July TRU Panel Producers and Literary Agents: A Long Overdue Meeting of Minds
7 – 9:30PM
Theater Resources Unlimited and The Playroom Theatre present the July TRU Panel
Producers and Literary Agents: A Long Overdue Meeting of Minds Tuesday, July 21, 2015
7:00 pm Networking, 7:30 pm Panel
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), in association with their new partner The Playroom Theatre, present the July panel, Producers and Literary Agents: A Long Overdue Meeting of Minds, on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 7:30pm at a **NEW LOCATION: The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036.** Doors open at 7pm for networking and refreshments; roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm.
Panel will include: Margot Astrachan, producer (A Gentleman’s Guide…, Ghost the musical, Around the World in Eighty Days, On a Clear Day…); Jane Bergere, producer (Wolf Hall, You Can’t Take It with You, Rocky, Clybourne Park, War Horse, Kinky Boots; Off Broadway and regional: The Exonerated, Houdini The Musical, Capture Now); Beth Blickers, agent with Abrams Artists Agency; Mark Orsini, agent with Bret Adams Ltd.; Cheryl Wiesenfeld, producer (The Heidi Chronicles, Rocky, A Steady Rain, 4 Tony awards: All the Way, Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty; off-Broadway: The Exonerated, Play Dead, In the Continuum).
Agents are well-versed in the needs and interests of regional theaters and not-for-profits. Might commercial producers also be open to agent submissions? We will attempt to expand the Venn Diagram of producer and agent relationships so that there is a greater overlap. What do agents want to hear from a producer? What do producers wish agents understood? It’s time for a conversation.
Admission is $12 (free for TRU members). You may now pay in advance and save $2 – go to http://www.truonline.org/store.html#panel to pay $10 for the panel, which will also count as your reservation. Please call at least a day in advance (or much sooner) for reservations: 212/714-7628; or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com. Doors open at 7pm for networking and refreshments, roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm - come prepared with your best half-minute summary of who you are, and what you need.