A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is celebrating its fifth year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings, having offered to date over 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.

To receive this Friday’s Zoom link, visit https://truonline.org/events/produce-yourself-in-2026-2/. These gatherings are a service for the theater community and are offered free for TRU members; non-members may also attend for free, but we ask that non-members help keep us running by buying a ticket, making a donation or joining as a member.

1/2/26 – Produce Yourself in 2026: More New York Festivals and What They Offer. In the room: Erev Ziv, managing artistic director and Jimmy Lovett, resident artistic director of Frigid NY, Queerly and other festivals with specific focuses; David Winitsky, founder and executive artistic director of the clearly focused Jewish Plays Project. A followup to our 12/19 conversation, with a look at other opportunities for developing your work. And just in time for your resolution to get your work up and seen in this new year! Is the festival experience right for you? Which festival would be the best fit? What are the costs, deadlines and the procedures for submitting your work? The Jewish Play Festival offers a different producing model, but still a great opportunity to get your work up and seen. We’ll recap the reasons for being in a festival, managing expectations and getting the most out of these opportunities. Visit https://truonline.org/events/produce-yourself-in-2026-2/ to register and receive the zoom link.

UPCOMING
1/9/26 – One Native American Artist’s Approach to Theater: Creative Sovereignty. In the room: Tara Moses(citizen of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Mvskoke), director, multi award-winning playwright, and co-founder of Groundwater Arts, a US-based artist collaborative committed to reenvisioning the arts field through a climate justice lens. Indigenous artists are perhaps the least visible in our culture, a culture founded on white authority. Equally concerned with the fair treatment of our planet as well as equitable treatment of the multiple populations that inhabit it, Tara will talk about finding her rightful place as an artist, and how decolonization offers a path towards more equal opportunities. She’ll reference a new endeavor from Groundwater Arts, the publication of Start with the Ground: a journal on decolonization in which Tara served as one of the editors and contributors; and she’ll share the basic principles of Creative Sovereignty, including individual control of one’s work, self-determination and cultural preservation. Visit https://truonline.org/events/creative-sovereignty/ 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 TRUnltd@aol.com 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 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-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.