Timeline, Goals, Contributions, Needs and more

Welcome to the full update post where we'll keep all the little progress reports and improvements all in one place. Thanks to the support of a lot of people, we've been able to move forward rather quickly!

(Stage Whisper) Magazine will be a PDF-format magazine at least 20 pages in lenth. It will look like a full-color print magazine (with the hope that someday we might be able to transition into print), and we'll have Kindle and Nook options available as well. Further down in this post you'll find additional details about magazine content and how to contribute.

Already in place:

• Startup funding (yay!)
• Domain name (stagewhispermagazine.com) 
• Web hosting
• Ad sizes and rates
• Basic What's Playing calendar (still adding shows, and will update as needed)
• Facebook fan page
• Pinterest account
• Email list service You can now subscribe!

In the works:

• Website
• Magazine layout
• Writing and editorial staff
• Promotional brochures
• DFW Theatre directory
• Issue content plan through Dec 2015

First issue launch date: May 27, 2015 (for June issue).
     Subsequent issues will release on the 27th of each month for the following month.

Contribution/ad deadline for first issue is May 20, 2015 (for June issue).
     Contributions and ads for subsequent months will be needed by the 20th of each month for the next issue

Each month the magazine will include:

• Feature articles
• Script and theatre-related book reviews
• Regional theatre news
• Spotlight articles on theatres, directors, designers, actors, musicians
• Tricks of the Trade (prop tricks, costume, makeup)
• Editorials
• Theatre directory with clickable links to websites
• "Now Playing" page with shows for that month 
• Editors' Must See picks 
• Theatre resources
• Advertising
• Much more

How to contribute:
We are looking for contributors! We need writers, proofreaders, marketing help, etc. The caveat at the moment is that we cannot pay you... YET. However, the idea is that advertising funds will enable us to pay a nominal rate for accepted articles.

If you have any questions or ideas, please use the form in the right column of this blog, or message Stacey Greenawalt on Facebook.

A new adventure

Update: Startup costs are 125% funded!! But every little bit will be used for good, I promise! 

DFW currently has a truly wonderful weekly email newsletter publication, to which I subscribe. It's a fabulous resource for show information, audition information, and reviews. But I've found myself wanting more. Articles, spotlights, editorials, tips, tricks-of-the-trade, behind-the-scenes, etc. 

Once upon a time, I spent 12 years in the publishing industry, both book publishing and periodicals, but most recently I'd been firmly rooted in social services.

I think the Universe is telling me through life's bumps and hurdles that it's time to return to publishing! What better venture than to create a MONTHLY magazine devoted to DFW Theatre?

(Stage Whisper) Magazine will be a full-color magazine in PDF format, available via free subscription. It will be funded though generous donations and, of course, advertising. It will include an advertiser index and lots of other neat information about all kinds of theatre-related stuff in the DFW Metroplex, from high school productions to Broadway tours!

However, I could use some help with startup costs. If you're excited about the prospect of a free, full-color, monthly publication for the DFW theatre community, please consider giving a few dollars to the GoFundMe cause linked below. Goal is just $500, and every little bit helps!