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The Process of Evolving Our National Conference

By Devon Berkshire posted 10 days ago
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While the response from the theatre field about the TCG National Conference going biennial has been largely supportive, we know that this is a hard year to miss the chance to come together. TCG’s Conference has been a reliable, annual touchpoint for theatre people to join in community and solidarity, for collaboration and inspiration, and now is a time when that absence of togetherness will be deeply felt. We TCGers would gather much more often in person if circumstances made that realistic – but after producing our first hybrid Conference in 2022 (in partnership with the amazing Pittsburgh theatre community) we learned much more about what creating a meaningful ...
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Deadline Extended: Rising Leaders of Color 2023

By Raksak Kongseng posted 19 days ago
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In 2023,  Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) will form a cohort of three exceptionally talented early-career journalists and critics of color  who are committed to uplifting the stories of BIPOC and Black theatres, Indigenous theatres and all other Theatres of Color (BITOC); upholding equitable practices in the U.S. theatre field; and who demonstrate the potential to impact the theatre field in a positive way. In addition to those currently working as writers,  RLC also encourages applicants who may not formally identify themselves as a journalist and/or critic,  but who are committed to examining theatre-making; opening dialogue about the relevance of theatre ...
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Replay: RLC Alum Instagram Live and Info Session

By Joshua Jenkins posted 25 days ago
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Deadline Approaching: March 7 Rising Leaders of Color for early-career journalists and critics of color In 2023, Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) will form a cohort of three exceptionally talented early-career journalists and critics of color who are committed to uplifting the stories of BIPOC and Black theatres, Indigenous theatres and all other Theatres of Color (BITOC); upholding equitable practices in the U.S. theatre field; and who demonstrate the potential to impact the theatre field in a positive way. You can apply now at via the Rising Leaders of Color landing page . TCG was honored to speak on Instagram Live with Cristina Pla-Guzman and ...
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Register Now for The Storm Continues: Virtual LAB on Theare's Labor Justice and Workforce Challenges

By Devon Berkshire posted 02-22-2023
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Building off the MegaLAB session from TCG’s 2022 National Conference, The Storm Continues: A TCG Virtual LAB on Theare's Labor Justice and Workforce Challenges will offer a temperature check, space for research, and conversation with peers about the field’s ongoing labor crisis and mounting workforce challenges .  At the 2022 Conference session, burnout was named the top pain point for folks in attendance, with issues of deficit budgets and equitable compensation coming in a close second. Using these findings as a baseline, TCG will revisit some of these pain points to better understand what is fueling that burnout and work-related anxiety across the ...
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Story/Teller Arts: Taylor Mac

By Andy Boyd posted 02-16-2023
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The Center for Fiction , a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Story/Teller Arts: Taylor Mac on March 15 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream. Taylor will discuss judy's hilarious and wildly theatrical play  Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus , published by TCG Books . This event represents the eighth collaboration between The Center and TCG, with past events featuring Jackie Sibblies Drury and Claudia Rankine; Annie Baker ...
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Application Open: Rising Leaders of Color 2023

By Raksak Kongseng posted 02-13-2023
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In 2023,  Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) will form a cohort of three exceptionally talented early-career journalists and critics of color who are committed to uplifting the stories of BIPOC and Black theatres, Indigenous theatres and all other Theatres of Color (BITOC); upholding equitable practices in the U.S. theatre field; and who demonstrate the potential to impact the theatre field in a positive way. In addition to those currently working as writers,  RLC also encourages applicants who may not formally identify themselves as a journalist and/or critic, but who are committed to examining theatre-making; opening dialogue about the relevance ...
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Join a TCG Working Group on Audiences!

