ATHE 2012: Full Schedule

Bill Doan is a writer, educator, and artist. A professor of Theatre at Penn State, his most recent play, Drifting, premiered at Dixon Place Theatre in New York City in 2015. Doan is adapting the play for the Graphic Medicine Book series at Penn State Press and has had two pieces published... Read More →

Tuesday July 31, 2012 8:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
President's Suite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

8:00am EDT

2012 ATHE Leadership Institute® (All)

2012 ATHE ATHE Leadership Institute® (All)

Speakers

Mark Heckler

Barbara Korner

University of Connecticut

Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:00am - 5:30pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Association of Theatre Movement Educators Pre-Conference

Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:00am - 6:00pm EDT
Offsite: Liaison Hotel

Pre-Conference

8:00am EDT

Theatre as a Liberal Art Pre-Conference - Cancelled

Theatre as a Liberal Art Pre-Conference

Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:00am - 6:00pm EDT
Offsite: Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

8:00am EDT

Association for Asian Performance Pre-Conference

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

John D. Swain

Independent Japanese Consultant and Translator

"Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes ~ goodwill among men and peace on earth." Albert Einstein I have two great kids!

Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:00am - 7:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Association for Asian Performance Pre-Conference

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

John D. Swain

Independent Japanese Consultant and Translator

Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:00am - 7:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

9:00am EDT

Focus Group Representatives' Meeting

Wednesday August 1, 2012 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

9:00am EDT

Black Theatre Association Pre-Conference

Black Theater Association Pre-Conference

Speakers

Soyica Colbert

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Representative

Wednesday August 1, 2012 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

9:00am EDT

ITP/TASC Pre-Conference:Interactive Performance and Social Change: Civic Engagement and Rehearsal for Action Track 2 (Interactive Theatre)

Interactive Theatre Sub-Committee and TASC Pre-Conference

Speakers

Cheryl Kaplan Zachariah

Wednesday August 1, 2012 9:00am - 6:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

9:00am EDT

Theory and Criticism (TC)/Theatre History (TH) Focus Groups Pre-Conference

Wednesday August 1, 2012 9:00am - 6:00pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

9:00am EDT

Women and Theatre Program Pre-Conference: Staging Dissent, Performing Patriotism: Feminist Engagements in Social/Civic Dialogues

Women and Theatre Program Pre-Conference

Speakers

Cecilia Aragon

Wednesday August 1, 2012 9:00am - 10:00pm EDT
Davis Performing Arts Center at Georgetown University 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

9:00am EDT

Latina/o Focus Group Pre-Conference

Wednesday August 1, 2012 9:00am - 10:00pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

10:00am EDT

Acting Program Pre-Conference

Speakers

Holly Cate

Lionel Walsh

Wednesday August 1, 2012 10:00am - 6:00pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

12:00pm EDT

Playwrights And Creative Teams Pre-Conference - CANCELLED

Wednesday August 1, 2012 12:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Redwood, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

12:00pm EDT

Performance Studies Focus Group Pre-Conference

Speakers

Paige McGinley

Megan Shea

Language Lecturer, NYU

International Zombie Slayer

Wednesday August 1, 2012 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:00pm EDT

Governing Council Meeting

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Wednesday August 1, 2012 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

1:00pm EDT

ITP/TASC Pre-Conference:Interactive Performance and Social Change: Civic Engagement and Rehearsal for Action Track 1 (Legislative Track) - CANCELLED

CANCELLED

Speakers

Cheryl Kaplan Zachariah

Wednesday August 1, 2012 1:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

1:30pm EDT

ATHE Membership Research Group Discussion

Wednesday August 1, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Offsite - Liaison Hotel, Hub Room, Lobby Level 415 New Jersey Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20001

Meeting

2:00pm EDT

2012 ATHE Leadership Institute® Breakout Session

ATHE Leadership Institute® Breakout Session

Speakers

Mark Heckler

Barbara Korner

University of Connecticut

Wednesday August 1, 2012 2:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Eleventh Floor Parlor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Governing Council and Focus Group Representatives' Meeting

Governing Council and Focus Group Representatives‰Ûª Meeting

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Wednesday August 1, 2012 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:30pm EDT

Governing Council/Focus Groups Representatives' Reception

Governing Council/Focus Groups Representatives‰Ûª Reception

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Wednesday August 1, 2012 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
President's Suite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

7:00pm EDT

Meet the Teams: David Mark Cohen (DMC) and New Play Development Workshop (NPDW)

Creative teams for the New Play Development Workshop and David Mark Cohen Award reading will meet for informal team meetings and first readings of the plays that will be presented during the ATHE Conference.

Speakers

Mary Conroy

Charlene Donagy

Kevin McFillen

Instructor of Speech Communication, Columbia College

Judith Royer

Wednesday August 1, 2012 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Columbia B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

7:30pm EDT

Association of Theatre Movement Educators Pre-Conference Reception

Wednesday August 1, 2012 7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

8:00pm EDT

Interactive Theatre Project (ITP)/Theatre and Social Change (TASC) Performance

Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Columbia A 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

8:00am EDT

Association for Asian Performance Pre-Conference 3

AAP Pre-Conference 1

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

John D. Swain

Independent Japanese Consultant and Translator

Thursday August 2, 2012 8:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Association for Asian Performance Pre-Conference 4

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

John D. Swain

Independent Japanese Consultant and Translator

Thursday August 2, 2012 8:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:30am EDT

Graduate Student Symposium: Opening Meet and Greet and Get Your Bearings

Graduate Student Symposium: Opening Meet and Greet

Speakers

Cassidy C Browning

Performance as Public Practice PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

Activist theatre practitioner, teacher, and scholar

Thursday August 2, 2012 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:30am EDT

ATHE Leadership Institute®

Speakers

Mark Heckler

Barbara Korner

University of Connecticut

Thursday August 2, 2012 8:30am - 10:45am EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Meeting

9:00am EDT

Finance Committee Meeting

Speakers

Frank Trezza

ATHE Treasurer

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

9:00am EDT

Association of Theatre Movement Educators Pre-Conference

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

9:00am EDT

Interactive Theatre Program/TASC Pre-Conference:Interactive Performance and Social Change: Civic Engagement and Rehearsal for Action Track 1

Speakers

Cheryl Kaplan Zachariah

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

9:00am EDT

Paid Workshop #1 - Kimberly Dark - Using Spoken Word Performance and Storytelling to Expand Students’ Performance, Writing and Innovation Skills

Paid Workshop #4 - Kimberly Dark

Speakers

Kimberly Dark

Kimberly Dark is a writer, professor, yoga teacher and raconteur, working to reveal the hidden architecture of everyday life one clever essay, poem, and story at a time. She uses humor, surprise and intimacy to help audiences discover their influences, and reclaim their power as social... Read More →

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

9:00am EDT

Theory and Criticism (TC)/Theatre History (TH) Focus Groups Pre-Conference

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Offsite: Smithsonian American History Museum 1400 Constitution Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20560

Pre-Conference

9:00am EDT

New Play Development Workshop and David Mark Cohen Reading Orientation and First Rehearsal

Orientation and meetings for New Play Development Workshop and David Mark Cohen Reading participants: program overviews, finalizing casting and team working sessions.

Speakers

Sharon Andrews

Charlene A. Donagy

Kevin McFillen

Instructor of Speech Communication, Columbia College

Judith Royer

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

9:30am EDT

Graduate Student Symposium: Teaching and Mentorship for Graduate Students and Early Career Professionals

Renowned recipient of the 2011 ATHE Outstanding Teaching Award Dr. Jill Dolan will share her expertise on teaching, mentorship, and what she has learned from guiding graduate student teachers and early career professionals.

Speakers

Jill Dolan

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:30am - 11:15am EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

10:00am EDT

Acting Program Pre-Conference

Speakers

Holly Cate

Lionel Walsh

Thursday August 2, 2012 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

11:00am EDT

ATHE Leadership Institute® Luncheon

Speakers

Mark Heckler

Barbara Korner

University of Connecticut

Thursday August 2, 2012 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Luncheon

11:30am EDT

ATHE Membership Research Group Discussion

Thursday August 2, 2012 11:30am - 1:00am EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Meeting

11:30am EDT

Acting Together on the World Stage

The feature documentary, "Acting Together on the World Stage," highlights courageous and creative artists and peacebuilders working in conflict regions, describes exemplary peacebuilding performances and offers tools for the creative transformation of violence. The performances in the film illustrate that theatrical works and ritual are effective resources for non-violent resistance to injustice, for the rehumanization of former enemies and for acknowledgement, remembering and healing in the aftermath of mass violence.

Thursday August 2, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration

11:30am EDT

Publishing Requirements for Promotion and Tenure: A Roundtable Discussion of Current Problems and Possible Solutions

Problems arise when universities require a published book for tenure and promotion. What can we in ATHE (and maybe with ASTR) do about this problem?

Speakers

Robin Bernstein

LeAnn Fields

Kelly Gordon

Paula Kennedy

Heather Nathans

Ben Piggott

Thursday August 2, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Meeting

11:30am EDT

Graduate Student Symposium: Thriving in Graduate School and Laying the Foundation for Your Career

How can you make the most of your time in graduate school? How can you work to attain the necessary elements of an exceptional CV? And how can you employ sustainable and sound practices with regard to your teaching, conference participation, university service, publication, production work, and more? Join us for a discussion geared toward graduate students and early career professionals featuring teacher/scholar/practitioner/activist/mentor/administrators Ann Haugo, Jorge Huerta, Joan Lipkin, Madison Moore, and Aaron C. Thomas.

Speakers

Ann Haugo

Jorge Huerta

Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego

I am known as "The Melodramatic Mexican" by my students and friends, so that's one of my passions: my Mexican/Chicana/o heritage. I am also passionate about the promotion of US Latina/o and Latin American theatre in the U.S. I earned my B.A and M.A. in Drama at Cal State L.A. in 1966-67... Read More →

Joan Lipkin

Writing/Directing/Social Activism

Madison Moore

Aaron C. Thomas

Visiting Lecturer, Dartmouth College

Thursday August 2, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Peter Sellars Live!

Speakers

Peter Sellars

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration

1:30pm EDT

'Writing' in the Devising Process: A Workshop on Multiple Techniques for Creating Devised Theatre

Three devising practitioners will present a workshop on how to generate "scripted" material for devised performances using physical theatre, adaptation, image exploration, and ethnography.

Speakers

Eric Avery

Noah Lelek

Beth Watkins

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration Workshop

1:30pm EDT

Association for Asian Performance Board Meeting

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Redwood, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Meeting

1:30pm EDT

ATHE Membership Research Group Discussion

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Offsite - Liaison Hotel, Hub Room, Lobby Level 415 New Jersey Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20001

Meeting

1:30pm EDT

Engage in ATHE: 2012 Conference Orientation

Ask both what ATHE can do for you, and what you can do for ATHE! Offered annually, this session provides new and past attendees with strategies for navigating the conference and information regarding the organization.

Speakers

Kelly Gordon

Christopher Krejci

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Representative

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Interdisciplinary Performance in the Liberal Arts: Challenges, Strategies and Success Stories

Participants share strategies on how they create interdisciplinary work, challenges they face and why they believe these performances are central to a liberal arts education.

Speakers

Katherine Burke

Daniel Crozier

Lynn Kremer

Bethany Larson

Valerie Rae Smith

Cynthia Stillings

Janeve West

Jeanne Willcoxon

Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Modeling Creative Process as Civic Responsibilty

Our panel/workshop shares models of process behavior that seek to de-center the role of authority and build democratic spaces for collaborative creative environments.

Speakers

Karen Berman

Carol Day

Dir. Health Education Services; Adj. Asst. Prof. School of Health, Georgetown University

Susan Lynskey

Julie Mulvihill

Instructor of Dance and Movement, Georgia College; PhD ABD student at Texas Woman\'s University

Natsu Onoda Power

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Patriotic Dissent as Civic Engagement: Political and Protest Theatre After 9/11

Contributors to _Political and Protest Theatre After 9/11: Patriotic Dissent_ (Routledge 2011) will consider how protest theatre has changed since the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Speakers

Ryan Claycomb

Incoming Book Reviews Editor, West Virginia University

Associate Professor of English Assistant Dean of the Honors College West Virginia University Interested in reviewing a book for Theatre Journal? Email me at TJBookReviews@gmail.com to introduce yourself!

Jeanne Colleran

Emily Klein

Kathleen Ryan

Jenny Spencer

Sara Warner

Object Lessons: How History Matters in the plays of Adrienne Kennedy and Suzan-Lori Parks, Cornell University

This paper will discuss how two examples of theatrical activism have negotiated the politics of the post- or para-human (Rotman 2008) brought to the fore by virtual media and environmental change. Such politics rethink what it might mean to assemble a collective and rehabilitate embodied... Read More →

Stacy E. Wolf

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Congressional D, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Profiting from Artistry: Using Creative Work in the Tenure and Promotion Process

Panelists from a variety of disciplines and Administrative Positions will discuss the how practitioners can use their creative work in Tenure and Promotion.

Speakers

Terry Brino-Dean

ATHE Secretary

Marrietta Hedges

Karl Kippola

Travis Malone

Becky Prophet

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Using Personal Story to Make History Come Alive: WWII from Those Who Were There

Oral histories from men and women who served in WWII come alive in exhibits and performances, transforming memories into exciting theatre.

Speakers

Cynthia Glinick

Steven Pennell

Art Age Publications

President

ARTAGE PUBLICATIONS' SENIOR THEATRE RESOURCE CENTERVisit Bonnie Vorenburg in the Exhibit HallFor over 20 years, older performers and their directors have turned to the Senior Theatre Resource Center for plays, books, materials, and workshops that charm audiences. Whether you are an amateur or skilled professional, we have something fo... Read More →

Frank Toti

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

Visual Dramaturgy

This roundtable explores the dramaturgy of visual theatre, investigating how puppets, visual media, dance, movement, and space condense, complement, coexist with, or counteract verbal narrative.

Speakers

Torry Bend

Jennifer Goodlander

Claudia Orenstein

Dassia Posner

Magda Romanska

Michael Yawney

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:30pm EDT

'The Revolution will be Streamed': The Performance of Protest in the 21st Century

Social media are now utilized to organize and implement political protests, shifting borders between the mediatized and the live within the context of political performance.

Speakers

Gwendolyn Alker

ATHE Co-Vice President for Conference 2011

Kevin Brown

Shawna Mefferd Carroll

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:30pm EDT

Curtains Up 1 (Debut Panel; Session 1 of 2; Joint with ATDS and BTA)

An emerging scholars panel introducing new scholarship in American, Black, Latina/o and Latin American Theatre and Drama.

Speakers

Ivonne Barriga

Matt DiCintio

Anne Garcia-Romero

Irma Mayorga

Assistant Professor of Theater, Dartmouth College

The Panza Monologues, Second Edition from UT Press. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVQZzXSL6uI & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUotBOm2bYY Irma Mayorga is a scholar/artist in theater and holds an M.F.A. in Costume Design (UW-Madison) and a Joint Ph.D. in Drama... Read More →

Anna Posner

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:30pm EDT

Divas, Drums, and Downtown: Queer Theory, Feminism, and Performance in a Post-Feminist Moment

This panel will investigate the intimate and frequently fraught relationship between queer theory and feminism vis-a-vis performance today.

