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Congratulations to Sanaz Toossi, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!

By Andy Boyd posted 23 days ago
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TCG Books congratulates Sanaz Toossi, whose play English is the winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. English , which centers on a group of Iranians studying for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exam, explores themes of translation, language, and belonging. TCG Books will be publishing English  in a double-volume alongside Toossi's play  Wish You Were Here , which depicts the changing dynamics of a group of female friends in post-revolutionary Iran.  We also extend our congratulations to finalists Lloyd Suh ( The Far Country ) and Aleshea Harris ( On Sugarland ). Lloyd Suh's  The Chinese Lady is forthcoming from TCG Books, and Harris's  ...
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Theatre Communications Group Selects Chicago, IL for 2024 National Conference

By Corinna Schulenburg posted 28 days ago
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New York, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, proudly announces that the 33rd TCG National Conference will be hosted in Chicago, IL from June 20th to 22nd, 2024, in association with the League of Chicago Theatres. The TCG National Conference draws between 700 to over 1,000 theatre professionals from around the world for professional development, community-building, performances, and opportunities to explore – and draw inspiration from – the local theatre community. In December of 2022, TCG announced a return to a biennial National Conference schedule, with 2023 as the first off-year. After virtual conferences in ...
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TCG Books Moving Sale!

By Andy Boyd posted 29 days ago
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TCG is moving offices! Please join us at our exclusive pop-up bookstore before the move. Plays and theatre books from TCG Books, Nick Hern Books, Playwrights Canada Press, 53rd State Press, PAJ Publications and more will be for sale at $2.00 each while supplies last, with additional discounts available for larger quantities. Drop by and browse hundreds of titles from renowned playwrights and theatre artists. We can’t wait to see you! Date and Time : May 11th and 12th, 10 AM to 6 PM Location : TCG Office, 520 8th Ave, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10018 Email aboyd@tcg.org with any questions!
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2023 Tony Nominations!

By Andy Boyd posted 29 days ago
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The nominations for the 76th Tony Awards have been released! Plays or musicals published by TCG Books earned a remarkable 33 nominations, including three for Best Play, two for Best Revival of a Play, and one each for Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical. Our most nominated title was  Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, which received eight nominations! Into the Woods by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim received six nominations. Cost of Living  by Martyna Majok and  Fat Ham by James Ijames both received five nominations, including for Best Play. Congratulations to all this year's nominees! The full list of nominations is ...
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Story/Teller Arts: Will Arbery and Chloé Cooper Jones with Leslie Jamison

By Andy Boyd posted 04-06-2023
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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: Will Arbery and Chloé Cooper Jones with Leslie Jamison on April 12 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream. The evening will celebrate the publication of Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning and the paperback release of Jones’s Easy Beauty . Novelist and essayist Leslie Jamison ( Make It Scream, Make It Burn ) will moderate the ...
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The Process of Evolving Our National Conference

By Devon Berkshire posted 03-16-2023
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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 03-07-2023
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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 of theatre ...
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Replay: RLC Alum Instagram Live and Info Session

By Joshua Jenkins posted 03-01-2023
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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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