8:30 am - 4:45 pm
Registration Desk
PIEDMONT
Your first stop at MATC! Check-in to get your credentials. Then, throughout the conference, feel free to come back with questions, to share your experiences in a quick survey, or for lightning discussions between sessions.
8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Quiet Space
ROSWELL
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.
GEORGIA BALLROOM
Join fellow conference attendees for morning coffee and fellowship! Connect with colleageus, old and new.
ATLANTA A | History 8
Chair: Aaron C. Thomas, Florida State University
I.B. Hopkins, University of Texas at Austin
“The Cakewalk of the Sensible: Musical Theater Tries Southern Justice”
Emry Sottile, Northwestern University
“‘Knowing Full Well Darling, Your War Hasn’t Ended’: Synecdochical Negotiations of Memory on and Beyond the Bandstand”
Frederick D. Miller, University of Pittsburgh
“‘It’s Time to Build [an Afterglow]’: The Prom Post-Broadway”
ATLANTA C | History 9
Chair: Jesse Njus, Virginia Commonwealth University
Rachael Powles, University of Washington
“Posing Progress: Staging Manifest Domesticity in Tableaux Vivants”
Nathan Bowman, Benedictine College
“Shame! They Disgrace the Ancient Theater: Tragedy and Nationalism in Medea's
Burqa by Andreas Flourakis”
Rebecca Curran, Florida State University
“Landlords and Legends: Folklore, History, and the Puxleys of County Cork”
SKY WEST - 25th Floor | Practice/Production 5
Chair: Cate Heiner, Middle Tennessee State University
Workshop: “Angam Mechanics: Developing a performer’s bodymind through embodied repertoire”
Lyudmyla Honcharova, University at Alberta
Marlon Ariyasinghe, Stanford University
ATLANTA D | Pedagogy 9
Chair: Cat Gleason, Truman State University
Workshop: “Revolutionary Approaches to the Chekhov Technique”
Christie Maturo, Connecticut State University
“Chekhov, Clowning, and Comedy”
Paul Hurley, Kent State University
“Psychological Transformation: Infusing Chekhov’s Psychological Forces with a Hint of Laban”
PEACHTREE | Pedagogy 10
Chair: Slade Billew, Stephen F. Austin State University
Workshop: “Exploring Embodied Moments of Change”
Julian Stetkevych, Elon University
Lana Sugarman, University at Buffalo
ATLANTA B | Playwriting 3
Chair: Lucas Skjaret, Concord University
The Insignificant Moon by Macy Jones, University of the Ozarks
Director: Karen M. Dabney, University of Virginia (UVA Acts)
Dramaturg: Phitsinee Phurahong, Illinois State University
Mary: Emmy Panzica-Piontek, Independent Artist
Gail: Julia K. Moriarty, Missouri State University
Under a Shell by Julie A. Noonan, Washburn University
Director: Johanna Pinzler, Marymount Manhattan College
Dramaturg: Grace Laughton, Independent Artist
Mert: Jon Herbert, Wake Forest University
Bert: Bella Poynton, SUNY Oswego State University
BUCKHEAD | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space A]
LENOX | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space B]
ATLANTA A | History 10
Chair: Vivian Appler, University of Georgia
Elise Robinson, University of Georgia
“Exorcising the 'Angel in the House': Suffragettes and the Reconfiguration of Edwardian Womanhood”
Jieun Lee, Emory University
“Unmaking Ethnonationalism: Korean Transnational Adoptee Women From Screen to Stage”
Kristyl D. Tift, Vanderbilt University
“Making Colors: A Black Feminist Experiment in Solo Performance”
ATLANTA C | History 11
Chair: Greer Gerni, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Undergraduate Emerging Scholars
Jennifer Lackey, Florida State University
“What Eco-Feminist Puppetry Theatre Teaches Us About Neurodiverse Theatre”
Myah Bridgewater, University of Michigan
“(R)Evolutionary Theatre: Four Foundations for Community Change”
Michael Webber, University of Missouri - Kansas City
“The Powerful Powerless: Life for Actors in Ancient Rome”
SKY WEST - 25th Floor | Practice/Production 6
Chair: Ron Zank, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Emily Sahakian, University of Georgia
“Performing History in the Wake of Slavery and Colonialism”
Karen M. Dabney, University of Virginia (UVA Acts)
“Notes from the Field: Examining the “I” Tools and Techniques of Interactive Theatre”
Cason Murphy, Iowa State University
“From Our Town to Your Town: Rude Mechs’ Radical Reimagining of a Theatrical Classic”
Patrick Mark Saunders, University of Maryland, College Park
"Metamorphoses in Maryland: Tensions Between Tradition and Transformation"
ATLANTA D | Pedagogy 11
Chair: Karie Miller, Grinnell College
Workshop: “Resource Sharing: Active Learning in Theatre History I”
Rachel Moss, Colgate University
Skye Strauss, Jacksonville State University
PEACHTREE | Pedagogy 12
Chair: Miranda Keating, Independent Scholar
Workshop: “Curriculum, Love, and the Ecological Classroom”
Alivia Cross, The Pennsylvania State University
ATLANTA B | Playwriting 4
Chair: Bella Poynton, SUNY Oswego State University
Gift of da Maggies by Franky D. Gonzalez, Independent Artist
Director: Stacey Schiller, Baylor University
Dramaturg: Kristi Good, Carnegie Mellon University
Inmate 1: David Melendez, California State University, Bakersfield
Inmate 2: Marlon Ariyasinghe, Stanford University
BUCKHEAD | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space A]
LENOX | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space B]
Enjoy!
