8:30 am - 12:30 pm & 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Registration Desk
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8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Quiet Space
SCRANTON
Feel free to use this private space for individuals needing a private moment while at the conference. If the door is locked, please see the registration desk.
Emerging Scholars #2 | History 16: Ohio
Paper Panel
Chair: Alex Stahl, Independent Scholar
“Restoring the Past through Re-Vision: In the Green and Feminist Historical Performance”
Kitty Corum, University of Kansas
“America’s Original Sin: Racial Violence and the Modern Day Eden in Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman”
Aaliyah Carter, Baylor University
“The Ridiculous Folk: Charles Ludlam and the Theatrical Folklore of Queer New York Subculture”
William DeVito, The Ohio State University
Musical Theatre | History 17: Allegheny
Paper Panel
Chair: Vicki Hoskins, San Francisco State University
“Making (and Remaking) Territory Folk: Reviving OKLAHOMA! in Oklahoma”
Bryan Vandevender, Bucknell University
“‘Jud Fry Loved His Feller Man’: Queering the Conditional Love Song in ‘Oklahoma!’”
Cason Murphy, Iowa State University
“‘I Wanna Go Back’: The (Musical) Theatre as Memory Machine in THE NOTEBOOK (2024)”
Frederick D. Miller, University of Pittsburgh
Casting Americana: Identity and Representation Onstage | Practice/Production 11: Monongahela
Paper Panel
Chair: Cate Heiner, Middle Tennessee State University
“Expanding History, Expanding Opportunities”
Ronald Zank, University of Nebraska at Omaha
“Where were the Asians? Reimagining US Entertainment in my Image”
Tom Zhang, University of Kansas
“Lacking Latiné: Promoting Local Americana in Production”
Shadow ZImmerman, Arizona Western College
Trust the Process | Pedagogy 14: Keystone
Workshop
Chair: Karie Miller, Grinnell College
“Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: Getting Out of Our Own Way on the Route to Desire"
Eric Kildow, Kent State University
Trust the Process | Pedagogy 14: Scranton
Workshop
Chair: Karie Miller, Grinnell College
“Playing the Nervous System: A Method for (re)Training Actors"
Erica Terpening-Romeo, Williams College
Invitations and Excursions | Pedagogy 15: Erie
Workshop & Pedagogical Knot
Chair: Greer Gerni, University of Missouri Kansas City
“Pre-Contact Intimacy Training: Consent-Forward Pedagogy in Cross-Cultural and Contemporary Americana”
Daniel Gott, Florida State University
“Experiential activities for class discussions of border walls”
Lóri Fejes, University at Buffalo
Dramatist Play Lab | Playwriting 9: Philadelphia
Chair: Lucas Skjaret, University of North Alabama
True American!
Playwright: Júlia Cerqueira, Indiana University Bloomington
Director: Sean Bartley, Northwestern University
Dramaturg: Kristi Good, Carnegie Mellon University
Acting Company
Aaron Scully, University of Central Missouri
Aaliyah Carter, Baylor University
Asal Hojabrpour, Indiana University Bloomington
Nightmares Springing From American Dreams
Playwright: Kathryn Ryan, Independent Artist
Director: Natalie Guess, Baylor University
Dramaturg: Kristi Good, Carnegie Mellon University
Acting Company
Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, University of Illinois Springfield
Asal Hojabrpour, Indiana University Bloomington
What Will Glitter in the Light?
Playwright: Justin Maxwell, University of New Orleans
Director: Karen M. Dabney, University of Virginia
Dramaturg: T’Keyah Crystal Keymah, Texas Tech University
Acting Company
Thomas L. Rothacker, Kingsborough Community College - CUNY
David Melendez, California State University Bakersfield
Kathy Privatt, Lawrence University
Puppetry in Performance | History 18: Ohio
Paper Panel
Chair: Vivian Appler, University of Georgia
“American Puppetry and Human Problems: The Current Performativity of Objects and Its Remaking of the Human Experience”
Rebecca Johnson, Texas Tech University
“Overexposed and Invisible: Performances of Voyeurism, Emotional Rescue, and Spectacle in the Greer Lankton Archives”
Ames Palson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“In the Shadow of Cabrini: Chicago’s Manual Cinema and the Reframing of Midwestern Americana”
Jesse Njus, Virginia Commonwealth University
Labor and Theatre-Making | History 19: Allegheny
Paper Panel
Chair: Beth Osborne, Florida State University
“Americana: the Making and Unmaking of Stage Management through U.S. Labor Law and Union Jurisdictional Disputes”
Jennifer Scheier, Point Park University
“Revolting Radicalism: Censorship, American Childhood and The Revolt of the Beavers”
Alissa Bidwell, University of Minnesota
Games, Sports, and Performance: Americana Beyond the Stage | Practice/Production 12: Monongahela
Paper Panel
Chair: Aaron Scully, University of Central Missouri
“A New American Genre: The Utopian Performative and The Twenty-Sided Tavern”
Christina Allaback, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
“Games as Social Change: How Spolin and Boal Revolutionized Improvisation”
Michael McNamara, Western Illinois University
“Rehearsing Reality: Boal in the Age of Interactive Media”
Kalen Stockton, State University of New York at Buffalo
Risk and Reward | Pedagogy 16: Scranton
Pedagogical Knot
Chair: Karie Miller, Grinnell College
"Departmental Histories: How can students engage with their own history objectively?”
Travis Stern, Bradley University
First Acts Showcase | Playwriting 10: Keystone
Chair: Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University
The First Acts Showcase will feature staged readings of new, production-ready plays we believe to be excellent fits for college campuses. Each of the three selected plays were submitted by dramaturgs who will introduce the plays to attendees. Actors will then read only the the first act of that play. Information on where to find full scripts will be shared at each reading. This program is co-sponsored by the Collegiate New Play Development Conference.
A Texas Jesus Abortion Play
Playwright: Anikka Lekven, Independent Artist
Director: Stacey Schiller, Baylor University
Dramaturg: Greg Romero, Independent Artist
Acting Company
Nathan Bowman, Benedictine College
Julia Moriarty, Missouri State University
Kiley Towne, Baylor University
PENNSYLVANIA BALLROOM
All conference attendees are invited for our annual conference luncheon, followed by remarks from our Scholar In Residence. Learn more about our Keynote Speaker here.
PENNSYLVANIA BALLROOM
All conference attendees are invited for our annual MATC Business Meeting. To access the agenda, click here.
Respondent Session | History 20: Ohio
Join Theatre History respondents Michelle Granshaw and Isaiah Wooden for reflections on this year's Theatre History Symposium.
Stage Management Roundtable | Practice/Production 13: Monongahela
Roundtable
"Stage Management: An Ever Evolving Role in the Entertainment Industry"
Adrienne Wells, Chair - Stage Managers' Association
Dr. Jennifer Leigh Sears Scheier, Point Park University
Pedagogy Post-Mortem | Pedagogy 20: Scranton
Playwriting Post-Mortem | Playwriting 11: Scranton
Chair: Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University