ATW 'Work of the Company Manager' Seminar Held Feb. 28

"The Work of the Company Manager" will be the focus of the next panel of The American Theatre Wing's Theatre Intern Group. The meeting will be held on Tuesday February 28th at 6:30 PM, at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios, 311 West 43rd Street – 8th Floor.

The panelists for the discussion will be: Beth Blitzer (Well, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?); Beverly Edwards (The Wedding Singer, The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee); Nathan Gehan (Monty Python's Spamalot, 42nd Street) and Steve Greer (The Phantom of the Opera, national tours of Phantom and Les Miserables).

The American Theatre Wing's Theatre Intern Group creates social and professional development opportunities for young people who work in theatrical offices; enabling them to build contacts with their peers immediately upon starting work in the theatrical community. Monthly panel discussions on the many facets of the theatrical field offer opportunities for the interns to learn from professionals with 5 to 10 years of experience – long enough to be immersed in the profession, but not so far removed from the experiences of the interns themselves. Membership is open to all interns working in a theatrical office and annual dues are $10. Future meeting dates are set for March 21, April 25 and May 24. All meetings will be held from 6:30 - 8:00 PM, at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios, 311 West 43rd Street on the 8th Floor. Topics for each of the scheduled meetings are to be announced.

The American Theatre Wing is a not–for–profit service organization dedicated to education and excellence in the theatre. Sondra Gilman is the Chairman and Douglas Leeds is the President. In addition to creating and awarding the Antoinette Perry Tony Awards®, ATW's programs include the long–running "Working in the Theatre" seminars, broadcast in New York on CUNY-TV; a grants and scholarship program, awarding more than 50 grants annually to New York not-for-profit theatre companies and theatre students; "Downstage Center," a weekly theatrical interview show on XM Satellite Radio; and SpringboardNYC, a two-week, college-to-career arts "boot camp". All of ATW's seminars and interviews are available, for free, from the company's website — www.americantheatrewing.org.

Current members, and those wishing to join the group, can RSVP for the event by emailing theatreinterngroup@americantheatrewing.org, or by calling Stephen Abrams, Program Manger at 212-765-0606 x311.