A TRU Resource
I am on the board of an organization called Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), whose mission is to “help producers produce.” We do this by sponsoring free monthly panels on issues of interest to the theater community.
We have also created programs for the theater community. For playwrights there is the “Writer/Producer Speed Date” where twenty-two playwrights get to pitch their plays to eleven producers. Actors have an audition event. And producers have workshops on producing issues like “How to Raise Money for Productions”.
The reason I’m mentioning all this is that since we are a not for profit entity, each year we hold a benefit to raise money to support our programs. In normal times this benefit takes place in NYC in person. This year the benefit is in a different format. Instead of an award show with boring speakers and banquet food, we have created a program called TRU Speak … Hear Our Voices.
It is an online presentation of six short plays all touching on issues of social importance; issues that are the reason Rhymes Over Beats was created to address. And, unlike in previous years, you don’t have to get dressed up and trek into the city to attend.
Ticketing information is on the website TRUonline.org. Please buy a ticket and celebrate with us a year of survival.