Conner, You might like to start by directing a show at an established theater that can handle the publicity, box office, royalties and all that or you, then produce a show for them or another theater where you handle all the back office work, THEN think about producing a show in a borrowed or rented space. By taking things in a stepwise fasion, you'll learn a lot, make tons of connection and take very little financial risk. Break a leg! Wait--break an actor's leg!