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An Artist Director oversees all aspects of the artistic production of an organization. Their role is assessing and selecting the performances that will be shown, recruiting actors and performers, setting production schedules, and managing budgets. Their responsibilities are creating the organization’s program, hiring staff such as artists, directors, performers, actors, stage managers and designers, commissioning playwrights to write plays, reading and selecting the scripts that are submitted to the theatre, managing the theatre’s budget, and dealing with funding bodies.

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  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in English and Theatre
    The number of occurrences matches with Artistic Director in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$56,500Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Master Degree in Directing
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    Avg. Duration:32 monthsAvg. Fees:$35,337Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in Music
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    Avg. Duration:24 monthsAvg. Fees:$16,864Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree in Theatre
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    Avg. Duration:47 monthsAvg. Fees:$34,256Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Dance
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$33,648Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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13.7 years
$52K
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6.18 years
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3
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