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Communications Manager
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Geva Executive Director Appointed to League of
Resident Theatres Executive Committee
Tom Parrish will serve on the 16-member national committee.
Rochester, N.Y., October 31, 2014 – Tom Parrish, Geva’s Executive Director, has been appointed to serve
on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the association of the United
States’ top not-for-profit theatre companies.
“Creating Excellence Coast to Coast,” LORT is comprised of 74 member theatres, including Geva Theatre
Center, located in every major market in the US, including 29 states and the District of Columbia. LORT
theatres collectively issue more Equity contracts to actors than Broadway and commercial tours
combined. LORT administers the primary national, not-for-profit collective bargaining agreements with
Actors Equity Association (AEA), Stage Directors and Choreographer’s Society (SDC), and United Scenic
Artists (USA). They also deal directly with personnel and management issues involving theatre staff,
artists and craftspeople. LORT is also a forum for sharing information regarding all aspects of the theatre
and promoting the general welfare of resident theatres nationally.
LORT’s Executive Committee consists of sixteen representatives from theatres across the country and
conducts the business of the League between Annual Meetings. It acts upon applications for membership
and is instrumental in negotiating and administering bargaining agreements between the League and
unions.
GEVA THEATRE CENTER
Founded in 1972, Geva Theatre Center is a not-for-profit, professional theatre company dedicated to creating and producing
professional theatre productions, programs and services of a national standard. As Rochester’s leading professional theatre,
Geva Theatre Center is the most attended regional theatre in New York State, and one of the 25 most subscribed in the
country, serving up to 160,000 patrons annually, including more than 16,000 students.
The 526-seat Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage is home to a wide variety of performances, from musicals to American and world
classics. The 180-seat Ron & Donna Fielding Nextstage is home to Geva’s own series of contemporary drama, comedy and
musical theatre; Geva Comedy Improv; Geva’s New Play Reading Series and the Hornet’s Nest - an innovative play-reading
series facilitating community-wide discussion on controversial topics. In addition, the Nextstage hosts visiting companies of
both local and international renown.
Geva Theatre Center offers a wide variety of educational, outreach and literary programs, nurturing audiences and artists alike.
Since 1995, the organization has been under the artistic direction of Mark Cuddy.
*ENDS*