Fall/Winter 2019-2020: Company Managers

Moderator:
Dot King, Company Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville

This teleconference series is being conducted for Company Managers of TCG Member Theatres. Only one person per Member Theatre may register. Participants are encouraged to register early, as space is limited and registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. If you have any questions, email director of research, policy & collective action Laurie Baskin.

Registration Fee: $75
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 (or until full)

Dates:
To accommodate more participants and also keep the calls to a manageable size, we are offering two tracks: Company Managers of theatres with annual organizational expenses of $3 million or greater (TCG Budget Groups 4-6) should register for Track A, and Company Managers of theatres with annual organizational expenses of less than $3 million (TCG Budget Groups 1-3) should register for Track B. Please note that the division of theatres between tracks has changed. Track A now includes theatres with organizational expenses of $5 million and above, while Track B includes theatres with organizational expenses below $5 million.

All teleconferences last one hour and begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, unless otherwise noted.

Fall/Winter 2019-2020: Finance Directors

Moderator:
Glenda Fishman, Director of Financial Management, Huntington Theatre Company

This teleconference series is being conducted for Finance Directors of TCG Member Theatres. Only one person per Member Theatre may register. Participants are encouraged to register early, as space is limited and registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. If you have any questions, email director of research, policy & collective action Laurie Baskin.

Registration Fee: $75
Registration Deadline: Registration has closed.

Dates:
To accommodate more participants and also keep the calls to a manageable size, we are offering two tracks: Finance Directors with annual expenses of $3 million or greater should register for Track A, and Finance Directors of theatres with annual expenses less than $3 million should register for Track B. Please note that the division of theatres between tracks has changed. Track A now includes theatres with organizational expenses of $5 million and above, while Track B includes theatres with organizational expenses below $5 million.

All teleconferences last one hour and begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, unless otherwise noted.

Moderator Bios

Moderator for Company Managers
Dot King
Company Manager
Actors Theatre of Louisville

Dot King attended Georgetown University and graduated from the University of Louisville. She majored in broadcast communications and worked for a time in sports information. A week after graduation, Dot started working at Actors Theatre of Louisville as the Receptionist and Administrative assistant (8 years). While working at Actors Theatre, Dot worked part time with the Louisville Sports Commission and helped with many extreme sports events that came into the city with Louisville’s new park system initiative with Mayor Jerry Abramson. Dot organized years of the local stop for ESPN’s X- Trials, the B3 preliminaries, the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skate Park Tour, and with the design and creative team for the Louisville Free Extreme Sports Park Systems. She loved hosting the athletes in Louisville and organizing housing and travel for them which led her to applying to be the Company Manager at Actors Theatre of Louisville. In the 2007-2008 Season Dot started as the Company Manager (12 years) and is now celebrating her 20th season at Actors Theatre of Louisville. In addition to her Company Management responsibilities, she has served on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council for the past three years, participates in many social impact groups in the city, and volunteers, and has a great passion to give back to her Church and their Youth and Family ministry. She loves dogs, the beach, and time with her friends and family, especially her nephew Sabian. She is an insane fan of RuPaul’s Drag race and hosts fun watch parties.

Moderator for Finance Directors
Glenda Fishman
Director of Financial Management
Huntington Theatre Company

Glenda Fishman joined the Huntington Theatre Company in May 2010 with a 30+ year career in financial management of non-profit, retail and professional service organizations and a fanatic interest in the performing arts, particularly theatre. Glenda is a CPA and has an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, an MA in economics from Brown and a BA from Wellesley College. Although never having performed in or worked on a theatre production or in a theatre, Glenda attends live performances weekly, both in the Boston area and while traveling to other cities. When travels take her to cities with non-profit theatres, she tries to contact and meet with finance staff in those theatres. This position perfectly combines her work experience and extracurricular passions and is providing the theatre education that she missed in her earlier life.

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