burnish the performance into the form to which we are also accustomed? What goes on in the business of theater has crossover applications to all business leaders.
We'll cover a wide range of topics in today's program. We'll outline the organizational form of the Court Theatre, including its governance, funding and management structure. But the majority of our time will be spent stepping through the phases of the creation of a production from script selection to closing night.
Program Guide
A CEO’s Virtual Mentor Episode 24
Inspiring award-winning performances from your talent
with Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre in Chicago
0:00 Introduction to the program and Charles Newell, Artistic Director of the Court Theatre in Chicago
3:20 Court Theatre’s history, governance structure, funding sources and unique structure with the University of Chicago.
5:09 Achieving high caliber of performances on a smaller budget than peers theater companies in Chicago
7:25 Unique mission and social-societal outcomes of Court Theatre in the realm of national theater.
10:39 Break 1
11:19 Phase 1 of the Theatrical Development Process: Finding and developing a script.
17:11 Break 2
17:27 Phase 2 of the Theatrical Development Process: Developing the look and feel of the production. Revealing the collaborative creative process.
25:01 Break 3
25:35 Phase 3 of the Theatrical Development Process: The Casting Process. Dealing with barriers and constraints.
32:45 Break 4
34:51 Phase 4 of the Theatrical Development Process: Production development, rehearsal, and refinement. Inspiring and motivating actors to perform at their best.
39:20 Break 5
39:46 Phase 5 of the Theatrical Development Process: The arc of production and performance evolution from opening night to closing night. Keeping a production evolving and improving in the absence of continuous rehearsals.
49:33 Break 6
50:03 Retrospective self-reflection on the evolution of a theater director.
55:06 Conclusion and coming attractions.
We would like to express our special thanks to the clients of Lyceum Leadership Consulting that enable us to bring you this podcast.
Thanks for listening. We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.
See you next time.
Informative and Helpful Links
Inspiring award-winning performances from your talent:
Crossover applications to business leadership from the theatrical development process
with Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre in Chicago
A CEO’s Virtual Mentor Episode 24
Welcome to Episode 24, Season 5, of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor®.
I'm joined in the program today by Charles Newell, the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of the renowned and critically acclaimed Court Theatre in Chicago.
This interview was recorded in the summer of 2019 as the Court Theatre's production of the play, The Adventures of Augie March, had completed its record-breaking performance run. We had intended to publish this episode early this year in 2020, but COVID hit and it seemed a little bold to put this out at the early stage of the pandemic. The world had other pressing items that deserved attention. But now, in the middle of the holiday season, we've been without live theater and entertainment for nine months, we thought this interview might be not only informative, but also soothing at this stage of the pandemic.
This interview is timeless and gets deep into a theatrical production's creative process as seen through the mind's eye of the director. In general, we, as an audience of entertainment, be it sports or the performing arts, are often spoiled with the perfection and professionalism of the finished product. But what is involved or required from a leadership perspective to develop and burnish the performance into the form to which we are also accustomed? What goes on in the business of theater has crossover applications to all business leaders.
We'll cover a wide range of topics in today's program. We'll outline the organizational form of the Court Theatre, including its governance, funding and management structure. But the majority of our time will be spent stepping through the phases of the creation of a production from script selection to closing night.
Program Guide
A CEO’s Virtual Mentor Episode 24
Inspiring award-winning performances from your talent
with Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre in Chicago
0:00 Introduction to the program and Charles Newell, Artistic Director of the Court Theatre in Chicago
3:20 Court Theatre’s history, governance structure, funding sources and unique structure with the University of Chicago.
5:09 Achieving high caliber of performances on a smaller budget than peers theater companies in Chicago
7:25 Unique mission and social-societal outcomes of Court Theatre in the realm of national theater.
10:39 Break 1
11:19 Phase 1 of the Theatrical Development Process: Finding and developing a script.
17:11 Break 2
17:27 Phase 2 of the Theatrical Development Process: Developing the look and feel of the production. Revealing the collaborative creative process.
25:01 Break 3
25:35 Phase 3 of the Theatrical Development Process: The Casting Process. Dealing with barriers and constraints.
32:45 Break 4
34:51 Phase 4 of the Theatrical Development Process: Production development, rehearsal, and refinement. Inspiring and motivating actors to perform at their best.
39:20 Break 5
39:46 Phase 5 of the Theatrical Development Process: The arc of production and performance evolution from opening night to closing night. Keeping a production evolving and improving in the absence of continuous rehearsals.
49:33 Break 6
50:03 Retrospective self-reflection on the evolution of a theater director.
55:06 Conclusion and coming attractions.
We would like to express our special thanks to the clients of Lyceum Leadership Consulting that enable us to bring you this podcast.
Thanks for listening. We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.
See you next time.
Informative and Helpful Links
56 min