Conference 2024 Schedule

Conference 2024 Schedule

Thursday, June 27, 2024

  • 11:00 am — 1:00 pm | Copaken Stage Lobby
    • Conference registration open
  • 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm | Copaken Stage
    • Welcome Plenary
  • 3:30 pm — 4:50 pm | Knowledge Center
    • "Cross Cultural Collaboration: An introduction & guided conversation for all" hosted by the LMDA BIPOC Affinity Group

Friday, June 28, 2024

  • 9:00 am — 10:00 am | Knowledge Center
    • "Italy at a Dramaturgical Crossroads: a Dramaturg's Unofficial Practices, Formation and Networking" Davide Cioffrese
    • "Dramaturging the Degree: MFAs at the Crossroads" Sarah Johnson
  • 10:20 am — 11:20 am | Knowledge Center
    • "New Paths & Methods: The Crossroads of Translation at Play On Shakespeare" Alex Vermillion
    • "Audience Crossroads of Theatre, Film and Live Music" Liana Irvine 
    • "Dramaturgs and Dancewrights: Exploring the nature and pedagogy of dance dramaturgy" Shelley Graham
  • 11:40 am — 12:40 pm | Copaken Stage
    • "Black Directors Panel: Cultural Crossroads Illuminated" Melonnie Walker of KC Melting Pot Theatre
  • 12:50 pm — 2:20 pm | Knowledge Center
    • “Regional” Lunch
  • 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm | Knowledge Center
    • "Archiving Dramaturgies: Collecting and Digitizing a Dramaturg’s Work as a Crossroads between Universities, Theatre, LMDA, and ATAP" LaRonika Thomas 
    • "Co-Writing the Future: Global Protections in the American New Works Development Market for Dramaturgs and Theatre Writers" Jordan Stovall 
    • "Design Basics for Artists: Meeting at the Crossroads of Aesthetics and Information" Suzi Elnaggar 
  • 3:50 pm — 4:50 pm | Knowledge Center
    • "A Literary Office Under Construction: Slow Down and Proceed with Care (Or, Playwrights Foundation, a Case Study)" Heather Helinsky 
    • "New Dramaturgy Tools in the New Play Exchange" Gwydion Suilebhan 
    • LMDA Canada
  • 5:30 pm — 7:00 pm | KC Melting Pot Theatre
    • "Hot Topics" Jane Barnette of KU
  • 7:00 pm | KC Melting Pot Theatre
    • Dramatists Guild + LMDA Mixer

Saturday, June 29, 2024

  • 9:00 am — 10:00 am | Knowledge Center
    • "KCACTF & the Regional Festival: Mentoring the Next Generation" Cat Gleason 
    • "Intimate Dramaturgies in a Post-Covid Theatre" Kate Mulley 
    • "Cross-Cultural Production Dramaturgy in Action: the ripple, the wave that carried me home and Wish You Were Here at Yale Repertory Theatre" Hannah Fennell Gellman 
  • 10:20 am — 11:20 am | Knowledge Center
    • "Growing Indigenous and Other Marginalized Dramatists" Hannah Ii-Epstein 
    • "Robots, Aliens and Deep Waters: Exploring the relationship between TYA and Science Fiction" Ashley Chodat 
    • "NPX Recommend-a-Thon: In Person and on Zoom!" Karen Jean Martinson & Dan Smith
  • 11:40 am — 12:40 pm | Copaken Stage
    • Interview with Dr. Felicia Hardison Londré
  • 12:50 pm — 1:50 pm | On Your Own
    • Lunch
  • 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm | Knowledge Center
    • "Dramaturgy Debut Panel"
    • "Potato Chip Dramaturgy" Lindsay Barr
    • "Meeting Grief at the Crossroads: Ritual Dramaturgy" Jen Shook
  • 3:20 pm — 4:50 pm | Copaken Stage
    • Annual General Meeting
  • 7:00 pm | The Rockhill Grille
    • Banquet

Note: The Copaken Stage and the Knowledge Center are both located in the same building (H&R Block Building). The Copaken Stage is on the main floor and the Knowledge Center is on the 2nd floor. KC Melting Pot Theatre is a different location, about a 10-minute drive, and The Rockhill Grille is 2 stops on the streetcar (also approx. 10 min.) 

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