8:30 am-4:45 pm    Registration Desk/Conference Info Center  

2nd Floor

  8:00-8:45 am Pre-Session  

Practice/Production Pre-Session Movement Session: Room 226

Yoga for Artists

Emily Rollie, Central Washington University

  9:00-10:15 am Session 11
History Symposium 15: Room 213

Reexamining Actor Training and Performance

Chair: DeAnna Toten Beard, Baylor University

“Anne Bogart and the Reconstructive Impulse”

Dan Cullen, Bowling Green State University

“Your Own Art Language”: Performing Nineteenth Century American Womanhood at the New York School of Expression”

Rachael Powles, University of Ottawa

“Modernism & the Method: Jewish Legacies, Race, and Stella Adler’s Americanization of Method Acting Onstage”

Amna Farooqi, University of Washington
History Symposium 16: Room 225
Graduate Emerging Scholars
Chair: Julia Moriarty, Millikin University
“Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over to the Promised Land: Combating Racism, Reimagining Black Identities, and Liberating Black Bodies”
Samson Akanni, Bowling Green State University
“'No Page in Petty-Coat': Female Bodies on the Restoration Stage”
Gillian Genardo, Illinois State University
“‘…Plans to Give You Hope and a Future’ (Trauerspiel: Subject into Nonbeing)”
Quanda Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Practice/Production Symposium 10: Room 226

Performing the Archive: Exploring History in New Work 

Chair: Claire Wewers, University of Arkansas

“Performing Trans Histories: A Lecture and Reading on Trans Representation in Theatre”

Toni Kunst, Northwestern University

Pedagogy Symposium 13: Room 232

“Pedagogies of the Text”
Chair: Deb Kochman, University of South Florida

“Higher Education Playwriting as Rewriting: Suggestions for Productive Pedagogy”

Benjamin Stanford, Texas Tech University

“Directing as a Teacher: Fostering Cultures of Care”

Kassy Skoretz, Anoka Ramsey Community College

Sophie Peyton, Freelance Director

“Critical Conflicts: Dramaturgical Dialogue and Student-Driven Work”

Cate Heiner, Middle Tennessee State University

“Abolition for All Time: Incarceration Plays in the Classroom and on the Stage”

Deana Nichols, Knox College

Pedagogy Symposium 14: Room 235

Workshop: Cross-Disciplinary Storytelling and Theatre Making
Chair: Daniel Dennis, Ohio University

“Lessons Learned from Co-Teaching a Storytelling Course that Explores Astronomy
Robin Mello, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

“Converting ‘real’ space into ‘stage’ space: a way to teach student directors about ground plans and understanding theatrical picturization”
Johanna Pinzler, Marymount Manhattan College

Playwriting Symposium 5: Room 309

Chair: Lucas Skjaret, Baylor University 

Jean Yeets Her Hawaiian Shirt into the Ocean
By Greg Romero, University of Houston
Director: Lana Sugarman, University of Minnesota, Morris
Dramaturg: Merrit Popp, Baylor University
Jean: Emily K Harrison, Hamilton College
Roger: David Jenowiak, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Annie: Abigail Labbe, University of Michigan
A Deer: Morgan Hicks, University of Arkansas

The Ticket
By Franky Gonzalez, Independent Artist
Director: Nathan Bowman, Benedictine College
Dramaturg: Straton Rushing, Theatre Arlington
Tracey: Maya Weatherall, Independent Artist
Mary: Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University
Gazara: Simon Provan, Wisconsin Lutheran College

Playwriting Symposium Rehearsal Room A: Room 313

Playwriting Symposium Rehearsal Room B: Room 335

  10:30-11:45 am Session 12  

History Symposium 17: Room 213

Performing Fear and Paranoia in the US
Chair: Elizabeth Osborne, Florida State University

“Spy Fever Meets Hyper-Patriotic Spectacle: How Popular American Entertainment Fueled Anti-German Behavior During WWI”
DeAnna Toten Beard, Baylor University

“‘Mayday! Mayday!’: Resituating Resistance in May Day Political Performance”
Alan Sikes, Louisiana State University

“Internalizing the Threat: Post 9/11 Recontextualization of Horror in The Birds”
Anna Compton, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

History Symposium 18: Room 225

Reclaiming and Rethinking Representation
Chair: Dan Cullen, Bowling Green University

“Dinosaurs, Race, and the Staging of Civilization: Lileana Blain-Cruz’s revival of The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center”
Scott Magelssen, University of Washington
“‘You're not ready to be--' Lorraine Hansberry and Les Blancs”

Zora Duncan, University of California, Riverside

“The War Story Never Stopped: Staging Hmong American Identity through Secret War Plays”

Erica Nerbonne, University of Washington-Seattle

Practice/Production Symposium 11: Room 226

Reaching Beyond: New Genre Paradigms of Theatre
Chair: Sarah Behrend-Wilcox, University of Arkansas

