A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now in its fourth year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date nearly 250 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020. TRU hosts these Community Gatherings every Friday at 5pm ET via Zoom, originally presented to explore the creation of art and theater in the time of COVID-19, and now to ensure that these crucial conversations continue going forward.



1/10 - Agri-Cultural Cross-Pollination: How Farm Arts Collective Intersects Art, Nature and Community. In the room: Tannis Kowalchuk, artistic director; Melissa Bell, resident playwright. Meet Farm Arts Collective, an artistic collective based on a solar-powered organic vegetable farm in Pennsylvania that weaves art and original devised theater performance into a broader mission fueled by a respect for the planet and the importance of community. "Our mission is to build a healthy and creative community through life-sustaining practices in farming, art, food, and ecology. The collective offers workshops in farming and food, site specific performances, community meals, and social justice events to deepen our connection to place and each other.” In 2024, Farm Arts Collective opened a permanent Agri-Cultural Center on its home, Willow Wisp Organic Farm. As if making theater weren't arduous enough, learn how Farm Arts balances it all and creates opportunities for theater artists. Theater is a lifestyle in and of itself. Discover a different way to live it. Click here to register and receive the zoom link.



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1/17 - Too Young to Produce a "Sublimely Stupid" Off-Broadway Sensation? So Sue Him. In the room: Maxwell Beer, producer of the edgy off-Broadway Cellino V. Barnes, and a 2023 Prince Fellow at Columbia's MFA theater program. We'll talk about how he found his little off-Broadway show and worked his way up to producing it, as well as his plans for a future off-Broadway production next year. Did we mention he is also a writer member of the BMI Musical Theater Lab? He'll tell us how developing knowledge of the writing craft has proven to be invaluable in his pathway to producing. How has he managed to navigate this tricky business so well, and what would his advice be to other under-30 producer hopefuls? Click here to register and receive the zoom link.



More information about upcoming interviews is available at: truonline.org/tru-community-gathering.



To receive the Zoom invitation for weekly meetings, email [email protected] with “Zoom Me” in the subject header. These gatherings are free for TRU members, non-members are asked to make an optional tax-deductible donation or consider joining TRU at truonline.org/membership to support the organization’s ongoing service to the community.



Videos of past Community Gatherings may be viewed on TRU’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/channel/UC43rsChi4fA23dNLeloaF_A/. And a podcast series, TRU Talks About Theater, featuring 2023 Community Gathering conversations, is now available wherever you get your podcasts; or tune in at ElectraCast: https://electracast.com/?s=Theater+Resources



Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a thirty-two-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.



TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, opportunities and productions; presents weekly Community Gatherings; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught by prominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through the TRU Voices Play Reading Series, TRUSpeak: Hear Our Voices evening of short plays about social issues, Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab.



Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by the Montage Foundation, The Storyline Project and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.



For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit www.truonline.org.



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  January 10 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm

  January 10, 2025 05:00 to January 10, 2025 07:00
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