Speakers

Angela Ahlgren

Michelle Dvoskin

Jesscia Del Vecchio

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:30pm EDT

Emerging Voices in Theatre History: Theatre History Focus Group Debut Panel

Please join the Theatre History Focus Group in celebrating the work of its emerging scholars.

Speakers

Lisa Freeman

Associate Professor, English, University of Illinois at Chicago

Charlotte McIvor

Annika C. Spear

Kati Sweaney

Geoffrey Wilson

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:30pm EDT

The Musical Marionette: Puppetry, Theory, and Musical Theatre

These papers explore the relationship between puppetry (traditional and non-traditional) and musical theatre drawing from aesthetic philosophy, psychology, and cultural studies.

Speakers

Katie Donovan

Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College

Michael Meindl

Judith Sebesta

Ron Zank

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:30pm EDT

Theatre and Civic Engagement through High Impact Learning Strategies and Cross Disciplinary Partnerships

Theatre and Nursing professors speak and reflect on integrating service learning and new pedagogical strategies into the teaching of L.A., ESL Nursing and Theatre students.

Speakers

Barbara Blake-Campbell

Mike Cesarano

Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, Queensborough Community College / CUNY

A member of the CUNY (City University of NY) Theatre faculty for almost two decades, Mike Cesarano has been teaching at Queensborough Community College since 2000, teaching various courses in Performance and Media. Mike is an experienced theatre practitioner, having been an actor... Read More →

Georgina Colalillo

Georgia McGill

Two-Year College Program Focus Group Conference Planner

Liisa Yonker

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:30pm EDT

Prosody 400

Music, poetry, grade school, high school, and college come together to strengthen mutual understanding and develop the collective voice of an entire community.

Speakers

Tom Marion

CUNY York College

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

1:30pm EDT

Refocusing for the Lens: Teaching Acting for the Camera for the Digital Generation

The panel shares philosophies, experiences and on camera techniques to prepare actors for the demands of auditioning and working on camera.

Speakers

Jane Brody

Jane Drake Brody: Master Teacher

There can be no more exciting activity than teaching talented young actors to release the joy in them. I am a former actress, singer, agent, director, casting director, and long time teacher. Currently I write books that I hope are helpful to actors, teachers and directors. These... Read More →

Holly Cate

Stephanie Daventry French

East Stroudsburg University

Jay Louden

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:30pm EDT

2013 Conference Committee Meeting

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

1:30pm EDT

Paid Workshop #2 - Synetic Theatre Part 1A

Paid Workshop #2 - Synetic Theatre Part 2A

Thursday August 2, 2012 1:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

3:15pm EDT

Directing Program Debut Panel

Session is awarded to an ATHE member who has not previously presented at a national conference.

Speakers

Rand Harmon

Ann Shanahan

Directing Program Focus Group Representative Associate Professor of Theatre Loyola University Chicago

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration

3:15pm EDT

Research and Publications Committee Meeting

Speakers

Harvey Young

ATHE Vice President for Research and Publications

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Meeting

3:15pm EDT

Advancing the Form: Research and Scholarship in Devised Theatre

Join Tectonic's Andy Paris and faculty from Bucknell, Western Washington and Adelphi Universities as they speak about their cross campus exploration in devised theatre scholarship.

Speakers

Rich Brown

Rich Brown teaches physical acting at Western Washington U where he directs and devises. He studied at U of Oregon, NYU, SITI Company & Dell’Arte. In recent summers he led Viewpoint and Suzuki intensives for Teatrul Fara Frontiere at the National Theatre of Romania in Bucharest... Read More →

Mark Hutchinson

Technical Coordinator, Bucknell University

Mark Hutchinson

Sarah Martin

Scenic Designer, Assistant Professor, Adelphi University

Research Interests: Devising and collaborative design processes; Multidisciplinary collaboration; Theatre and social practice; Design and performance technologies; Site-specific design and the architecture of performance space. Current Projects: Square Peg Round Hole (Tectonic... Read More →

Andy Paris

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:15pm EDT

ATHE Ambassador's Roundtable: The State of the Profession

ATHE Ambassadors--long-standing, service-oriented members of ATHE at the top of their field--reflect on the state of the profession in this interactive roundtable.

Speakers

Jay Gipson-King

Ric Knowles

Nina LeNoir

Chair, Chapman University

ATHE Immediate Past President for Conference 2010

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:15pm EDT

Dramaturgy, Ensemble-Driven Theatre, and Discourses of Collaboration

This session explores how rehearsal dramaturgy integrates itself into ensemble-driven theatre, and how ensemble-driven theatre impacts the process of dramaturgy.

Speakers

Scott Horstein

Assistant Professor of Dramaturgy and Contemporary Theatre, Sonoma State University

Scott Horstein was formerly Manager of Play Development for Cornerstone Theater Company and Literary Director for the Black Dahlia Theater. Freelance dramaturgy credits include Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, and the Old Globe, where he dramaturged for Arthur... Read More →

Cristal Chanelle Truscott

Mark Valdez

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:15pm EDT

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Today - An Overview

This session will be a description of the many different programs and initiatives available to students and faculty through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, now in its 46th year. A roundtable question-and-answer discussion will follow.

Speakers

Gregg Henry

Artistic Director - KCACTF, VIP

Gregg Henry is artistic director of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. He is artistic associate for New Works and Commissions for Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences and is director of the Kennedy Center/Kenan Trust Performing Arts Fellowship Program. Gregg... Read More →

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Congressional D, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:15pm EDT

Popular Entertainment in America: Evolutions in How We Spend and Interpret Leisure

This roundtable will present some of the changes in popular entertainments between the 1860s and 1920s, and follow with a discussion of the societal forces that shaped them.

Speakers

Rosemarie Bank

"Not METAMORA Again! Can the Merely Popular Be Canonical?", Kent State University

In my PhD thesis I hypothesise that there exists personnel, structural, choreographical and aesthetic relations between the European court ballet of the 19th century and the modern ‚entertainment dance’ arising around 1900. This hypothesis is based on recognizable parallels between... Read More →

Noreen Barnes

David Carlyon

Megan Geigner

Susan Kattwinkel

Associate Professor of Theatre History and Criticism, College of Charleston

I teach Theatre History and Literature, Dramaturgy, Feminist Theatre, Performance Studies, etc. I research American popular theatre of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Kim Marra

Naomi J. Stubbs

LaGuardia CC

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:15pm EDT

Unions: A Bridge to the Profession

Learn how Equity and the new SAG-AFTRA are partners from early training throughout a career.

Speakers

Gabrielle Carteris

Ira Mont

Roberta Reardon

Rocco Dal Vera

Denise Dal Vera

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:15pm EDT

Interactive Theatre (and Facilitation) in Action

Two interactive theatre pieces will be performed and facilitated, followed by an in depth discussion concerning interactive theatre challenges and key elements for effective facilitation.

Speakers

Rebecca Brown Adelman

Suzanne Burgoyne

Professor, Dept. of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Missouri

Suzanne Burgoyne, PhD, is Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of Theatre, as well as Director, Center for Applied Theatre and Drama Research, University of Missouri. A recipient of Fulbright and Kellogg National fellowships, as well as a Carnegie Scholar (Scholarship of Teaching... Read More →

Michael Ellison

Cece McFarland

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Missouri

I don't let many people into my heart. I expect people to make rational choices, even though I know they don't.

Kate Wintz

University of Missouri Summer Repertory Theatre

ENFP.

Cheryl Kaplan Zachariah

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable Performance

3:15pm EDT

Outlaw Civics, Out Engagements: Theatrical Practices Combating Homophobia

Play readings, video of theatrical productions, and a discussion about the most effective theatrical strategies and dramatic devices available to combat homophobia in local communities.

Speakers

Joan Lipkin

Writing/Directing/Social Activism

Christopher McCoy

Brent Stansell

Theatre Educator, Dramaturg, Actor, The George Washington University, American University, The Catholic University of America, Round House Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable Performance

3:15pm EDT

Asian Theatre Journal Lecture by Richard Nichols

The Association for Asian Performance is honored to present Dr. Richard Nichols, renowned teacher, translator, and scholar of modern Korean drama and theatre.

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

Richard Nichols

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:15pm EDT

Disability Performance: Audiencing Procedures

Poetic play with displacement and engagement, with non-normate embodiment and enmindment, at universities and in public, in recent disability performance events in the US.

Speakers

Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren

Petra Kuppers

Disability/Surrealism/Feminism/Land-Based Work, The Olimpias/Turtle Disco/University of Michigan

Petra Kuppers is a queercrip disability culture activist and a community performance artist who teaches at the University of Michigan and Goddard College. She is the Artistic Director of The Olimpias, an international disability culture collective (www.olimipias.org). In 2016/17... Read More →

Victoria Lewis

Professor, Theatre Arts, University of Redlands

theatre history, disability studies, people's theatre, mark rylance, gatz, my cat Basil, my old company LILITH, the mysteries, the chautauqua/pageant movement, project runway.

Scott Wallin

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Scott Wallin is a Ph.D. candidate in performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His current research investigates psychosocial disability and performance and builds on a background of psychiatric social work, acting, and directing for the stage.

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:15pm EDT

Preaching to the Choir: Collaborations Between Religious and Civic Performance

The papers on this panel explore various collaborations between religious and civic performance to question if is it ever truly possible to advocate for change.

Speakers

Allan Davis

Kurt Edwards

East Central University

Kristen Messer

Laurelann Porter

PhD Student, Arizona State University

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:15pm EDT

Tracing the Routes of Memory and Identity: Theatre and Performance in Latin America

This panel investigates the avenues through which Latin American performance and theatre practitioners transform and transmit individual and national identities, histories, and memories.

Speakers

Alicia del Campo

Evelina Gamarra-Martinez

Eric Mayer-Garcia

Noe Montez

Assistant Professor of Drama, Tufts University

Noe Montez joined the Department of Drama and Dance after serving as the Dramaturg at the Cleveland Play House and as a freelance director and actor. His interdisciplinary research explores the intersections of performance, developmental psychology, memory and trauma. His manuscript... Read More →

Jimmy Noriega

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:15pm EDT

Women and Theatre Program Debut Panel

The Women and Theatre Program proudly presents papers from promising emerging scholars in our field.

Speakers

Samuel Baltimore

Nicole Eschen

Jen-Hao Walter Hsu

Carrie Winship

Thursday August 2, 2012 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:00pm EDT

Awards Ceremony

Speakers

Kevin Wetmore

Loyola Marymount University

Thursday August 2, 2012 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Levelallroom, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

6:00pm EDT

Keynote Presentation

Keynote

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Thursday August 2, 2012 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Levelallroom, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

7:15pm EDT

ATHE Opening Reception

Speakers

Mark Lococo

Professor, Director of Theatre, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Fine and Performing Arts

Thursday August 2, 2012 7:15pm - 9:00pm EDT
Exhibits Columbia ABC 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

8:00pm EDT

Awards/Keynote Reception

Speakers

Kevin Wetmore

Loyola Marymount University

Thursday August 2, 2012 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
President's Suite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

9:00pm EDT

Rehearsal for Staged Reading of The Force of Habit

Open rehearsal for staged reading of a new translation of 'The Force of Habit', a Spanish Golden Age play by Guillen de Castro.

Speakers

Sarah Brew

Rick Davis

Exec. Dir., Hylton Performing Arts Center/Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason University

Directing, translating, writing, writing about, and teaching theater and opera, new and old; building a community (artistic, social, political, economic) for the Hylton Center; exploring and advancing the enduring values and evolving opportunities of the liberal arts throughout the... Read More →

Harley Erdman

Susan Paun de Garcia

Associate Provost, Denison University

I'm passionate about Spanish Golden Age theater in Spanish and in English translation, in period production and in modern adaptation.

Ben Gunter

Kathleen Jeffs

Janine Ann Kehlenbach

Jason Yancey

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

9:00pm EDT

DocumentNation Performance Project Rehearsal #2

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Rehearsal

9:30pm EDT

Legislative Theater Performance - CANCELLED

CANCELLED

Thursday August 2, 2012 9:30pm - 10:30pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

7:15am EDT

Association of Theatre Movement Educators Morning Warm-Up #1

Association for Theatre Movement Educators Morning Warm-Up #1. Start your day off by waking up and moving your body!

Speakers

Rachel Bowditch

Vessel

Friday August 3, 2012 7:15am - 7:45am EDT
Regency Foyer, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

2013 Conference Planners Meeting #1

2013 Conference Planners' Meeting #1

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

8:00am EDT

Electronic Technology Committee Meeting

Speakers

Terry Brino-Dean

ATHE Secretary

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

8:00am EDT

Strategic Planning Committee Meeting

Stratgic Planning Committee Meeting

Speakers

Henry Bial

President, ATHE

Looking forward to another great ATHE Conference!

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

8:00am EDT

Professional Development Committee Creative Leadership Task Force Meeting

Speakers

Kelly Gordon

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Redwood, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Subcommittee Meeting

8:00am EDT

A Toolkit for the Comedia: Engage Your Community with the Spanish Golden Age

Consider a Golden Age play for your stage! Offering tools for bringing the comedia to wider audiences, joined by directors of Hispanic theatre in D.C.

Speakers

Rick Davis

Exec. Dir., Hylton Performing Arts Center/Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason University

Harley Erdman

Susan Paun de Garcia

Associate Provost, Denison University

I'm passionate about Spanish Golden Age theater in Spanish and in English translation, in period production and in modern adaptation.

Ben Gunter

Kathleen Jeffs

Janine Ann Kehlenbach

Rebecca Read Medrano

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Criticism as Activism Roundtable Series: Promoting Praxis

As part of the Criticism as Activism roundtable series, this panel explores how innovations in practice, playwriting, directing, acting, criticism, pedagogy demand new critical techniques and theoretical methods.

Speakers

Sara Armstrong

Anne Berkeley

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Zachary Dorsey

Ben Phelan

Susanne Shawyer

Nicole Tabor

Claudia Weir

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Exploring the Soul of Higher Education Theatre

This session joins a local applied theatre group, Wandering Souls, in exploring the true spirit of theatre, and a possible paradigm change for higher education curriculum.

Speakers

Gary Hyatt

Gail Medford

Wandering Souls

Daniel Wagonner

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Freeway Fliers, Unite! An Open Forum on the Adjunct Workforce in ATHE and the Academy

A discussion on exchanging self-support tactics and improving conditions for contingent faculty members, and an exploration into how ATHE can respond to adjunct needs.

Speakers

Jay Gipson-King

Jennifer Kokai

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Weber State University

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Incorporating Asian Performance into the General Theater Course

Experienced teachers of Asian performance offer tips, resources, and tried-and-tested plans for bringing Asian forms into the general theater course. Come learn how!

