American Express Awards Touring Theatre!

Sonya Conway, Director, Public Affairs & Communications for American Express presented the Touring Theatre of North Carolina with a $13,500 check, awarded to TTNC through the American Express Foundation. The grant is for Touring Theatre's upcoming production entitled Piece Work, a piece based upon a collection of poems by the same name by Barbara Presnell, a North Carolina poet, prose writer, and lyricist. Presnell's Piece Work focuses on the lives and stories of the mill workers' community of central North Carolina. The Piece Work project involves the in-kind support of the Guilford Technical Community College and the Greensboro Public Library.

Michelle Gethers-Clark, American Express, Senior Vice President and Chair of the North Carolina Philanthropic Committee, Greensboro, had this to say: "On behalf of all the American Express employees in North Carolina, we are proud to support the Touring Theatre of North Carolina. We believe that respect for, and celebration of, our diverse cultural heritage promotes human understanding and economic development in an increasingly interdependent world. American Express is proud to support organizations and projects that preserve or rediscover important cultural works in order to provide enjoyment for current and future audiences."

Touring Theatre is proud to receive the support of such sponsors as American Express in continuing its mission to bring awareness of issues of race, culture and gender in North Carolina and throughout the region.

For more information concerning Piecework, be watching the website for more information. The production is set to premier in the Spring of 2009.

FAMILY BUSINESS Premieres!

Touring Theatre's production of Family Business premiered last night at the Broach Theatre in downtown Greensboro. In addition to the post-show dialogues, the Premiere also played host to Jill McCorkle and Randall Kenan, both North Carolina writers, whose short stories were used and adapted by Producing Artistic Director, Brenda P. Schleunes, for Family Business.

Following the performance and dialogue, a fundraising reception was held at the Blue Diamond Gallery on the 600 block of South Elm Street. McCorkle and Kenan were in attendance along with the cast of Family Business and other supporters of Touring Theatre for a delightful evening hosted by Danielle Hatfield, curator and owner of the Gallery.

The Touring Theatre thanks its supporters and hopes to continue its mission of bringing literary and historical documents to life for the purpose of encouraging reading and providing focus to issues of race, culture and gender.

Please help support the Touring Theatre by choosing to join us for the remainder of the run of Family Business through Sunday, June 29th. Visit www.carolinatheatre.com for ticket information and reservation options or pay at the door of the Broach Theatre. The house opens at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday and 2:30pm Sunday.

See you there.

Triad Arts Up Close Interview with Producing Artistic Director, Brenda Schleunes

In Bradley George's Triad Arts Up Close segment on WFDD,the Triad's local NPR affiliate, Touring Theatre's Producing Artistic Director, Brenda Schleunes, and Board member, Ivan Canada, were interviewed about Family Business, its themes and ideas, as well as Guilford Green's involvement as co-sponsor of the production. Click below to listen to the interview.

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Actors Chat

Listen to actors share their thoughts and reactions to Family Business, premiering at the Broach Theatre June 25-29. Contact the Carolina Theatre Box Office at (336)333-2605 for reservations.