Performink
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Performink is a Chicago theatre
industry newspaper
. It includes show openings and reviews, audition listings, and industry and union news for Chicago actors, directors, dancers, designers, and other theatre professionals. The owner/publishing-editor Carrie Kaufman started the paper in 1990. It provides a wide range of news and information for professionals in the Chicago theatre industry. Theatre news, theatre business and Chicago industry personalities are just a few of the areas covered and discussed in each issue. Subjects affecting the careers of not only Chicago performers, but also directors, producers, designers, filmmakers and dancers are always PerformInk’s focus. There are regular columns discussing specific facets of business for theater professionals. These columns include "Money and Taxes", which looks at tax and financial matters unique to the business of performing, by Greg Mermel, CPA; "Comedy Bites," which looks at the improv industry in Chicago; and "Out Takes," a behind the scenes look at independent film in Chicago. PerformInk is one of the primary sources for actors to get information regarding auditions. PerformInk has a readership of over 12,000, about half of which are subscribers.
PerformInk also prints “The Book: An Actor’s Guide to Chicago.” The Book contains information about the business of living as an actor in Chicago, in addition to acting as a directory of services and products for industry professionals.
Chicago theatre
Chicago theatre refers not only to theatre performed in Chicago, Illinois but also to the movement in that town that saw a number of small, meagerly-funded companies grow to institutions of national and international significance. Chicago had long been a popular destination for tours sent out from...
industry newspaper
Newspaper
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. It includes show openings and reviews, audition listings, and industry and union news for Chicago actors, directors, dancers, designers, and other theatre professionals. The owner/publishing-editor Carrie Kaufman started the paper in 1990. It provides a wide range of news and information for professionals in the Chicago theatre industry. Theatre news, theatre business and Chicago industry personalities are just a few of the areas covered and discussed in each issue. Subjects affecting the careers of not only Chicago performers, but also directors, producers, designers, filmmakers and dancers are always PerformInk’s focus. There are regular columns discussing specific facets of business for theater professionals. These columns include "Money and Taxes", which looks at tax and financial matters unique to the business of performing, by Greg Mermel, CPA; "Comedy Bites," which looks at the improv industry in Chicago; and "Out Takes," a behind the scenes look at independent film in Chicago. PerformInk is one of the primary sources for actors to get information regarding auditions. PerformInk has a readership of over 12,000, about half of which are subscribers.
PerformInk also prints “The Book: An Actor’s Guide to Chicago.” The Book contains information about the business of living as an actor in Chicago, in addition to acting as a directory of services and products for industry professionals.