Chad Bauman
Chad was appointed Milwaukee Rep’s Managing Director in 2013. Previously, he worked at Arena Stage since 2007 and was instrumental in the 2010 opening of the Mead Center for American Theater, the largest performing arts center to open in the nation’s capital since the Kennedy Center. While at Arena Stage, he more than doubled earned revenue, reversed a decline in subscriptions by almost doubling the base, and shattered several company sales records that dated back almost 60 years. Besides his marketing acumen, he has considerable experience in business and strategic planning, operations and fundraising, as well as facilities management and information systems. Prior to Arena Stage, he was Director of Marketing and Communications for Americans for the Arts as well as at Virginia Stage Company in Norfolk, VA. He is a frequent speaker and consultant to theater groups, with past clients that include the Pew Charitable Trust, Carnegie Hall, EmcArts Innovation Labs, Arts & Business Council and Americans for the Arts. He serves as an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C. and at Drexel University in Philadelphia. In addition to teaching, he is currently a Board member of the Contemporary American Theater Festival and sits on the advisory board of ArtsMarketing.org. Bauman earned a Master of Fine Arts in producing and theater management from the California Institute of the Arts after earning a Bachelor of Science in speech and theater education from Missouri State University.
Recent Blog Posts
- The Subscription Equation (and other tactics)
- Fearing Fear Itself
- Who Are Your Best Customers (and Why Many Don't Know)?
- Are Subscriptions Dead? Maybe Not (Part 3)
- Are Subscriptions Dead? Maybe Not (Part 2)
- Are Subscriptions Dead? Maybe Not (Part 1)
- A Collection of Worst Practices
- Remember to Test even the "Sacred Cows"
- Blogging from NAMP
- Institutions as Media Outlets
- Want a bailout for the arts? Don't make the ask in an Armani suit
- Asking the unpopular question—is there just too much art?
- First blog from the National Arts Marketing Project Conference
- Americans for the Arts Video Wall
- Leadership Innovator Rha Goddess's Speech from Annual Convention
- Thoughts from Bob: Arts in a Global Context and Mayor Brainard
- Public Advocacy Innovator Mathew Gross's Speech from Annual Convention
- Art: Beauty but so much more...
- More Thoughts from Bob...
- Thoughts from Bob...
- Public Art Innovator Dave Hickey's Speech from Annual Convention
- ArtCast #2: To China and Back
- MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series: The Role of Arts Education in Lifelong Productivity featuring Sir Ken Robinson
- Lyn Heward's Keynote Speech from Annual Convention '07
- The New Frontier
- Major NEA Funding Increase Approved
- Americans for the Arts Photo Collage
- Call for Session Proposals -- 2008 Annual Convention
- Have you ever taken a rental car to the car wash?
- Why is Molly Smith talking about Second Life?
- Action Fund Launches New Initiative
- Major Funding Increase for the NEA
- The Release of Arts & Economic Prosperity III
- The Master of Fine Arts Degree is Now the New MBA
- Annual Convention Speakers and Events in the News
- Welcome to ArtsBlog and ArtCast