TRU October Panel - Women Producers: What They Uniquely Bring to the Table

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and The Playroom Theatre present the TRU October Panel - Women Producers: What They Uniquely Bring to the Table on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 7:30pm (doors open for networking at 7pm) at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036. For more details, visit https://truonline.org/events/women-producers/.

Is theater a welcoming environment for women producers? Has that changed over the years? Do women producers offer a different esthetic from their male counterparts? Studies indicate that women tend to be more collaborative, intuitive and empathetic in their management style. Though perhaps a generalization, do women producers display a different management style? There is controversy about the disproportionate number of works by men produced both historically and in the present. Might more women producers mean more works by women, and more stories that center on women? Is commercial theater or not-for-profit more welcoming for women? And given all these questions, what might theater look like with more women producers taking the lead?

Presented in association with Women in the Arts & Media Coalition (WAMC). Speakers will include Sue Frost, founding partner at Junkyard Dog Productions (TONY Award-winning Memphis, First Date); Kristin Marting,executive director of HERE Arts Center; Lorca Peress, artistic director of MultiStages; Cheryl Wiesenfeld, four-time Tony Award-winning producer (Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, All the Way, Porgy & Bess, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty; plus A Steady Rain, Play Dead, The Exonerated, In the Continuum); and others to be announced soon. Moderated by TRU Vice President and Co-Founder Cheryl Davis.

Doors open at 7:00pm for networking and refreshments, roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm - come prepared with your best 30-second summary of who you are, and what you need. Free for TRU members; $12.50 in advance or $15 at the door for non-members. Please RSVP at https://truonline.org/events/women-producers/.You may also reserve by phone at least a day in advance (or much sooner): 212-714-7628, or by e-mailing TRUStaff1@gmail.com.

For more details, visit http://truonline.org/tru-event-category/monthly-panels/.