A business plan is a roadmap. It shows where your organization is now, where you want to go, and how to get there.

While it may be best to write your own business plan from scratch (see the Resource Library article, "Writing a Nonprofit Business Plan"), this MS Word template provides the essentials, along with prompts to add specific details relating to your own organization. Like all templates, it cannot take into account all the variables that affect a specific organization, but it does allow you to edit so that it reflects your organization more effectively.

Employee Handbook: 17-page template in MS Word format.

Employee Handbook Template: 12-page template in MS Word format.

Side one of this form (in editable MS Word format) has an area for the auditioning actor to fill in their information, and an area at the bottom for the director's comments.

Side two is a Volunteer Disclosure & Photo Release Agreement, which also explains the theatre company's policies regarding participation.

A stage rehearsal run sheet, like this one (in MS Word), is a detailed document used by a stage manager to outline the planned activities for a rehearsal, including scene breakdowns, blocking notes, technical cues (lights, sound), costume changes, and any other important details needed to efficiently run the rehearsal, essentially acting as a roadmap for the entire session.

Two-sided form (editable MS Word). 

Front side is for the person auditioning, where they give their contact information, stage experience, and availability during the rehearsal/production period.  Back side is for the director's comments.

This form is designed for those not represented by the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Note that these forms do not give the director and choreographer any subsidiary rights participation. However, they do offer guarantees of future employment in brackets, which may be retained or stricken as the parties choose. They also give the director and choreographer rights to copyright their work, provided their copyrights do not interfere with the author's copyright of his play. Remember, however, that these clauses are negotiable.

Whenever a script calls for sword fights, the use of weapons, stunts or fight scenes of any kind, the producer must call in a specialist to stage the scene. The form above is a stage contract rider that can protect both producer and actor in case of mishap. [MS Word format]

If you are able to secure the rights to record a production for the archives, you still must secure permission from all the other creative participants whose work will be recorded--director, choreographer, designers, and the actors. [MS Word format]