TRU Community Gathering via Zoom, Women Over 40: Opportunities and Observations

A dependable haven for theater professionals, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is in its sixth year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings, having led over 300 consecutive conversations about aspects of theater and the arts. The series has offered the theater community information, inspiration, and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020. TRU hosts these gatherings every Friday at 5pm ET via Zoom, originally presented to explore the creation of art and theater in the time of shutdown, and now to ensure that these crucial conversations continue going forward.

Visit https://truonline.org/events/women-over-40/ to receive this Friday’s Zoom link. These gatherings are a service for the theater community and are offered free for TRU members; non-members may also attend for free, but we ask that non-members help keep us running by buying a $12 ticket, making a donation or joining as a member.

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• Women Over 40: Opportunities and Observations. In

the room: Cindy

Cooper,

playwright, journalist, author and activist, and Cheryl

L. Davis,

playwright, lyricist, Emmy-nominated soap writer, General Counsel for

the Authors Guild, TRU founder. Both are members of the Executive

Committee of Honor Roll!, an advocacy and action group of women and

playwrights over forty whose goal is greater inclusion in theater.

Why does it matter if women or women-identifying writers over 40 are

excluded because of their age or gender? In a political environment

of cancel culture, art may be the most essential and last outpost for

preserving voices that are being silenced. Why are the stories and

perspectives that women+ artists over 40 bring to theater valuable?

How does the diminution of women+ writers over 40 have impact on our

culture? Are theater audiences losing out? We'll look at ways Honor

Roll! raises awareness and builds support to combat the crushing

combination of ageism and misogyny. What steps are other

organizations taking to elevate those who have been marginalized by

age and gender along with race, ethnicity, ability and homophobia?

We'll also speculate on non-profit theater leadership around the

country in terms of the lack of representation in their seasons by

women+ playwrights over 50, and share the list of 50 Plays By Women

Over 50 that was generated in response. Visit

https://truonline.org/events/women-over-40/

to register and receive the link.