Join us for The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's Region 2 Conference 57! From January 14th-18th, 2025 Students, Faculty and Practitioners of theatre will descend on downtown Pittsburgh for a week of shows, workshops, showcases, and awards in all areas of theatre.
Agenda (Check back for regular updates)
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Stop by a program table to schedule your audition or presentation time, or find out more about a program.
Pick up your lanyards, sign up for extra events, and get festival information here!
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
*Please note the earlier start time*
An incredible opportunity to work with Broadway's Correy West in this motivating dance workshop.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This presentation digs into the details of booking, accepting, and preparing for a contract.
In this workshop, we'll examine the DNA of the American family drama. We'll talk on how we can craft our own, but most importantly, how we can make them unique.
Ever thought about how your body speaks volumes in your interactions at work? Body language is a big part of how we connect and interact with our environment as managers.
In this workshop, we'll explore a technique for working with classical text that will help activate dense language and bring us closer to experiencing the character.
In this workshop, I will work with participants on exploring the potential to stage theatre in unconventional spaces by considering story, setting, characters, and mood while often putting the audience in the center of the action
Making accommodations in the classroom or theatre space should be the standard practice, not the exception.
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
2:30 PM - 5:50 PM
2:30 PM - 5:50 PM
Your audition time and location will be provided to you via email or at check in.
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Your audition time and location will be provided to you via email or at check in.
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
In this 90 minute crash course, participants will receive a condensed experience of the entire Arcade Comedy Theater curriculum.
Students participating in ITJA and Dramaturgy programming this week are highly encouraged to attend this optional session and workshop.
The Chair is an exercise in the Six Viewpoints offered by Mary Overlie as a way to work directly with the Emotion Viewpoint.
Calling all history nerds and stage managers! Ever wonder how the show was called before clear coms and sound systems? Then this is the workshop for you!
Can plays compete with movies and T.V. in creating things that go bump in the night to gods? Yes. But we can’t approach it in the same way. The supernatural belongs onstage. Never apologize for it.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The RED (Representation, Equity, Diversity) chapter of KCACTF Region 2 invites faculty and students from all affinity groups to join us for some tea and cookies and information about all RED events across the festival!
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Casual dinner with Pizza for program selectors and other invited guests.
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for Millersville University's production of this outrageous comedy! No tickets are needed for this event.
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Faculty and staff please join members of the Steering Committee to find out what's going on in Region 2, how to get involved, and to let us know questions or concerns. Bagels provided!
This workshop session is intended for new directors who find themselves coaching actors for the first time, and having not only to navigate expectations, but also work with peers who have similar experience levels
Kyōgen (狂言) is a Japanese traditional comic theatre form that developed alongside Noh (能) theatre.
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Your audition time and location will be provided to you via email or at check in.
Your audition time and location will be provided to you via email or at check in.
Your audition time and location will be provided to you via email or at check in.
8:30 AM - 10:00 PM
8:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Production Response for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridge) (Revised) (Again) from Millerstown University
8:40 AM - 10:00 AM
8:40 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sign Up for your time when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sign Up for your time at the MTI table at Registration
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sign Up for your presentation when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
After your audition block head to the response room for immediate feedback.
Pick up your lanyards, sign up for extra events, and get festival information here!
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
This is your opportunity to ask - what is it like to work as a freelance stage manager?
Through guided exercises, actors will learn to integrate breath with the natural flow of the language, using it as a tool to clarify complex thoughts and ignite emotional authenticity.
In this workshop, I will work with participants on exploring the potential to stage theatre in unconventional spaces by considering story, setting, characters, and mood while often putting the audience in the center of the action.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sign up required with a cap of 50 attendees, priority to first sign ups, QR codes available at the registration desk!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session for ITJA participants only. Session will be led by ITJA Guest Journalist Sharon Eberson.
This workshop is designed for student actors to hopefully gain an understanding of the art of not acting, but rather living in a place of truthfulness to tell a story. Bring Yoga mats and or towels for floor exercises if possible.
You've done your boundary check, you know how to do a knap - now what?
