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Attorneys Backstage: Pulling Back the Curtain on De-Collaboration and Ending Professional Relationships
Business and Career
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I n the new year, as you consider fresh beginnings and transformations in your theatre writing career, evaluating the health and the performance of your working relationships is key. How productive are your industry commitments, entanglements, collaborations, and professional relationships? Are you and your agent aligned on how best to be in service to your play? Are you working with a collaborator who, perhaps because of familial obligations, can no longer contribute to your musical? Has it been years since your work has appeared in your publisher’s catalogue?

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Leesa Fenderson
Leesa Fenderson

is an intellectual property attorney and fiction writer who has concentrated her practice on protecting the rights of artists. As the Business Affairs consultant and staff attorney, she is your first line of defense for theatre industry insight via the Business Affairs Help Desk. 

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