By Devon Berkshire posted 02-07-2023
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If there is any certainty that we can name, it’s that 2023 will hold little certainty for many theatres. A major source of that precarity is that – no matter your theatre’s size – our typical audiences and subscribers have not returned to many of our houses at pre-pandemic levels. Yet remarkably for some smaller to midsize organizations, there have been some major successes during this time of transformation. TCG hosted the Refilling our Houses Virtual LAB in December which presented key takeaways: theatre people are tired , our teams are sparse, and the energy to continually reinvent our offerings to our audiences is low. So, how can we find a balance ...
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Advocacy Action Alert: DHS Proposes New Fees: Includes Steep Increases for Artist Visas, Harmful Policy Changes

By Laurie Baskin posted 01-25-2023
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a  proposed rule  that would impose very steep increases to some of its filing fees, including for  O and P artist visas applications  filed by U.S. petitioners. The comment period is open until March 6, 2023, and DHS and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expect to take several months to review public feedback and consider adjustments. The proposed rule would revive and worsen many elements from a  2019 DHS proposal  that was ultimately enjoined and prevented from going into effect. This new rule proposes: Filing fees for regularly-processed  O visa petitions would increase by 260% ...
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TCG Appoints Elena Chang as Managing Director of EDI Initiatives

By Teresa Eyring posted 01-18-2023
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2023 || CONTACTS: Corinna Schulenburg, cschulenburg@tcg.org, 212-609-5941 TCG Appoints Elena Chang as Managing Director of EDI Initiatives New York, NY - Theatre Communications Group (TCG) , the national organization for theatre, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Elena Chang to the newly created position of Managing Director of EDI Initiatives. Chang previously served as TCG’s Director of EDI Initiatives, a position she has held since August of 2018. In this new role of Managing Director of EDI Initiatives, she will report directly to and work in deep partnership with the CEO to advance ...
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Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards Announce First and Second Rounds of 2022-23 Recipients

By Corinna Schulenburg posted 01-17-2023
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2023 || CONTACTS: Corinna Schulenburg, cschulenburg@tcg.org, 212-609-5941 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards Announce First and Second Rounds of 2022-23 Recipients Past Productions Include Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hot Wing King and Hamilton NEW YORK, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the recipients of the first and second rounds of the 2022-23 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $725,000, allow 17 productions extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, ...
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Happy Holiday Policy News: Arts Funding Increases and New Charitable Giving Incentives Win Approval

By Laurie Baskin posted 12-22-2022
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In the final days of 2022, Congress has come to an agreement on a year-end funding deal that includes victories for two TCG policy priorities – federal appropriations and enhanced charitable giving incentives. Your partnership helped secure bipartisan support and ensure inclusion of arts priorities in this year-end package! The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities will both receive $27 million increases for an FY23 budget of $207 million each. Theatres spoke up throughout the year to show how the unique federal investments in the arts support creativity at the community level, and TCG testimony to Congress provided ...
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Updates on TCG's National Conference

By Teresa Eyring posted 12-06-2022
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Today we’re announcing the next phase in the evolution of TCG’s National Conference, and of our convenings more generally. We are returning to a biennial National Conference schedule , with our next National Conference in 2024. Over the next year, we’ll be gathering feedback and insight from both within and beyond the theatre field to reimagine how our convenings can best advance our new mission, to lead for a just and thriving theatre ecology.  In 1976, TCG convened its first ever National Conference . For the first few decades, the National Conference was biennial, held first on college campuses and then in cities across the country. In 2006, the National ...
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(Re)Filling Our Houses: A TCG Virtual LAB on Bringing Audiences Back

By Devon Berkshire posted 11-28-2022
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We are excited to share our upcoming December virtual program, (Re)Filling Our Houses: A TCG Virtual LAB on Bringing Audiences Back . This virtual lab will take place on December 8 at 3pm ET, virtually on Zoom. TCG periodically hosts LAB spaces, or collaborative spaces, rooted in collective action around a pervasive fieldwide challenge. A recent example was the LAB at TCG’s 2022 Conference in Pittsburgh where we were led in exciting, emergent conversations of labor justice and workforce challenges. In recent polls of theatre leaders and artists, one pressing challenge is the slow and inconsistent return of audiences to traditional theatre spaces and performances. ...
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Story/Teller Arts: Martyna Majok with Naveen Kumar and David Zayas

