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Welcome to Theater Resources Unlimited, a 501c3 nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of theater. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers. Programs include monthly educational panels, Producer Boot Camp workshops, a new plays and new musicals reading series, monthly programs for actor members, a Producer Mentorship program, a monthly community newsletter and much more.

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SUBMISSIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE TRU VOICES MUSICALS SERIES.
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SPEED DATE LINE UP IS SHAPING UP - CLICK HERE

PITCH AND PRESENTATION SKILLS BOOT CAMP OPEN FOR REGISTRATION - CLICK HERE

TRU Monthly Panels for producers (and self-producing artists)! Join us each month as we explore topics relevant to producers, theater companies, self-producing artists and anyone who is interested in the business of the arts. CHANGE OF DATE! Wednesday September 29th, 7:30pm (networking at 7pm) From Table Reading to Tony Award: A Long Way to Memphis with Memphis producers Sue Frost, Randy Adams and others tba. CLICK HERE for details of previous panels! CLICK HERE to find photos of other recent panels. is the generous sponsor of our 2010-11 industry panel series! Read articles about previous TRU panels at The TRU Article.
TRU PRODUCER BOOT CAMPS (WRITERS, TOO) Sunday September 26th, 10am to 6pm "Pitching & Presentation Skills for Writers, Producers and Anyone with an Idea to Sell" Taught by Gillien Goll and Sharon Albert. Plus marketing guidance and a producer panel. WRITERS WHO TAKE THIS WORKSHOP CAN TAKE $25 OFF THE 1O/3 SPEED DATE! Click here for details of upcoming workshop. Click here for application. Saturday October 16th, 1pm to 7pm "Practical Playwriting: How to Write for Commercial Production" Taught by Diana Amsterdam with a presentation coach, marketing guidance and feedback from commercial producers and other experts. Click here for details of this workshop. Saturday October 23rd, 1pm to 6pm "Director-Writer Communications Lab" 10 directors will be paired with 10 writers for a day of coaching on giving and receiving feedback, as well as dramaturgical and structural discussions and general guidance on the marketability and probable markets for projects. Interested writers, email TRUnltd@aol.com for instructions on how to apply. Saturday January 22nd, 2011, 10am to 6pm: "Raising Money for Theater: How, When and Who to Ask" Click here for details of 2010 workshop. Format will be similar. Saturday-Sunday February 26-27, 2011, 10am to 6pm "Weekend Intensive for Showcase Producers" Click here for details of 2009 workshop. Curriculum will be essentially the same in 2011, speakers may change. Email TRUnltd@aol.com to be put on pre-registration list and guaranteed a spot.
TRU/ Weist Barron PROGRAMS FOR ACTORS Free seminar for TRU members: BUILDING YOUR REEL with Annie Chadwick, Brette Goldstein and Jeremy Handelman Tuesday September 28th, 7pm-9pm. At Weist Barron, CLICK HERE for details. $20 for non-members. Email TRUnltd@aol.com to reserve, or check back for details. Next TRU Actor Resource Night and "Speed Date" will Thursday October 21st. We'll be at Weist Barron again, check back for details. Click here for details of July Speed Date. Click here for the details of the January Speed Date. See photos and info about previous Resource Night and Speed Date - Click here! 2010 TRU COMBINED AUDITION EVENT: 4/2-4/3, 2011 Click here for details of 2010 event. Over 50 companies and casting people signed on to watch our actors - click here to see the list of industry attendees! Click here to read a BackStage blog about the recent TRU Combined Audition ... from an actor's point of view. Click here to meet our 2010 sponsors!
TRU PROGRAMS FOR WRITERS "TRU ART OF THE PITCH: The Writer-Producer Speed Date" Sunday October 3rd, 5:30 to 8:30! A chance to meet and pitch your project to 11 real producers. Scheduled so far: Cheryl Wiesenfeld (A Steady Rain, The Exonerated, Legally Blonde), Ken Waissman (Grease, Torch Song Trilogy), Pam Koslow (Yank!, Jelly's Last Jam, Jane Eyre), Apples & Oranges (Memphis, Hair), Jane Dubin (The Norman Conquests, The 39 Steps). Click here for details. Discounted for writers who take the Pitch & Presentation Skills Boot Camp. Submissions accepted on an ongoing basis. Deadline for 10/3 Speed Date is 9/18! Click here for the application in Word format. Click here for application as a PDF. Email application to TRUnltd@aol.com
The 2010 TRU Voices New Plays Series Click here for details of our recent series. Submissions for 2011 series will open in late September/early October with a December deadline.	The 2010 TRU Voices New Musicals Series NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS-deadline extended to 8/30/10! Click here for guidelines (please read before downloading the application) Click here to download an Application as a PDF Click here for Application as a web page Click here for details of past series.
2010 TRU Love Benefit at Caroline's on Broadway, 11/14 "Fulfilling Promises/Fulfilling Promise" honoring producer Pat Addiss (Promises, Promises, The Fantasticks, Passing Strange, Spring Awakening), Michael Presser of Inside Broadway and self-producing artist Ted Greenberg. Sunday 11/14, noon to 4pm. Tickets go on sale September 7th! CLICK HERE for a page full of photos of last year's benefit honoring Elysabeth Kleinhands and Allan Buchman! CLICK HERE for a page full of photos of 2008 benefit honoring Ken Davenport and Arlene Romoff! For photos of the 2007 TRU Love Benefit at Sardi's honoring Cheryl Wiesenfeld click here (with Elaine Stritch)
You can join TRU online and use your credit card or PayPal account. You can also send a tax-deductible donation! The 2010 TRU Resource Directory for Actors & Producers is on sale - Click here to visit the TRU Online Store.
"I've greatly benefited this year from my TRU membership. I've thoroughly enjoyed and learned from the panels, and I eagerly anticipate the bi-monthly newsletter. You have somehow made the unobtainable (gigs, productions, etc.) accessible." ~ Jessica Feder-Birnbaum, Playwright/Teaching Artist
Check out our Online Newsletter An archive of resources, services and offers for the performing arts community, including many discounts. Want the latest listings of Job Opportunities, Casting Calls, Writers Opportunities, Living Situations, Goods and Services, discounted Theater Events and much more? Click here to sign up for the TRU Update. Or email us at trunltd@aol.com and use the subject header "Update Me!" PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND WHAT YOU DO (ACTOR, PRODUCER, ETC.) And your city/zip code. We cannot sign you up without that info.	Be a TRU friend ... become a dues-paying member of Theater Resources Unlimited and help us to support the community with our programs: the TRU Voices Play Reading and Musicals Reading Series, Producer Mentorship, The TRU Audition Event, scholarships to the Commercial Theater Institute, monthly panels and much more. Download the application and read more about the benefits. Want to pay for your membership online? By credit card? Click here to visit the TRU Online Store.

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