Friday, SepT 20

7:30 am - 8:50 am    Breakfast on Your Own

Enjoy breakfast at Mather Lodge or bring your own food to cook or grill.

Pavillon B is reserved for ACTAA if a group wants to get an ‘impromptu’ cookout together. (This is the only space to grill on campus.)

9:00 am - 10:30 am (Choose your Interest Focus.)

1.5 hr PD

Forensics Discipline Caucus Meeting 

Facilitator(s): Darianne Mull, Forensics Representative (Pinnacle Middle)

Location: Arkansas Room, Mather Lodge

This session the Forensics Representative will provide important information from ACTAA, while facilitating an opportunity for open dialog on Forensics-related items.

Interest Areas: Forensics 

Theatre: Unlocking Creativity

Presenter: Morgan Hicks, prof. University of Arkansas, Program Director @ TheatreSquared

Location: Visitor's Center

Join Morgan Hicks for theatre PD that will help you be pedantic about using Theatre to unlock your students’ creativity. 

Interest Areas: Theatre Arts

10:30 am - 10:45 am   Break

10:45 am - 11:45 am (Choose your Interest Focus.)

1hr PD

Forensics: How Theatre Games Can Help Interpers

Facilitator(s):  Morgan Hicks, prof. University of Arkansas, Program Director @ TheatreSquared

Location: Arkansas Room/Lodge Common Spaces

Join Morgan Hicks for a new twist on Forensics PD. Instead of drills and relentless practice and critiques, allow Morgan to share some Theatre games and strategies that will help forensic performers relax and tap into another level of their talent.

Interest Area: Forensics 

Theatre Arts Discipline Caucus Meeting

Presenter(s): Graci Johnson, Theatre Representative (Springdale High School)

Location: CCC Barracks

In this session, the Theatre Representative will provide important information from ACTAA while facilitating an opportunity for open dialog on Theatre-related items.

Interest Areas: Theatre Arts

Debate Discipline Caucus Meeting

Presenter(s): Colton Gilbert, Debate  Representative (Little Rock Central)

Location: Visitor’s Center 

In this session, the Debate Representative will provide important information from ACTAA while facilitating an opportunity for open dialog on Debate-related items.

Interest Areas: Debate

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Lunch

Long Lunch on Your Own & Parks Programming Break

Location: Varies (Mather Lodge, at your cabin, or “in town”)

Walk around and breathe. 

At the Visitor’s Center. Feel free to visit the gift shop, the Petit Jean exhibit beside the gift shop, take a stroll down to the boat house or just sit outside and enjoy the lake view.

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm   (Choose your Interest Focus.)

2 hr PD

Writing a 10-minute Play

Facilitator(s): Lavinia Roberts, Assistant Professor & Murphy Fellow in Theatre, Hendrix College | Hendrix-Murphy Foundation

Location: CCC Barracks

Lavinia will share her expertise with all of us. In this session Lavinia will walk Theatre teachers through the process of helping your students write a 10 minute play. 

Interest Areas: Theatre

Tournament Advisory Committee (TAC) Forum

Facilitator(s): Sean Petersen, TAC Chair (Don Tyson School of Innovation)

Location: CCC Barracks

Join us as we discuss our tournament season for the 2023-24 academic year and potential changes.

Interest Areas: Debate & Forensics

3:30 - 4:00 pm  Break

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm   (Choose your Interest Focus.)

1.5 hr PD

Jr. High Forensics Training Forum

Facilitator: Tiffany Tucker

Location: Mather Lodge

Come learn how to add fun Forensics activities and how to engage young performers and communicators. What junior high kid doesn’t want to have fun and earn a trophy?!

Interest Areas: Forensics, Communication

Crash Course in StuCo

Facilitator: Jessica Skordal, ACTAA 2nd Vice President (Bentonville West High) 

Location: CCC Barracks

This is a time for ACTAA members who have thought about participating in Student Congress to learn the basics and grow Congressional debaters.

Interest Areas: Forensics & Debate

Light Boards Don't Need to be so Intimidating  

Presenter: Tim Peerbolte, Greenwood High School        Sponsored by ChamSys Lighting

Location: Visitor’s Center

This is a hands-on demo session of the ChamSys QuickQ lighting consoles. If you are a solo teacher who knows nothing about lighting, this console will become your best friend. If you are an experienced LD you will love the ability to build a show on the fly without hours of programming. 

Don't believe me? Come see for yourself

Lighting consoles and lights are provided

Interest Areas:  Theatre

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm     Break

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

1.5 hr PD

Casual BBQ Dinner w/Keynote Address

Facilitator(s): Laurie Harrison, 1st Vice President (Fulbright)

Keynote Speaker: Zack Tucker, ACTAA President (ASU, Beebe), Keynote Address; ACTAA and Advocacy in Arkansas

Location: Visitor’s Center

No one is more committed to ACTAA and Advocacy than our current president. Zack Tucker. His vision for ACTAA as a voice for Professional Communication, Debate, Speech, & Theatre in our state is unparalleled. Enjoy dinner as Zack inspires us to: Think. Speak. Act.

Catering by Church Street Grocery (Caesar salad, pulled pork or chicken, green beans, bbq beans, mac & cheese, homemade sweet rolls, brownie or banana pudding) (sweet or unsweet tea, lemonade)