An in depth conversation on the ins and outs of getting your first rep and how to best showcase yourself as a young artist in New York City and LA.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sign Up for your presentation when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Sign Up for your time when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Open to all! How do you find your perfect artistic home? Sometimes you need to build it yourself.
Two new 10-min plays will be cast on the spot, read out loud, and discussed, all in the spirit of helping the playwright unlock and understand their work more. See industry professionals and educators talk about new work!
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Want to meet or hang out with your fellow festival goers? Here's the place to do so! Bring games or other activities and get to know your future colleagues!
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
If you are not attending the invited productions and looking for something to do we will be showing a filmed play in Classroom 1 of the Champions Suite, 6th floor.
7:30 PM - 10:15 PM
7:30 PM - 10:15 PM
Coppin State University presents Marty and the Hands That Could, a new play by Josh Wilder. No tickets are needed for this event.
10:30 PM - 11:55 PM
10:30 PM - 11:55 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
Region 2 is excited to present a late-night RED-sponsored talent show hosted by Indulgence, a dazzling Carnegie Mellon senior, Pittsburgh local, and celebrated drag queen!
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
This workshop is for all levels of playwrights looking to find ways of building characters that lead them to stories.
This workshop is for performers eager to enhance their dance prowess in musical theatre, this choreography based workshop offers an in-depth exploration of the artistry, technique, and expression behind captivating dance numbers.
Budgeting isn’t just about money—it’s about vision, collaboration, and strategy.
Please join this lively discussion for all faculty who find themselves in leadership of theatre programs or who aspire to be leaders within their programs.
It will explore classical and modern characters through punctuation to help quickly understand the mental state and clues to portraying a character as the writer intended.
In this workshop, we'll explore a technique for working with classical text that will help activate dense language and bring us closer to experiencing the character.
A hands on activity.
Join Megan Lohne, playwright and screenwriter as she guides participants through a writing workshop using several sensory exercises to unlock memory and create narratives.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Rehearsal times to be assigned
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Stop. by registration to vote for your favorite poster! Voting closes Saturday at noon!
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Sign Up for your presentation when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Finalists will be notified after the initial round is complete
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Marshall University's Production of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Tickets Needed -- see "More info" for links-- you may need to close and reopen your app.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Production Response for Marty and the Hands That Could from Coppin State University
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Open to all! Get to know the People behind The Public!
Choice of material is of paramount importance: where to find it, how to shape it in performance; and using it as your interview. What kind of material is suitable, faithful to the script or not, four letter words, and does it represent YOU???
This workshop is for performers eager to enhance their dance prowess in musical theatre, this choreography based workshop offers an in-depth exploration of the artistry, technique, and expression behind captivating dance numbers.
simple geometrical masks. corrugated cardboard and masking tape are your supplies. simple to make, extremely effective on stage.
Meet you Student Advisory Board and share your ideas about KCACTF! Students Only Please!
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sign up required with a cap of 50 attendees, priority to first sign ups, QR codes available at the registration desk!
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
*Please note the earlier start time*
An incredible opportunity to work with Broadway's Correy West in this motivating dance workshop.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
MTI Semi FInal Responses
For MTI Semi Finalists Only
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
While tailored to Irene Ryans semifinalists, the workshop is open to others interested in enhancing their craft.
While actors can intellectually understand a role, embodying the dialogic text of their character can be elusive in performance. This workshop introduces and provides space to practice a physical and vocal approach to embody a character's text.
Ever thought about how your body speaks volumes in your interactions at work? Body language is a big part of how we connect and interact with our environment as managers.
Session for ITJA participants only. Session will be led by ITJA Guest Journalist Sharon Eberson.
A workshop for singing actors focusing on how to use the qualities within the music as clues for interpreting and personalizing your performance.
Info Session for those interested in joining the 24 hour plays
Calling all history nerds and stage managers! Ever wonder how the show was called before clear coms and sound systems? Then this is the workshop for you!
