KCACTF Region 1 Conference 57: Full Schedule

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11:00am EST

Incorporating intelligent lighting into your design

Saturday February 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm EST

General, open to all. With LED and moving lights on the rise it can be pretty daunting to incorporate them into an existing inventory of traditional fixtures. This workshop is designed to be an introduction to considerations for choosing and running intelligent lighting alongside traditional fixtures for the stage

Speakers

Margaret Swick

Production Manager/Lighting Designer, SUNY Plattsburgh

Margaret is the Production Manager and Lighting Designer for the SUNY Plattsburgh Theatre Department. A journeyman with IATSE 919, they bring over ten years of experience in lighting design, programming, and operations. Margaret combines technical expertise with creative vision to... Read More →

Saturday February 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm EST
LD 123 Davidson Hall

Workshop

12:30pm EST

Freedom to Play, NAAT for Students

Saturday February 1, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm EST

LD 123

General, open to all. How do we get out of our heads so we can fully play, and expansively listen and express ourselves? In this session, we will explore games and exercises that bring us into the moment and into connection, so that we free into our impulses and into the creative state of play. This workshop will include a mix of warm up games and structured improvisations that set the stage for scene work, and invite a sense of freedom and discovery when approaching auditions and performances,

Speakers

Nurit Monacelli

National Alliance of Acting Teachers

Nurit Monacelli teaches Acting, On Camera, Audition Technique and Movement for the Actor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Nurit Monacelli has also taught at NYU (Playwrights Horizons Theater School), Powerhouse Training Company at Vassar College, Montclair State University... Read More →

Saturday February 1, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm EST
LD 123 Davidson Hall

Workshop

2:15pm EST

The Ever-Shifting Landscape of Actor Training, NAAT for Faculty

Saturday February 1, 2025 2:15pm - 3:45pm EST

LD 123

Faculty Only. Join the National Alliance of Acting Teachers in a discussion about the challenges and strategies for training actors in today’s world. Learn about our programming and resources designed to support, inspire and connect you with a community of acting teachers across the country.

Speakers

Nurit Monacelli

National Alliance of Acting Teachers

Saturday February 1, 2025 2:15pm - 3:45pm EST
LD 123 Davidson Hall

Workshop

4:00pm EST

NPP Deliberations

Saturday February 1, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EST

LD 123

Deliberations, NPP Respondents

Speakers

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 →

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 →

Bridget O'Leary

NPP Respondent, Independent Artist

Bridget Kathleen O'Leary is a freelance director, dramaturg and theater educator. Since 2022 she has been the Director of New Play Development for Moonbox Productions where she curates and oversees the annual Boston New Works Festival. From 2008-2018 she served as the Associate artistic... Read More →

Jackie Rosenfeld

KCACTF National Exchange, KCACTF NPP National Member at Large

Jackie Rosenfeld is the KCACTF National Playwriting Program Member at Large and is the Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Pedagogy at East Texas A&M University where she leads the New Play Development Initiative. Her plays have been produced in Texas and Colorado as well as New... Read More →

TJ Young

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 →

Saturday February 1, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EST
LD 123 Davidson Hall

NPP

4:30pm EST

NPP 10 Minute Play Response

Saturday February 1, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EST

LD 123

Response, NPP participants

Speakers

NPP