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Weekly Update

Teresa’s Weekly Update: Luck of the Irish

by Teresa Eyring March 21, 2011 Weekly Update
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Last week, St Patrick’s Day was celebrated and here in New York , the parade jammed up traffic and the streets were strewn with revelers. The Irish are mythologically associated with luck, and in honor of the day, I have unearthed a piece that appeared in Fast Company in 2003. It’s an in-depth review of [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: Demystifying and Testifying

by Teresa Eyring March 14, 2011 Weekly Update
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Here on the TCG home front, our work every day runs the gamut from the activism and leadership of communicating theatre’s value to the critical basics of offering training opportunities to theatre staffs. With respect to the latter, we recently hosted our MetLife/TCG A-ha! Leadership Teleconference Demystifying Technology: Marketing and Publicity in the New Economy. [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: From Dallas to DC Edition

by Teresa Eyring February 25, 2011 Weekly Update
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Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Dallas Children’s Theater’s “Teen Scene” Festival and witnessed a kind of work that underscores the very clear and direct relevance theatre can have in the lives of young people. The plays dealt with some tough topics particularly affecting the lives of adolescents. It was moving to witness [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: NEA Edition

by Teresa Eyring February 11, 2011 Weekly Update
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Happy almost Valentine’s Day! I’d like to call your attention to a few items this week. I ask that you be on the lookout for Action Alerts from the Performing Arts Alliance regarding funding for the NEA. Not only has the Republican Study Committee called for the elimination of the Agency, but yesterday, the House [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: Mightier Pens Edition

by Teresa Eyring January 24, 2011 Advocacy
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Here’s a quick reminder that registration is open for theatres that are willing and able to host Town Hall meetings—the third component of our recent Field Conversations. These meetings are a great opportunity for you to participate in fostering dialogue about the relationship between artists and theatre organizations. While the term “Town Hall” may imply [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: Memorial Edition

by Teresa Eyring January 18, 2011 Weekly Update
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I want to bring to your attention that we have launched the call for Breakout session proposals and TCG Awards nominations for the 2011 TCG National Conference in Los Angeles, June 16-18. Breakout session ideas should emerge from our main Conference question, “What If…?”, and the Conference tracks are outlined on the proposal web page [...]

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