Fall Forum 2008
Radical Shifts: Governing Ahead of the Curve
November 7–9, 2008
New York City
Agenda
Friday, November 7
Bryant Park Grill, 25 West 40th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
6:00 pm–9:30 pm
| 6:00 pm–7:00 pm | Registration and Cocktail Reception |
| 7:00 pm–8:00 pm | Welcome: Susan Booth (board president, TCG; artistic director, Alliance Theatre) Remarks: Judith O. Rubin (chair, National Council for the American Theatre; chair, Playwrights Horizons) Introduction: Teresa Eyring (executive director, TCG) Keynote Address by Mark Halperin (editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time; political analyst for ABC News; and author of The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President) |
| 8:00 pm–9:30 pm | Dinner and Book Signing |
Saturday, November 8
The TimesCenter
242 West 41st Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues)
8:30 am–5:00 pm
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast, Late Registration |
| 9:00 am–9:15 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Teresa Eyring, (executive director, TCG) |
| 9:15 am–10:15 am | Plenary Session: It's the Economy... A presentation by Janet Babin (innovations reporter for American Public Media’s Marketplace), who reports extensively on economic trends and the arts. |
| 10:15 am–10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am–11:30 am | Plenary Session: Turbulent Times: Steering Through Today's Crisis A panel discussion and audience conversation on how theatres are responding to the economic downturn with David Hawkanson (executive director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Ryan Rilette (managing director, Marin Theatre Company), Molly Smith (artistic director, Arena Stage) and Megan Wanlass-Szalla (executive director, SITI Company). Moderated by Jim Steinberg (trustee, Denver Center Theatre Company). |
| 11:30 am–11:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 am–12:30 pm | Plenary Session: Looking Ahead: Two Reports on Growing Audiences Rory MacPherson (senior program officer at the Wallace Foundation) presents the new Wallace/Rand reports, Arts for All—Connecting to New Audiences; and Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Art Learning, Arts Education & States Arts Policy. Both deal with cultivating audiences and relate to the morning’s economic theme. |
| 12:30 pm–2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm–3:30 pm | Workshop Session: Articulating Our Value in Critical Times A messaging session facilitated by Michael Maso (managing director, Huntington Theatre Company), which will help theatres articulate their value to all of their stakeholders (funders, elected officials, audiences and the community, and specifically to those who can help theatres maintain their tax-exempt status). |
| 3:30 pm–3:45 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 pm–5:00 pm | Plenary Session: Exploring New Strategies for Arts Coverage A panel discussion on the ongoing changes in cultural reporting and journalism with Leonard Jacobs, first-string critic for the New York Press and author of the blog The Clyde Fitch Report; Frank Rizzo, arts reporter for the Hartford Courant, Variety, American Theatre Magazine and other periodicals; and Dan Shelley, executive editor of Digital Media for WCBS-TV and WCBSTV.com. Moderated by Kelly Ryman (director of marketing and public relations, George Street Playhouse). |
Sunday, November 9
The TimesCenter
242 West 41st Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues)
8:30 am–12:30 pm
| 8:30 am–9:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am–10:15 am | Plenary Session: Diversity in 360
° A panel discussion of shifting demographics and the way theatres are adjusting to be more inclusive and reflective of the communities they serve with Tim Bond (producing artistic director, Syracuse Stage), Mia Katigbak (artistic producing director, National Asian American Theatre Company), Peter Lobo (deputy director, Population Division of the New York City Department of City Planning) and Paul Nicholson (executive director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Moderated by Casey Baltes (assistant director of artistic programs, TCG). |
| 10:15 am–10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am–12:00 pm | Plenary Session: Philanthropic Giving in Troubled Economies A discussion of philanthropic giving in troubled economies with a panel of arts funders from the private and public sectors including Jessica Chao, (vice president, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors), Cheryl Ikemiya (program officer for the arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), Vicki Reiss (executive director, The Shubert Foundation), Angel Ysaguirre (director of global community investing, The Boeing Company) and Robert Zukerman (theatre program director, New York State Council on the Arts). Moderated by Marc Masterson (artistic director, Actors Theatre of Louisville). |
| 12:00 pm–12:30 pm | Closing Remarks: Observations by Kate Warner (artistic director, Dad's Garage Theatre Company and TCG board member) |