Spring Conference 2016

Join us in Dallas, TX for an in-depth look at the challenges facing musical theatre marketers in 2016 and the tools you can use to meet them. Topics will include the state of subscriptions, best practices for data management and CRM, strategies for branding and selling your theatre as a destination, and more. We’ll hear from other Dallas arts organizations and businesses about what drives them to buy — and to come back. Through expert speakers, case studies, panel discussions and group brainstorming, we’ll give you concrete ideas you can take home to your theatres and implement right away. NAMT’s conferences are known for their energy and intimacy, and for giving attendees plenty of opportunities to network with new friends and old.

The Conference will be hosted by Dallas Theater Center at their state-of-the-art Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and Dallas Summer Musicals at the historic Music Hall at Fair Park, along with Uptown Players, who invite attendees to their opening night at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This is an amazing opportunity to visit and learn from NAMT’s Dallas members.

Who Should Attend The Conference

Executive management, artistic directors, marketing directors and staff, board members and anyone at your theatre involved with marketing and audience development. NAMT conferences can be a great perk for engaged donors who are interested in learning more about how things work behind the scenes! All employees of a member organization are NAMT members!

Conference Program

Your Spring Conference registration will include:

• Two full days of panels, speakers, sessions, brainstorming and networking!
• Meals
  • Breakfast, lunch and breaks are included on both conference days.
• Networking Events
  • Kick-off cocktail party on Thursday, March 31
  • Opening night reception at Uptown Players on Friday, April 1
• Performance at a NAMT Member Theatre
  • Tickets to the opening night performance Uptown Players’ regional premiere production of End of the Rainbow

Registration, Rates and Deadlines

• The NAMT Spring Conference is open to NAMT members in good standing and invited guests. If you are not a NAMT member (or are unsure of your membership status) and would like to attend the Spring Conference, please email Membership Director Adam Grosswirth  or call (212) 714-6668 x15.
• The more people you bring, the more you save!
  • Member registration rates are $605 – $530 per person.
  • Additional options are available for single day rates, Associate Members and invited non-members.
• (Early registration discounts ended on February 22.)

Accommodations

Our discounted rate at the Magnolia Hotel expired on March 11, however you may check the Magnolia directly for availability, or search for nearby hotels that may have availability here.

Thanks To Our Sponsors

We are very grateful to the sponsors and exhibitors of the 2016 Spring Conference. Learn more about supporting NAMT and the benefits of sponsoring or exhibiting at our events.

Educational Resources Committee

Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (CA), Chair
Michael Ballam, Utah Festival Opera Company (UT)
Wayne Bryan, Music Theatre Wichita (KS)
Kathy Evans, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (NY)
Mark Fleischer, Pittsburgh CLO (PA)
Donna Lynn Hilton, Goodspeed Musicals (CT)

Spring Conference 2016 Committee

Steven Box, The Human Race Theatre Company (OH)
Paulette Hopkins, Dallas Summer Musicals (TX)
Tony Joy, Dallas Summer Musicals (TX)
Darcy Koch, Dallas Theater Center (TX)
Greg Patterson, WaterTower Theatre (TX)
Brad Pritchett, Dallas Theater Center (TX)
Jeff Rane, Uptown Players (TX)
Steve Tate, Atlantic Theater Company (NY)
Nena Theis, North Carolina Theatre (NC)