105 stories by "Teresa Eyring"
Believe it or not, the 22nd TCG National Conference in Boston is only 149 days away! It feels as if the 50th Anniversary kick-off Conference in Los Angeles was only last week instead of last…
The holiday season is the calm before the storm for the performing arts in New York. In early January, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) holds its annual conference, with …
"The Leadership Boot Camp has fundamentally changed how I interact with colleagues, how I perceive challenges and how I form strategies to solve problems." ─Past participant in the TC…
Last week, we lost Czech playwright, poet and former President Václav Havel. I had the chance to meet Havel in 1994, when he received the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. I was then managin…
"It is a revolutionary world we live in, and this generation at home and around the world has had thrust upon it a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived." …
Global Citizenship is one of the Core Values TCG identified as part of our 50th Anniversary, and in recent days, we've been reminded of its importance in both troubling and inspiring ways. M…
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." -Friedrich Nietzsche This Thursday, we'll be sitting down to turkeys and tofurkeys, and sharing the things we're thankful for…
Happy almost Thanksgiving! Our Fall Forum on Governance, which took place over last weekend, was a tremendous success. We had record attendance, and the Forum community of trustees, theatre …
(Photo: Becky Friedenberg. Pictured: Kevin E. Moore, Teresa Eyring, David Henry Hwang) (Editor’s note: Teresa Eyring’s closing remarks were given on Sunday, November 13th at our …
When you think theatre, do you think rural community? Joan Schirle did, and her vision helped lead to the founding of Dell’Arte International, just one of the many TCG member theatres …
"It should not be remarkable that we stopped talking about arts in education and started talking about arts for education." I love this quote from Susan Booth, artistic director of the Allia…
When was the last time a playwright's words gave you goose bumps? For me, it was last week at the launch of our TCG Playwrights in Conversation: Discussions and Readings series, in partnersh…
Last week I was in Washington, DC for the fall LORT meeting, where it’s a pleasure to see and catch up with so many colleagues. Laurie Baskin delivered an advocacy update, including an…
Last week, I was at the annual Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, where the theme of the meeting was Embracing the Velocity of Change. There were important discussions about the rapid demog…
As I mentioned previously, I was in China for the ITI World Congress in September. TCG is the U.S. Center for the International Theatre Institute, and several of our member theatres and affi…
Last week's I AM THEATRE is of Anthony Runfola, production manager at Childsplay in Arizona. He talks about the power of theatre to make people become more honest with themselves and bring c…
I was in Xiamen, China last week where the International Theatre Institute (ITI) held its 33rd World Congress. TCG is the U.S. Center for ITI, and we traveled here with a 12-person delega…
First, I wanted to give you a quick "post-Irene" update. Our TCG Circle post last week highlighted a number of theatres that were affected by the hurricane. Open Eye Theater in Margaretville…
The 2011 TCG Fall Forum on Governance: Capitalizing an Art Form registration is live! As I've mentioned in the past, the event takes place in New York, November 11-13. The Fall Forum on G…
While New York City was spared the massive destruction that had been predicted, many families, organizations and communities were hit hard on or around the east coast, including some TCG mem…
TCG is excited to welcome our newest board members and board leadership with Philip Himberg, producing artistic director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, serving as board presid…
Last week, I mentioned that the Fall Forum on Governance is coming up, from November 11 to 13 in New York, and we’re deep into the planning for that convening. Whether or not you are a…
I want to get the dates for our Fall Forum on Governance on your radar, which takes place in New York, November 11-13. This annual convening of trustees and theatre leaders is one of our mos…
As many of you are aware, TCG honored the Edgerton Foundation at our National Conference in June. Since the beginning of the Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards, the foundation has …
It's been another sweltering week of debt ceiling debate and madness, including the successful thwarting of an amendment to eliminate the NEA. Last week the House debated the House Interior …
