Listings for the Website and Magazine

2012 Magazine Deadlines
To have your audition, job or playwrights' opportunity listing included in the Theatre Bay Area magazine, you must submit your listing no later than 10 a.m. on the first business day of the month prior to the magazine's publication month. For example, these are the 2012 magazine deadlines:
January/February issue: December 1, 2011, 10 a.m.
March/April issue: February 1, 2012, 10 a.m.
May/June issue: April 2, 10 a.m.
July/August issue: June 1, 10 a.m.
September/October issue: August 1, 10 a.m.
November/December issue: October 1, 10 a.m.

Please note that we no longer publish playbill listings in the Theatre Bay Area magazine, but we do still publish them online on an ongoing basis. These are deadlines for the magazine listings only. We post listings to the site month-round, but please allow us at least a week to do so.

How Much Do Listings Cost?
Listings for shows and playwrights’ opportunities are free to the public. Audition and job listings are free for companies that are members of Theatre Bay Area, but cost $20/listing/month for companies that are not members and $10/listing/month for individual and organizational members. Individual or organizational members cannot use their membership on behalf of a nonmember company.

To pay for a listing, include a phone number which we can call to collect your credit card information or send a check to: Attn: Listings Editor, 1663 Mission St., #525, San Francisco, CA 94103. Listings are not posted until payment has been received.

How Do I Submit My Listing?
Email your listing to listings@theatrebayarea.org. There is no online form for submitting listings. Listings are not published as submitted; they are edited per the Theatre Bay Area style guide and at the editor’s discretion. Please include your membership status or payment information with your listing.
 
Show Listings
Please send us a full press release and/or a full calendar listing that also includes curtain days and times, ticket prices, box office number and a useful description.

If the show is a world premiere and/or if you offer discounts for Theatre Bay Area members, please say so in the listing. We do flag shows that are world premieres or offer Theatre Bay Area discounts.

If you sell tickets through TIX Bay Area, please still send the magazine staff your show information.

Show listings on the site are viewable by anyone. You may search for your show listings by clicking “See What’s Playing” in the orange banner across the home page.

Please note that we no longer include show listings in the Theatre Bay Area magazine. We do, however, publish them online on an ongoing basis. Please allow at least a week for a listing to be published online.

Audition Listings
The magazine runs audition listings for the current month and the following month. (The January/February issue has auditions in January and February.)

Include: company; show; author(s); director; number of male and female roles along with age range of each; audition req's; union status; pay/no pay; audition date(s), times and location; callback date; rehearsal and performance dates; appointment/info phone number or email and/or address to send headshots. If your listing does not have a specific audition date, please let us know how long you want the listing to run.

Example:
Company Name: Kindle Playhouse
Production Name: The Producers
Audition Dates: 3/17 11AM-4PM
Pay? Yes
Equity? No
Details: 14M; 10F. Prep 2-min comedic monologue; prep 32 bars B'way song in style of or from show; prep to dance. Stipend $300. Non-AEA. Auds 3/17 11AM-4PM. Callbacks 3/18 & 3/20. Rehs begin 4/24. Perfs 6/15-7/15. Kindle Playhouse, 274 5th St., Walnut Creek. Appt: Joel, (510) 871-8671; joel@kindleplayhouse.com.
Keep Post Until: Oct 09, 2012
Date Posted: Jul 09, 2012

Audition listings on the site are posted in the members-only area of the website under “Jobs & Auditions.”

Job Listings
Include: Job; company; details (duties, requirements, pay/no pay, contact info, etc.); expiration date.

Example:
Date Posted: Feb 06, 2012
Job Type: Artistic/Tech
Job Title: Tech (Light & Sound Ops)
Company Name: Encore Theatre Company
Details: For remaining shows of current season: The Threepenny Opera & Distracted. Flexible hrs. Cvr ltr/resume: Jodie Smith, Associate Managing Director, Encore Theatre Company, 577 E. 14th St., San Jose, CA 95116; jodei@yahoo.com. Info: (408) 529-0981. encoretheatre.com.
Keep Until: Mar 06, 2012

Job listings on the site are posted in the members-only area of the website under “Jobs & Auditions.”

Other Deadlines
Please note: The first business day of the month is the deadline for listings only. The rest of the magazine is usually finished by the first business day.
 
Photo Requirements
We do not publish photos for listings. We do sometimes use photos for other features of the magazine. Digital photos must be 300 dpi jpegs or tiffs sized at least 4x6 inches, color or black and white. In the email write the names of the people in the photo, the show, the company and the photographer.
Send everything to:
Caroline Anderson, listings editor, email: listings@theatrebayarea.org
or
Fax: (415) 430-1145
or
Mail: Theatre Bay Area, 1663 Mission Street, Suite 525, San Francisco, CA 94103