Speakers

Boris Daussa-Pastor

Professor, Head of Theory and History Department and Head of Graduate Programs, Institut del Teatre, Barcelona (Professor) / CUNY-Graduate Center (PhD Candidate)

Boris Daussà-Pastor is Theatre PhD Candidate at The Graduate Center-CUNY (New York). He is also a professor at Institut del Teatre (Barcelona), where he has been recently elected Head of the Department of Theory and History of the Performing Arts and also appointed Head of Graduate... Read More →

Kathy Foley

Ronald Gilliam

Doctoral Candidate, Asian Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

I am currently a Doctoral Candidate (ABD) in Asian Theatre at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. I previously received my MA from the department of Performance Studies at New York University and my BA in Theatre and Chinese Language from Butler University. My current academic research... Read More →

David Jortner

David Mason

The Limits of Mimesis in Religious Performance, Rhodes College

In Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital Era Lynne Conner argues that, “The pleasure inherent in the interpretive function is enhanced significantly when meaning is made social (Palgrave 2013)”. The contemporary theatre audience has become a restless participant... Read More →

John Weinstein

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Meet the Fellows: The College of Fellows of the American Theatre and Civic Engagement

The College of Fellows of the American Theatre convenes annually at the Kennedy Center. A roundtable of Fellows will inspire those who aspire.

Speakers

Rosemarie Bank

"Not METAMORA Again! Can the Merely Popular Be Canonical?", Kent State University

Milly Barranger

Karen Berman

Franklin J. Hildy

The Theatre,’ archeological stratification, and Shakespeare’s playhouses, Theatre Architecture Working Group

I've been developing experiences practiced in arts of the body dealing with a moving approach called bodily paths. In one of his most settings outlined, body path implies the reversal of the attention over his own body, amplifying somatic experience at the level where perceiving possible... Read More →

Jorge Huerta

Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego

Felicia Londre

Robert Schanke

ATHE Vice President for Awards

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Teaching Histories of Actor Training: Broadening Awareness of the Various Civic Functions of the Actor.

A look at the history of actor training with specific focus on various actor's contributions to civic engagement across times and cultures.

Speakers

Siobhan Bremer

Jane Brody

Jane Drake Brody: Master Teacher

Mark Seton

Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney

My personal 'mission' is to investigate, devise and nurture resilient and relational education,that is Living, Intentional, Vulnerable and Embodied (LIVE) through creative and playful practices and productions in the arts, humanities, social and health sciences at tertiary levels... Read More →

Ron West

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Performer Politicians and Politician Performers: From Artist to Activist and Activist to Artist

This panel will present scholarship related to actors who entered the political arena, as well as politicians who trod the boards on stage.

Speakers

James M. Brandon

Professor of Theatre, Hillsdale College

THEATRE IS LIFE...FILM is Art...television is furniture

Barbara Grossman

Sarah McCarroll

Associate Professor, Georgia Southern U

Sarah McCarroll is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Georgia Southern University, where is also serves as the resident costume designer and costume shop manager. She is the outgoing editor of Theatre Symposium and the Chair of SETC's History/Theory/Criticism/Literature committ... Read More →

Tom Robson

Assistant Professor of Theatre & Dance, Millikin University

Focus Group Representative for Theatre History

Bryan Vandevender

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

Public Performances, Private Matters: Women on the Political Stage

What are the many roles women play, feminist or otherwise, on the American Political Stage? This panel explores how women perform their roles as candidates and spouses and in various political arenas and contexts.

Speakers

Rosemary Malague

Jen-Scott Mobley

Ken Nielsen

Sandy Peterson

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

Theatre and Social Change Debut Panel

In this session, the Theatre and Social Change (TASC) focus group is pleased to highlight work of three artist-scholars, followed by lively discussion.

Speakers

Vanessa Cianconi

Wil Fisher

Sharon Green

Professor, Davidson College

Peter Harrigan

Theatre and Social Change Focus Group Conference Planner

Abigail Leeder

Ernell McClenon

Amy Sarno

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

Advocating Better Preparation of Stage Directors for Musical Theatre

Advocating improved training of individuals from outside musical theatre to produce better quality productions. Included are text analysis, musical programming, collaboration, music, and dance.

Speakers

Anne Healy

John Kelly

Courtney Self

Greg White

Meg Zauner

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Latina/o Performance: Counteracting Narratives of Legal Marginalization

Considering as well as presenting recent Latina/o performances, our panel evaluates tactics to reimagine identity and reactivate rights in the face of increasingly stringent immigration laws.

Speakers

Gad Guterman

lameasaurus

Michelle Lopez-Rios

Associate Professor of Voice and Speech, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Helping people discover their voice and share their experience is my passion.

Lara Nielsen

Alvaro Saar Rios

Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez

Tamara Underiner

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers Performance

8:00am EDT

Jane Chambers Play Rehearsal

Rehearsal for the performance of the Winner of the Jane Chambers Playwrighting Award

Speakers

Maya Roth

Professor, Georgetown University

theater, gender and performance, cross-cultural adaptations of classics, civic poetics, ensemble, multiracial theater, British and American women playwrights (especially feminist)

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

8:00am EDT

Book and Performance Review Writing Workshop

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

Devising Speech Exercises: Making Speech more Accessible for Youth - Cancelled

Connecting speech in preparation for acting using phonetic pillows for middle and high school, participants work on sound symbol identification, physical exercises, text, dialect exercises.

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

Paid Workshop #2 - Synetic Theatre Part 1B

Paid Workshop #2 Synetic Theatre Part 2B

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 11:15am EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

New Play Development Workshop: Rehearsal Part I

Rehearsal for the first half of the plays selected for the New Play Development Workshop and Showcase series.

Speakers

Charlene A. Donagy

Kevin McFillen

Instructor of Speech Communication, Columbia College

Friday August 3, 2012 8:00am - 9:30pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

9:45am EDT

Nominations Committee (NOM) Meeting

Nominations Committee Meeting

Speakers

Steve Peters

ATHE Nominations Committee Chair, Immediate Past President

Friday August 3, 2012 9:45am - 11:15am EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

9:45am EDT

All Conference Plenary: The Advocacy Imperative

All Conference Plenary

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Friday August 3, 2012 9:45am - 11:15am EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Black Theatre Association Membership Meeting

Networking opportunity for individuals interested Black Theatere. At this meeting business will be conducted and elections will be held for future officers.

Speakers

Soyica Colbert

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Representative

Patrick J. Sims

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Conference Planner

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Directing Program Membership Meeting #1

Members of the Directing Program conduct FG business, welcome new members and begin conference planning.

Speakers

Ann Shanahan

Directing Program Focus Group Representative Associate Professor of Theatre Loyola University Chicago

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Focus Group Membership Meeting

At the LGBTQ Focus Group Membership Meeting, participants discuss the goals, leadership, and future plans of the focus group.

Speakers

Nick Salvato

Associate Professor of Theatre, Cornell University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Conference Planner

Brent Stansell

Theatre Educator, Dramaturg, Actor, The George Washington University, American University, The Catholic University of America, Round House Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Playwrights and Creative Teams (PACT) Focus Group Membership Meeting

All PACT members and others interested in getting involved with Playwrights and Creative Teams are welcome to attend this membership meeting.

Speakers

Andrea Grapko

Playwrights and Creative Teams Focus Group Conference Planner

Rodger Sorensen

Associate Dean College of Fine Arts and Communications, Brigham Young University

Playwrights and Creative Teams Focus Group Representative

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Religion and Theatre Focus Group Membership Meeting

Join the Religion and Theatre Focus Group for its annual meeting to discuss future conference planning and activities. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Speakers

Jill Stevenson

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Marymount Manhattan College

Religion and Theatre Focus Group Representative

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Senior Theatre and Research Focus Group Membership Meeting

Learn about the Focus Group and how you can contribute to the Focus Group's goals, leadership and future plans. Discover Senior Theatre news and trends.

Speakers

Steven Pennell

Art Age Publications

President

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Theatre as a Liberal Art (TLA) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Annual meeting for those celebrating theatre as a liberal art and/or theatre programs within a liberal arts setting. Officer elections, program initiatives and conference planning are on the agenda.

Speakers

Hillary Haft Bucs

Bernadette "Bodie" Hamilton-Brady

Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group Representative

Susan Proctor

Julie Schmitt

Associate Professor, Director of Theatre Arts, TLA - FGR, Stetson University

Jay Sierszyn

Director of Theatre, Wisconsin Lutheran College

Out-going "Theatre as a Liberal Art" Focus Group Representative

Lee University

Lee University, 1113

Lila Wilkinson

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Theatre History (TH) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Join us for the annual meeting of the Theatre History Focus Group to connect with other teachers and scholars and to begin planning for the 2013 conference.

Speakers

Virginia Anderson

Chair and Conference Planner, Theatre History Focus Group; Assistant Professor of Theater, Connecticut College

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Summit Meeting

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
President's Suite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

11:30am EDT

Acting Program Focus Group Meeting

This is a strategic planning session for all Acting Program members.

Speakers

Miriam Mills

Alica Tafoya

Acting Program Focus Group Representative

Lionel Walsh

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

American Theatre and Drama Society Membership Meeting

Membership meeting for the American Theatre and Drama Society. Open to all ATDS/ATHE members interested in the work of ATDS.

Speakers

Mark Cosdon

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Intent and Impact of Community-Based Theatre: Advocacy? Collaboration? Education?

Through performance and discussion, explores goals, methodologies, and outcomes of community-based theatre including the 52nd Street Project, Theatre of the Oppressed, and the Arts Initiative.

Speakers

Lisa Brenner

Associate Professor, Drew University

Lisa is a Member at Large for Theatre and Social Change. She is the co-author of Katrina: the K Word, a play based on interviews with residents of New Orleans. Lisa holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from Columbia University. At Drew, where she recently won the Distinguished Teaching Award... Read More →

Christopher Ceraso

Kate Collins

Doctoral Student, The Ohio State University

I'm currently a doctoral student in Arts Administration, Education and Policy at Ohio State, soon entering into my dissertation research. I was previously faculty in theatre and film at Bowling Green State University for four years. I have an MFA in Theatre for Youth from Arizona... Read More →

Sarah Gabel

Chairperson Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Loyola University Chicago

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

National Playwriting Program (NPP) of Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

This session will be a description of the many different National Playwriting Awards which are available to students and faculty through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, now in its 46th year. A roundtable question-and-answer discussion will follow.

Speakers

Georgia McGill

Two-Year College Program Focus Group Conference Planner

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Signs and Community Under the Big Top: Exploring Circus as Civic Engagement

This panel will discuss Paul Bouissac's text SEMIOTICS AT THE CIRCUS and present position papers regarding the intersection of semiotics, circus performance and civic engagement.

Speakers

Kevin Brown

Chloe Johnston

Barnaby King

Paul Miller

Kris Salata

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Tales From The Trenches: Perspectives on Creating Theatre with LGBTQ and Allied Youth

LGBTQ youth advocacy requires special emphasis on providing structure and support for the youth to do the work. Hear war stories, successes, and strategies.

Speakers

Norma Bowles

Christopher Krejci

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Representative

Joan Lipkin

Writing/Directing/Social Activism

Daniel R Nadon

Kent State University, Kent State University

LGBTQ Theatre D/deaf and Hearing Theatre Detroit

Cathy Plourde

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable Demonstration

11:30am EDT

Dissidence and the Politics of Fear: Performing Human Rights in Latin America

This panel examines the ways Latin American artists have responded to human rights violations and their use of performance as a site of dissent and activism.

Speakers

Jimmy Noriega

Luis Ramos-Garcia

Beatriz J. Risk

Analola Santana

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Engaging Japanese Modernities

How did (and do) politics resurface in the arts and lives of Japan's newly minted modern "citizens" from the Meiji Restoration through the post-world-war Occupation?

Speakers

Michelle Liu Carriger

David Jortner

Tara Rodman

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Locaturgy--Dramaturging the Local

This panel will investigate the ways in which dramaturgy can be used to make the performing arts truly local. How does dramaturgy connect a piece to the geography, history and culture of a particular audience.

Speakers

Ali Miller

Robin Quick

Mary Resing

Artistic Director, Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Maryland

Mary Resing, the artistic director of Active Cultures Theatre, is a playwright, director & dramaturg. The Maryland State Arts Council recognized her in 2012 with an Individual Artist Award in Playwriting for her signed/spoken musical Visible Language. Her work has been seen around... Read More →

Scott Walter

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Post Traumatic, Post Colonial, Post Communist: Women Writing and Performing Civic Engagement

This panel proposes an exploration of women's playwrights and performers who demonstrate civic engagement in their art as they deal with the multifaceted aspects of surviving political traumas, of living in post-colonial, post communist or post dictatorial societies.

Speakers

Fiona Coffey

Kimberly Jew

Domnica Radulescu

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Rehearsal #2 for Staged Reading of The Force of Habit

Open rehearsal for staged reading of a new translation of 'The Force of Habit', a Spanish Golden Age play by Guillen de Castro.

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Rehearsal

11:30am EDT

Physical Dramaturgy: Investigating Text and Generating Material Physically, Part 1

This participatory workshop will explore different approaches to physically examine theatrical material.

Speakers

Jeffrey Casazza

Stephanie Roberts

Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City

I have been teaching, directing, coaching and choreographing at UMKC for the past 6 years. My courses include Mask, Clown, Commedia dell'Arte, and Epic Storytelling. I also direct ensemble-devised work at the university in in the KC community. I received my MFA from Dell'Arte International... Read More →

Matt Saltzberg

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

11:30am EDT

DocumentNation Performance Project Rehearsal #3

Speakers

Tim Miller

Friday August 3, 2012 11:30am - 1:30pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Rehearsal

1:00pm EDT

Coiled Black Tresses: Traditional Japanese Hairstyles

Japanese traditional hairstyles are mysterious and enticing, especially those frozen in time as theatrical wigs. Scrutinize actual wigs closely, along with detailed explanations and videos.

Speakers

Deborah Klens-Bigman

Helen Moss

Friday August 3, 2012 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Exhibit Hall - Columbia ABC, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration

1:00pm EDT

Author Signing/Bingo

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Friday August 3, 2012 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Exhibits Columbia ABC 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:00pm EDT

Graduate Student Subcommittee Luncheon

Join fellow graduate students for lunch and conversation. We'll meet in the Hyatt lobby at 12:00pm and walk to a fabulous local eatery together.

Speakers

Cassidy C Browning

Performance as Public Practice PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

Activist theatre practitioner, teacher, and scholar

Bryan Vandevender

Friday August 3, 2012 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Offsite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Awards Committee Meeting

Speakers

Kevin Wetmore

Loyola Marymount University

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

1:45pm EDT

Adjunct Faculty: Is It a Trend or is it the Future?

What conditions face today's adjunct professor? This panel will reveal experiences of today's adjunct theatre professors and offer strategies for those facing similar circumstances.

Speakers

Katherine Burkey

Deborah Martin

Miriam Mills

Alica Tafoya

Acting Program Focus Group Representative

Kim Wagner

Lila Wilkinson

Cheryl Kaplan Zachariah

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Advocating and Collaborating through Local Collegiate Partnerships

Members of a Maryland Community College consortium will report on the recent creation of this affinity group. The panel invites other perspectives in this open discussion about the successes and challenges of such groups.

