ATLANTA, Ga. — Bookhouse Group (www.bookhouse.net) delivered a custom-published history book project to the Dallas Theater Center (www.dallastheatercenter.org) for a May debut event celebrating the regional theater’s first half-century of drama. Entitled “Staged Right – A Half Century of Passion and Performance at Dallas Theater Center,” the book weaves historic and contemporary photography with professionally written content chronicling 50 years of stage and production accomplishment for which it is renown.
“Our job has been to collaborate with and capture the creativity that is the hallmark of the Dallas Theater Center,” said Bookhouse Group founder and custom publishing expert Rob Levin. “We rarely encounter a greater challenge or a greater opportunity than to convey via images and the written word the energy exuded by a group such as this, which is accustomed to rising to every occasion and leaving a deep impression. It has been an exhilarating partnership.”
Custom publishing experts for two decades, Bookhouse Group undertakes its role in commemorating high-watermark anniversaries for local and community theaters, such as a 10-year, 25-year or 100-year observances, as a good time not only to recount a story and reinforce a vision, but also to refresh image and marketing outreach. Creating a commemorative history book with vivid writing and both archival and contemporary photography not only creates an anniversary centerpiece, but can also serve as elements needed to update web site content, marketing collateral and other external communications.
The opportunity to integrate the history’s elements into a variety of multi-media formats not only extends its reach, but also deepens its value across an institution’s development efforts. Museum quality theater histories are timeless-their relevance not limited to specific date or event-and are destined to become treasured personal possessions, fulfilling both the spirit and practicality of a commemorative investment.
For Staged Right – A Half Century of Passion and Performance, Bookhouse Group commissioned playwright and former drama critic Steve Murray. Steve’s extensive knowledge of both the artistic and business side of running a stage theater provided the book with valuable insight and sensitivity.
About Bookhouse Group
For two decades, Bookhouse Group (www.bookhouse.net) has created showcase quality commemorative histories in classic art book format combining the highest-grade content elements, including skilled writing, professional photography, and creative design with pre-press production, printing, handling and distribution. Bookhouse Group works with businesses, organizations, institutions and communities that have chosen a custom publishing project as both a statement of their purpose and an investment in their image, helping to establish and strengthen their legacy by creating an enduring work of art that will resonate timelessly and meaningfully.
The Bookhouse Group team is comprised of experts in the creation and production of superior quality organizational histories and commemorative storybooks developed on schedule, on budget and to the clients’ expectations. Bookhouse Group is obsessed with closely managing its clients’ projects to ensure a high quality result that will elicit pride for years to come.
Other current and past clients include: The American Cancer Society, Emory University, Harry & David in Oregon, Simmons Mattress, Phoenix Country Day School in Arizona, Atlanta Athletic Club, Absopure Water Company in Michigan and Waitsfield Telecom in Vermont.
For more information contact Rob Levin at Rob@bookhouse.net or call Rob at 404-885-9515, ext. 2.
About Dallas Theater Center
One of the leading regional theaters in the country, DTC produces new, contemporary and classic plays and musicals to an audience of more than 90,000 patrons annually. DTC’s Mainstage season is presented at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, one of only three existing theaters designed and built by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. In 2009, DTC will move into and become one of the resident companies of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, a multi-form space designed by REX/OMA, Joshua Prince Ramus (partner in charge) and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas.
The mission of DTC is to engage, entertain and inspire its diverse community by creating experiences that stimulate new ways of thinking and living. DTC is committed to consistently producing plays, educational programs and other initiatives that are of the highest quality and reach the broadest possible constituency.
