Theatre Communications Group

Teresa Eyring. Teresa Eyring is Executive Director of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre in the US. Prior to arriving at TCG in 2007, Ms. Eyring spent more than twenty years as an executive in theatres around the U.S., commissioning and producing plays, spearheading strategic planning efforts, raising money, negotiating with unions, and collaborating with artists, staffs, funders and volunteer… See full bio.

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Story: Did you know that the American theatre sector contributes $1.9 billion to the US economy annually? Learn more about the impact that Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for American theatre has: Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, exists to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. Founded in 1961, TCG’s constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to nearly 700 member theatres and affiliate organizations and more than 12,000 individuals nationwide. TCG offers its members networking and knowledge-building opportunities through our conferences, events, research and communications; grants approximately $2 million per year to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level and serves as the US Center of the International Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the global theatre community. TCG is the nation’s largest independent publisher of dramatic literature, with 10 Pulitzer Prizes for Best Play on our booklist; it also publishes the award-winning American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH®, the essential source for a career in the arts. In all of its endeavors, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field and promote a larger public understanding of, and appreciation for, the theatre. In 2005, TCG received the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre in recognition of its impact on the national field. TCG and its member theatres are major contributors to the American theatre sector, which employs more than 131,000 people, produces over 202,000 performances each year and contributes $1.9 billion to the US economy annually. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, TCG is led by executive director Teresa Eyring and governed by a national board of directors representing the theatre field. (Read more at: http://www.tcg.org/pdfs/about/tcg10_annualreport_web.pdf)

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The Theatre Communications Group offers a variety of services and support to non-profit theaters across the country.
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Teresa Eyring is Executive Director of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre in the US. Prior to arriving at TCG in 2007, Ms. Eyring spent more than twenty years as an executive in theatres around the U.S., commissioning and producing plays, spearheading strategic planning efforts, raising money, negotiating with unions, and collaborating with artists, staffs, funders and volunteer trustees. She began her theatre career as director of development for the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C in 1983. Additional posts have included: managing director of the Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) in Minneapolis from 1999-2007; managing director of the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia from 1994-1999; and assistant executive director of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis from 1989-1993. She was instrumental in the creation of CostumeRentals LLC, a joint venture between the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis and the Guthrie, as well as Plays For Young Audiences, a joint venture between the Children’s Theatre Company and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Since her arrival at TCG, the organization approved a plan to increase its responsiveness to fieldwide needs, accelerate the speed with which specific resources could be accessed to navigate change more effectively, and to proactively tell the great stories of TCG’s artistic and organizational constituencies in a range of contexts. She has also, in collaboration with staff, advanced an effort to transform the national theatre movement into a global movement. Ms. Eyring’s past volunteer affiliations include service as chairwoman of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, board member of WYBE-TV, executive committee member of the League of Resident Theatres; board member and Treasurer of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts; and board member of Intermedia Arts. Ms. Eyring was named as one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 under 40 future business leaders in 1998 and as a ‘Woman to Watch” by the Twin Cities Business Journal in July 2005. She is currently active as an executive committee member of the Performing Arts Alliance, is chair of the follow-up process for the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention, is a member of the National Advisory Council for the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh, and recently completed a three year assignment as a nominator for the Tony Awards. Eyring holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MFA in Theatre Administration from Yale School of Drama.

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