How do I get a theatre to stage a play produced by my new theatre company?

Question

We are a Christian theatre Compnay and have has one play already staged at the Warehouse theatre in April 2006. We are working on the next play called LOVE IS PATIENT, which we would like to get staged some time next year. check out the website www.jidtheatre.com

Answer 1

You will need to contact the venues and arrange to hire it. Most smaller venues are friendly towards other theatre companies, but please remember that they are usually working to deadlines in terms of getting their season brochures out, so you'll need to act quite quickly. I don't think any theatres will pay you to put on the show, so you will have to hope that you make your money from ticket sales.
If you don't have the resources to stage the play yourself, you can either submit the script to the theatre to see whether they will commission it, or propose it yourself at your local community/amateur theatre.
I wish you the best of luck!

Answer 2

if you have already had one play staged wouldn't you just do the same thing?
you don't have to perform in a theatre either! there are some great venues about the place, get in contact with them! outdoor productions can be very fun! (permits and licenses for outdoor performances are obtained from the council for that area).

I think you would need to contact the theatre you are interested in directly, google them and get their website address, most theatre venues have a site and simply ask them. Different venues will have different policies on new productions and different theatre groups performing them, so there isn't really a universal answer.

You should probably just get directly in contact with the theatres/ venues you would like to perform at and see what they say.

Hope it all goes well!

LJ xxx

Answer 3

Try contacting some of the fringe theatres, they normally hire out their facilities to visiting groups.