Amateur Theater Production Checklist for Staging a Play or Musical

Are you involved with an amateur theater company? This Production Checklist lists the matters you need to address before producing and staging a play or musical:

• finding a suitable project and getting authorization from the copyright holder to perform the play,
• locating and renting a theater venue to stage the production (if you don't already have one),
• drawing up a budget,
• deciding on a director, production designer, stage manager, costume designer, and other necessary personnel,
• arranging for liability insurance,
• auditions, casting, and rehearsals,
• arranging publicity for the production,
• staging the performances,
• looking after post-production details.