KCACTF Region 1 Conference 57: Full Schedule

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9:00am EST

Irene Ryan's Semi Final Response Holding Room

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

Philbrick

Ryan participants

Speakers

Christie Maturo

Professor of Theatre, Region 1 Vice Chair, Region 1 Ryan's Chair

Christie Maturo is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Central Connecticut State University where she teaches acting and directing. Christie has worked across the country as an actor, director, and producer. Most recently she worked with Undermain Theatre in Dallas and on the award-winning... Read More →

Justin Pesce

Irene Ryan Vice-Chair, KCACTF Region 1 Leasdership

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

Irene Ryans

12:00pm EST

NPP 10 Minute Play Rehearsal, Mumble Bumble

Friday January 31, 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Philbrick

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 12:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center

NPP

3:15pm EST

Exposing Invisible Labor in Theatre

Friday January 31, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST

Philbrick

General, open to all. How is technical theatre perceived on your campus? How many of your peers actually know what technical theatre is? How diverse and inclusive is the technical theatre program at your school? These are all questions I am exploring in my senior honors thesis project. My final project is study of the lighting design process, documenting each step as well as hosting a talkback after a show to discuss the process with audience members. I want to be able to talk to fellow students and educators before this project runs next Fall to gain differing perspectives of not just their lighting design area, but also what their technical theatre program is like. What are your experiences? How can we expose invisible labor? How can we change the conversation? How can we continue to make technical theatre a diverse and inclusive space not just for theatre majors, but everyone? I hope to create a space where we can discuss how to make technical theatre and lighting design a more exposed area and how to expand upon diversity and inclusion going forward. Come and share your experiences and perspectives!

Speakers

Jillian Martin

Eastern Connecticut State University

As a student currently studying technical theatre and lighting design, I am still learning how to contribute to the theatre field, especially in terms of diversity and inclusion. While I might not have a lot to share, what I do know is that I am one of the only women in the technical... Read More →

Friday January 31, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Philbrick Student Center

Workshop