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KPCC's Crawford Family Forum hosts panel on the state of LA Theatre
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Jun 25, 2011
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KPCC's Crawford Family Forum hosts panel on the state of LA Theatre
For the first time in decades, the Theatre Communications Group, a nationwide theatre advocacy organization held its annual conference in Los Angeles. After the conference, which was the organizations 50th, KPCC's Steve Julian hosted a panel with several LA Theatre executives inside our Crawford Family Forum to discuss the state of live performance in LA today.
Steve Julian with the evening's panelists
Steve Julian with the evening's panelists
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For the first time in decades, the Theatre Communications Group, a nationwide theatre advocacy organization held its annual conference in Los Angeles. After the conference, which was the organizations 50th, KPCC's Steve Julian hosted a panel with several LA Theatre executives inside our Crawford Family Forum to discuss the state of live performance in LA today.

For the first time in decades, the Theatre Communications Group, a nationwide theatre advocacy organization held its annual conference in Los Angeles. After the conference, which was the organizations 50th, KPCC's Steve Julian hosted a panel with several LA Theatre executives inside our Crawford Family Forum to discuss the state of live performance in LA today.

The panelists included:

Terence McFarland, Executive Director, LA Stage Alliance

Kappy Kilburn, Founder/Co-Producer, Director's Lab West

Ben Hill, Festival Director, Hollywood Fringe Festival

Mark Murphy, Executive Director, REDCAT/Co-Curator RADAR L.A.

Diane Rodriguez, Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production, Center Theatre Group/TCG Board Member and National Conference Co-chair, co-curator for RADAR L.A.

Marie-Reine Velez, Board President, TeAda Productions/National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival Steering Committee