Leadership U: Continuing Ed Guidelines & Application Available

by TCG News February 27, 2012 Leadership U
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Leadership U: Continuing Ed - Guidelines and Application Now Available! The goal of Leadership U[niversity] is to strengthen the field by developing the individuals who are the core and future of theatre. Continuing Ed grants of up to $6,000 will be awarded to eight mid-career to veteran professionals at TCG Member Theatres for learning opportunities that [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: Inheritance Edition

by Teresa Eyring February 27, 2012 Weekly Update
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What kind of theatre will the next generation inherit? This was a recurring question as I continued my travels from the previous week, visiting theatres in Minneapolis, the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Fe. I saw the inspiring potential of that next generation manifested in the work of Up Next, an organization that engages [...]

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The Perpetual Foreigner of American Theatre

by Diep Tran February 24, 2012 Activism
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(Christine Toy Johnson, Pun Bandhu and Angel Desai at the roundtable. Photo: Bruce Alan Johnson) Where are all the Asians? That seemed to be the question at hand last Monday, Feb. 13, during the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) roundtable, with a pun-filled title: “RepresenAsian: The Changing Face of Theatre,” at Fordham University. The [...]

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Artist, Immigrant: Jojo Gonzalez

by Marcy Arlin February 22, 2012 Artistry
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The United States is a multicultural nation, and nowhere is that truer than in the arts. However, the full range of the diverse cultures working in the arts often occurs out of the spotlight. As Artistic Director of Immigrants’ Theatre Project I have worked with immigrant theatre artists from over ninety nations, including the Native [...]

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World Theatre Day Message To Be Delivered By John Malkovich

by TCG News February 21, 2012 Events
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Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre and home of the U.S. Centerof the International Theatre Institute (ITI-US), invites all theatres, individual artists, institutions and audiences to celebrate the 50th annual World Theatre Day on March 27, 2012. Each year, a renowned theatre artist of world stature is invited by ITI Worldwide in [...]

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Teresa’s Weekly Update: Creative Frontiers Edition

by Teresa Eyring February 21, 2012 Weekly Update
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I recently traveled to Anchorage to visit TCG’s three member theatres in Alaska: Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Cyrano’s Theatre Company in Anchorage and “the world’s northernmost company,” Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre (FST). Perseverance opened a production of The Blue Bear, Cyrano’s held an open house with a variety of speakers (including yours truly), and the FST [...]

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