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Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) launches a new podcast series TRU Talks About Theater based on its celebrated Community Gatherings, a weekly conversation series that has explored the creation of art and theater in the time of COVID-19 via Zoom non-stop for over two years. The first three episodes of the show are available for streaming now on all major podcast platforms. Available at https://electracast.com/podcast/tru-talks-about-theater/ and wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 1: Fifty Years of Leadership: A Conversation with Producer/Theater Owner Eric Krebs
In the room: entrepreneur, producer, writer and groundbreaking theater manager and owner Eric Krebs talks of a dedicated life in New York theater. Co-founder of the George Street Playhouse, and manager for years of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theatres, Eric has been a part of the evolution of off-Broadway, through the creation of Theatre Row to running several of his own theater spaces including the current Theatre 555 on West 42nd Street. He shares his experiences with candor and offers insights into the challenges of maintaining off-Broadway as a viable environment for developing theater artists and art.

Episode 2: Keeping Virtual in Our Vocabulary: Integrating What We’ve Learned As We Return to Live Performance
In the Room: Kathryn Jones, leader and Innovator in live-streaming, virtual fundraising and social-first content, founder of Collective Agency. Two years in shutdown has pushed us to expand our creative skill set. Kathryn and Bob look at the virtual tools that can still serve us going forward, and how they can contribute to our future success in theater, from livestreaming as a supplementary revenue stream to online fundraising to new ways to approach marketing and increase awareness of our products.

Episode 3: What I Did Last Summer: How Producer Jim Kierstead Kept Productive in a Pandemic
In the room: Jim Kierstead (Tony winner for Hadestown, Kinky Boots and Pippin; plus Ain’t Too Proud, The Inheritance, Waitress) talks about moving his energies into the virtual world with Broadway Virtual, a new company specializing in streamed and video content, as well as educational opportunities to help artists master the new technologies. He’ll also share his journey balancing the two sides of his ambitions: playwrighting and producing. Plus his plans for coming back to live performance. With a side trip into the current controversies within our slow-to-change business.

Episode 4: Is the Great White Way Becoming a Little Less White?
In the room: Adam Hyndman, board member and Tara Moses, advisory board member of Broadway for Racial Justice, fighting for greater equity and inclusion by providing immediate resources, assistance, and amplification for BIPOC in the Broadway and theatrical community at-large. Though its nickname referred to the bright lights on its marquees, intentional or not, white privilege and perspective have shaped Broadway and our business from its very beginnings. On June 8, 2020, the pandemic already raging, the BIPOC proclamation “We See You, White American Theater” challenged theater to acknowledge the problem and address it. The current commercial season boasted 7 plays by BIPOC writers, and regional theaters have announced their most diverse seasons to date. Is it enough? And is our current COVID world stifling progress? Bob and his guests wade into the deep waters of controversy and face both the challenge and the necessity of facing the roadblocks in the way of having true equity and inclusion in our business and our world.


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