Speakers

Bill Gillett

Asst Professor, Coodinator for Theatre, Carroll Community College

R Scott Hengen

Valerie Lash

Chairperson, Arts & Humanities Division; Professor of Theatre; Founding Director, Rep Stage AEA Theatre in Residence at, Howard Community College

Positions at Howard Community College Chairperson of Arts and Humanities Division Professor of Theatre Founding Artistic Director, Rep Stage, AEA Professional Theatre in Residence ~ Actor, Director & Designer Executive Producer, Arts Collective Theatre – Acting... Read More →

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Criticism as Activism Roundtable Series: Activating Agency

As part of the Criticism as Activism roundtable series, this panel investigates how innovations in performance form and theatrical language challenge critical responses to performances that explore cultural and political empowerment.

Speakers

Nelson Barre

Human Palimpsests and Layered Storytelling: Ritual, Memory, and Oral Stratification in Enda Walsh’s The Small Things, National University of Ireland, Galway

In 1828, the American actor Edwin Forrest announced a playwriting competition for a $500 prize, "of which the hero, or principle character, shall be an aboriginal of this country." The winning entry was John Augustus Stone's METAMORA; OR, THE LAST OF THE WAMPANOGS, first performed... Read More →

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Macelle Mahala

Susanne Shawyer

Max Shulman

Doctoral Student, Tufts University

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Foundational Documents Session – Dramaturgy Focus Group (DR)

The Dramaturgy Focus Group presents an exciting performative interrogation of the Foundational Documents.

Speakers

Carrie J. Cole

Associate Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Karen Jean Martinson

Lecturer, Chicago State University

Deirdre O'Rourke

Jules Odendahl-Hames

Cynthia SoRelle

Board Chair, LMDA

Please as me about applying for the ATHE Dramaturgy Debut Panel. I'm happy to tell you about the LMDA BLY Creative Capacity Grants (deadline to apply this year is September 15th) and the range is $5,000 to $20,000. I serve as Board Chair for LMDA and on the BLY Committee; I chair... Read More →

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

The Marriage of Technology, Media and Theatre?

As the lines between technology and traditional theatre blur in a multi-media marketplace, is there a necessity for more collaboration between Film/Television/Media programs and Theatre departments?

Speakers

John Benitz

Nina LeNoir

Chair, Chapman University

ATHE Immediate Past President for Conference 2010

Denise Massman

Associate Professor Denise Massman, M.F.A. has been specializing in all aspects of theatre design for nearly 40 years. She has designed for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks; Montana Lyric Opera Company; Montana Repertory Theatre; Missoula Children's Theatre; Vigilante Theatre; Alpine... Read More →

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Theatre Topics Editorial Board Meeting

Annual meeting of the Editorial Board of Theatre Topics. This is a closed session.

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

James Peck

Harvey Young

ATHE Vice President for Research and Publications

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Sequoia, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Focus Group Debut Panel

This session features an emerging scholar or scholars working within the area of LGBTQ studies and presenting at ATHE for the first time.

Speakers

Kareem Khubchandani

Ali-Reza Mirsajadi

Nick Salvato

Associate Professor of Theatre, Cornell University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Conference Planner

Lisa Sloan

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Religion and Theatre (RT) Focus Group Emerging Scholars Panel

Emerging scholars explore the intersection of the religion, performance, and spaces of civic engagement. The papers demonstrate the symbiotic relationship between religion and the public sphere.

Speakers

Alicia Corts

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

The Bruce Kirle Memorial Emerging Scholarship Panel in Music Theatre/Dance (MT/D)

This adjudicated panel spotlights the work of scholars who have not presented at a national conference as well as established scholars new to the areas of Music Theatre and/or Dance.

Speakers

Tracey Elaine Chessum

Stephanie Dean

Kathryn Edney

Folklore (Edney), Regis College

Christopher McCoy

Elizabeth Wollman

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

The Path to Presence

Presence is a heightened state of relaxed alertness in performance. The panel will explore multicultural methodology from ritual to new pedagogy to attain presence.

Speakers

Olisa Enrico

Flloyd Kennedy

Being in Voice

Flloyd Kennedy is an Australian actor, singer, clown, writer, director and voice and acting coach. She took part in the British folk revival in the 60s, performed street theatre, cabaret and fringe theatre, and was Artistic Director of Golden Age Theatre (Scotland) for 6 years. Since... Read More →

Artemis Preeshl

Ripe Figs, LLC

Tony Smith

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Twentieth Century American Theatre and Drama

Four established scholars will present papers reflecting their varied research interests intended to inspire discussion on the state of American theatre and drama research.

Speakers

James Cherry

James Fisher

Teryll W. Hallquist

Felicia Londre

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Unsung Heroes: Black Theatre and Activism of the early 20th Century

Panel will feature papers exploring the lives Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Edythe Scott Bagley and Bayard Rustin. Together, the lives of these seemingly "average" Black Americans offer glimpses into the daily heroism of what it meant to Black before, during and after the Civil Rights movement.

Speakers

Tony Fitzgerald

Lurana Donnels O'Malley

Patrick J. Sims

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Conference Planner

Khalid Young

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Using Theatre to Educate

Learn how to use theatre to educate about past history and current issues using the experiences of two companies as your inspiration.

Speakers

BJ Johnston

Steven Pennell

Art Age Publications

President

Kathy West

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

1:45pm EDT

Americans for the Arts Breakout 1 - Tips and Techniques for Advocacy on the Federal Level

Plenary Breakout Sessions

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Plenary Breakout Sessions

1:45pm EDT

Americans for the Arts Breakout 2 - Tips and Techniques for Advocacy at the Local, State and Institutional Level

Plenary Breakout Sessions

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Plenary Breakout Sessions

1:45pm EDT

OWS: A Newspaper Performance Event

Teresa Rende, Willa Taylor, and Chanelle Vigue collaborate with OWS participants across the nation to create a performance that interrogates the multiple issues of representation surrounding the OWS movement.

Speakers

Teresa Rende

Education and Community Engagement Associate, Goodman Theatre

Willa Taylor

Walter Director of Education and Engagement

Chanelle Vigue

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:45pm EDT

Physical Dramaturgy: Investigating Text and Generating Material Physically, Part 2

This participatory workshop will explore different approaches to physically examine theatrical material.

Speakers

Jeffrey Casazza

Terry Glaser

Kevin Inouye

Adjunct, William and Mary U

Kevin Inouye is an instructor of acting, movement and stage combat. An SAFD Certified Instructor and NMCA Teacher Candidate, he teaches courses at the College of William & Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Christopher Newport University and elsewhere. He is a SAG-AFTRA actor... Read More →

Jeff McMahon

Presented by Performance Space 122, Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, PS 1, LACE, Cleveland Performance Art Fest., Jacob's Pillow, Center for Contemporary Arts (Santa Fe), Dance Works (Toronto), and venues in U.S. Canada, Europe. Dance films shown worldwide. Training: theatre/dance... Read More →

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:45pm EDT

Performance: Jane Chambers Winning Play 2012 Reading

An all-conference event, sponsored by WTP and ATHE Moderated by Maya E. Roth (Georgetown University) Join us for a staged reading of this year's Winning Play--which features feminist perspectives and significant roles for female performers. The Playwright of this year's winning play will join us for a QandA to follow the featured event. We will also briefly preview other new feminist plays honored by this year's contest, which draws more than 100 entries annually from across the US and beyond.

Speakers

Maya Roth

Professor, Georgetown University

theater, gender and performance, cross-cultural adaptations of classics, civic poetics, ensemble, multiracial theater, British and American women playwrights (especially feminist)

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

1:45pm EDT

Paid Workshop #3 - Sojourn Theatre

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:45pm EDT

Workshop with Washington-based Directors

Professional directors conduct rehearsal workshop on scenes from Sophocles’ Antigone

Speakers

Gillian Drake

Matt Gardiner

Derek Goldman

Eleanor Holdridge

Colin Hoyde

Jennifer L. Nelson

Ann Shanahan

Directing Program Focus Group Representative Associate Professor of Theatre Loyola University Chicago

Friday August 3, 2012 1:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

3:30pm EDT

Betraying Artaud: Projects in Actual and Virtual Realities

Peter Brook claimed that, Artaud applied is Artaud betrayed. The three panelists, working singly and collaboratively, discuss their explorations of the Theatre of Cruelty.

Speakers

Natasha Conde-Jahnel

Stephen Schrum

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Areas of interest: Playwrighting and Digital Performance. Using technology for both teaching and performance. Also, taking lesser known works and breathing new life into them.

Elliot Sheedy

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

David Goodman, Karen Brazell, and the Modern and Classical Japanese Theatres

This roundtable will focus, analyze, and contextualize the scholarship and life of David Goodman and his work in the modern and avant-garde Japanese theatre.

Speakers

Yoshiko Fukushima

John K. Gillespie

David Jortner

Katherine Mezur

Lecturer, UCB

M. Cody Poulton

Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei

Kevin Wetmore

Loyola Marymount University

Gouhe Zheng

Professor of Japanese, Ball State University

Modern Japanese theatre, comparative study of modern Japanese and Chinese theatre.

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Design, Technology and Management Program of Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)

This session will be a description of the many different programs in theatre Design, Technology and Management available to students and faculty through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, now in its 46th year. A roundtable question-and-answer discussion will follow.

Speakers

Karen Anselm

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Documentary Theatre as Civic Engagement

Documentary theatre has frequently been a locally-generated form of civic engagement. This session will focus on presentations by playwrights and other creative personnel engaged in such projects.

Speakers

Peter Ellenstein

Attilio Favorini

Stephen Nunns

Judith Royer

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Engaging the 'Classics': Educating Students and Audiences through Performance of Classic Plays

This roundtable panel will focus on the challenges and rewards that are inherent when staging classic works of dramatic literature.

Speakers

Marshall University/Jack Cirillo

Marshall University, 723

Julie Schmitt

Associate Professor, Director of Theatre Arts, TLA - FGR, Stetson University

John Sebestyen

Associate Professor and Director of Theatre, Trinity Christian College

Lee University

Lee University, 1113

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

National Partners of American Theatre (NAPAT): Welcome and the Awarded Play-reading, session 1

National Partners American Theatre, an ATHE affiliate, welcomes members both new and prospective, to a reading and discussion of this year's awarded student play. Please join us for the play reading followed by collegial discussion of the programs sponsored by NAPAT, an organization where 100% of member dues support student awards.

Speakers

Sean Clark

James Hatfield

Jeffrey Koep

Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jere Wade

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Teaching Music Theory in the Musical Theatre Program

A discussion of the challenges, merits, and techniques of teaching music theory to musical theatre Students in a theatre context.

Speakers

Stephanie Dean

Alan Shorter

ssociate Professor, Performance Faculty, TCU

Jonathan Swoboda

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Music Director, Kent State University

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

What do We Know? Dialogues on Applied Theater Scholarship and Praxis

Who defines, controls, and benefits from knowledge production and scholarship? This forum/roundtable provides a dialogic space for reflecting on key questions related to applied/social theater praxis.

Speakers

Ann Elizabeth Armstrong

associate professor of theatre, miami university

Associate Professor, Miami University

Sonja Kuftinec

Professor, University of Minnesota

Staying less busy and more thoughtful; finding a way to be mindful about everyday practices including parenting and pedagogy.

Warren Linds

Dani Snyder-Young

Associate Professor of Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan University

Talk to me about nominating your hero for 2015 ATHE Awards. Applied theatre, critical pedagogy, social justice.

Willa Taylor

Walter Director of Education and Engagement

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

'Synchronicity': Multi-Sited Performance as Civic Engagement

The unified effort to stage single performances at multiple sites simultaneously questions theatre's ephemerality, emphasis on collaboration, and place in an increasingly globalized community.

Speakers

Virginia Anderson

Chair and Conference Planner, Theatre History Focus Group; Assistant Professor of Theater, Connecticut College

Stephen Luber

David Wygant

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

African American Theater and Drama Since 1987, part 1

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, ATDS presents a series of sessions designed to chart the progression of our discipline. This session focuses on Black Theater and Performance.

Speakers

Julie Burrell

Soyica Colbert

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Representative

Douglas Jones

Isaiah Wooden

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Performance Studies (PSFG) Focus Group Emerging Scholars Panel

The annual, vetted Emerging Scholars Panel for the Performance Studies Focus Group

Speakers

Lindsay Goss

Carolee Klimchock

Megan Shea

Language Lecturer, NYU

International Zombie Slayer

Nikki Yeboah

Gillian Young

PhD Candidate, Art History, Columbia University

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Staging Latinidad: Reports from the Field Engaging Recent Productions of Latina/o Plays

Participants offer reports from the field that describe and thoughtfully explore recent new play productions by Latina/o playwrights and companies across the U.S.

Speakers

Coya Paz Brownrigg

Assistant Professor, DePaul University

Coya is an Assistant Professor in the Theatre School at DePaul University, where she teaches classes on directing, ensemble creation, Hip-Hop theater, and theater history. She is also the Artistic Director of Free Street Theater in Chicago, which has been "taking theatre out of theaters... Read More →

Micaela Diaz-Sanchez

Anne Garcia-Romero

Tifanny Ana López

Irma Mayorga

Assistant Professor of Theater, Dartmouth College

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Women's Work: Reclaiming a Space for the Forgotten Female Worker in American Theatre History

Through papers and a performance, this panel will uncover and evaluate the civic engagement and advocacy of under-represented female theatrical workers and some of their significant contributions as performers, playwrights, directors, and producers.

Speakers

Cheryl Black

Jocelyn Buckner

Assistant Professor, Chapman University

Bud Coleman

Professor of Theatre, University of Colorado at Boulder

Anne Fletcher

Vessel

Rebecca Stone Thornberry

Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre Arts, University of Wisconsin-Marinette

I am a director, actor, and scholar primarily interested in 18-21st century American theatre.

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Foundational Documents Session - Directing Program Focus Group (DP)

Panelists conduct hands-on exercises about devising using foundational government documents.

Speakers

Anne Fliotsos

Professor of Theatre, Purdue University

I'm a long-time member of ATHE and former FGR of the Directing Program. Rather than retype my profile, pls visit my faculty profile at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/theatre/directory/?p=Anne_Fliotsos See you at ATHE!

Stephanie Daventry French

East Stroudsburg University

Peter Sampieri

Sheila Siragusa

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

3:30pm EDT

Americans for the Arts Breakout 3 - Tips and Techniques for Advocacy on the Federal Level

Plenary Breakout Sessions

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Plenary Breakout Sessions

3:30pm EDT

Americans for the Arts Breakout 4 - Tips and Techniques for Advocacy on the State, Local and Institutional Level

Plenary Breakout Sessions

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Plenary Breakout Sessions

3:30pm EDT

Rehearsal #3 for Staged Reading of The Force of Habit

Open rehearsal for staged reading of a new translation of 'The Force of Habit', a Spanish Golden Age play by Guillen de Castro.