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tours are approximately 1 hour and free of charge. Sign up Here: https://airtable.com/appsNNms5oZwiRiBT/shrc9aI5RjDPjCoV4
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Marshall University's Production of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Tickets Needed -- see "More info" for links-- you may need to close and reopen your app.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
This acting technique, developed at the world famous Neighborhood Playhouse, will be taught by faculty member Gary Kingston. Students will be guided through the exercises designed to ignite one's acting instincts and talent.
Choice of material is of paramount importance: where to find it, how to shape it in performance; and using it as your interview. What kind of material is suitable, faithful to the script or not, four letter words, and does it represent YOU???
While tailored to Irene Ryans semifinalists, the workshop is open to others interested in enhancing their craft.
This lecture-demo delves deeply into the spirituals, the improvised secret folk chants of enslaved African Americans. As no recordings of these rituals exist, we cannot know for certain how the spirituals originally were sung.
Come ready to move. Using techniques from choreographer Liz Lerman, we will activate the imagination and flex composition muscles to create something that was not present at the start.
What happens when everything that could go wrong onstage DOES go wrong?
It will explore classical and modern characters through punctuation to help quickly understand the mental state and clues to portraying a character as the writer intended.
Do you ever struggle with finding action and intention in Shakespeare's language? Using short examples from Shakespeare plays, students will learn some tricks of the trade when it comes to cold reading Shakespeare scenes.
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for the Tech Olympics, a thrilling and fast-paced competition where teams compete in a variety of technical theatre events. Please note this workshop is at The University of Pittsburgh, which is a bus ride away-- Busses will start looping at 4pm!
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Want to meet or hang out with your fellow festival goers? Here's the place to do so! Bring games or other activities and get to know your future colleagues!
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
If you are not attending the invited productions and looking for something to do we will be showing a filmed play in Classroom 1 of the Champions Suite, 6th floor.
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Reminder: This production is at U Pitt, so account for travel time. Busses start at 4pm!
Indiana University of Pennsylvania's The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fast Horse
Tickets Needed -- see "More info" for links
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Reminder: This production is at U Pitt, so account for travel time. Busses start at 4pm! No tickets are needed for this event.
University of Pittsburgh's production of The Inseparables by TJ Young. Ticket info coming soon!
9:45 PM - 10:15 PM
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Meet your team and pull your topics-- the 24 hours starts NOW
10:30 PM - 11:55 PM
10:30 PM - 11:55 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
Perform an original monologue that you wrote here at festival! Write a new 90 sec monologue that touches on the theme "It was the best of time, it was the worst of times." Write a monologue, perform it & cheer on your fellow festival goers!
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Production Response for A Doll's House from Marshall University
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Students will be introduced to Stanislavsky’s Active Analysis. This technique allows actors to analyze a scene physically and through active collaboration rather than intellectually.
Here we will work on crafting strong, professional, and creative auditions experiences. Actors should have a 32 bar cut or 1-2 minute monologue prepared to workshop in a mock audition setting, in which Rachel will workshop.
Beginning with the simple act of tossing an imaginary ball in a circle, over the course of an hour we will transform this space object, exploring the multitude of possibilities that exist in our collective imaginations.
An actor walks off stage wearing one costume and comes back on stage wearing a new outfit. How does that magic happen? Come practice with us.
Faculty and staff please join Anjalee Deshpande Hutchinson, RED Chair Region 2, to discuss strategies for EIB in departments and programs, taking into consideration the problematic current political climate in relation to DEI in Higher Ed.
Rooms/Times to Be assigned for participants
Reconnect with your team and get to work! Playwright's scripts are due at this session.
Are you making mistakes in your application or interview that communicate that you're a bad fit for a position? Join me for this presentation on ways you (or your students) can make sure you're putting your best foot forward.
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ASPIRE presentations are open to the festival to observe.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Irene Ryan Semi Final Rounds, attendees are able to observe if desired
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Stop. by registration to vote for your favorite poster! Voting closes Saturday at noon!
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Sign Up for your presentation when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sign Ups will be available at the Registration Desk. You must have a secured audition time to audition.
Auditioning Companies:
National Theatre Institute
The Neighborhood Playhouse
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
his workshop will reflect on the successes and challenges of audience-facing accessibility in Corsicana and prompt participants to consider how they might incorporate access into their creative practice.
