Keeping it Real with Al Heartley
Al HeartleyThis substack will cover topics related to arts and culture, in particular around theater management, executive search, and strategic overviews of the past and present of arts and culture in the US.
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Yes, The First Act of the Regional Theater Movement is Dead.
Death is a strange concept. Mainly because all of us mortals do not know what is on the other side of death. Only those who have died do. This can make death scary and frightening. People are afraid of what we can’t know or feel until it ha...
Client Highlight: Baltimore Center Stage
If you want a model for how the regional theater movement moves forward, look at Baltimore Center Stage.
The theater just announced contract extensions for Artistic Director Stevie Walker-Webb and Executive Director Ken-Matt Martin. The an...
A Search Needs To Talk About The Art
There’s an excellent case study I teach MFA Theater Management students by Theater Management Professor Joan Channick about the various transitions at The Guthrie Theater in the 1970s and 1980s. The basic theme of the case study is how the...
Seven Years of Search
Last month marked my seventh year in executive search working with arts organizations. In August 2019, my partner and I created our first search business together. It started from nothing, and it helped me realize some of the good and the n...
12 Artistic Directors and 1 Production: Analyzing the Shared Leadership Model
A few years ago, during a search for an artistic director, a provocative question emerged: Could a team collectively apply for the position?
At first, my instinct said, “Yes, of course.” But as I considered the realities of organizational...
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Al is an Atlanta-based consultant and teacher. Formerly MD of Northwestern’s Wirtz Center, he has worked with Steppenwolf, The Guthrie, Yale Rep, and the O'Neill Center. He consults for arts organizations nationwide and teaches at Yale, FSU, and NU.
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