Brooklyn Public Library Holds Theatre In Brooklyn Panel Discussion 5/16

Theater in Brooklyn: Past, Present and Future A Panel Discussion at the Brooklyn Public Library's Dweck Center in conjunction with the Theatre Museum Exhibition Brooklyn Sees Stars Saturday, May 16, 4pm

Once upon a time, Brooklyn's theatre scene was one of the most vibrant in the country...before television, movies, and decades of living in the shadow of Manhattan took their toll. Today, it's on the upswing again, and promises to get even better in the immediate future.

In conjunction with the Theatre Museum's Brooklyn Sees Stars exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn based author, journalist and performer Trav S.D. will provide a brief snapshot of Brooklyn theatre back in the day, and also interview a panel of representatives from several of Brooklyn's thriving performing arts organizations and consortia to learn about their recent activities and future plans. Participants include:

Virginia Louloudes, executive director of A.R.T./New York
Bill Updegraff, marketing director of the Arts at St. Anne's
Robert Elmes, of Galapagos
Eric Richmond, of the Brooklyn Lyceum
Others TBD

Trav S.D. is the author of "No Applause, Just Throw Money: the Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (Faber & Faber, 2005) and over 300 published articles in The Village Voice, Time Out New York, American Theatre, ˆ, and many others, in addition to being the host of the Indie Theatre Now podcast on nytheatre.com. He has also written over 50 plays, which have been produced at such venues as Joe's Pub, LaMama, Theater for the New City, HERE, the Ohio, the Brick, Dixon Place, and numerous others in NYC, around the nation and in London. His voice has been heard on National Public Radio, WNYC, WOR, WBAI, WFMU, et al.

Founded in 2003, The Theatre Museum is New York State's first and only chartered, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of theatre. The Museum's programs include community outreach, education programs and the annual Theatre Museum Awards for Excellence Ceremony. The museum's primary mission is to preserve, protect and perpetuate the legacy of theatre through innovative programming. It currently functions as a museum-at-large while looking for permanent gallery space.

Theater in Brooklyn: Past, Present and Future
A Panel Discussion at the Brooklyn Public Library's Dweck's Center
in conjunction with the Theatre Museum Exhibition Brooklyn Sees Stars
Will be held Saturday, May 16, 4pm
Admission is Free
The Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture is located at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

For more information about this event: 347-419-4590

Brooklyn Sees Stars is funded in part by a generous grant from the New York Council for the Humanities.