TRU Producer Boot Camp
9:30 – 6PM
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) will host the annual TRU PRODUCER BOOT CAMP: Weekend Intensive for Showcase Producing, on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 10am to 6pm at DeSotelle NuBox Theatre, 300 W. 43rd St., 3rd Floor, NYC. For more details visit http://truonline.org/events/weekend-intensive/.
Sign up now for some basic and not-so-basic training for producers, geared to those of you producing at the in-the-trenches reading and Equity Showcase level, with particular application for those planning to produce in the upcoming summer festivals. Featuring a phenomenal lineup of experts covering everything from Legalities and Contracts to Production Timeline and Budgeting to Raising Money and Marketing. Every aspect of showcase producing is broken down into easy-to-understand step-by-step modules, including a valuable discussion of the differences between producing in a festival and producing on your own. The more you know, the better your chances of success.
Keynote speakers will include Tony winning Broadway producers Margot Astrachan (A Gentleman’s Guide…, The Realistic Joneses), Tom Smedes (Pippin, The Visit, Peter and the Starcatcher, Mothers and Sons) and Cheryl Wiesenfeld (All the Way, Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty). Other speakers include producers Patrick Blake (The Exonerated), David Elliott (Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike), Jeremy Handelman (On the Town) and Patricia Klausner (Pippin); attorneys Eric Goldman, Diane Krausz and Erach Screwvala; financial advisor/producer Bailie Slevin; and casting director Bob Kale.
Limited to 30 participants.