2008 TNT Annual Conference
Sheraton Grand Hotel DWF Airport
4440 West John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75063
(800) 345-5251 or (972) 929-8400 for reservations

March 28 – 30, 2008

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Rooms: $89 per night plus tax (15%) for single/double
plus $15 per person extra for triple/quad
Suites: $129.00
Make sure you identify yourself as being with Texas Nonprofit Theatres.

TNT ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008 HIGHLIGHTS

SUNDAY LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MICHAEL A. JENKINS
President and Managing Director, Dallas Summer Musicals
SUBJECT: THE BUSINESS OF SHOW BUSINESS

SPECIAL GUESTS: JESSIE JONES, NICHOLAS HOPE &
JAMIE WOOTEN, PLAYWRIGHTS
WORKSHOP: Laughing All The Way – Writing Comedy for The Stage
VICTOR MASHBURN
Director of Development, Casa Mañana
WORKSHOPS SUBJECT: Development/Fund Raising:
What’s the Difference & When Is Enough Enough!?

DARLA JONES, Drama Instructor, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
WORKSHOP: Your Salvation to Costume Dilemmas

BRENDA THARP, ADMINISTRATOR OF PERFORMING ARTS AND ACCESSIBILITY
WORKSHOP: Green light, yellow light, red light

JULIE ANGELO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE
WORKSHOP: Understanding Financial Statements

2008 TNT POPS! Playwriting Project
Readings of the five winning plays will take place at the Irving Arts Center on Saturday Afternoon from 1:30 p.m.

William Jack Sibley – Winning Play: If You Loved Me (Full Length)
Sorcha Blaine – Winning Play: Political Theater (Full Length)
Bill Allen – Winning Play: No. 5 (One Act)
Evan Guilford Blake – Winning Play: Nighthawks (Full Length)
Mary Nagle – Winning Play: Welcome to Chalmette (Full Length)

For more information, visit the TNT website.