KCACTF Region 1 Conference 57: Full Schedule

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9:00am EST

NPP - Schrodinger One Act Rehearsal

Friday January 31, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST

Founders

NPP Participants

Speakers

Cassie M. Seinuk

Vice chair npp, Region 1 Npp co-chair

Cassie M. Seinuk is a Jewish Cuban playwright, AEA Stage Manager, visual artist and educator in Boston, MA. Her play From the Deep has won multiple awards including The Pestalozzi New Play Prize, the Latinidad Playwrights Award at the Kennedy Center, and was a recipient of the Boston... Read More →

Shawna Mefferd Kelty

UP Next Play Respondent, KCACTF Region 1 NPP Co-Chair

Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty is a director, dramaturg, and chair of the Theatre Department at SUNY Plattsburgh (SDC Associate member and LMDA member). She teaches directing, dramatic lit (including Canadian Theatre, African American Dramas, and Contemporary Women Playwrights), history... Read More →

Friday January 31, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
Founders Davidson Hall

NPP

12:30pm EST

The Financially Savvy Starving Artist

Friday January 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:45pm EST

Founders

General, open to all. Expand your comfort zone about your financial future as an artist. Topics include: budgeting for gig income; expense plans for two-artist households, and “Shh, don’t tell anybody, but I want to own a home someday." A discussion for the absolutely terrified.

Speakers

J.J. Cobb

Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University

I'm an artist-educator, and a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

Friday January 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:45pm EST
Founders Davidson Hall

Workshop

2:00pm EST

Scenic Box Play

Friday January 31, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm EST

Founders

General, open to all. This interactive workshop will explore the perception of space, social schemas and shared representations, and the variations in Theatre based on differing levels of funding and resources. focusing on storytelling within a physical environment. Participants will be organized into groups and provided with prompts. Each group will then create a scene using the materials supplied and present their story to an audience through visual representation.

Speakers

Amy Sue Hazel

Assistant Professor, UMass Boston

I am a Scenic Designer, Scenic Artist and Properties artisan. I am the Professor of Scenic Design at UMass Boston.

Friday January 31, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm EST
Founders Davidson Hall

Workshop