2017 TRU Combined Audition Event Slated for April

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) with generous sponsorshipfrom Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Actors Connection, BackStage, Reproductions.com, Actors Access and CastingAbout.com presents the 2017 TRU Combined Audition Event - on Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9, 2017 from 10am - 6pm at The DeSotelle Theater, 300 W 43rd St #301, NYC 10036.

More than 40 producers, theater companies, writers and directors will be sitting in on two days of auditions. Sign up to be seen by them, and by at least two top New York agents and/or casting directors! Early bird discount available until 2/28. For more details and to download an application, visit truonline.org/events/2017-audition.

AUDITION DATES: Saturday & Sunday, April 8 & 9:

Musical Auditions: Saturday 10AM-6PM (you will be required to perform a monologue, too)

Drama Auditions: Sunday 10AM-6PM

FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

March 28 (postmark March 27); deadline may be extended if there are available slots.

PRICES:

EARLY-BIRD TRU MEMBERS: $45 (Ends February 28, 2017)
EARLY-BIRD NON-TRU MEMBERS: $55 (Ends February 28, 2017)

TRU members and AEA, Standard Registration: $85 (Starts March 1, 2017)
Non-members Standard Registration: $95 (Starts March 1, 2017)
AUDITION/MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE: $125 (guarantees you a slot)

COMPANIES that attended in 2016: The Actors Project NYC, American Bard Theatre Company, Apotheosis Opera Co., Ardea Arts, August Strindberg Repertory Company, Big Dreamer Productions, Break A Leg Productions, Broadway Heavyweights, Cambreleng Productions, LLC, CJB Productions, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Filmus Inc., Gay & Girl Studios, Gorilla Rep, HME Productions, Hudson River Repertory, Hugh Hysell Productions, Identity Theatre, The Killing Kompany, Layon Gray Enterprises, Loup Garou Internationale, Lucky Pelican, Madcap Repertory Theatre, Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, The Meta Theatre Company, Midtown International Theatre Festival, New Millennium Theatre Works, Nu*ance Theatre, NY Artists Unlimited, NYLon Fusion Theatre Co., Off the Leash Productions, Ospirations Music, Paul Michael, PCC Productions, Prism Stage Company, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Rhymes Over Beats, Riant Theatre, Rising Sun Performance Co., Seasonwalk Productions, Speranza Theatre Co., Stogie Bros Productions, The Strawberry Festival, The Telling Company, Terra Incognita, TRU Voices Play Reading Series, Unabridged Productions, Untitled Theatre Collective, VampinGo Productions, vMHF Theatricals, The Wild Whatever, Wildly Productive Productions, Write Act Repertory, Xoregos Performing Co.

INDUSTRY that attended in 2016: Deborah Dotoli of AAG Talent, Albert Bramante of Emerging Talent LLC, Helene Galek of Helene Galek Casting, Jamibeth Margolis of Jamibeth Margolis Casting, Robin Carus of Robin Carus Casting, Carol Nadell of Selective Casting, Scott Powers of Scott Powers Casting, Valerie Adami of SW Artists Agency, Bobby Holder of The Talent Express, Michael Bloom of VSEG Managment, Bob Luke of Bob Luke Studios.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a twenty-four year old 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 the arts. Membership includes self-Producing Artists as well as career producers and theater companies.

TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions; presents the TRU VOICES Annual New Play Reading Series and Annual New Musicals Reading Series, two new works series in which TRU underwrites developmental readings to nurture new shows as well as new producers for theater; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program whose mentors are among the most prominent producers and general managers in New York Theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop the business skills they need. TRU serves writers through a Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab; programs for actors include the Annual Combined Audition, Resource Nights and "Speed Dating" as well as actor workshops.

Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, 9th district former Council Member Inez Dickens; and with support from the Montage Foundation and the Friars National Association Foundation.

For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit www.truonline.org or call 212 714-7628.