Producer Bootcamp
Thinking about applying to the Ignite Festival of Emerging Artists (or any festival) with a show? Ever wanted to do a Fringe tour? Why not start locally with the Calgary Fringe Festival? If you’re an emerging artist and want to see your work on a stage, you need to know how to produce it. Enlist under an experienced drill-sergeant and join an elite team of your peers in pursuit of your producing questions. Such as, why does this workshop have to be in the morning!? Because it’s boot camp, you baby, and producing ain’t for no wusses!
Producer Bootcamp is a quick and dirty intro to producing. Learn the basics to get you started. This workshop is hands-on, with participants building budgets and drafting copy in real time. Don’t know what I mean by copy? Take the workshop, dummy! You can even write-off the cost as a professional development opportunity. Don’t know how? Then you need this workshop, maggot! Now hop-to and get your sweet show on a stage.
Mission 01: Code Name: Show me the Money, Saturday, October 27, 2018, 9:00am – 12:00pm
- Topics: Logistics, budgets and finances, taxes and reporting
Mission 02: Code Name: Bums in Seats, Sunday, October 28, 2018, 9:00am – 12:00pm
- Location: Quarry Park Library (108 Quarry Park Rd)
- Topics: Identity and branding, outreach, marketing and promoting
Cost: $78.75/day OR $136.50/both (GST included)
Your Drill-Sergeant
Savanna Harvey has owned and operated an independent production company since 2014. She has self-produced all her own work and freelanced for other artists and theatre companies. In 2017, she toured across the Canadian Fringe circuit (Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver) with an award-winning and grant-funded show. She recently joined the Calgary Fringe Festival as their inaugural Director of Artist Services and is a past member of the Artist Services team with the Edmonton Fringe Festival.
For more information, visit savannaharvey.com
To register please send full payment, your name, and which day/s you are registering via email to info@savannaharvey.com to reserve your spot. Payment is non-refundable, but spots may be transferred to an alternate.
A limited number of PWYC spots are available. Please email for details.
To Prepare
Come to the workshops with a show in mind. It could be something you are currently working on, a show you saw recently, or a piece you would love to do one day. This workshop is structured like a case-study, so you’ll have experience applying the principles and the opportunity to give and receive peer feedback on your work.
Participants will need paper and a pen/pencil for exercises. You are also welcome to bring a laptop if that is your preference for note-taking—but you will still need paper and a writing utensil!
