Producing Live Arts 101: A Workshop

Luke “Skippy” Harbur shares case studies and professional experiences from producing
live arts full-time since November 2021.
About this Event

Tell me more about the workshop, Producing Live Arts 101

Your live arts project has a dream scenario! But how about a practical one, ensuring you can do other projects too? In this workshop, Luke “Skippy” Harbur shares case studies and professional experiences from producing live arts, leaving you with tools on how to create your own successful live arts journey! Light refreshments & teaching curriculum provided.

Tell me more about the workshop leader, Luke "Skippy" Harbur

“Pause. Play. Be Kind. Make A Difference." These are the four pillars of Luke “Skippy” Harbur, creating thought provoking experiences for multigenerational audiences as a full-time educator, performer, and producer. Through public speaking, beatboxing, and other skills his work celebrates authenticity and combats social isolation.

Based out of Kansas City, Missouri, he began full-time freelancing in November 2021. As an educator, public speaking topics include staying motivated under stress, managing mental health, and community building. As a performer, his project musicbyskippy contains over 75 original songs. As a producer, his company LSH Productions manages creative projects serving thousands of live arts, literary, and entrepreneurship patrons annually.

Project collaborators include but are not limited to the Ewing Kauffman Foundation, Cornell University, Kansas City Art Institute, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, NATS Mid-Atlantic Region, the Missouri Library Association, and the Iowa Library Association.

Fellowships include a Librettist Fellow with Lyric Opera of Kansas City & No Divide KC (Spring 2024), Heartland Arts Fellow with Starlight Theatre & Heartland Arts KC (Summer 2024), and a cohort member of Music To Life, a training program for musicians focused on social change (Fall 2024).

Living through four near death experiences before age 30 define his mission: nurture the kind, goofy, and critical thinking person living inside everyone. Follow @lshproductions and @musicbyskippy to watch his journey unfold, made possible by constant love and support from his family and friends!