A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announced today that there are still slots available at the Foundations level for their upcoming Producer Development & Mentorship Program (PDMP), set for Tuesday evenings starting February 24th, 2026. The application deadline has been extended from February 15 to February 20. Click https://truonline.org/tru-event-category/pdmp/ for more information and to register.

The more you know about the business, the greater your chances of succeeding. Take a step now to move your career forward – sign up for the Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) Producer Development & Mentorship Program, created in collaboration with 4-time Tony winning producer Cheryl Wiesenfeld (The Heidi Chronicles, Rocky, All the Way, The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Vanya & Sonya & Masha & Spike, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, The Exonerated). We offer ongoing support and education for producers at all levels of experience. The program consists of two levels:



The 2026 Spring FOUNDATIONS CLASS will be on Tuesday nights, led by Blair Russell, Tony-nominated producer whose experience ranges from fringe festivals (Edinburgh) to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows (Slave Play, Still and Sweeney Todd Off-Broadway). This course offers a basic but thorough overview of the major business aspects of producing and helps strengthen collaborative skills, taught in context of a final project that offers practical application of the information shared. Download the application here and email to TRUMentor@gmail.com (be sure to add your name to the start of the document name when you send it). Also, send a theater resume as well as a business resume if possible.

FOUNDATIONS is open to everyone interested in producing, including artists who are wise enough to want to know about the business; MASTER CLASS (submissions now closed) is open to graduates of the Foundations Class, people who have taken previous TRU workshops or the Commercial Theatre Institute 14 week or other CTI or Business of Broadway courses or those with equivalent producing experience, though the MASTER CLASS is full this term. All candidates must have a specific theatrical project that they are leading towards production. Self-producing artists are encouraged to apply.

Foundations Price: $320 for new members, $260 for returning members and students (ID required). The program will meet one or two evenings a month from September through February (see schedule below) – that’s 10 sessions ($31 per session). You must also be a paid member of TRU, currently $95/year.

Candidates may be asked to interview on Zoom.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a thirty-three-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 about the arts, and monthly Town Halls about current social issues; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught by prominent producers and general managers in New York theater; and 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 (adapting short plays into films), 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 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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