Actors will gain tools to dive deeper into their monologue and scene work with James Mercer II from the American Conservatory Theatre. Be prepared to move & roll around. Jeans, skirts, and tight clothing will limit your ability to fully participate.
Critical Insight is a writing fellowship that unites dynamic emerging voices in arts journalism with high-impact cultural critics and reporters through an industry-first partnership between Pittsburgh Public Theater and American Theatre magazine.
Step into the ring with The Sweet Science of Bruising as we explore essential boxing moves tailored for stage combat.
Increasingly, digital media is being incorporated into theatrical design. Ideal for students and faculty hoping to learn more about how to include video elements into production.
Please Bring a Blank 3 Ring Binder if you have one!
Understudy’s, Swings, and Stand-by’s are taking over the world and are in high demand. Learning the art of these theatre professions can unlock many job opportunities.
Meet you Student Advisory Board and share your ideas about KCACTF! Students Only Please!
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Jump on the Bus and explore three very different theatres in Pittsburgh-- Bare Bones Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Playwrights, and City Theatre. Tour costs $25
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Sign Ups will be available at the Registration Desk. You must have a secured audition time to audition.
Auditioning Companies:
American Conservatory Theater
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Stop by and find out more information from our visiting companies.
Stop by and find out more information from our visiting companies.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Milwaukee Rep’s residency program makes space for the emerging artist’s artistic heart while bolstering their business brain. Come hear what puts this paid job pathway head and shoulders above the rest.
his workshop will reflect on the successes and challenges of audience-facing accessibility in Corsicana and prompt participants to consider how they might incorporate access into their creative practice.
Students will be introduced to Stanislavsky’s Active Analysis. This technique allows actors to analyze a scene physically and through active collaboration rather than intellectually.
Session open to all! Please join us for an interview with Pittsburgh-based actor Wali Jamal Abdullah. Session will be facilitated by ITJA Guest Journalist Sharon Eberson.
This presentation explores our current prison education system, opportunities and limitations to teaching theatre and playwriting in a prison setting, and what must change in order to make this work more equitable and enduring.
Overview: A dynamic workshop designed to explore the art of staging large mass battles in Shakespearean plays.
This workshop engages student playwrights, student dramaturgs, and student designers in a conversation
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sign Up for your presentation when you check in Tuesday or Wednesday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Response session with Guest Artist Lindsey Barr. Individual Times to Be assigned.
Semi Final Responses are closed to observers
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Learn some tools to help grapple with the dense and beautiful poetry of Shakespeare.
In this workshop students will explore concepts of communion and reciprocity between partners through writing and acting.
A beginning costume rendering workshop. We start with a simple human form and draw the clothes to dress the figure.
This is your opportunity to ask - what is it like to work as a freelance stage manager?
This interactive workshop will help you identify key career readiness competencies such as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking—skills that are essential for thriving in the arts and entertainment industry.
In this workshop we’ll explore the question of how we can and why we should put history onstage and the responsibility we have as artists when doing so
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Want to meet or hang out with your fellow festival goers? Here's the place to do so! Bring games or other activities and get to know your future colleagues!
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner and Recognition for all Faculty Staff and Invited Guests. At the University of Pittsburgh so please account for travel time (busses start at 4). *Please note this meal is not for undergraduate students*
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
If you are not attending the invited productions and looking for something to do we will be showing a filmed play in Classroom 1 of the Champions Suite, 6th floor.
Rehearsals for those involved in the 24 hour plays
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Reminder: This production is at U Pitt, so account for travel time. Busses start at 4pm!
Indiana University of Pennsylvania's The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fast Horse
Tickets Needed -- see "More info" for links-
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Reminder: This production is at U Pitt, so account for travel time. Busses start at 4pm!
University of Pittsburgh's production of The Inseparables by TJ Young. No tickets are needed for this event.
10:30 PM - 11:55 PM
10:30 PM - 11:55 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
Come check out what can happen in 24 hours!
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
This acting technique, developed at the world famous Neighborhood Playhouse, will be taught by faculty member Gary Kingston. Students will be guided through the exercises designed to ignite one's acting instincts and talent.
