Opening Plenary Session—2017 TCG National Conference  Full Circle—Portland, OR—Thurs, June 8 2017
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2017-06-09

Theatre Communications Group presents the 2017 TCG National Conference: Full Circle (ASL-interpreted) livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday, June 8 to Saturday, June 10. 

From June 8-10, the 2017 TCG National Conference: Full Circle will welcome 1,000+ theatre practitioners from across the globe to Portland, OR, for peer connection, professional development, and inspiring thought-leaders from within and beyond the field. We’ll build on the success of the 2016 DC Conference by strengthening core programming like our Skills-Building Workshops and At the Intersections arc, as well as conduct bold new experiments like last year’s visits to Capitol Hill.

Full Circle will also draw inspiration from our host city of Portland’s central role in the “Maker” culture—a network of artisans and hackers dismantling industrialized systems through a return to a more local, human scale. In a region renowned for its commitment to sustainable ecosystems, could our most local and human of art forms be a natural partner in these movements?

This will also be our first major gathering after a contentious election process that featured profoundly different visions of our country’s past, present, and future. As storytellers and community-builders, how can we bridge the divisions of our country and world? How can we create ‘virtuous circles;’ feedback loops where our vision for a better world for and because of theatre reinforce each other?

Thurs, June 8 2017
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. PDT (Portland) / 9:30 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. EDT (New York)

Sponsored by: Scandiuzzi Krebs
Welcome: Teresa Eyring, Executive Director, TCG
Remarks By: Cynthia Fuhrman, Chief Operating Officer, Portland Center Stage; Sarah Horton, Managing Director, Artists Repertory Theater
Theatre Practitioner Award Presented to Linda Hartzell, Artistic Director Emerita,Seattle Children’s Theatre
Speaker: Lidia Yuknavitch

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