By Andy Boyd posted 11-10-2022
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The Center for Fiction , a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Story/Teller Arts: Martyna Majok on Cost of Living with Naveen Kumar and David Zayas on November 16 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream. Deemed “immensely haunting” by the New York Times and “perfection” by the New York Theatre Guide , Majok’s P ulitzer Prize-winning masterwork Cost of Living tackles the biases and perceptions of those living ...
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Grant News Reminder: The Shubert Foundation grant due Dec 1

By LaTeshia Ellerson posted 11-08-2022
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The Shubert Foundation announces its upcoming December 1 st deadline for Theatre applications. TSF funds have always been allocated as general operating support based on the belief that grantees know best how to prioritize their needs. To ensure support to the widest range of recipients, The Shubert Foundation maintains an open-door policy with no invitation required. Interested applicants should review the website ( www.shubertfoundation.org ) to ensure that basic requirements are met. A brief quiz (accessed via the Website ) is the first point of contact with the Foundation.   General Requirements Shubert Foundation grants are awarded exclusively ...
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Webinar Opportunities and Resources Available from Event Safety Alliance

By Laurie Baskin posted 11-03-2022
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The following opportunities and resources are available from Event Safety Alliance. ON SALE NOW: Weather Planning for Mass Gatherings Workshop From Woodstock to Indiana, from wind to lightning to extreme heat, severe weather is one of the most common and potentially dangerous hazards affecting outdoor events. Conscientious event professionals are expected to include comprehensive weather planning as part of their overall event management plan.  ESA’s   Weather Planning for Mass Gatherings Workshop   (formerly the “Severe Weather Summit”) is a practical workshop that joins meteorological science and event operations to help event and venue ...
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[VIDEO] The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship Info Session

By Raksak Kongseng posted 10-25-2022
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We have opened the application for The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship! This is a valuable opportunity that we don’t want students to miss out on! We held an information session on November 1, 2022 at 4pm ET for interested individuals to ask any questions, hear more about the scholarship. Recipients will receive up to $7,500 to be used towards tuition, registration fees, supplies and/or travel expenses over a one-year period between January 30, 2023 - January 31, 2024. Scholarship applicants should be enrolled and in good standing at a college, university or professional training program at the beginning of the scholarship period on January ...
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TCG Announces RECOGNIZE Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color

By Emilya Cachapero posted 10-20-2022
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 20, 2022 ||   CONTACTS: Corinna Schulenburg | cschulenburg@tcg.org | 212-609-5941 Theatre Communications Group Announces RECOGNIZE Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color $900,000 in General Operating Support Awarded to 22 Theatres RECOGNIZE Grantees to join REBUILD: A Learning Cohort New York, NY –   Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the recipients of RECOGNIZE grants as part of the THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color program . With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF), TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory ...
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Six Reasons You Can’t Miss Governance at the Crossroads!

By Devon Berkshire posted 10-19-2022
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We’ve heard across the theatre field that systems of governance are at an inflection point and there's a growing desire to reimagine those systems together. Happening on November 11 both virtually and in New York City, Governance at the Crossroads: A Strategic Retreat will give us space to do that. We've put together a list of reasons you need to be in the room for this brand new, unique gathering! Register now! It’s an evolved take on TCG’s traditional Fall Forum on Governance. We’ve designed this new event in response to what we’ve heard from a lot of you. Keeping in mind both those who are experiencing challenges but also those ...
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November's (NEW) BIPOC on the Block

By Raksak Kongseng posted 10-17-2022
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Are you a BIPOC/POC/PGM theatre leader/practitioner who joined a PWI staff in March 2020 or later? Are you the first or only BIPOC/POC/PGM on staff? Are you desiring space for renewal and intentional community building? Are you looking for thought partners to help you find solutions for a work challenge? Join us on Monday, November 7, 2022 (5pm ET/4pm CT/3pm MT/2pm PT/1pm AT/11am HT) . These quarterly roundtables began in Summer 2020 as a way for BIPOC/POC/PGM theatre leaders/practitioners to give and receive support while widening their circle of peers.  Free RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-msrDgvGddSLhWH-NWms6jrDui9gx5S ...
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