105 stories by "Teresa Eyring"
"Our art was to bring everything in, to include everything until we finally admitted that the world was our work." -Charles Ludlam, from Ridiculous Theatre: Scourge of Human Folly, as quoted…
"Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming each and every one of them."- New York Times We are thrilled to announce that Taylor Mac will be joining the 201…
From April 12-15 of this year, TCG will facilitate a delegation to the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá. Staff of TCG Member Theatres who are interested in presenting or de…
(Photo: Tim Stanford, Playwrights Horizons; Heather Randall, New York Theatre Workshop; Senator Booker; Teresa Eyring, TCG; Marshall Jones, Crossroads Theatre Company; and Alissa…
"Do we want more diversity in the very small amount of available jobs? Â Or do we want to talk about radically democratizing the field…? -Michael John Garcés, quoted in Seema Sueko's "J…
“But I realized I couldn’t do anything without the support of the insurance people. Many were helpful but I couldn’t get anywhere with Aetna and its head Olcott Smith. So I…
(Photo by Sean Harris of Maverick Sean Photography. Pictured: Teresa Eyring at the 2013 TCG Fall Forum on Governance: Investing in Vitality) We've covered a lot of ground in our thr…
Leadership, and the lack thereof, has been much on our cultural radar as our country finally voted to end our perilous government shutdown (Laurie Baskin has more here). We've been thinking …
On October 3, TCG held our first ever Diversity & Inclusion Institute webinar. We were all deeply inspired by the concrete steps our participating theatres had already taken: developing …
"I do really celebrate New York. I love what it has meant to this little theatre company. I don’t think we could have done what we’ve done anywhere but here." -Ruth Maleczech, "M…
The critical importance of data is fresh in the news with the release of the NEA's 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. You may have noticed in particular these dismaying finding…
Our six-point Diversity & Inclusion Initiative took a big step forward this week with the launch of our Leading the Charge Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship. This two-year Fellowship …
As I walked into the lobby of TCG's office building last week, I was greeted by the wonderful surprise of a three-piece jazz band playing. This pop-up event was part of The September Concert…
The theatre field is currently celebrating more major birthdays than a TGI Fridays on the weekend. TCG celebrated our own 50th two years back, and many major theatres founded in the 1960s ar…
Where can you go from staying "over there" past a "burn" to see "R&G" "up the hill"? That lingo belongs to the American Players Theatre of Wisconsin, where I'm currently taking in a rota…
In my July/August column of American Theatre, I imagined a to-do list for our theatre field with a couple of long-standing challenges that we may never fully check-off. One more topic to…
Last week we launched Round 3 Cycle A of Global Connections (GC), and I encourage you to look over the guidelines and apply. Read about past recipients' projects to learn the many different …
This week, I’d like to focus your attention on important developments on Capitol Hill affecting the arts. We need your help, and I hope you’ll take action and spread the word. La…
Last week, the news of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the trial for killing Trayvon Martin resulted in widespread shock and confusion about how our system could fail to deliver justic…
Today, as we sat in our weekly TCG leadership team meeting, Managing Director Kevin E. Moore announced that history was in the making. His phone had just buzzed with news of the Supreme Cour…
We ended last week with the celebration of the summer solstice, which serves as both the gateway to summer's growing season and the launch of daylight's march toward fall. Â It reminds us …
"I think that as a playwright, if I detail that environment, then I’m taking away something from them [designers]. I’m taking away their creativity and their ability to have inpu…
Last week, I was powerfully reminded of theatre’s ability to heal. We gathered at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C. for a press event celebrating …
“As we experience the enormous pain and loss that is felt by so many victims of violence in our city’s neighborhoods and around our world every day, we renew our commitment to cr…
"'Kindness' covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, …