Alpha Psi Omega (APO) is a National Theatre Honor Society. Participants will share their experiences at this gathering, learn from each other, and make connections between colleges and universities.
NTI Artistic Director, Rachel Jett, draws upon teaching techniques of esteemed Russian movement coach and teacher, Andrei Droznin, to bring you this workshop.
While actors can intellectually understand a role, embodying the dialogic text of their character can be elusive in performance. This workshop introduces and provides space to practice a physical and vocal approach to embody a character's text.
Step into the ring with The Sweet Science of Bruising as we explore essential boxing moves tailored for stage combat.
Production Respondents are the heart of KCACTF, and we are constantly in need of new respondents who can join our list. Complete this training to become a production respondent for KCACTF Region 2.
This presentation explores our current prison education system, opportunities and limitations to teaching theatre and playwriting in a prison setting, and what must change in order to make this work more equitable and enduring.
Join chair Cassie King in a discussion geared towards faculty and staff in smaller programs who may feel their programs are at risk due to academic "optimization," "restructuring," or other such dangerous buzzword.
Learn about the Dramatists Guild of America and its fighting for authorial intent; dramatists’ rights and responsibilities; and other vital information to open your eyes to career tools essential for taking control of your development as a theatre artist.
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Stop. by registration to vote for your favorite poster! Voting closes Saturday at noon!
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The main purpose for this workshop is to open a new medium for students who may be interested in visual creation for any production that calls for it.
Beginning with the simple act of tossing an imaginary ball in a circle, over the course of an hour we will transform this space object, exploring the multitude of possibilities that exist in our collective imaginations.
This lecture-demo delves deeply into the spirituals, the improvised secret folk chants of enslaved African Americans. As no recordings of these rituals exist, we cannot know for certain how the spirituals originally were sung.
This will be a discussion for faculty and student designers on how to shift their design process to make accommodations for performers with invisible disabilities, especially autism and other neurodivergent identities.
In this 90-minute workshop, participants will work from sides from the 1623 First Folio printing to discover the cues and clues the playwright left to help them perform his plays without rehearsal.
This workshop will introduce the foundational process of 3D printing, from creating a virtual 3D object file to printing it out. Participants are highly recommended to bring their laptops.
The final presentations of the Directing Cohort. These performances are open to all!
Production Response for The Thanksgiving Play from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A showcase of scenes invited through the production response process as well as costume and prop design and technology! No tickets needed.
For NPP Selected Playwrights only
Response sessions for the final round of SDC Scenes
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Production Response for The Inseparables from University of Pittsburgh
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
In this workshop students will explore concepts of communion and reciprocity between partners through writing and acting.
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
*Please bring your computer*
For this workshop, participants will learn how to use the FREE browser-based software "Pixlr" (by Autodesk) for Scenic/Costume/Lighting Design digital rendering...
In this 90-minute workshop, participants will work from sides from the 1623 First Folio printing to discover the cues and clues the playwright left to help them perform his plays without rehearsal.
simple geometrical masks. corrugated cardboard and masking tape are your supplies. simple to make, extremely effective on stage.
This workshop will equip you with a set of best practices for selecting the most appropriate text for your needs. Speaking a language in addition to English is not required for this workshop.
This workshop is for students/faculty interested in starting a USITT* Student Chapter** at their institutions and students and professionals with USITT memberships who want to exchange their knowledge and experience...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Celebration of the Week and handing out of program awards-- Awards for DTM, NPP, Dramaturgy, Poster, ASPIRE. Please allow participants in these categories to claim seats first then audience members can fill in the remainder.
7:15 PM - 8:15 PM
7:15 PM - 8:15 PM
A Celebration of the Week and handing out of program awards-- Awards for Ryans, MTI, SDC, Pressure Cooker, ITJA, and Volunteers.
Please allow participants in these categories to claim seats first then audience members can fill in the remainder.
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
One final party for the end of the week. Join DJ Ty Tansy and dance the night away with old and new friends.
Faculty and Guest Artist lounge- snacks and socializing, or just a place to separate from the crowd. Vue Room is on the 18th floor
