2010 FALL FORUM ON GOVERNANCE
Changing Lives
November 12–14, 2010
New York City
AGENDA
Friday, November 12: Bryant Park Grill, 25 West 40th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Registration and Cocktail Reception (Tent)
7:00 pm–8:15 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks (Dining Room)
Mark Valdez (National Coordinator, Network of Ensemble Theatres; Trustee, TCG),
Judith O. Rubin (Chair, Playwrights Horizons; Chair, National Council for the American
Theatre), Teresa Eyring (Executive Director, TCG)
Keynote Address
Douglas B. Wilson (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs)
8:15 pm—9:30 pm
Dinner
Saturday, November 13: The Desmond Tutu Center, 180 10th Avenue (between 20th& 21st Streets)
8:30 am–9:00 am
Continental Breakfast, Late Registration, Packets and Other Materials (Refectory)
9:00 am–9:15 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks (Refectory)
Kevin E. Moore (Managing Director, TCG)
9:15 am–10:15 am
Plenary Session (Refectory)
Changing Lives on a Global Scale
Moderator: Christopher Hibma (Associate Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program);
Panelists: Judyie Al-Bilali (Founder and Director, Brown Paper Studio), Mark Booher
(Artistic Director, PCPA Theaterfest), John O’Neal (Artistic Director, Junebug
Productions), Joanna Sherman (Artistic Director, Bond Street Theatre)
10:15 am–10:45 am
Coffee Break (Refectory)
10:45 am–11:30 am
Plenary Session (Refectory)
Economic Survival and Sustainable Yield
William Baldwin (Investment Strategies Editor, Forbes Media)
11:30 am–11:45 am
Coffee Break (Refectory)
11:45 am–12:45 pm
Plenary Session (Refectory)
Finding Our Sense of Social: Coming of Age after the Great Recession
Robbie Blinkoff (Principal Anthropologist and Managing Partner, Context-Based
Research Group)
12:45 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch (Pre-Function Room and Refectory)
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Breakout Sessions
1) What Do We Know About Our Audiences? (Refectory)
Moderator: Rick Lester (CEO, TRG Arts); Panelists: Brad Erickson (Executive Director,
Theatre Bay Area), Terence McFarland (Executive Director, Los Angeles Stage Alliance),
Sarah Sullivan (Senior Program Analyst, National Endowment for the Arts)
2) Alternative Staffing Structures (Rusack Room)
Moderator: Teresa Eyring (Executive Director, TCG); Panelists: Gordon Gabbay (Owner,
Humble Monkey LLC), Jacquie Holmes (President, Kiwi Partners), Tim Jennings
(Managing Director, Seattle Children’s Theatre), Stanford Makishi (Executive Director,
Baryshnikov Arts Center)
3) Stewardship in a Time of Change: A New Look at the Role of Trustees (Matthews
Room)
Moderator: Jaan Whitehead (Co-Editor, The Art of Governance: Boards in the Performing
Arts; member, National Council for the American Theatre); Panelists: Gigi Bolt (Chair,
SITI Company), Aimée Hayes (Artistic Director, Southern Rep), Jerry Manning (Artistic
Director, Seattle Repertory Theatre), Jim Steinberg (Trustee, Denver Center Theatre
Company and the Public Theater)
3:30 pm–3:45 pm
Coffee Break (Refectory)
3:45 pm—5:00 pm
Plenary Session (Refectory)
Banishing Burnout: Surviving Crisis Mode
Moderator: Kate Warner (Artistic Director, New Repertory Theatre; Trustee, TCG);
Panelists: Barry Grove (Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club), Dawn Helsing
Wolters (Managing Director, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre), Hetal Patel (Managing
Director, Brava Theatre Center), David Schmitz (General Manager, Steppenwolf Theatre
Company)
5:00 pm–7:30 pm
Dinner on Your Own
8:00 pm
In the Wake by Lisa Kron
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street (just below Astor Place)
Sunday, November 14: The Desmond Tutu Center, 180 10th Avenue (between 20th& 21st Streets)
8:30 am–9:00 am
Continental Breakfast (Refectory)
9:00 am–10:15 am
Plenary Session (Refectory)
Vision in Context
Moderator: Angel Ysaguirre (Director of Global Community Investing, The Boeing
Company); Panelists: Diane Paulus (Artistic Director, American Repertory Theatre),
Bill Rauch (Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
10:15 am–10:45 am
Coffee Break (Refectory)
10:45 am–12:00 pm
Plenary Session (Refectory)
Blown Sideways with a Vision
Mark Lipton (author, Guiding Growth: How Vision Keeps Companies On Course)
12:00 pm–12:30 pm
Closing Remarks (Refectory)
Theodore Rosky (Trustee, Actors Theatre of Louisville; member, National Council for the
American Theatre)
Teresa Eyring (Executive Director, TCG)