He added that he hoped to use television and the Internet to promote theater.
Trailers -- which can run longer than 15 or 30 seconds and be widely distributed -- are increasingly being used to promote theater, but producing them is still a challenge in terms of style, access and cost.
Following the 1881 "revocation of censorship laws on printed materials," these color lithographic posters appeared on walls of buildings and kiosks throughout Paris, promoting theater, dance halls and music halls, as well as a new abundance of mass-produced consumer goods.
In 1977 Mr. Booth was named chairman of the newly formed Theater Development Fund, a nonprofit organization that promotes live theater and dance in New York City.
Theatre Communications Group, the national organization that promotes nonprofit theater, has named Diane Rodriguez to the position of board chair.
"It's all about promoting the theater anyway".
"We based it around the idea of promoting Native theater -- when we could find it," Mr. Carl said.
The Players was founded in 1888 by the actor Edwin Booth to promote the theater and other arts, and has counted Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart among its members.
The Russian Case, as this festival-within-a-festival was called, is an effort to promote Russian theater throughout the world.
