STAGE TUBE: I AM THEATRE Project - Andres Munar

BroadwayWorld.com is excited to share a weekly series developed by the Theatre Communications Group! This week actor Andres Munar shares pivotal moments in his theatre career and why the arts matter to him!

Recent Credits include CIVILIZATION (ALL YOU CAN EAT) by Jason Grote at Clubbed Thumb; OEDIPUS EL REY by Luis Alfaro at Woolly Mammoth, WELCOME TO ARROYO'S by Kristoffer Diaz at The Old Globe Theater. He is a recipient of a Fox Foundation/TCG Fellowship at Cornerstone Theater Company which culminated with his performance in Naomi Iizuka's THREE TRUTHS. He is a longtime collaborator of Michael John Garces both at Cornerstone (LOS ILLEGALS, ATTRACTION) as well as at INTAR Theatre, NY Theatre Workshop, EST, Rattlestick, HERE Arts Center, and The Shalimar. Also at INTAR: Eduardo Machado's KISSING FIDEL and Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas' TIGHT EMBRACE. Other credits include Working Theater: AMERICAN JORNALERO by Ed Cardona; Hip Hop Theater Festival: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS by Ben Snyder; The Lark: DECOMPOSITION by Alfonso Carcamo; Cherry Lane: Rajiv Joseph´s HUCK AND HOLDEN; NYMF: KINGDOM; NAATCO: THE DISPUTE; Edge Theatre: LIFE IS A DREAM. Mr. Munar is a recipient of the Bowden Award from New Dramatists. He has guest starred on a couple of TV shows and made his feature film debut in Steven Soderbergh´s CHE. His second feature, ENTRE NOS, was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival.

I AM THEATRE spotlights the stories of theatre practitioners, in their own words. With 50 videos over the next 50 weeks, TCG is celebrating its 50th anniversary by sharing stories from a diverse group of people who are creating, supporting, and engaging with theatre. YOU ARE THEATRE: We want to hear your stories! TCG will release a new video each week of individuals sharing pivotal moments in theatre - and hope they will inspire you to tell your stories too. Join us as we seek to raise the international awareness of the depth, diversity and impact of the theatre field. WE ARE THEATRE! Today, not-for-profit professional theatres in the U.S. employ 130,000 people annually, inspire more than 30 million attendees and contribute $2 billion directly to the U.S. economy. What if thousands of theatre artists across the world posted their own video testimonies of why they do what they do and why theatre matters? How might that transform communities' awareness of our work? Please share the stories we've recorded, and we'll share the videos you make, and together we'll testify in a voIce That everyone will hear...I AM THEATRE. YOU ARE THEATRE. WE ARE THEATRE!

For 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 13,000 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 US 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 11 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. www.tcg.org