Loading…

to bookmark your favorites and sync them to your phone or calendar.
Venue: Philbrick clear filter
Tuesday, January 28
 

9:00pm EST

National Playwriting Program (NPP) Kickoff
Tuesday January 28, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EST
Philbrick
Kickoff, NPP participants
Speakers
avatar for Shawna Mefferd Kelty

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 →
CM

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 →
Tuesday January 28, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  NPP
 
Wednesday, January 29
 

9:00am EST

NPP Auditions
Wednesday January 29, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
Philbrick
NPP Participants
Speakers
CM

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 →
avatar for Shawna Mefferd Kelty

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 →
Wednesday January 29, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  NPP

12:00pm EST

Irene Ryan's Preliminary Response AM Green Group
Wednesday January 29, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EST
Philbrick
Ryan participants
Speakers
avatar for Christie Maturo

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 →
avatar for Justin Pesce

Justin Pesce

Irene Ryan Vice-Chair, KCACTF Region 1 Leasdership
Wednesday January 29, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  Irene Ryans

2:30pm EST

Irene Ryan's Preliminary Response PM Green Group
Wednesday January 29, 2025 2:30pm - 4:30pm EST
Philbrick
Ryan participants
Speakers
avatar for Christie Maturo

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 →
avatar for Justin Pesce

Justin Pesce

Irene Ryan Vice-Chair, KCACTF Region 1 Leasdership
Wednesday January 29, 2025 2:30pm - 4:30pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  Irene Ryans

4:30pm EST

NPP Up Next Play 10 Minute Play Response
Wednesday January 29, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EST
Philbrick
NPP participants
Speakers
avatar for Shawna Mefferd Kelty

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 →
CM

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 →
BO

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 →
avatar for Jackie Rosenfeld

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 →
avatar for TJ Young

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 →
Wednesday January 29, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  NPP
 
Thursday, January 30
 

9:00am EST

NPP 10 Minute Play Rehearsal, Mumble Bumble
Thursday January 30, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
Philbrick
NPP participants
Speakers
CM

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 →
avatar for Shawna Mefferd Kelty

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 →
Thursday January 30, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  NPP

12:30pm EST

Boundaries: Consent and Respect in the Costume Fitting Room
Thursday January 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:45pm EST
Philbrick
General, open to all. This workshop is designed for both performers and costume technicians/designers to consider the ways we interact when taking measurements and performing costume fittings. Through discussion and role play, we will consider what it means to be respectful of boundaries and differences when working with our bodies to create safe spaces for all to do their work in a meaningful, productive manner.
Speakers
TC

Tamara Cooper

St. Lawrence University
I have been working in costume design and as a shop manager for 20 years. I started as a performer, but fell in love with costuming when my high school drama teacher let me design Sweeney Todd. I love working with students and feel so fortunate to be able to collaborate with them... Read More →
Thursday January 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:45pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  Workshop

2:30pm EST

NPP Bake-Off 2
Thursday January 30, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Philbrick
NPP Participants
Speakers
CM

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 →
avatar for Shawna Mefferd Kelty

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 →
Thursday January 30, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  NPP
 
Friday, January 31
 

9:00am EST

Irene Ryan's Semi Final Response Holding Room
Friday January 31, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EST
Philbrick
Ryan participants
Speakers
avatar for Christie Maturo

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 →
avatar for Justin Pesce

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
CM

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 →
avatar for Shawna Mefferd Kelty

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
JM

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
 
Saturday, February 1
 

9:00am EST

Defining the World of the Play
Saturday February 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EST
Philbrick
General, open to all. Designers create the tangible elements of design. But how do we approach and describe the world of the play from the perspective of a playwright or a director? How can we participate in world building without being heavy handed with how talk about, think about and work towards a 3 dimensional representation that the play exists in. Students participating in this workshop are asked to bring in some adjectives that describe what it feels like to live where they are from without being literal. For instance – I am from New Hampshire and it feels crisp with a slight coolness to the air. I hear crushed leaves and smell cut grass. It is quiet except for the sound of cars intermittently passing by on the surrounding, distant roads. I can feel my lungs fill with clean, cold air. It feels vast and also full of nature and trees. We will read a short 10-minute play and participants will work in groups to create a vision/image/mood board that describes the elements of the world. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or some kind of device that allows them to search for images or music.
Speakers
BO

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 →
Saturday February 1, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EST
Philbrick Student Center
  Workshop

2:30pm EST

Irene Ryan's Final Response Holding Room
Saturday February 1, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Philbrick
Ryan participants
Speakers
avatar for Christie Maturo

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 →
avatar for Justin Pesce

Justin Pesce

Irene Ryan Vice-Chair, KCACTF Region 1 Leasdership
Saturday February 1, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Philbrick Student Center
  Irene Ryans
 
Share Modal

Share this link via

Or copy link

Filter sessions
Apply filters to sessions.
Monday, January 27
Tuesday, January 28
Wednesday, January 29
Thursday, January 30
Friday, January 31
Saturday, February 1
105
1849 Room
Alumni Hall
Alumni Loft
Bellin
Blue & White
Camp
Carlton
Clock Tower
Connecticut Room
Constitution
Dance 101
Dance 102
Dance 103
EB 208
FA 019
FA 109
FA 114
FA 127
Founders
HB 101
HW 007
HW 008
HW 009
HW 107
LD 123
Lobby
Lot ML
Marcus White Living Room
Philbrick
Rm 208
Semesters
Sheraton Hotel
Sprague
Torp Theatre
VAC 106
Welte Auditorium
  • Arts Admin
  • ASPIRE
  • Closing Party
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • DTM
  • DTM Vendors
  • Faculty
  • Faculty/Respondent Training
  • Festival Guest/Presenters
  • Festival Guests
  • Food
  • General
  • Invited Production
  • Irene Ryan Participants
  • Irene Ryans
  • ITJA
  • ITJA Workshop
  • KCACTF Leadership Meeting
  • MTSA
  • NPP
  • Performance
  • RED
  • Rehearsal
  • Responder Training
  • SDC
  • Workshop
  • Popular