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Sequoia, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Rehearsal

3:30pm EDT

Adjudicated Workshop of Debut and Adapted Acting Exercises (AP)

Speakers

Aron Bederson

Holly Cate

Jeanne Leep

Producer of Edgewood College Theatre and Professor of Theatre Arts, head of acting and directing program, Edgewood College

David Marcia

Sara Rofofsky Marcus

Roxane Rix

Alica Tafoya

Acting Program Focus Group Representative

Lionel Walsh

Friday August 3, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

5:15pm EDT

Embodied Research Methods: Proposals and Provocations

This panel brings together scholars and practitioners from applied and experimental theater to consider the political and epistemological implications of embodied research.

Speakers

Warren Linds

Nisha Sajnani

Ben Spatz

Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Candidate, City University of New York

Ben Spatz is Artistic Director of Urban Research Theater in New York City. His solo performance RITE OF THE BUTCHER (Cave Soak Festival, 2012; United Solo Festival, 2011) explores themes of power and violence through a unique synthesis of poetry, martial dance, and folk songs in an... Read More →

Elinor Vettraino

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

Foundational Documents Session – Religion and Theatre Focus Group (RT): Performing Church and State: 'The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom'

In this foundational documents session, a panel will respond to Thomas Jefferson's "Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom."

Speakers

Megan Sanborn Jones

Edmund Lingan

Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

National Partners of American Theatre (NAPAT): Welcome and the Awarded Play-reading, session 2

Speakers

Sean Clark

James Hatfield

Jeffrey Koep

Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jere Wade

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

Outlaw Civics, Out Engagements: The LGBTQ Play Festival as a Platform for Advocacy, Collaboration, and Education

This session brings together scholars, artists, and administrators from across the US to consider the LGBTQ play festival format as a mode of civic engagement.

Speakers

Christopher Krejci

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Representative

Joan Lipkin

Writing/Directing/Social Activism

Derek Mudd

Monica Raymond

Abe Rybeck

Brent Stansell

Theatre Educator, Dramaturg, Actor, The George Washington University, American University, The Catholic University of America, Round House Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

Playing to the Assessment Crowd: Assessment in the Theatre Program from Course to Curriculum

Panelists will discuss models for and processes of assessment designed to help theatre educators build robust and valuable assessments of theatre courses and curriculum.

Speakers

Davida Bloom

Thomas Donnarumma

Assistant Professor, Iona College

Kurt Edwards

East Central University

Travis Malone

Gail Humphries Mardirosian

ATHE Vice President for Professional Development

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

STAGING SEX: The Ins and Outs of Creating Romance on Stage.

From the tentative first kiss to XXX, practitioners examine both classwork and production approaches designed to keep student actors safe as they approach one another.

Speakers

Conrad Alexandrowicz

Siobhan Bremer

Tommy Costello

SDC Directing Program Interim Vice Chair, KCACTF Region 1

Daniel Crozier

Karen Dabney

PhD Student, University of Colorado-Boulder

Heather May

Associate Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Theatre for Social Change Representations of the Other Onstage 19th Century American Minstrelsy Female Impersonation Directing Stage Management

Jesse Merz

Director of Theatre, Butte College

Artistic Director, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre since 1997. MFA UC Davis MAT George Fox BFA NYU/Tisch AEA, SAG-AFTRA ✌️

Adam Noble

Assistant Professor, Indiana University

Jay O'Berski

Artistic Director, Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern

I'm in Lesotho, Africa right now doing actor training with a group of young artists who teach HIV/AIDS awareness through soccer. My other new project is creating a Legion of Anti-Racism in Durham with Chaunesti Webb. My company is six years old and does mostly original plays and imploded... Read More →

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

The Capstone Course/Senior Project: Strategies for Design and Implementation

In this roundtable panelists discuss strategies for designing and leading the capstone course/senior project. Syllabi, objectives, outcomes and assignments will be shared.

Speakers

Siobhan Bremer

Cara Gabriel

Jeanne Leep

Producer of Edgewood College Theatre and Professor of Theatre Arts, head of acting and directing program, Edgewood College

Jan Mason

Julia Matthews

Kathleen M. McGeever

Meghan Raham

Roxane Rix

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

The Theatre Artist as World Citizen: Exploring Study/Work Abroad Requirements for B.F.A. Programs

This panel will explore the need for a requirement of study/work abroad components in B.F.A. Theatre programs, and the various structures this requirement may generate.

Speakers

Valerie Accetta

Head of Musical Theatre, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Valerie Accetta is the Head of Musical Theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. An Equity actress, she played Margy Frake in the First National Tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair, starring John Davidson. Other performance credits include Cinderella, The Sound... Read More →

Amy Baumgartner-Hutton

Virginia Commonwealth University

Amy Hutton is a nationally recognized Stage Manager, having worked Off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country. She is a member of the Actors' Equity Association. Currently, she serves as Director of Admissions for the Music Department at Virginia Commonwealth Un... Read More →

Rachel Blackburn

Instructor, M.F.A. Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth University

Greetings! I am currently completing my M.F.A. in Theatre Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth University under Dr. Noreen Barnes. I am an instructor for VCU as well, and this year I am teaching Introduction to Stage Performance, History of Dramatic Literature, and Speech for Business... Read More →

Melanie Dryer

Alison Frost

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi

Alison Frost is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Texas A&M University/Corpus Christi with an MFA in Directing from Florida State and an M.Ed. from Sam Houston State. She has worked professionally with the Alley Theatre, the Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Actor Factory, as well... Read More →

Lewis Magruder

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

5:15pm EDT

'Dramaturgs, Yes We Can!: Using Dramaturgical Skills to Create Leaders, Patriots, and Peacemakers'

Through the examinations of three other offbeat but real-world careers, dramaturgy's interdisciplinary nature and relevance will emerge.

Speakers

Milbre Burch

Ashley Swetnam Dangerfield

University of Kansas

Amanda Giguere

Director of Outreach, Colorado Shakespeare Festival

At CSF, our outreach programs reach 15,000 people each year. We offer summer camps, after school classes, and an elementary Shakespeare festival. Our Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program has reached 80,000 Colorado students since its 2011 inception.

Jacob Hellman

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:15pm EDT

'Elective Performances': American Theatre in the 21st Century

Framed by the 2012 Presidential election, this panel considers the crucial role that theatre--drama, musicals, mass-media performance, and public protest--plays in U.S. politics.

Speakers

Anne Beggs

Sara Brady

Rick DesRochers

Associate Professor of Theatre, Long Island University Post

Associate Professor of Theatre Long Island University Post Ph.D. CUNY Graduate Center Books: The New Humor in the Progressive Era: Americanization and the Vaudeville Comedian - Palgrave Macmillan, 2014; The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy - Bloomsbury, 2014 Member... Read More →

Iris Fischer

Professor, Department of English, University of Kansas

Shelley Manis

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:15pm EDT

Advocating for the Anti-Glee: Alternative Images of the Musical on Film and Television

In these papers, the panelists advocate for a less-idealized, broader vision of the mediated musical than is currently popularly depicted on the television show Glee.

Speakers

Stephanie Dean

Kathryn Edney

Folklore (Edney), Regis College

Stephen Farrow

Mary Jo Lodge

Associate Professor, Lafayette College

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:15pm EDT

African American Theater and Drama Since 1987, part 2

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, ATDS presents a series of sessions designed to chart the progression of our discipline. This session focuses on Black Theater and Performance.

Speakers

Soyica Colbert

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Representative

Gail Medford

Monica Ndounou

Nicole Hodges Persley

Assistant Professor

Robert Vorlicky

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:15pm EDT

Creating Civic Citizens through Performances of Marginalized Identity, Giving Voice without Fetishization: A Taught Panel

This panel addresses theatre as a mode of giving voice to students/audiences by exploring reconciliation of the visibility tension in the performance of marginalized identities.

Speakers

Faedra Chatard Carpenter

Elizabeth Golden

Lisa Hall Hagen

Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Dramaturgy, Utah Valley University

Heather Oberlander

Jennifer Popple

Assistant Professor, Augustana College

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:15pm EDT

Performances of Citizenship

This session explores how citizens have used performance as a mode of advocacy, employing techniques of theatricality to contest narratives of national belonging and imagine new forms of citizenship.

Speakers

Matt Cornish

Lindsay Livingston

Katherine Mezur

Lecturer, UCB

Ann Folino White

Patricia Ybarra

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

5:15pm EDT

Sometimes A Rainbow: Old, Homeless, and Musical Comedy!

The musical comedy centers on an abused elderly widow who discovers the meaning of life and the joys of living while surviving on the streets of Washington, DC.

Speakers

Tom Northam

Art Age Publications

President

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

5:15pm EDT

Alternatives to Table Talk: Practical Exercises for the Early Stages of Rehearsal

Participants will explore a series of exercises that presenters use in the first week of rehearsals to mine the text and develop character.

Speakers

Lionel Walsh

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

5:15pm EDT

Foundational Documents Project Session – Theatre and Social Change Focus Group (TASC)

Interactive exploration of selected foundational documents.

Speakers

Cathy Plourde

Willa Taylor

Walter Director of Education and Engagement

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

5:15pm EDT

How to teach Alexander Technique Principles Even When You are Not a Certified AT Teacher

Discover ways of learning and teaching the Alexander Technique's unique way of thinking and moving in order to improve performance without using guiding hands.

Speakers

Sara Barker

Kathleen Juhl

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

5:15pm EDT

PlayWorks, Part 1: Advocating Performance: Civic Engagement and Hip-hop in the Creation of SMASH/HIT

First session of a two-part workshop/demonstration exploring the use of hip-hop performance as a tool for civic engagement within theatre.

Speakers

Stori Ayers

Mike Bordner

Writing music and poetry has been my creative outlet to the world, allowing others to take journeys through my experience and thoughts. Steve Broadnax, a friend first and foremost, has been a mentor, partner, and fan of my work constantly pushing me to break boundaries and master... Read More →

Steve Broadnax

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Aaron Todd Douglas

Loyola University Chicago / Congo Square Theatre

The Arts Infusion Initiative is a cohort of teaching artists and arts organizations seeking to engage "at-risk" youth by introducing theatre, and other artistic endeavors as a a positive occupation, and a gateway to a more productive and fulfilling life. Congo Square Theatre Company... Read More →

Andy Lucien

Kevin McFillen

Instructor of Speech Communication, Columbia College

Aristides (DJ Super) Nova

CEO/DJ, DJ Super Nova

Christian Thompson

Student, Penn State

Friday August 3, 2012 5:15pm - 6:45pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

7:00pm EDT

Two-Year College Program (TYCP) Focus Group Dinner Out!

An opportunity for TYCP members to chat over dinner at a local restaurant.

Speakers

Bill Gillett

Asst Professor, Coodinator for Theatre, Carroll Community College

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Offsite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

7:00pm EDT

Collaboration on the Cutting Edge: Teaching and Staging the Contemporary Avant-Garde

The panel seeks to envision ways to train theater artists for the challenges of staging contemporary avant-garde plays.

Speakers

Stephen diBenedetto

Assoc. Chair and Assoc. Prof., University of Miami

Robert Knopf

Julia Listengarten

Vandy Wood

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Collaboratively-Devised Activist Theatre: Exploring the Implementation and Impact of One Devising Methodology in Diverse Contexts, Take 1

A lively presentation/performance and exchange of ideas facilitated by contributing writers to Setting the Stage for Social Justice, SIUP's soon-to-be-released anthology.

Speakers

Ann Elizabeth Armstrong

associate professor of theatre, miami university

Associate Professor, Miami University

Norma Bowles

Natalya Brusilovsky

Amanda Jane Dunne

Michael Ellison

Flint

Kathleen Juhl

David Kaye

Chair, University of New Hampshire

Applied Theatre Theatre and Social Justice Acting Directing Clown and Commedia ATHE

Brooke Kiener

Bryan Moore

Daniel R Nadon

Kent State University, Kent State University

LGBTQ Theatre D/deaf and Hearing Theatre Detroit

Lindsey Barlag Thornton

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Cultivating Theatre/Ecology: Nature: Culture, and the Human Citizen

This roundtable explores a burgeoning ecological sensibility in our theatrical imaginations that seeks to understand the reciprocal relationships between humans and the non-human world.

Speakers

Lindsay Cummings

University of Connecticut

Laura Hope

Beth Milles

Jules Odendahl-James

Emily A. Rollie

Courtney Ryan

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Debating (in)Civility in Social Change Performance

What role should civility play in activist performances? In this roundtable, scholar-activists discuss civility as both a goal and a hindrance to social change agendas.

Speakers

Will Daddario

John Fletcher

Lindsay Goss

Martine Green-Rogers

Post-Doc in Theatre, University of Utah

Kelly Howe

Joni Jones

Sonja Kuftinec

Professor, University of Minnesota

Staying less busy and more thoughtful; finding a way to be mindful about everyday practices including parenting and pedagogy.

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Demon Guides as Theatre Activists: Discussing the Lessons Learned from a Hell House Outreach Kit

This panel explores ideas about theatre outreach by presenting various responses to a 300-page document designed to help churches put on their own Hell Houses.

Speakers

Walter Byongsok Chon

Allan Davis

Anne Hamilton

Freelance Dramaturg, Hamilton Dramaturgy

Anne Hamilton is the Founder of Hamilton Dramaturgy, an international consultancy based in New York City's professional scene, and located in Bucks County, PA. She has twenty years of experience across the country and internationally. The majority of her clients are located in N.Y... Read More →

Kristin Leahey

Kristen Messer

Bryan Moore

LaRonika Thomas

Doctoral Student, University of Maryland

Emily Warheit

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Foundational Documents Session - Theory and Criticism (TC) Focus Group

Desert Island Docs! Join us for a lively debate about “foundational documents” as we ask what performances, scripts, and works of criticism are, have been, or should be our theatrical foundational documents.

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Dorothy Chansky

Archive to Art/Body to Blog to Book/Paper to Performance: Three Eleanors as Theatrical Translation Across Media, Texas Tech University

According to Agamben, to ostracize someone is the first political act. Criterias that conform the individual to the standarts of society are determined by the political power thus these change due to the unsteady structure of the politics. Therefore shifting among the social stratum... Read More →

Jill Dolan

Ric Knowles

Susanne Shawyer

Stacy E. Wolf

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

It Takes a Village: The Pleasures and Perils of Academic Parenthood

Parenthood and theatre on the tenure track is a treacherous journey, one that requires "village" to overcome. Join us to hear strategies and momifestos!

Speakers

Erika Bailey

Cynthia Bates

Judy Bauerlane

J.K. Curry

Wake Forest University

Sharon Green

Professor, Davidson College

Mark Hutchinson

Technical Coordinator, Bucknell University

Valerie Joyce

Jenna Nielsen

May Roth

Theresa Krystyna Smalec

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Model for Higher Education: The Arena Stage Collaborates and Engages DC Schools to Devise Performance

Model for Higher Ed: Arena Stage's Voices of Now collaborates with young artists to devise and perform autobiographical theater. Session includes performance, talk-back, and worksh

Speakers

Raymond Caldwell

Rebecca Campana

Joshua DeMinter

Ashley Foreman

Kelly Gordon

Anthony Jackson

Mich Mattson

Anita Meynard-Losh

Psalmayene24

Gale Sheaffer

VP ADV, ATHE

ATHE Vice President for Advocacy

Stacey Stewart

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

The Most Fabulous Producers: A Re-evaluation of Producers' Innovations and Achievements in American Theatre

Roundtable participants re-evaluate the business and creative contributions of major theatre producers, charting the evolving role of the producer from the nineteenth century to today.

