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.)