KCACTF Regional Exchange, KCACTF Region 2 NPP Chair
TJ Young is a Texas-born playwright and dramaturg based in Pittsburgh, where he serves as co-representative for the Dramatists Guild - Pittsburgh region. His plays include WE FLY, The Inseparables (Pittsburgh Public Theatre Commission), Isle of Noises (James Madison University Commission... Read More →
Friday January 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EST
FA 127Maloney Hall
General, open to all. This workshop will be a practical hands-on workshop working with materials for participants to create and implement a design, reusing and repurposing materials around us. We are living in a time with packaging, by-products and waste created from many areas of production that we can save, reuse, repurpose to create new creations for the stage. This workshop is a time to explore those options and expand that access to creative shared ideas. All materials will be supplied.
Assistant Professor of Design, St. Lawrence University
My background in technical theatre, design, and academic reaches back over 20 years. Frequently, I have worked with regional equity theatres, and opera companies in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and West Coast, where our remote location for production required a direct need to economize... Read More →
Friday January 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm EST
FA 127Maloney Hall
General, open to all. "Playwright and Actor Sadie Chamberlain, Saint Michael's College (SMC) class of '25, will share the origins of and inspiration for her play ""A Taste of Freedom"" which explores her lived experiences as a person with Cerebral Palsy. Set within a mystical Celtic landscape, “A Taste of Freedom” uses the power of the human imagination to explore the internal complexities of life as a person with a disability.
The play recently served as the Fall Mainstage production at SMC with Chamberlain playing the protagonist, The Maiden, who escapes her physical limits by hiring a surrogate, The Siren, to act in her stead. The Siren seduces The Highlander, who is somewhere between a Lumberjack and a Disney Prince. The Maiden watches from a control booth, providing special effects; but she can't resist intervening and is eventually ""outed"" and reluctantly drawn into the action herself...
Chamberlain will detail the origins of the play, which began as a coping method, and the way the play evolved during two years of rewrites. Professor Peter Harrigan, who served as Advisor and Director, will share comments, and introduce a professionally-filmed 17 minute video sequence from the play. Both speakers will share audience responses to the play, and speak about the importance of representation and advocacy, and allow time for Q&A.
If you would like more information about the play, please see the following links:
