Festival Forty-Three & New West Drama Conference

February 14-18, 2011 Humboldt State University Arcata, CA

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund; and the National Committee for the Performing Arts.

It is a pleasure for Humboldt to host the Region VII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Humboldt State (HSU) is nearing its centennial having been founded in 1913. We have a number of academic strengths at HSU but our performing and visual arts are among the strongest. For a university and community of our size, we are fortunate to have both community and university groups that provide a range of theatre performances. You will have the opportunity to watch Dell' Arte International that is based in a community close to Arcata. I also encourage you to take advantage of the beautiful natural environments that we are fortunate to live among. The university has a wonderful marine laboratory (570 Ewing Street, Trinidad) that welcomes guests. It is located in the beautiful little town of Trinidad just a few miles north of our airport. Take a walk in the wonderful redwood forest behind (East) of the university campus or go to the top of our Social and Behavioral Sciences building and walk to the West end and find one of the balconies for a great view of Humboldt Bay. Also take advantage of the many good restaurants and shopping that we have in Arcata. My colleagues and I wish you a wonderful festival and thank you for bringing such good theatre presentations to our area.

President Rollin Richmond Humboldt State University

On behalf of the students, staff and faculty of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Humboldt State University, I would like to welcome you to our campus. Given our somewhat challenging location, it is not an everyday occurrence that we have the opportunity to host an event like the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region VII conference. There is an exciting line up of plays, workshops and speakers, including a performance by our local treasure, Dell‟ Arte International. I hope you enjoy your stay at Humboldt State and our surrounding beautiful natural environment.

Dr. Kenneth P. Ayoob, Interim Dean College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Hundreds of people have traveled thousands of miles to celebrate the magic of live theatre. Even in this age of 3D movies and cell phone video, KCACTF is committed to mentoring new artists to continue making theatre an integral part of being human, of being alive. We hope your experience here at Humboldt will be inspiring, enlightening and memorable. The HSU Department of Theatre, Film & Dance is excited to be your host, and we're eager to help you make the most of this week's adventure.

Margaret Kelso, Chair Department of Theatre, Film & Dance

It is hard to believe that this is only the second year we have been with Region VII! I hope that you all will have some time, in addition to the fantastic line-up of invited productions, tremendous workshop offerings, and festival events to enjoy the natural beauty that the north coast has to offer. Take a lunch time stroll a few blocks east and walk through the campus Redwood forest, browse through the local shops and eateries on the plaza just down the hill, and find a few moments to visit our beautiful beaches. Enjoy Humboldt – it‟s a unique place and we are happy to share our home with you!

Rae Robison, Festival Coordinator Vice-Chair of Design, Technology & Management

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A very warm welcome to all students, faculty and guests to our Region 7 Festival here on the beautiful campus of Humboldt State University! Many thanks to the wonderful and committed faculty, staff, and student volunteers from HSU

An exciting week is ahead for all, as we gather to celebrate the work of our best and brightest collegiate theatre artists, and that of our peers. We‟re so pleased you could make the trip and share in the celebration that is KCACTF and NWDC. We look forward to rekindling old friendships, meeting new colleagues, and acknowledging the accomplishments of both students and peers over the course of the past year. With an exciting array of workshops, guests from across the country, and a diverse schedule of invited and showcase productions, we‟re sure there is something for everyone! I sincerely hope during this busy week you can find just a moment to congratulate a student, catch up with a colleague, engage in exciting discussion/debate, or simply revel in the theatrical community that is formed when we come together each year.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, DO GOOD WORK, AND ENJOY!

Leigh Selting Chair, KCACTF Region 7 Professor and Chair Department of Theatre and Dance University of Wyoming

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New West Drama Conference Welcomes YOU!

Welcome to the 2011 New West Drama Conference (NWDC) and the KC/ACTF Region VII Festival. The NWDC is pleased to participate in this amazing celebration of theatre and invites you to participate to fullest; make new connections, learn more about your art, and celebrate the artist in each and every one of us. Some of you may be new to the Region, or simply unaware of what the NWDC is, so I would like to (re)introduce ourselves to you.

The NWDC (originally North West Drama Conference) was founded 70 years ago as a regional organization dedicated to the promotion of shared learning among theatre faculty and students of Oregon and Washington. Through the years annual conferences were held, regional programming and scholarship grew, and a relationship was forged with KC/ACTF as we continued to expand in many meaningful ways. The NWDC now represents all of Region VII: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Northern Nevada and Northern California.

The New West Drama Conference is held in conjunction with the Regional KC/ACT-Festival, enhancing the fine programming of Region VII, and celebrating the work of student and faculty theatre scholars and artists in numerous ways:

• Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition • Playwriting Award given in conjunction with Northwest Playwrights Alliance • Sponsorship of the late night Student Party on Wednesday • Design Awards for paper projects and realized designs • The Western States Theatre Review • NEW WEST NEWS: a faculty email newsletter • