Performing Arts Center Management
Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries Series

Performing arts centers (PACs) are an integral part of the cultural and creative industries, significantly influencing the cultural, social, and economic vitality of communities around the world. Virtually all PACs are community-based and serve the public interest, whether structured as a public, nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid entity. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the important community role of performing arts centers, especially those that mainly host and present work produced by other arts organizations. This gap is startling, given the ubiquitous presence of PACs in urban centers, small communities, as well as colleges and universities.

This co-edited reference book provides valuable information at the intersection of theory and practice in the professional field of executive leadership of performing arts centers. Drawing on the expertise of leading academics, consultants, and executives, this book focuses on institutions and practices in the United States, and is contextualized within additional fields such as cultural planning, urban revitalization, and economic development.

Performing Arts Center Management aims to provide valuable theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practice-based information to current and future leaders in creative and cultural industries management. It serves as a unique reference for researchers, university students, civic leaders, urban planners, public venue managers, and arts administrators aspiring to improve or advance their work in successfully managing performing arts centers.

1. The Professionalization of Performing Arts Center Management

Patricia Dewey Lambert and Robyn Williams

2. The Evolution of the Performing Arts Center: What Does Success Look Like?

Steven A. Wolff

3. Trends in the Development and Operation of Performing Arts Centers

Duncan M. Webb

4. Programming the Performing Arts: Balancing Mission and Solvency

Tony Micocci

5. Magic of Place: An Unrecognized Revolution in Theatre Architecture

Richard Pilbrow

6. Building Performing Arts Centers

Joanna Woronkowicz

7. Ownership and Governance of Urban Performing Arts Centers

Patricia Dewey Lambert and Robyn Williams

8. Managing Venue Operations for a Newly-Opened PAC

Patrick Donnelly

9. Managing Performing Arts Centers in a University Setting

Lawrence D. Henley

10. Impact of the Performing Arts Center on the Local Community

Ann Patricia Salamunovich Wilson

11. The PAC as Intermediary: Models of Collaboration and Partnerships Among Local Performing Arts Organizations

Gretchen D. McIntosh

12. International Horizons in Performing Arts Center Management

Douglas Gautier

13. Executive Leadership for Performing Arts Centers

Robyn Williams, Ken Harris, and Patricia Dewey Lambert

with Paul Beard, Ted Dedee, and Adina Erwin

Patricia Dewey Lambert is an Associate Professor of Arts Management at the University of Oregon (UO), USA where she leads the performing arts management specialization.

Robyn Williams has worked across the United States in the public assembly facility management field for more than thirty years, and is currently Executive Director for Portland’5 Centers for the Arts in Portland, Oregon, USA.