Joshua Stavros
Associate Director of Arts Administration Southern Utah University
- Cedar City UT
Biography
In addition to his arts management work, he has acted and directed in a number of colligate and professional productions, including three Greenshows, and taught in the Cedar City area high schools. He has served as the spokesperson for the Utah Advisory Council of Theatre Teachers and has been a member at large of the Utah Thespians Association. He currently serves on the boards of the Utah Cultural Alliance and Utah Cultural Advocacy Alliance.
Stavros earned a bachelor's degree in Theatre and an MFA in arts administration from Southern Utah University.
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Education
Southern Utah University
Bachelor of Science
Theatre Arts
Southern Utah University
Master of Fine Arts
Arts Administration
Accomplishments
Lead annual student trip to Washington DC
Lead annual student trip to Washington DC during Arts Advocacy week. Facilitate meetings
and networking between students and working professionals. Set up meetings with elected
officials and their staffers. 2016, 2017, 2018
Tour de Force Award
Southern Utah University Theatre Department
Special Award
Utah Theatre Association
Affiliations
- Utah Advisory Council of Theatre Teachers
- Utah Thespian Society
- Utah Cultural Alliance
- Utah Division of Arts and Museums
Media Appearances
Interview with Joshua Stavros, Utah Shakespeare Fets's Greenshow CO-Director
Utah Theater Bloggers Association online
2014-08-04
Few things capture the feel of the Renaissance as much as a greenshow, and few greenshows can compare to Utah Shakespeare Festival’s. One of my earliest theatrical memories is sitting on the grass in front of the stage watching the performers of the Greenshow dance around a maypole. To learn about the secret to the Greenshow’s staying power and accessibility, I interviewed this year’s co-director, Joshua Stavros.
Articles
About the Playwright: Pippin
Utah Shakespeare FestivalJosh Stavros
Shakespeare penned the words “Two households, both alike in dignity,” to describe the star-crossed families of Montague and Capulet, but this phrase could be applied to the collaborators behind Pippin, the hit musical penned by Stephen Schwartz and Roger Hirson
Into the Wilderness: A Hero's Journey
Utah Shakespeare FestivalJosh Stavros
If you haven’t said it before, you have probably heard it: Shakespeare is a great storyteller. He tells stories that feel relevant even hundreds of years after he “wrote” them. He was taking stories he knew and spinning them into his own version. This process is at the very heart of good storytelling. As the author Margaret Atwood said, “You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it”
Courses
AA 3030 - Arts Advocacy
Students will develop an understanding of arts advocacy and cultural policy at an introductory level, developing strategies to engage with civic, business, state, and federal agencies on behalf of the arts. Students will become empowered advocates for the arts through readings, case studies, discussions, professional practice, and critical analysis of advocacy at the state and federal level.
AA 6800 - Board Relations and Planning
This course provides an in-depth study of the role of a Board of Directors and the planning process as it effects the operation of arts and cultural organizations. Specific topics covered include board and staff interaction, board duties and responsibilities, fundraising, governance models, strategic planning, parliamentary procedures for meetings, committee structures, and developing by-laws and policies.
AA 6040 - Arts Advocacy and Cultural Policy
Students will develop an understanding of arts advocacy and cultural policy at multiple levels, developing strategies to engage with civic, business, state, and federal agencies on behalf of the arts. Students will become empowered advocates for the arts through readings, case studies, discussions, professional practice, and critical analysis of both national and international cultural policy.
AA 6810 - Marketing in the Arts I
Students will be able to identify and develop arts audiences and to increase earned income through the study of audience segmentation, market research, branding, special promotions, advertising, public relations, and online marketing.
