Next ATW Seminar Looks at 'Booking a National Tour,' 10/3

"Booking a National Tour" will be the focus of the next panel of the American Theatre Wing's Theatre Intern Group.  The meeting will be held on October 3rd at 6:30 PM, at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios, 311 West 43rd Street – 8th Floor.

Panelists for the discussion will be: Kara Gebhart, Vice President of Operations at The Booking Group; Simma Levine, President of On the Road; Steven Schnepp, President of AWA Touring Services; Shawn Willett, Contracts Manager at The Road Company.  Current members, and those wishing to join the group, can RSVP for the event by emailing Theatreinterngroup@americantheatrewing.org, or by calling Stephen Abrams, Program Manager, at 212-765-0606 x311.

"The American Theatre Wing's Theatre Intern Group creates social and professional development opportunities for young people who work in theatrical offices; enabling them to build contacts with their peers immediately upon starting work in the theatrical community. Monthly panel discussions on the many facets of the theatrical field offer opportunities for the interns to learn from industry professionals about their chosen career," state press materials.  Membership is open to all interns working in a theatrical office and annual dues are $10. For more information, visit www.americantheatrewing.org .

The American Theatre Wing is a not–for–profit service organization dedicated to education and excellence in the theatre. In addition to creating and awarding the Antoinette Perry Tony Awards®, ATW's programs include the long–running "Working in the Theatre" seminars, broadcast in New York on CUNY-TV; a grants and scholarship program, awarding more than 50 grants annually to New York not-for-profit theatre companies and theatre students; "Downstage Center," a weekly theatrical interview show on XM Satellite Radio; and SpringboardNYC, a two-week, college-to-career arts "boot camp". All of ATW's seminars and interviews are available, for free, from the company's website.