TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the 2011 TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series. Oklahomo by Jesse Gage, produced by Reed Ridgley (former general manager of the Vineyard Theatre); Famous by Yvonne Adrian, Cheryl Stern and Tom Kochan, produced by Jamibeth Margolis and Chris Massimine (marketing director, The Flea; Board, Origin Theatre) in association with Cate Cammarata; and Through the Door by Judy Freed and Laurence Mark Wythe, produced by Kenny Howard of the Broadway Consortium (currently a producer of Bonnie & Clyde, Ching•lish and the upcoming Evita), featuring Tony Award-nominated actress Kerry Butler. The selected musicals will be read on Mondays, December 5, 12, and 19 at 7pm at The Roy Arias Theatre, 300 W. 43rd Street, 5th Floor, Studio 500, NYC. Admission is FREE but reservations are required: email TRUVoices11@gmail.com or call 212-714-7628.

Each reading will be followed by a reception and a “Dollars and Sense” panel with top industry professionals – commercial producers, general managers and artistic directors – who will discuss the further development of the show that is read. “Not only do we introduce audiences to new works, we also offer them an insider’s look at the producing process,” says TRU president Bob Ost.