I noticed this just before I started to travel back from vacation. I thought the deadline to apply was Friday but it is tomorrow. Still, the application is fairly easy to fill out and if nothing else, interested parties can keep their eyes open to apply the next year it is offered. (The praises quoted are from the 2004 institute. Don’t know if they just forgot to update the page or if it is bi-annual.)
Theatre Communications Group is having a New Artistic Leader Institute in San Diego in August. “The goal of the Institute is to orient new and prospective artistic directors to the non-artistic aspects of leading a theatre company.” The criteria for New Artistic Leader is those who have been in their current position since 2004. As is implied by the Artistic Leader term rather than Artistic Director, the program is open to a number of artistic positions. “Resident directors, associate artistic directors and freelance artists are also eligible to apply”
There is a $300 application fee and scholarship monies available.
Although this is the fourth year TCG has done this, the curriculum for this year has yet to be set and will be formulated by a task force in the coming weeks. This seems to imply the program attempts to address the latest concerns of artistic leaders.
Anyhow, if you are interested get thee to the information page and application!