Women Producers: What They Uniquely Bring to the Table

On Tuesday, October 24, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and The Playroom Theatre present the TRU October Panel -- Women Producers: What They Uniquely Bring to the Table.

Presented in association with Women in the Arts & Media Coalition (WAMC), speakers will include Sue Frost, founding partner at Junkyard Dog Productions (TONY Award-winning "Memphis," "First Date"); Kristin Marting, executive director of HERE Arts Center; Lorca Peress, artistic director of MultiStages; Cheryl Wiesenfeld, four-time Tony Award-winning producer ("Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike," "All the Way," "Porgy & Bess," "Elaine Stritch: At Liberty;"); and others. The event will be moderated by TRU Vice President and Co-Founder Cheryl Davis.

The panel will look at the following questions: Is theater a welcoming environment for women producers? Has that changed over the years? Do women producers offer a different aesthetic from their male counterparts? Studies indicate that women tend to be more collaborative, intuitive and empathetic in their management style. Though perhaps a generalization, do women producers display a different management style?

There is controversy about the disproportionate number of works by men produced both historically and in the present. Might more women producers mean more works by women and more stories that center on women? Is commercial theater or not-for-profit more welcoming for women? And given all these questions, what might theater look like with more women producers taking the lead?

Doors open at 7 p.m. for networking and refreshments and roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30 p.m. -- come prepared with your best 30-second summary of who you are, and what you need. The event is free for TRU members; $12.50 in advance or $15 at the door for non-members.

Women Producers: What They Uniquely Bring to the Table on Tuesday, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036.

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