Committee Meetings – All are welcome!
LENOX
Anti-Racism Committee
BUCKHEAD
Accessibility Committee
ATLANTA C
Land Acknowledgement Committee
ATLANTA D
Theatre/Practice Advisory Committee
Please note: The Conference Planning Committee will meet on Saturday evening at 7 PM in PEACHTREE for a conference postmortem.
ATLANTA C | History 12
Chair: Rachel E. Bauer, Sacred Heart University
Graduate Emerging Scholars
Rezvan Shabani, SUNY Buffalo
“Living in the Gap: Art, Oppression, and Identity in the Iranian Diaspora”
Minjoo Kim, Northwestern University
“Challenging Japanese Ethnolinguistic Identity: Chelfitsch's The Window of Spaceship 'In-Between'”
Ryan Nock, University of Maryland
“Dungeons & Disability: Role Playing Games as a Model of Accessible Performance”
SKY WEST - 25th Floor | Joint Session: Practice/Production 7 & Playwriting 5
Chair: Daniel C. Dennis, Ohio University & Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University
Playwriting State of the Field Conversation
Roundtable: “‘Fixing’ the American New Play Pipeline Through Intercollegiate Collaboration
Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University
Kristi Good, Carnegie Mellon University
Nahuel Telleria, University of Oklahoma
ATLANTA D | Practice/Production 8
Chair: Cate Heiner, Middle Tennessee State University
Paole Calderon, The Pennsylvania State University
Workshop: “‘Time Capsules’ of Peruvian Memory: Immersive Performance in Sin Título, Técnica Mixta”
PEACHTREE | Pedagogy 13
Chair: Slade Billew, Stephen F. Austin State University
Maddy Moreland, Clemson University
“‘Theatre in a Day’: Teaching Arts Education for Teacher Preparation”
David Reed, University of Arkansas
“You Can’t Stop the Beat (Down): Building a Stage Violence Training Program
Within Existing Post-Secondary Musical Theatre Curricula”
Natalie Guess, Baylor University
“UIL One Act Plays: Patterns and Problems”
BUCKHEAD | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space A]
LENOX | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space B]
ATLANTA A | History 13
Chair: Jennifer Herron, Independent Scholar
Jason Woodworth-Hou, Georgia Institute of Technology
“Theatre History…Technically: Decentering the finished script from the curriculum”
Evleen Nasir, Blinn College - Bryan
“Eroding Humanity: MƆɹNIŊ and Theatre Without Humans”
SKY WEST - 25th Floor | Practice/Production 9
Chair: Kassy Skoretz, Anoka Ramsey Community College
Kiley Towne, Baylor University
“Abled, Disabled, and Physical: Eating Disorders as Disability in Theatre”
Tiffani Hagan, University of Kansas
“Staging Hookman: Challenges and Successes of Creating Theatrical Horror”
Lyudmyla Honcharova, University of Alberta
“Fight with the Body”
ATLANTA B | Playwriting 6
Chair: Tiffany Antone, Iowa State University
Pitch-Your-Play (Please note: this session will run 4:30 - 6:00 PM)
The Raft by Sache Satta, Towson University
Director: Lucas Skjaret, Concord University
Phillip: Nathan Bowman, Benedictine College
Fernando: Patrick Mark Saunders, University of Maryland, College Park
Maria Rasputin in Spangleland by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos, Independent Artist
Director: Penelope Cole, Independent Artist
Maria: Rachel S. Cooper, University of Southern Maine
Imperia: Kathy Privatt, Lawrence University
Buddy: Lana Sugarman, University at Buffalo
Lotte: Hillary Tapley, Independent Artist
Library Branch Breaks Off a Sasquatch-Sized Hole by Greg Romero, University of Houston
Director: Michael Osinski, St. Lawrence University
Georgette: Madeline Fanton, Independent Artist
Violet: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, University of Illinois, Springfield
Roger: Nathan Bowman, Benedictine College
Jukebox Bagels by John P. Bray, University of Georgia
Director: Alex Stahl, Baylor University
Dario: Patrick Mark Saunders, University of Maryland, College Park
Edua: Richard Sautter, McDaniel College
Windy: Emmy Panzica-Piontek, Independent Artist
Agnes and Ink’s Specialty Coffin Rentals by Katee Belle, Independent Artist
Director: Kiley Towne, Baylor University
Agnes: Johanna Pinzler, Marymount Manhattan College
Ink: Julia K. Moriarty, Missouri State University
Francis: Daniel C. Dennis, Ohio University
Cage by Barbara Blatner, Independent Artist
Director: Jaclynn Jutting, Northern Arizona University
George: Kiley Towne, Baylor University
Bobby: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, University of Illinois, Springfield
BUCKHEAD | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space A]
LENOX | Playwriting [Rehearsal Space B]
Enjoy!
PEACHTREE
All graduate student conference attendees are invited to join us for the Graduate Student Social to network and reflect on the conference-going experience. Refreshments provided! If you plan on attending, please fill out this form to be included in the head count.
For questions, please reach out to Graduate Student Liaisons Alivia Cross and Frederick Miller at grad_rep@matc.us.
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