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Theatre Communications Group 2013 Gala
Evening to Honor
Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Ming Cho Lee
TCG Playwrights to Celebrate 30+
Year History of TCG Books
New York, NY – On Monday, May 13, 2013, Theatre
Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for
theatre, will honor Ruth and Stephen Hendel and
Ming Cho Lee with a Gala Evening at the Angel Orensanz
Foundation in New York City. The Gala co-chairs are
playwright Lydia R. Diamond and interior designer
Jasmine M. Keller. The Gala honorary chairs are Anne
Kaufman, Obie award-winning director; Nelle Nugent,
Broadway producer; Judith O. Rubin, chairman of the
board of Playwrights Horizons; and Liz Smith,
columnist and “The Grand Dame of Dish”.
Joining them will be a growing list of TCG-published
playwrights to celebrate the over 30-year history of TCG
books as an independent trade publisher of dramatic
literature. The authors in attendance will include: Jon
Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Thomas Bradshaw, Ping Chong,
Nilo Cruz, Will Eno, Jessica Hagedorn, Amy Herzog, Danny
Hoch, Tina Howe, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Samuel D. Hunter,
Eduardo Machado, Ellen McLaughlin, Marsha Norman, Lynn
Nottage, Robert O’Hara, John O’Neal, Adam Rapp, José Rivera,
Sarah Ruhl, Carl Hancock Rux, Alfred Uhry and Michael
Weller.
“TCG is delighted to honor the deep contributions made to
the theatre field by producers Ruth and Stephen Hendel, and
designer Ming Cho Lee,” said Teresa Eyring, executive
director of TCG. “The Hendels’ body of work as producers
ranges from Fela! to Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad
Zoo, and their contributions as trustees at TCG Member
Theatres like Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, LAByrinth
Theater Company and The Play Company are immeasurable. The
opportunity to celebrate their legacy alongside that of
seminal designer Ming Cho Lee—and in the company of so many
distinguished TCG playwrights—is not to be missed.”
TCG will be publishing Ming Cho Lee: A Life in Design,
a retrospective of his work by Arnold Aronson, in the fall
of 2013. Gala attendees will have a unique opportunity to
have their names published in that title, as well as other
2013-14 TCG Books titles. The Gala Evening will also feature
will feature performances from TCG Member Theatres around
the nation. Learn more about the 2013 Gala Evening on TCG’s
website:
www.tcg.org/events/gala
For over 50 years, Theatre Communications Group (TCG),
the national organization for the American theatre, has
existed to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional
not-for-profit American theatre. 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
conferences, events, research and communications; awards
grants, approximately $2 million per year, to theatre
companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal
level; and serves as the U.S. Center of the International
Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the global
theatre community. TCG is North America’s largest
independent publisher of dramatic literature, with 12
Pulitzer Prizes for Best Play on the TCG 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.
For more information, visit
www.tcg.org |