Theater Resources Unlimited Hosts 'MEET THE COACHES' Session This Weekend

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents Meet the Coaches (And Audition Info Session) today, March 5, 2016 at 12pm at the DeSotelle Theatre, 300 West 43rd Street (at 8th Ave.), 3rd floor, NYC 10036.

According to TRU executive director Bob Ost: "We want all actors to do their best at the TRU audition, and all auditions. And we firmly believe that even the most experienced actor needs an outside eye to help shape their audition piece. Trust us - the room can tell who has been coached and who hasn't. It makes a huge difference. That's why we offer this annual opportunity for actors to meet a lineup of recommended coaches who want nothing more than to make them shine!"

TRU gives priority spots to anyone registered for the TRU Audition on April 9th and 10th (even if you haven't been passed in officially), but all actors are welcome to Meet the Coaches. To make a reservation, visit http://truonline.org/events/meet-the-coaches. Reservations are required! The event is free for TRU members and every actor who is registered for the TRU Audition; $25 for others (applicable towards the audition fee).

Sign-in/registration begins at 11:45am, an information and audition Q&A will be at 12:00pm with TRU executive director Bob Ost and 2015 audition producer Jody Lyn Flynn. Then a stellar lineup of acting, music and business coaches will give brief presentations starting at 1pm, followed by a elegantly catered reception and one-on-one meetings with the coaches until 3pm, so actors can get a real sense of the "vibe" and their compatibility.

This year's Meet the Coaches event includes monologue coaches Valerie Adami, John DeSotelle, Gillien Goll, Bob Kale, and Alexa Kelly; vocal coaches Robin Carus, Michelle Hakala-Wolf, Jane Seaman, Kimberly Vaughn; and business coach Annie Chadwick. To learn more about the coaches, visit truonline.org/events/meet-the-coaches.

2016 TRU Audition producers Carly Bauer, Lauren Fischetti and Jesse Langston will also be on hand to address actor questions, concerns and special requests and to register any actors who decide they would like to attend the TRU Audition on April 9th and 10th.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is a 23-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 theater. 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; TRU 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 and a Director-Writer Communications Lab.

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