State of the Arts

Local theater director joins board of national Theatre Communications Group

Posted at 2:43 PM on August 11, 2011 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
Filed under: Arts management, Theater

Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre, now has a Minnesota on its board.

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Michelle Hensley
Photo: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Michelle Hensley, artistic director of the nationally recognized Ten Thousand Things theater company, is one of seven new board members joining TCG.

TCG represents nearly 700 theatres and affiliate organizations nationally and more than 13,000 individuals worldwide. It serves as the US Center of the International Theatre Institute. TCG also is North America's largest independent publisher of dramatic literature.

The TCG's board is comprised of 37 members from around the country, including it's Executive Director, Teresa Eyring. Eyring moved to New York to take the TCG job from Minnesota, where she was the Managing Director of the Children's Theatre Company.

Michelle Hensley has a long list of accomplishments in theater, most recently being awarded the 2010 Sally Award for Vision.


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