Speakers

William Everett

Christopher McCoy

Laura McDonald

Ryan McKinney

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, City University of New York - Kingsborough CC

Carl Menninger

Mike Schwartz

Temporary Assistant Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

I'm happy to begin my 2nd year with IUP this fall. My interests include new play development, dramaturgy, directing, playwriting, performing, early 20th century Broadway, representations of unions and union members onstage, and musicals.

Judith Sebesta

Anthony Vickery

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:00pm EDT

Heart of a Woman

through discussion and performance, we will explore the neglected legacy of early Twentieth Century African American women playwrights from Washington D.C..

Speakers

Jocelyn Buckner

Assistant Professor, Chapman University

Ann-Marie Dittmann

Susan Jonas

Valerie Joyce

Koritha Mitchell

Judith Stephen-Lorenz

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable Performance

7:00pm EDT

Re-mix, Re-use, Re-frame: Strategies for Teaching Hip-Hop Theatre and Teaching Theatre with Hip-Hop.

Workshop addresses diverse approaches to teaching Hip-Hop Theatre classes, and proposes pedagogical strategies for using Hip-Hop as a critical framework within a broader Theatre curriculum.

Speakers

Daniel Banks

Co-Director, DNAWORKS

Daniel Banks is a theatre director, choreographer, educator, and dialogue facilitator. Daniel is Co-Director of DNAWORKS, an arts and service organization dedicated to dialogue and healing through the arts. He is the founder and director of the Hip Hop Theatre Initiative, engaging... Read More →

Coya Paz Brownrigg

Assistant Professor, DePaul University

Paul Flores

Patricia Herrera

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable Workshop

7:00pm EDT

Blue Collars in Ivory Towers

Our working-class backgrounds as members of ATHE are often invisible, because unmarked. Participants discuss how their backgrounds have affected their work in academic theatre.

Speakers

Rhonda Blair

Paul Bryant-Jackson

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Sara Warner

Object Lessons: How History Matters in the plays of Adrienne Kennedy and Suzan-Lori Parks, Cornell University

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

7:00pm EDT

Illuminating America: Audiences, Technology and Popular Theatre in the Nineteenth Century

This panel explores the impact of technological developments on the relationship between popular American theatre and its audiences in the late nineteenth-century.

Speakers

Nicole Boyar

Eileen Curly

Heather May

Associate Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Theatre for Social Change Representations of the Other Onstage 19th Century American Minstrelsy Female Impersonation Directing Stage Management

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

7:00pm EDT

Outlaw Civics, Out Engagements: Outing as Political Performance

A look at the act of outing in a variety of contexts -- as personal practice, narrative device and critical approach.

Speakers

M. Shane Grant

Sara Rofofsky Marcus

Frank Miller

Senior Lecturer, Georgia State University

Queer Canadian theatre, directing, popular culture, liberal politics.

Michael Yawney

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

7:00pm EDT

The National Mall as a Performance Site: Activism, Identity, and Magical Thinking

This session explores the National Mall as a versatile and visible staging ground for various causes, groups, and concerns.

Speakers

Michelle R. Baron

Olivia Cadaval

James Deutsch

Program Curator, Smithsonian Institution

Victoria Lewis

Professor, Theatre Arts, University of Redlands

theatre history, disability studies, people's theatre, mark rylance, gatz, my cat Basil, my old company LILITH, the mysteries, the chautauqua/pageant movement, project runway.

Jill Stevenson

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Marymount Manhattan College

Religion and Theatre Focus Group Representative

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

7:00pm EDT

PlayWorks, Part 2: Advocating Performance: Civic Engagement and Hip-hop in the Creation of SMASH/HIT

Second session of two-part workshop/demonstration exploring the use of hip-hop performance as a tool for civic engagement within theatre: performance by workshop participants.

Speakers

Stori Ayers

Mike Bordner

Steve Broadnax

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Aaron Todd Douglas

Loyola University Chicago / Congo Square Theatre

Andy Lucien

Kevin McFillen

Instructor of Speech Communication, Columbia College

Aristides (DJ Super) Nova

CEO/DJ, DJ Super Nova

Christian Thompson

Student, Penn State

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

7:00pm EDT

Experiential Anatomy: Source for Movement

This hands-on workshop will explore how an anatomical understanding of the systems of the body can lead to deeper sensation and freer movement for the performer.

Speakers

Kat Amory

Rebecca Holderness

Ezra LeBank

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

7:00pm EDT

Lessac Body Energies in Greek Choral Odes

As a means of bridging the gap between acting class and rehearsal, an introduction to Arthur Lessac's Body Energies is applied to Greek Choral Odes.

Speakers

Elton Beckett

Tim Good

Caroline Good

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

7:00pm EDT

Training Future Teachers with Creative Drama and Arts Integration Courses

Learn about techniques, strategies, resources, and issues related to training future K-12 theatre and non-theatre teachers (elementary, English, etc.). Mix of hands-on workshop, discussion, and sharing.

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

7:00pm EDT

Chairs and Deans Meet and Greet (Offsite)

Chairs and Deans Meet and Greet

Friday August 3, 2012 7:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
Offsite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Subcommittee Meeting

10:00pm EDT

Tim Miller Paid Performance

Speakers

Tim Miller

Friday August 3, 2012 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Paid Performance

7:15am EDT

Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) Morning Warm-Up #2

Association for Theatre Movement Educators Morning Warm-Up #2. Start your day off by waking up and moving your body!

Speakers

Rachel Bowditch

Vessel

Saturday August 4, 2012 7:15am - 7:45am EDT
Regency Foyer, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

Women and Theater Program Membership Meeting #1

A meeting of the Women and Theater Group focus meeting to get to know our members and discuss and elect officers and roles for next year.

Speakers

Nicole Eschen

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Black Theatre Network Alliance Meeting

BTA Alliance Meeting

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
President's Suite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

8:00am EDT

'ElderSpeak,' 'The Odyssey,' and How Sociodrama and Theatre Combine to Combat Ageism and Foster Improved Health Care

ElderSpeak, The Odyssey, and "Young at Heart: Grandma Cheerleaders" show how sociodrama and theatre combine to combat ageism and foster improved health care.

Speakers

Katharine Lawrence

Mick Mangan

Rosalie Minkin

Barbara Parisi

Art Age Publications

President

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

'My Own Best Friend': The Director/Choreographer as the Ultimate Collaborator

In this roundtable discussion, practicing director/choreographers who work in academic settings will explore their best practices, creative processes and institutional challenges.

Speakers

Michael Ellison

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 815

Karl Kippola

Mary Jo Lodge

Associate Professor, Lafayette College

Pamela Sears

Associate Professor

Courtney Self

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Past Presidents Talk about Past Accomplishments and Future Goals

Former presidents of ATDS will discuss past accomplishments of the association and make suggestions for future plans. Past presidents will be questioned by two junior faculty respondents.

Speakers

Sarah Bay-Cheng

Command Performances: Digital Historiography and Theatre, University at Buffalo

Cabaret and cinema as mass culture instruments for Embodying fascism in Franco Regime The following paper wants to show the embodyment values of spanish fascism , the social stratification and the status accorded to women in the years of the regime of General Franco through the choreographic... Read More →

Jonathan Chambers

Mark Cosdon

William Demastes

John Frick

Amy E. Hughes

Associate Professor, Brooklyn College (CUNY)

Amy E. Hughes is Associate Professor of Theater History and Deputy Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Theater at Brooklyn College. Her first book, Spectacles of Reform: Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America (University of Michigan Press, 2012), received ASTR's... Read More →

Felicia Londre

Geri Maschio

Director of Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky

Geri Maschio joined the UK Theatre faculty in 1984. She was the founding director of the BA in Arts Administration, which started in 1987. She then went on to chair the Theatre department (2 terms) subsequently becoming Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts. Geri recently returned... Read More →

Robert Vorlicky

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Metaphors and Discourses of Acting: Creating Room for More Voices at the Civic Table

To what extent are the dominant metaphors and discourses within actor training still meaningful and appropriate for students? Panelists' papers, located at http://actingethics.wikispaces.com/ATHE+2012+Panel, will generate interactive meaning-making.

Speakers

Rhonda Blair

Cheryl McFarren

I teach acting at Denison University. Currently, I am passionate about Sarah Bernhardt, and am producing and acting in a Chicago show about her life. It plays during the conference. Check it out on the "my website" link or at http://www.greenhousetheater.org/index.php/coming-soon... Read More →

Jennifer Popple

Assistant Professor, Augustana College

Mark Seton

Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney

Danielle Shaw

Harvey Young

ATHE Vice President for Research and Publications

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Production Assessment as a Means to Advocate for Economic Support of Theatre in Higher Education

Theatre faculty must find collaborative ways to advocate for their programs and, in some cases, to educate administrators about the importance of theatre in higher education. What role can production assessment have in these endeavors?

Speakers

Nephelie Andonyadis

Leigh Clemons

Kasendra Djuren

Linda Donahue

Diana Dowling

Kurt Edwards

East Central University

Frazer Lively

P. Gibson Ralph

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

This is What Democracy Looks Like: Neoliberalism and Performance on the Global Stage

In response to Lara Nielsen and Patricia Ybarra's anthology "Neoliberalism and Global Theatres," scholars interrogate the states and stakes of intellectual inquiries concerning performance and neoliberalism.

Speakers

Clare Croft

University of Michigan

Reflecting on Queer DanceSaturday, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 220 Sullivant This roundtable brings together the authors—both scholars and artists—featured in Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings (Oxford 2017). We ask how individuals, communities, and artmaking and scholarly practices... Read More →

Jason Fitzgerald

Columbia University graduate student, PhD in Theatre/English Yale School of Drama MFA 2008, Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism

Jill Lane

The dance of primitive accumulation, New York University

Between the years 60s and 70s the artist Hélio Oiticica [1937-1980] proposed the Environmental Program. This program could be read as utopian search for an art of totality that conjugates language, different spaces and times, disintegration of the image and the object with its recreation... Read More →

Patrick McKelvey

Dis-Affection and Theatrical Labor, Brown Univeristy

Bertolt Brecht’s theory has a greater impact on Chinese opera than otherwise, despite his incorrect and misleading perception on Mei Lanfang, as observed by such critics as Leonard Cabell Pronko and Min Tian. The reception of his theory, particularly alienation effect, by Chinese... Read More →

Lara Nielsen

Maurya Wickstrom

Patricia Ybarra

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Why Religion? Why Now? New Directions, Approaches, and Vocabulary for Religion and Theatre

Scholars and artists from theatre, performance studies, philosophy, and religion discuss the relevancy of religion and spirituality to theatre studies today.

Speakers

Debra Bruch

Marvin Carlson

Claire Maria Chambers

All Times

Hedonist, heretic, mystical anarchist, cosmic ethicist. I have designs on becoming either a Hedonist or a Heretic. Possibly both.

Dorothy Chansky

Archive to Art/Body to Blog to Book/Paper to Performance: Three Eleanors as Theatrical Translation Across Media, Texas Tech University

Donnalee Dox

John Fletcher

Lance Gharavi

Associate Professor, Arizona State University

I am an artist, scholar, and educator--in no particular order. Much of my research and creative work involves playing in the intersections of performance with technology, religion, and science.

Edmund Lingan

Martyn Oliver

Micheal Stauffer

Kevin Wetmore

Loyola Marymount University

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

8:00am EDT

Michael Rohd and Sojourn Theatre's Town Hall Nation

Explore a national theatre and engagement initiative that's part 365 Plays, part "create your own Town Hall" and conceived/curated by Sojourn Theatre, with Higher Education partner Imagining America.

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable Performance

8:00am EDT

'The Play's the Thing: Staging Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Theatre of Life

This panel will examine therapeutic responses to ASD which are performative at their core and evolve as important tools for recognizing, representing and assisting all constituencies.

Speakers

Monica Fay Anderson

Paula Carter

Director / Doctoral student, Spectrum Theatre Ensemble / University of Missouri Dept of Theatre

Autism-Accessible Theatre; Inclusive Theatre

Prairie Endres-Parnell

Adrienne E. Hacker-Daniels

Megan Moe

Julie Rae Mollenkamp

NPP Chair Exchange, University of Central Missouri

Dr. Julie Rae Mollenkamp is the 2012-15 Meridith Harmon Sauer Distinguished Endowed Professor of Theatre at the University of Central Missouri where she serves as the Graduate Coordinator and BSE Advisor. She is thrilled to serve as the Chair for the National Playwriting Program... Read More →

Melinda Oliver

San Bernardino Valley College

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

Memorializing Dissent

Panel participants examine how performances that once exemplified dissent against prevailing US social, political, and governmental institutions have themselves been institutionalized within US historical narratives.

Speakers

Adrienne Braconi

Chrystyna Dail

Elizabeth Osborne

Memory Remade: The Legacies of *The Clansman* and *Birth of a Nation* in Popular Culture, Florida State University

“Dzieci is a wonderful example of the spiritual intensity possible when theatre engages the age-old mysteries of faith and the human experience. We at the Cathedral found the very stones of our monumental building coming alive through their presence.” ~ QUOTE FROM: Canon Tom Miller... Read More →

Alan Sikes

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

Scripting Latina/o Communities: Fornes' Hispanic Playwrights Laboratory

Presentations, including a dramatic reading, explore how the influential teachings of Maria Irene Fornes shaped a nation of Latino dramatists.

Speakers

Gwendolyn Alker

ATHE Co-Vice President for Conference 2011

Tifanny Ana López

Jason Ramirez

Assistant Professor, CUNY

Latin@ Theatre, American Musical Theatre, Acting, Directing

Kimberly del Busto Ramirez

Associate Professor, LaGuardia-CUNY

Interests: Latin@ Theatre & Performance; Installation & Performance Art

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

The Actor as Activist in Irish Performance, 1950-Present

Case studies of how performers have negotiated state and community resources and ideologies to address political crisis in Northern Ireland and the Republic

Speakers

Christie Fox

Richard Jones

Eleanor Owicki

Staging a true ‘Shared Future’: Belfast Theatre and the Stratification of Ethnic Identity, Texas A&M University

It is a difficult problem of performance studies, and particularly of performance as research, that in the creation of a performance, the earlier stages of creative processes tend to become obscured once the project is complete. How does one excavate a performance process? Is each... Read More →

Mary Trotter

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

The Director as Advocate: Alternative Approaches to Civic Engagement in Production

Working from the perspective of the director, this panel weaves theory and practice to examine alternative directorial strategies for efficacious social justice theatre

Speakers

Melanie Dreyer-Lude

Parasites, satellites and spin-offs: Examining possibility in audience engagement., Cornell University

In this paper, I will suggest looking at two opposing concepts of mobilized audience, one bottom up making practical use of an artwork and one top down consuming it. Taking into account the case of opera and particularly the production of Wagner’s opera in Bayreuth, which usually... Read More →

Kellyn Johnson

UC Santa Barbara

Elliot Leffler

Michael Mellas

Monica Stufft

Associate Professor, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, University of San Diego

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

8:00am EDT

Performing LBGTQ Advocacy

This panel gathers four artist-scholars who have created new work grounded in LGBTQ experiences to present their findings about using theatre to promote social change.

