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Theater Resources Unlimited, in association with Actors Access, Actors Connection, Actors Federal Credit Union,Back Stage, The Barrow Group Theatre Company & Acting School, Paul Michael's The Network, The Players Theatre, Paul Greco Photography, Precision Photos/36th Street Studios, Ripley-Greer Studios, Wag that Reel and Weist-Barron Studios, presents the TRU 2012 Combined Audition Event on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 2012 from 10am to 6pm at The Barrow Group TBG Theatre, 312 W. 36thStreet, 3rd floor, NYC. Priority applications may be requested at
TRUactors@gmail.com with the subject header "Online Priority Please!" Standard applications will be available at
www.truonline.org beginning February 15. Both musical and dramatic audition slots are available.
More than 40 New York area producers, theater companies, writers and directors will attend the two days of auditions. The participating actors will also be seen by at least two top New York agents and/or casting directors in this unique Combined Audition format, open to Equity and non-union actors. The venue is handicap-accessible, and actors with disabilities are encouraged to apply and inspire attendees with the possibility of greater diversity in casting.
2011 Auditors included 13th Street Rep, Abingdon Theatre, The Actors Project NYC, Aim High Productions, Algonquin Theatre, American Bard Theatre Company, The Artists Playground Theatre, August Strindberg Rep, Brooklyn Innovative Theatre Experience (BITE), BWAZ Theatricals/Theatron, Chalant Productions, The Company Theatre Group, Cross-Eyed Bear Productions, Ethos Productions, From Now On Productions, Hudson River Repertory Company, Julia Quinn Productions, Killing Kompany Dinner Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Kramis Productions, Left Hip Productions, LimanAde Productions, Looking Glass Theatre, Many Hats Productions, Massimine Roytman Presentations, Mecca Entertainment, The Modern Stage, Musically Human Theater Co., NY Artists Unlimited, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, Off The Leash Productions, Original Theatre Works, Primary Stages, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, ReniGraef Productions, Resonance Ensemble, RIPFEST, Rising Sun Performance Co., Scripts Up!, The Simon Studio, Singing OnStage Productions, Speranza Theatre, Threshold Theatre Co., Triangle Theatre Company, Trinity Productions, TRU Voices Play Reading Series, White Plains Performing Arts Center, Wildly Productive Productions, Wildwire Productions, The Workshop Theatre, and Write Paths Studio, andindependent producers. Writers and directors with projects in development also attend, as doTRU member directors and writers.
Priority registration is $40, and is limited to TRU and Equity members, although discounted TRU membership and audition packages are available for new members. The standard audition fee is $65 once the limited number of Priority slots are filled, although discounted packages including TRU membership continue to be available. In addition, there is a free INFORMATION/MEET THE COACHES sessionon Saturday, March 3 from 5pm to 9pm at Paul Michael's The Network, 242 W. 36th Street. The session is designed to prepare actors for the TRU Audition with a seminar coordinated by director and coach Clyde Baldo. Participants meet a dozen audition & vocal coaches, and TRU staff is available to answer questions about the event. Registration is free for Audition Event participants, and applications may be completed and filed onsite.
TRU was founded in 1992 to promote a spirit of cooperation and support within the general theater community by providing information and a variety of entertainment-related services and resources that strengthen the business capability of producing organizations, individual producers, self-producing artists and other theater professionals. The company holds monthly seminars on a wide range of subjects important to theatrical producers and artistic directors conducted by panels of experts from both the commercial and not-for-profit segments of Broadway, Off-Broadway and the motion picture industry. TRU also publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions. In 2001, TRU began giving annual scholarships to The Commercial Theater Institute to encourage the development of aspiring producers, created a Producer Development & Mentorship Program whose mentors are among the most prominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop the business skills they need.
In addition, TRU presents the TRU VOICES Annual New Play Reading Series and the TRU VOICES Annual New Musicals Reading Series. These are new works series in which TRU underwrites developmental readings to nurture new works as well as new producers for theater. In March '08, TRU was associate producer of its first Equity showcase, Missives at 59E59 Theatre, a play that was developed in the 2006 TRU reading series. TRU programs for actors include an Annual Audition Event; and TRU partners with Weist-Barron Studios to offer quarterly Resource Nights and "Speed Dating" as well as free monthly actor workshops. The next Resource Night is scheduled for Friday January 27th. Actors may inquire about this and other actor programs by contacting Jaye Maynard at Jaye@JayeMaynard.com
Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, as well as generous support from the Friar's National Foundation Association.
For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit
www.truonline.org or call
212-714-7628.
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