“A Field Guide to Grassroots Science Fiction Theatre in the United States”
Christina Allaback, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

 “A Race Against Time: Building Community by Adapting Radio Theatre on an Epic Scale for the 21st Century”
Cade Sikora, Ball State University
Jackie Rosenfeld, Texas A&M University - Commerce

 “From Chaos to Collaboration: Building Effective Cross Disciplinary Theatre Projects”
Amanda Petefish-Schrag, Iowa State University
Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University

Pedagogy Symposium 14: Room 232

 “Student Wellness in the Theatre Classroom”
Chair: Amanda Marie Rogus, University of Washington

“Navigating the Roles of a Theatre Educator: Academic Coaching as Culturally Responsive Pedagogy”
Carly Holzwarth, Bucknell University

“What Happens When We Stop Teaching and Focus on Learning?: Restructuring Theatre Curricula to Improve Student Outcomes”
Elizabeth Coen, University of Houston

“Building Metacognition on Learning through Un-grading in the Undergraduate Theatre Administration Classroom”
Alicia Jay, Indiana State University

“Critical Failure and Pedagogy: Navigating Vulnerability in the Theatre Classroom
Kelley Holley, Rochester Institute of Technology

“Dr. Contract; or How I Learned to Stop Grading and Love my Students”

Kirsten Pullen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Playwriting Symposium 6: Room 309

Chair: Bella Poynton, Buffalo State University 

Bear Baiting
By Anna Tatelman, Independent Artist
Director: Lucas Skjaret, Baylor University
Dramaturg: Nathan Ferguson, University of Iowa
Dylan: Simon Provan, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Steve: Dan Dennis, Ohio University

The Shomer
By David Lipschutz, Independent Artist

Director: Adam Goldstein, Northeastern Illinois University
Dramaturg: Eric Kildow, Kent State University at Trumbull
Daniel: Ben Eisenstein, Independent Artist

Joseph: Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, University of Illinois, Springfield

  12:00-2:00 pm All Conference Luncheon and Keynote  

Wisconsin Idea Lounge (Lower Level of Pyle Center)

Presentation of Robert A. Schanke Award

Land Acknowledgement Event
“Indigenous World Making through the Arts: A Conversation with Andi Cloud and Kimberly Crowley”

  2:00-3:00 pm MATC Business Meeting  Room 235

See agenda HERE.

 3:00-7:00 pm Time to Explore Madison!  

Please note: The following event has been CANCELLED.

3:30 -5:00pm Orlando Dramaturgical Excursion: Observing an Early Rehearsal at UW-Madison

*Meet near the Registration Desk and attendees will walk over together to the rehearsal location, 10 minutes away. See map.

Chair: Karen M. Dabney, University of Virginia (UVA Acts)

“‘It was, in fact, the present moment’ — exploring gender performances in process for a contemporary production of Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO”

Ann Shanahan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Playwriting: Pitch-Your-Play Showcase: George L. Mosse Humanities Building 2650
(Click HERE to access the program for this event)

Featuring excerpts from:

PROGRAM A

One Month Along
By Franky Gonzalez, Independent Artist
Director: John Michael DiResta, Skidmore College
Dramaturg: Anna Tatelman, Independent Artist
Husband: Pedro de Jesus Gonzalez Duran, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friend: Christopher Eastland, Michigan State University
Wife: Ana Gutierrez, University of Wisconsin, Madison 

The Appliance Department
By Bella Poynton, Buffalo State University
Director: Aaron Scully, University of Central Missouri
Dramaturg: Nate Ferguson, University of Iowa
Ruby: Stacey Schiller, Baylor University
Violet: Kiley Towne, Baylor University
Charlie: Mike Franz, Chestnut Hill College
Miss Abigail: Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

BOXED
By Mylan Gray, University of California, San Diego
Director: Ryan Hung, Washington University
Dramaturg: Nathan Bowman, Benedictine College
David: Matt Franklinson, Independent Artist
Ryan: Samson Akanni, Bowling Green State University

There will be a short intermission between programs.

PROGRAM B

The Yellow Wallpaper
By KB Schulyer Independent Artist
Director: Emily Rollie, Central Washington University
Dramaturg: Merrit Popp, Baylor University
Woman: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, University of Illinois, Springfield
John: Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, University of Illinois, Springfield

Someone to Love Me
By Straton Rushing, Theatre Arlington
Director: Johanna Pinzler, Marymount Manhattan College
Dramaturg: Adam Goldstein, Northeastern Illinois University
Dollie: Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University
“Rick”: Dan Dennis, Ohio University

The American Letter
By Burcu Seyben, College of Southern Idaho
Director: Stacey Schiller, Baylor University
Dramaturg: Kristi Good, Carnegie Mellon University
Yasemin: Nâlân Erbil-Erkan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Leyla: Katherine Clemons, Michigan State University