Speakers

Bryant Keith Alexander

Milbre Burch

Emily Freeman

Noah Lelek

Matt Saltzberg

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers Performance

8:00am EDT

Rehearsal #4 for Staged Reading of The Force of Habit

Open rehearsal for staged reading of a new translation of 'The Force of Habit', a Spanish Golden Age play by Guillen de Castro.

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Rehearsal

8:00am EDT

David Mark Cohen Rehearsal

The David Mark Cohen staged reading needs a rehearsal time in the performance space. In 2011 this was on the day of the staged reading. This will suffice for 2012 as well.

Speakers

Sharon Andrews

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

East meets West: Drawing from Both Worlds in Actor Movement Training

This workshop will explore ways in which Eastern and Western training traditions can be used together to investigate strength, precision and body integration for actors.

Speakers

Jillian Campana

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

Ground, Breath, Speak

The voice starts from a connection to the earth through the feet, a grounding and centering force that creates inner space receptive to the inspiration of the breath. The flow of breath is the animating force of speech. In this session we will eplore the physical actions, impulsive and deliberste, that shape that flow.

Speakers

Rena Cook

Professor, University of Oklahoma

Rena Cook is Professor of Voice and Speech at the University Of Oklahoma. Her book Voice and the Young Actor, for high school drama teachers and their students, is published by Methuen Drama. She holds an MA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London... Read More →

Dudley Knight

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

Moving, Practicing, and Reflecting on Civic Engagement

How do we involve community members in making performance and creating theatre with a civic purpose? This experiential workshop takes several approaches to civic engagement.

Speakers

Bill Bowers

Sheila Kerrigan

Mime in Chief, Collaborative Creativity

Sheila Kerrigan, author of The Performer’s Guide to the Collaborative Process, directs, writes, and teaches in schools, with at-risk youth, and in community settings. She performs “The Mime Who Talks!” for young people, and “Mime Explains String Theory” for old people. She toured the eastern US with TOUCH Mime Theater, performing, teaching, and collaboratively creating twenty original performances. She has performed and taught in prisons, juvenile detention centers, hospitals, street festivals, and on television. She uses drama t... Read More →

Marianne Kubik

Ezra LeBank

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

9:45am EDT

ATHE Annual Membership Meeting

Speakers

William (Bill) Doan

Professor of Theatre, Penn State

Saturday August 4, 2012 9:45am - 11:15am EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Association for Asian Performance (AAP) Focus Group Membership Meeting

AAP Membership Meeting: planning AAP's future conference activity.

Speakers

Siyuan Liu

John D. Swain

Independent Japanese Consultant and Translator

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) Focus Group Membership Meeting #1

Association for Theatre Movement Educators membership meeting. New members welcome!!!

Speakers

Rachel Bowditch

Vessel

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Dramaturgy (DR) Focus Group Membership Meeting

All are welcome at the Dramaturgy Focus Group Membership Meeting. This is a time to network, find mentors, and discuss Focus Group happenings as we plan for next year's conference.

Speakers

Karen Jean Martinson

Lecturer, Chicago State University

Shelley Orr

Lecturer, San Diego State University

Research interests include the theatre of Marguerite Duras, Memory and Performance, and Dramaturgy.

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Latina/o (LFG) Focus Group Membership Meeting

ATHE Latina/o Focus Group Membership Meeting

Speakers

Patricia Herrera

Irma Mayorga

Assistant Professor of Theater, Dartmouth College

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Music Theatre/Dance (MT/D) Focus Group Membership Meeting

The annual business and fellowship meeting for all who are interested in the many forms of Music Theatre and Dance.

Speakers

Ronald Gingerich

Professor of Theatre - Emeritus, Dickinson State Univeristy

Music Theatre / Dance Focus Group Representative

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Theatre and Social Change (TASC) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Theatre and Social Change's membership meeting. All are welcome.

Speakers

Cathy Plourde

Willa Taylor

Walter Director of Education and Engagement

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Theory and Criticism (TC) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Come join us for our annual meeting to discuss past, present, and future business and to plan next year's conference. All are welcome!

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Susanne Shawyer

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Two-Year College Program (TYCP) Focus Group Membership Meeting

TYCP meeting to discuss group business; past, present, and future.

Speakers

Bill Gillett

Asst Professor, Coodinator for Theatre, Carroll Community College

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

11:30am EDT

Acting and Directing Programs of Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)

This session will be a description of the many different programs and initatives in acting and directing which are available to students and faculty through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, now in its 46th year. A roundtable question-and-answer discussion will follow.

Speakers

Rebecca Hilliker

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Fulbrights in Theatre--Engaged Reciprocity: How the Fulbright Experience Goes Far Beyond the In-Country Experience

Fulbrighters in Theatre share their experiences around the world, describing the extensive networking, connections, and opportunities that developed out of the Fulbright grant.

Speakers

David Kaye

Chair, University of New Hampshire

Applied Theatre Theatre and Social Justice Acting Directing Clown and Commedia ATHE

Gial Humphries Mardirosian

Joe Martin

Vanita Victor

Jeannie Marlin Woods

Professor of Theatre, Western Illinois University

As a theatre professor I feel strongly about the power of mentorship. I do all I can to foster the development of students and colleagues in education and performance careers. I'm also artistic director of the Starry Night Repertory Theatre, whose mission is to bring theatre to warm... Read More →

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

New Governing Council Members Orientation

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
President's Suite 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Pioneering a New Civic Engagement: Women Solo Performers in American Theatre and Popular Entertainment

This roundtable explores boundaries of identity and performance pushed by 19th-20th century female soloists whose touring work defied expectations of femininity and theatrical convention.

Speakers

Jamie Boyle

Milbre Burch

Bud Coleman

Professor of Theatre, University of Colorado at Boulder

Julia Henderson

Local Arrangements Coordinator CATR 2019, University of British Columbia

Julia recently completed her doctorate in Theatre Studies at UBC supported by SSHRC and Killam scholarships. Her dissertation explores narratives of aging and old age in contemporary theatre. Julia’s publications appear in CTR, Theatre Journal, TRiC, Age Culture Humanities, and... Read More →

Helen Huff

Jennifer Kokai

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Weber State University

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

The Democratization of the American Actor

This panel will discuss the post-modern tradition of disintegrating the customary hierarchy of theater in the United States whereby the actor becomes an equal partner

Speakers

Jeffrey Casazza

Deena Conley

Tim Good

Jesse Merz

Director of Theatre, Butte College

Artistic Director, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre since 1997. MFA UC Davis MAT George Fox BFA NYU/Tisch AEA, SAG-AFTRA ✌️

Miriam Mills

Matt Saltzberg

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Appropriation as Advocacy: Strategic Borrowing in the American Avant-Garde, 1960-present

This panel investigates American avant-garde artists' appropriations of conventional culture, asking how theatermakers since the 1960s enriched civic debate, forging alternative narratives within familiar ones.

Speakers

Jessica Brater

Miriam Felton-Dansky

Max Shulman

Doctoral Student, Tufts University

Dan Venning

Doctoral Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Artistry, Pedagogy and History, OH MY!: Graduate Students Advocate For Praxis of Understanding

This eclectic panel will examine diverse topics in an effort to develop some new voices in scholarship and in practice for the 21st century.

Speakers

Monica Fay Anderson

Troy Battle

James M. Brandon

Professor of Theatre, Hillsdale College

THEATRE IS LIFE...FILM is Art...television is furniture

Elizabeth Conant

Kevin McCarty

Julie Rae Mollenkamp

NPP Chair Exchange, University of Central Missouri

Jonathon Peck

Graduate Student, University of Central Missouri

I am married to Imma and we have two sons, Bryant and Benjamin. I enjoy the performance aspect of theatre and personal experiences have led me to a desire to study the psychological aspect of the creative mind, especially the seeming prevalence of depression in artistic/creative individuals... Read More →

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Foundational Documents and Constitutional Enactments: Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection: Performance Studies Focus Group (PSFG)

This panel brings together scholars of American and African-American Studies to consider the meaning of the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment to current performance research.

Speakers

Robin Bernstein

Jennifer DeVere Brody

Joseph Cermatori

Radiclani Clytos

Douglas Jones

Paige McGinley

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

11:30am EDT

Historical and Collective (Counter) Memory in African-American Performances Across Media

This roundtable discusses how African-American artists across dance, theatre, and film create performances that advocate for new understandings of collective and historical memories of African-American experiences and identities.

Speakers

Daniel Banks

Co-Director, DNAWORKS

Eunice Ferreira

Associate Professor Theater, Skidmore College

Kristi Good

Ariel Nereson

Katelyn Wood

PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Performance Geographies: Theoretical/Theatrical Approaches To 'Real' Communities

Participants use theory to analyze theatrical approaches to community in Maori haka dance, Sellars' Merchant of Venice in Los Angeles, and the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal.

Speakers

Eric "C" Heaps

Katherine Williams Olsen

Sara Beth Taylor

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers Panel discussion-Roundtable

11:30am EDT

Feminist Activism and Social Revolutions through Comedy and Laughter

A review type performance of feminist humor in action followed by a round table discussion about the potential of women's feminist comedy to initiate and accomplish social change

Speakers

Norma Bowles

Kimberly Dark

Joan Lipkin

Writing/Directing/Social Activism

Deborah Margolin

Domnica Radulescu

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

11:30am EDT

Advocacy (ADV) Committee Meeting

Advocacy Committee Meeting

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Sequoia, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Pre-Conference

11:30am EDT

New Play Development Workshop: Rehearsal Part II

Rehearsal for the second half of the plays selected for the New Play Development Workshop and Showcase series.

Speakers

Charlene A. Donagy

Kevin McFillen

Instructor of Speech Communication, Columbia College

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

11:30am EDT

Foundational Documents Performance Rehearsal #4

DocumentNation Performance Project Rehearsal #4

Speakers

Tim Miller

Saturday August 4, 2012 11:30am - 3:15pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Rehearsal

1:00pm EDT

Author Signing/Bingo

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Exhibit Hall - Columbia ABC, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Membership and Marketing (MM) Committee Meeting

Speakers

Christin Essin

Vanderbilt University

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Committee Meeting

1:45pm EDT

Graduate Student Subcommittee (GSSC) Membership Meeting

Speakers

Cassidy C Browning

Performance as Public Practice PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

Activist theatre practitioner, teacher, and scholar

Bryan Vandevender

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Governing Council Subcommittee Meeting

1:45pm EDT

Canada's Shaw Festival, the Korean National University of the Arts, the University of Nevada, LasVegas Playwright's Seminar and What do the National Partner's Have to do with all this . . . Engagement all around?

National Partners American Theatre, an ATHE affiliate, welcomes everyone and members both new and prospective, to a conversation exploring NAPAT‰Ûªs national and international programs supporting student development. Please join us for collegial discussion of the programs sponsored by NAPAT, an organization where 100% of member dues support student awards.

Speakers

Sean Clark

James Hatfield

Jeffrey Koep

Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jere Wade

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Fresh Print: Notable Books

Speakers

Harvey Young

ATHE Vice President for Research and Publications

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

New Histories in Old Archives: A Roundtable on 19th Century American Theatre

This session looks both back and forward at the kinds of research we used to do about nineteenth-century American theatre history and the kinds we are doing now. How have our questions changed? How have the kinds of evidence we consider changed? Whose histories are we telling now that we didn't in the past?

Speakers

Rosemarie Bank

"Not METAMORA Again! Can the Merely Popular Be Canonical?", Kent State University

Robin Bernstein

Kim Marra

Heather Nathans

Peter Reed

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Religion and Theatre in the Classroom and in Publication: Establishing the Field and Envisioning the Future

Scholars teaching Religion and Theatre across disciplines discuss the current shape of the field and what gaps need to be filled in published literature.

Speakers

Vanessa Baker

Heather Beasley

Henry Bial

President, ATHE

Looking forward to another great ATHE Conference!

Claire Maria Chambers

All Times

Hedonist, heretic, mystical anarchist, cosmic ethicist. I have designs on becoming either a Hedonist or a Heretic. Possibly both.

Lance Gharavi

Associate Professor, Arizona State University

I am an artist, scholar, and educator--in no particular order. Much of my research and creative work involves playing in the intersections of performance with technology, religion, and science.

Edmund Lingan

Carolyn Roark

John Sebestyen

Associate Professor and Director of Theatre, Trinity Christian College

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Teaching the Design Process in the Liberal Arts Setting: Reaching both Performance and Design Students

A discussion of techniques for helping all students understand design. What is the process? How do we teach it? How do acting skills apply?

Speakers

Elizabeth Chaney

Christopher Peifer

Lynne Porter

Associate Professor, Resident Designer, Fairfield University

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Civic Outlaws in the Modernist Avant-Garde: Figuring [Out] Queerness Ahead of its Time

In figuring out and reconfiguring the queerness of Modernist work ahead of its time, this panel will address the question of aethetics and queer temporality. We will argue that queer Modernist figures (and figurations) move in and out of shifting temporal landscapes, ultimately displacing a sense of linear time through figuring outside of it from both historical and presentist perspectives.

Speakers

Benjamin Gillespie

Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre and Graduate Teaching Fellow, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Bess Rowen

Bess Rowen is currently a Ph.D. student in the department of Theatre at CUNY, The Graduate Center. She recently completed her MA in Performance Studies at New York University, after graduating from Lehigh University Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude with a double major in English... Read More →

Nick Salvato

Associate Professor of Theatre, Cornell University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Conference Planner

Ben De Witte

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Dramaturgy (DR) Focus Group Debut Panel

This session spotlights outstanding and potentially influential dramaturgy by emerging artists in professional and/or adademic theatre. It is the culmination of a yearlong process. The Focus Group adjudicates submissions through a competitive process with assistance from LMDA.

Speakers

Cynthia SoRelle

Board Chair, LMDA

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Legal Enactments

This session examines enactments of law by and upon subjects both living and dead, sacred and profane, sovereign and abject.

Speakers

Laurie Frederik

Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park

cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, Cuba and Latin America, subversive culture and politics, revolution, law and performance

Lisa Freeman

Associate Professor, English, University of Illinois at Chicago

Paige McGinley

Megan Shea

Language Lecturer, NYU

International Zombie Slayer

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Reshaping the Body

Panelist's will offer examinations that explore issues of gender, race, sexuality, and the body in recent works by African American and Latina/o playwrights.

Speakers

Soyica Colbert

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Representative

La Donna Forsgren

Beliza Torres Narvaez

Doctoral Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

Research and writing in Latin@ Performance and Studies, Women and Gender Studies, African Diaspora,Puerto Rican Studies, Solo Performance, Performing, Theatre of the Oppressed,Radical Street Performance,The Archive and the Repertoire, Research through Practice, Movement, Teaching... Read More →

Jeff Paden

Patricia Schroeder

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Say What? Explorations in Culture and Language on Stage

This panel will explore the practical, political, and aesthetic possibilities when using foreign language on stage including creative subtitling, translation, cultural dominance, and soundscapes.

