Correy West was last seen on Broadway in Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. He made his Broadway debut in South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Subsequently, he performed in the Broadway production of Nice Work If You Can Get It at the Imperial Theatre alongside Matthew... Read More →
Dori is the Artistic Director and Director of Education for The Mass Arts Center in Mansfield MA. She holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory, an M.Ed. from Cambridge College, and an MA from Emerson College. She earned her Ph.D. in education through Lesley University. Dori brings... Read More →
J. Kathleen Castellanos (she/they) Kathleen is an active music director, vocal coach, and educator working throughout Boston and the greater New England area; her career has taken her throughout North America, as well as Germany and Austria. Kathleen is a proud member of the performing... Read More →
Kathryn Krull,Musical Director, Vocal Director, Conductor, Performer, and Pianist Kathryn Krull Music Directing over 15 years; has appeared in circuses, cruise ships, and stages as a performer and musician, but identifies as a pianist, clown, and collaborator. BA in Music and Theatre... Read More →
Pianist and music director Jillian Zack has enjoyed a diverse and exciting series of collaborations. From making her Broadway stage debut as the Organist in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird to being a finalist in London’s Wigmore Hall Song Competition... Read More →
Tuesday January 28, 2025 6:00pm - 6:45pm EST
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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Correy West was last seen on Broadway in Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. He made his Broadway debut in South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Subsequently, he performed in the Broadway production of Nice Work If You Can Get It at the Imperial Theatre alongside Matthew... Read More →
Dori is the Artistic Director and Director of Education for The Mass Arts Center in Mansfield MA. She holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory, an M.Ed. from Cambridge College, and an MA from Emerson College. She earned her Ph.D. in education through Lesley University. Dori brings... Read More →
J. Kathleen Castellanos (she/they) Kathleen is an active music director, vocal coach, and educator working throughout Boston and the greater New England area; her career has taken her throughout North America, as well as Germany and Austria. Kathleen is a proud member of the performing... Read More →
Kathryn Krull,Musical Director, Vocal Director, Conductor, Performer, and Pianist Kathryn Krull Music Directing over 15 years; has appeared in circuses, cruise ships, and stages as a performer and musician, but identifies as a pianist, clown, and collaborator. BA in Music and Theatre... Read More →
Pianist and music director Jillian Zack has enjoyed a diverse and exciting series of collaborations. From making her Broadway stage debut as the Organist in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird to being a finalist in London’s Wigmore Hall Song Competition... Read More →
Wednesday January 29, 2025 2:00pm - 6:00pm EST
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KCACTF Regional Exchange, KCACTF Region 2 RED Chair
Anjalee Deshpande Hutchinson teaches at Bucknell University where in 2019 she received the Bucknell Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence and in 2022 received the Bucknell Diversity and Inclusion Award. A graduate of the MFA directing program at Northwestern University, Anjalee... Read More →
General, open to all. A comprehensive look at adaptation across genres using different forms of primary texts to study how to create successful adaptations. This course will combine reading and watching of existing adaptations, and writing assignments where students are able to practice and develop their own adaptations. This class will ask you to look at source material in a new way, sometimes challenging the faults of the material from its time and place in History, and finding ways to explore new relationships to the story through adaptation. There will be a writing exercise at the end of class, please bring a laptop or writing instruments.
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 →
Thursday January 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:45pm EST
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General, open to all. How might one integrate Play into their process to further collaboration and bolster creativity for an authentic community? B4TheOther believes Play is the process of becoming. This is a on your feet somatic exploration into the unknown world of Play. In this workshop players will be guided through light theater/clown games, written exercises, and discussion that blends observation, reflection, and bubble popping questions. Please be prepared to move, get messy, and to gain a new sense of community!
B4 The Other Creations Co-Founder, B4 The Other Creations
Malia’Kekia Nicolini (‘O ia/she/they) is kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian), they received their inoa (name) traditionally from an inoa po (mothers dream) that held both an inoa ho’ailona (symbol) and their inoa ulaleo (ancestors voice). Malia’Kekia is an internationally... Read More →
Thursday January 30, 2025 1:45pm - 3:15pm EST
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General, open to all. Want to make more creative character voices? Wondering how the new Nosferatu makes those sounds without wrecking his voice? In this practical and playful voice workshop, you get experiences with the physiology of breath opening and the essential coordination of healthy breath support–for expressive characters and transformations. You can apply these tools to speaking or singing. The exercises weave together methods from Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Alexander work, and Chuck Jones’s resonance exercises. If possible, dress for movement/comfort and bring a yoga mat, towel, or blanket if you’d like to use it for floor or seated activities. Participants of all abilities will be offered multiple ways to engage in the exercises and discussion fully.
Ginger Eckert’s vocal coaching and teaching features all the sounds and vocal dynamics of global languages, with the goal to arrive at communication that is honest, expansive, inclusive, accessible, and culturally-sustaining for each person. She currently brings her experience as... Read More →
Thursday January 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:45pm EST
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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 →
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
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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.
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.
General, open to all. As directors working with actors, we can often be frustrated. Actors don’t get what we’re trying to tell them, they don’t take initiative, or they just seem to be going down a different road. As actors working with directors, we can also feel frustration. Actors, too, can feel like a director doesn’t understand what they are trying to do, or that they are getting direction that doesn’t help. The problem often lies in how we communicate and whether or not we are listening. This workshop will focus on better communication and listening to create a more productive rehearsal.
Adam Zahler is a professional director (SDC) who has worked in many theaters in the Boston area, as well as in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, and Virginia. Internationally his work has been seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and he directed the first American production to appear... Read More →
Saturday February 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm EST
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General, open to all. We will discuss and put into practice various approaches to building theatrical moments that create healthy, fruitful, and inspiring relationship between actors and directors. The workshop will attempt to dismantle the traditional hierarchy of the powerful director and the compliant actor, in favor of creating a more equitable and inclusive rehearsal environment in which true collaboration between actors and directors as equal artistic contributors may be fostered.
General, open to all. Over the years working with actors, I've created a "Road Map" of different tools for actors and directors to unpack heightened language so that it's specific, clear, and personal. Using a Juliet speech from R & J, I work with the participants on unlocking each piece of the text to make it accessible for themselves, their scene partner(s), and ultimately the audience. Great for actors and directors, this workshop demystifies challenging texts in a way that's fun, collaborative, and empowering. The tools they take from this session can be applied not only to Shakespeare, but any text that requires the performer and director to embrace complicated thoughts and ideas, from Caryl Churchill to August Wilson.
Hello! I'm the Artistic Director of Peterborough Players in New Hampshire, one of the oldest summer theaters in the country. We produce 5 shows a season, and our staff includes a Core Company made up of early career artists in administration, tech and design.I'm also a freelance director... Read More →
Saturday February 1, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm EST
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