TENT THEATER COMPANY INC

WE HAVE GATHERED AN ECLECTIC, GENEROUS, PASSIONATE COHORT OF WRITERS to articulate for each other and for the broader community the problems that late career writers face. We have purposefully kept the number of writers in this original cohort of a manageable size so that as we work and dream together, everyone can be heard. Our hope is to expand as the company’s capacity to serve expands and that our efforts to serve and advocate will come to benefit a much broader collection of writers. These are the areas in which we will work during these first three pilot years:

SERVICE
THE TENT WILL commission a survey to quantify the age demographics of working playwrights throughout the USA to further comprehend their challenges and needs.
WE WILL facilitate opportunities for financial planning seminars.
WE WILL join and foster cooperation of groups investigating health care initiatives for writers and work with these partners to make sure the specific challenges of elder writers are identified and addressed.

ARTISTIC SUPPORT
WE COMMIT to annual support for the artistic activities of our members.
WE WILL present six to eight one day readings.
WE WILL produce one or two rehearsed readings (29 hours).
WE AIM to produce one production.
THE WRITERS WILL continue to share work with each other in writers groups and at Tent Gatherings.

ADVOCACY
THE TENT WILL reach out to artistic leaders throughout the country to promote its mission, raise awareness about ageism in the theater, and offer guidance regarding these issues.
WE WILL seek commitments from our colleagues to produce writers from The Tent’s roster or elder writers from their specific communities.
WE WILL work to subsidize residencies for writers during the course of their rehearsal and production period.