TCG Events

TCG regularly convenes various meetings throughout the country, bringing theatre professionals together and encouraging them to explore significant issues, to share their knowledge and experience and to learn from one another and those in related fields. As the primary representative of the not-for-profit theatre field, TCG often collaborates with organizations in other disciplines to develop interdisciplinary conferences and forums.

TCG's 2008 National Conference

June 10-14, 2008
Denver, CO

The 2008 National Conference will be held in conjunction with the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention: Taking Action Together in Denver, Colorado, from June 10-14, 2008. We will join with the rest of the performing arts field at the Colorado Convention Center and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in an exploration of the performing arts sector and its place in American culture. In addition, there will be specific TCG programming at the Denver Center Theatre Company. For more information, please visit the conference page, or send an e-mail to conference@tcg.org.

TCG's 2007 National Conference

June 7-9, 2007
Minneapolis, MN

TCG is delighted to announce that the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have been selected as the site for the 2007 TCG National Conference. The conference, which will be hosted by the Twin Cities theatre community, will be held in the new Guthrie Theater facilities from June 7-9, 2007, with a possible pre-conference day on June 6th. For more information, contact National Conference Director Jenni Werner.

Expanding the Theatre Manager's Repertoire

August 5-7, 2007
San Francisco, CA

For the tenth consecutive year, TCG and Target Corporation are pleased to offer this popular and invaluable human resources training program. Building on Target's own human resources training methods, the seminar is specifically tailored for theatre managers.

Free Night of Theater

October 16, 2008

Based on continued research and the overwhelming response to the program, Free Night of Theater 2008 will continue its national expansion plans into regions of the country currently not represented in the program and we are excited to confirm the participation of Chicago, New York City and several other cities across the country.

The Free Night 2007 program boasted 398 participating theatre companies, which presented more than 600 performances that offered more than 30,000 tickets. (final research data will be available in May 2008)

TCG is pleased to report that for the third year in a row, there is exciting news to share from the demographic survey of the Free Night 2007 campaign.  Continuing the trend begun with the 2005 campaign, the program continues to attract significant numbers of people who fall within non-traditional theatre participant categories, including infrequent theatergoers, young people, less educated, non-white and those with lower household incomes. Specifically, 42% are under age 35, 26% have less than a college degree, 27% are non-white, and 42% have incomes under $50,000.

In 2008, TCG will continue to work closely with APASO organizations and arts councils as managing partners to produce Free Night.  Complete program guidelines, participation criteria and research details are now available on the TCG website. More details.

TCG's 2006 National Conference

June 8-10, 2006

TCG held its 16th National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia at the Woodruff Arts Center (home to the Alliance Theatre) from June 8-10, 2006, with a pre-conference program on June 8. Over 650 participants attended the conference.

For information on some of our past events, visit our Event Archives.