Speakers

Melanie Dreyer-Lude

Parasites, satellites and spin-offs: Examining possibility in audience engagement., Cornell University

Jimmy Noriega

Matt Saltzberg

Jeannie Marlin Woods

Professor of Theatre, Western Illinois University

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Staging Women's Civic Engagement: Performing Protest in Classic Plays

This panel looks at various twentieth century interpretations of Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata through the lens of gender, power, and protest.

Speakers

Natka Bianchini

Cat Gleason

Emily Klein

Melinda Powers

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Theatre in the Digital Humanities: Public Scholarship as Civic Engagement

This session will examine the proposition that engaging in public scholarship through the digital humanities is a compelling strategy for defending theatre and its rich cultural heritage.

Speakers

Tracey Elaine Chessum

Franklin J. Hildy

The Theatre,’ archeological stratification, and Shakespeare’s playhouses, Theatre Architecture Working Group

Frank Mohler

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

1:45pm EDT

Advocating, Collaborating, and Educating in the Digital Age

In the past we carried textbooks and toured physical buildings. But what issues arise when we transcend this world, and enter the virtual/digital world?

Speakers

Michael O'Hara

Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts, Ball State University

Stephen Schrum

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Areas of interest: Playwrighting and Digital Performance. Using technology for both teaching and performance. Also, taking lesser known works and breathing new life into them.

Judith Sebesta

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers Panel discussion-Roundtable

1:45pm EDT

Is Voice Training For Actors a Civic Responsibility?

Voice training serves as a gateway to promoting the quality of life in a community through the effective communication of language in a theatrical production.

Speakers

Tamiko Washington

Chapman University

Professor Tamiko Washington holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of California, Irvine. She is an Associate Professor of Voice, Speech and Movement at Chapman University in Orange, California, as well as an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. She has a nineteen-year... Read More →

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:45pm EDT

Telling Stories: Artistry as Advocacy

Debut Presenters presentation of live and DVD performance excerpts and process examination in service of advocacy.

Speakers

Maria Enriquez

Dana McConnell

Asst. Professor of Theatre & Music Theatre, Viterbo University

Embodied performance; collaborative theatre; community.

Artemis Preeshl

Ripe Figs, LLC

Deborah Robertson

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:45pm EDT

Theatre and Social Change Practitioners Workskhop

Theatre and Social Change practitioners share techniques and exercises from Boal to drama therapy.

Speakers

Jason Bisping

University of Colorado

Lisa Brenner

Associate Professor, Drew University

Kelly Howe

Doug Paterson

Emeritus Professor, University of Nebraska @ Omaha

I was instrumental in starting PTO in Omaha in 1995 and have been using it in communities and teaching the techniques since then. Currently I am working with a radical group, Omaha Tenants United, and have dangled the possibility of the group doing some TO. Also, my wife, Marghee... Read More →

Paul (Spike) Wilson

Artistic Director, Page & Stage Theatre Co.

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

1:45pm EDT

Staged Reading of David Mark Cohen Award Winning Play

Speakers

Sharon Andrews

Judith Royer

Rodger Sorensen

Associate Dean College of Fine Arts and Communications, Brigham Young University

Playwrights and Creative Teams Focus Group Representative

Jeannie Marlin Woods

Professor of Theatre, Western Illinois University

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

1:45pm EDT

Paid Workshop #4 - DNA Works

Saturday August 4, 2012 1:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Congressional A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

3:30pm EDT

Singing, Dancing Telling Your Story

Use music, dance, and theatre to make memories, history, and personal experiences come alive in powerful performances for both audiences and performers.

Speakers

Kelly-Marie Berry

Barbara Parisi

Art Age Publications

President

Phyllis Stanley

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Congressional B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration

3:30pm EDT

Playing Shakespeare's Consonants: An Experiential Journey

Participants will apply Lessac's Consonant NRG to Shakespearean text and discover elements of interpretation, characterization, and pacing that reveal the potential for speaking Shakespeare's lines as he might have intended.

Speakers

Cate Brewer

Helen Housley

Associate Professor of Theatre, University of Mary Washington

Helen Housley is a Certified Lessac Trainer who has been vocal/dialect coaching for several years. She received her Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Maryland and has been a theatre educator for many years. In addition, Dr. Housley is a director. Recent productions include Macbeth... Read More →

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency D, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Demonstration Workshop

3:30pm EDT

Criticism as Activism Roundtable Series: Crafting Cultural Dialogues

As part of the Criticism as Activism roundtable series, this panel explores how twentieth century theatre artists and performance critics intervened in cultural debates about class, gender, and nationalism.

Speakers

Chase Bringardner

Auburn University

VP of Conference, Orlando 2013

Herve Guay

Leah Lowe

Susanne Shawyer

Michelle Volansky

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Foundational Documents Session: Feminist Foundations: A Discussion of Foundational Documents and the Rights of Women

The Women and Theatre Program presents a roundtable discussion of foundational documents examining the rights and roles of women in the United States, including an examination of the Declaration of Sentiments and the role of theatrical women in the suffrage movement.

Speakers

Natka Bianchini

Lynn Deboeck

Holly Derr

Nicole Eschen

Erin Rachel Kaplan

Jennifer Kokai

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Weber State University

Deborah Randall

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Concord, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Going Digital Native: A Roundtable on Using Electronic Research in the Theatre Classroom

A practical conversation, focused on real-world approaches to using electronic research as a vital component of theatre pedagogy.

Speakers

Davida Bloom

Sara Rofofsky Marcus

Jonathan Shandell

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Arcadia University

Sarah Stevenson

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Publishing Your First Article: Conversations with Editors

The editors of the ATHE's journals, Theatre Journal and Theatre Topics, along with editors from other key journals in the field, will offer insight into the publication process for new authors.

Speakers

Leo Cabranes-Grant

Penny Farfan

“What are you trying to do to me?” – “I’m doing it”: Djuna Barnes’s Parodies In and Across Time, University of Calgary

Theatre history often ties theatre management to renowned theatre managers and directors. However, conducting a theatre is a more complex problem; many had a say in the internal affairs, the decisions were the result of a long-term consensus among people following different principles... Read More →

Ric Knowles

Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix

James Peck

Nick Salvato

Associate Professor of Theatre, Cornell University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Conference Planner

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Teaching Leadership and Civic Engagement through Theatre Practice: Theatre Skills as Essential Life Skills

A discussion of how theatre making builds essential life skills. These skills are applicable in all contexts of life: leadership, ensemble-building, taking responsibility and community engagement.

Speakers

Owen Collins

Anita Easterling

Lynne Porter

Associate Professor, Resident Designer, Fairfield University

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Yosemite, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

The Academic as Professional Director: How to Find and Land that Elusive Professional Gig

A career in academia requires that we also work as professionals; however, the search for professional directing work is often mysterious and frequently intimidating. This panel offers insights and advice on how to pursue and secure work as a professional director, and how to address the separate and often conflicting demands of being both professors and professionals.

Speakers

Michael Bobbitt

Kristine Holtvedt

Karen Lamb

Lewis Magruder

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Congressional C, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel discussion-Roundtable

3:30pm EDT

Curtains Up 2 (Debut Panel; Session 2 of 2; Joint with LFG and BTA)

An emerging scholars panel introducing new scholarship in American, Black, Latina/o and Latin American Theatre and Drama.

Speakers

Lorena Alvarado

Megan Sanborn Jones

Jasmine Mahmoud

Bradley Stephenson

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Directing, Kung Fu, and Emerging Museum Theatre

Kung Fu as a Performing Art, State Mandated Directors of Xiqu, and Museum Theatre in Taiwan.

Speakers

Sissi Liu

Siyuan Liu

John D. Swain

Independent Japanese Consultant and Translator

John Weinstein

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino: A Legacy of Taking Theatre to the People

This panel explores and reassesses the social and artistic legacy of Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino, beginning with the Actos and his first play The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa through to the first Mexican production of Zoot Suit at La Compania Nacional Teatro de Mexico.

Speakers

Maria-Tania Becerra

Hector Garcia

Jorge Huerta

Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego

Alma Martinez

Jeff Paden

Tlaloc Rivas

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Regency C, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Making Multidisciplinary Theatre

through explorations of multi-disciplinary theatre, we argue that such collaborations model a creative and intellectual engagement that is the essence of the liberal arts experience.

Speakers

Cynthia Gendrich

Tim Good

Becky Prophet

Christiana Tsoules Soriano

Beth Watkins

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Capitol B, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Outlaw Civics, Out Engagements Past Positive: Performing and Remembering AIDS after Crisis

This panel will examine social and aesthetic practices of remembering and performing the AIDS Crisis in the queer urban communities with which it was first identified.

Speakers

Jason Fitzgerald

Columbia University graduate student, PhD in Theatre/English Yale School of Drama MFA 2008, Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism

Patrick McKelvey

Dis-Affection and Theatrical Labor, Brown Univeristy

David Román

Nick Salvato

Associate Professor of Theatre, Cornell University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Focus Group Conference Planner

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Performative Politics, Passivity, and the Rise of Foodie Culture

The panel questions whether the new foodie movement creates televisual passivity that extends to a culture of civic disengagement in American political and social life.

Speakers

Lynn Deboeck

Lily Kelting

Aimee Zygmonski

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton A, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Performing Arbitration: Arbitrating Performance: Ascertaining Truth through Civic and Performance Practice

This panel explores the ways in which civic and performance practices borrow from each other to interrogate, ascertain, and disseminate "truth."

Speakers

Deirdre O'Rourke

Dave Peterson

Justin Rincker

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

Refiguring American Mythologies

Panelists will examine dramaturgical constructions of identity in contemporary works by African-American and Latino Playwrights.

Speakers

Sabrina Abid

Jonathan Boyd

Kellen Hoxworth

University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre

Presenter on the Refiguring American Mythologies Panel (ATDS/BTA, Saturday, 8/4, 3:30-5 pm).

Jason Ramirez

Assistant Professor, CUNY

Latin@ Theatre, American Musical Theatre, Acting, Directing

Jon Rossini

ATHE Member-at-Large / Liaison to the Focus Group Representatives, Latina/o Focus Group Representative

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Grand Teton, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Panel w- papers

3:30pm EDT

The Rite of the Butcher: New Directions in Musical Theatre

A Solo Performance

Speakers

Ben Spatz

Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Candidate, City University of New York

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thornton Lounge, Eleventh Floor, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

3:30pm EDT

Simultaneity in Training: The Michael Chekhov Technique Explored in Collaboration within and across Disparate Disciplines

This workshop exhibits harmony through difference, exploring the Michael Chekhov Technique synchronously through and across other modes of training and different perspectives and disciplines.

Speakers

Leslie Bennett

Terry Glaser

Chaya Gordon-Bland

Lance Mekeel

Richard Stockton Rand

Matt Saltzberg

Saturday August 4, 2012 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Capitol A, Lobby Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

5:00pm EDT

Foundational Documents Performance: DocumentNation

Speakers

Tim Miller and Members of the DocumentNation Performance Team

Saturday August 4, 2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Regency A, Ballroom Level and Offsite, National Mall 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

8:30pm EDT

Rehearsed Reading of Brand-New Translation of the Spanish Golden Age Play The Force of Habit

Rehearsed Reading of Brand-New Translation of Spanish Golden Age Play 'The Force of Habit': What happens when you raise a 17th-century boy to sew and behave as a girl, and his sister to fight as a soldier?

Speakers

Sarah Brew

Rick Davis

Exec. Dir., Hylton Performing Arts Center/Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason University

Harley Erdman

Susan Paun de Garcia

Associate Provost, Denison University

I'm passionate about Spanish Golden Age theater in Spanish and in English translation, in period production and in modern adaptation.

Ben Gunter

Kathleen Jeffs

Janine Ann Kehlenbach

Rebecca Read Medrano

Saturday August 4, 2012 8:30pm - 10:30pm EDT
Regency B, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Performance

9:00pm EDT

Graduate Student Subcommittee (GSSC) Social (offsite)

Join fellow graduate students for dessert and drinks at the fantastic local establishment, The Dubliner. We'll meet in the Hyatt lobby at 9:00pm and walk over together. For more information about the venue, visit http://dublinerdc.com/.

Speakers

Cassidy C Browning

Performance as Public Practice PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

Activist theatre practitioner, teacher, and scholar

Bryan Vandevender

Saturday August 4, 2012 9:00pm - 10:30pm EDT
Offsite - The Dubliner Number 4 "F" Street, Washington, D.C. 20001

Panel discussion-Roundtable

7:15am EDT

Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) Morning Warm-Up #3

Association for Theatre Movement Educators Morning Warm-Up #3. Start your day off by waking up and moving your body!

Speakers

Rachel Bowditch

Vessel

Sunday August 5, 2012 7:15am - 7:45am EDT
Regency Foyer, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

Workshop

8:00am EDT

Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) Focus Group Membership Meeting #2

The Association for Theatre Movement Educators membership meeting. New members welcome!!!!

Speakers

Rachel Bowditch

Vessel

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Bryce, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Black Theatre Alliance (BTA) Focus Group Officers' Meeting

Meeting to conduct business and provide updates on future planning.

Speakers

Soyica Colbert

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Representative

Jonathan Shandell

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Arcadia University

Patrick J. Sims

Black Theatre Association Focus Group Conference Planner

Aimee Zygmonski

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Everglades, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Directing Program (DP) Focus Group Membership Meeting #2

Members of the Directing Program conduct FG business, welcome new members and continue conference planning.

Speakers

Ann Shanahan

Directing Program Focus Group Representative Associate Professor of Theatre Loyola University Chicago

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Yellowstone, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Performance Studies (PSFG) Focus Group Annual Membership Meeting

Please join us for our Annual Membership Meeting. We welcome new members!

Speakers

Megan Shea

Language Lecturer, NYU

International Zombie Slayer

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Lexington, Ballroom Level 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Theatre as a Liberal Art (TLA) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Annual meeting for those celebrating theatre as a liberal art and/or theatre programs within a liberal arts setting. Officer elections, program initiatives and conference planning are on the agenda.

Speakers

Jay Sierszyn

Director of Theatre, Wisconsin Lutheran College

Out-going "Theatre as a Liberal Art" Focus Group Representative

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton C, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Theatre Management (TM) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Come join us for our membership meeting, presented with the Design / Tech Focus Group. Come learn more about ATHE and give session ideas for next year's conference.

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Glacier, Second Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) Focus Group Membership Meeting

Speakers

Craig Ferre

Patricia Raun

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Thornton B, Eleventh Floor 400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 USA

ATHE Focus Group Membership Meeting

8:00am EDT

American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Focus Group Membership Meeting #2

Board/Business meeting for the American Theatre and Drama Society. Open to all interested ATHE/ATDS members.

Speakers

Mark Cosdon

Sunday August 5, 2012 8:00am - 9:30am EDT