Second Indie Theater Convention

July 9, 2008 by dennisbaker 

nytheatre i is gearing up for the second indie theater convention this Saturday, July 12th at Barrow Street Theater. It starts at 2pm and I will try to make it over after a reading of Hamlet I am doing with the Instant Shakespeare Company. Below is some of the detailed specifics that can be found on the website. Apparently there is some disagreement surrounding Indie theater. Come check it out for yourself!

Doors open at 1:30pm. Come early to chat with Rochelle and myself, and with folks from the League of Independent Theater (LIT) (we’re expecting John Clancy, who was one of the founders of FringeNYC; Shay Gines of the New York Innovative Theatre Awards; Erez Ziv of Horse Trade Theatre Group; Paul Bargetto of East River Commedia; independent producer John Pinckard; and hopefully some other folks who have been involved in getting this new organization off the ground).

The presentation starts at 2:00pm. There are really two main focuses of the Convocation — first, to talk about some initiatives and programs that I believe will be genuinely valuable to the NYC indie theater community; and second, to provide a forum for folks involved with indie theater to share their ideas and feedback with us and with each other.

Rochelle (NYTE’s managing director) is going to kick off the event. Then I will take the floor for a few minutes with a view toward accomplishing a couple of important things — to review some of what’s been happening in our community since the 1st Ever Indie Theater Convocation two years ago; and to share some news about specific programs that we’ve either recently launched or are preparing to launch that are designed to educate mainstream audiences about indie theater and entice them to become active audience members in this sector of NYC theatre.

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