Theatre Profiles, Volume I, 1973 An Informational Handbook of Nonprofit Professional Theatres in the United States

Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp.178, indexed by region. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Theatre Communications Group, (TCG), is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States. . TCG also publishes American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH, a theatrical employment bulletin, as well as trade editions of theatrical scripts.The organization began with a membership of 15 regional and community theatres, and nine university drama departments under the leadership of Pat Brown. In its first decade of operation, other leaders included Michael Mabry, Joseph Zeigler and Hartney Arthur. In 1972, Peter Zeisler was named Executive Director, a position he would hold for 23 years Under Zeisler’s leadership, TCG created many of its longest-running programs, including annual National Conference, American Theatre magazine and TCG Books. …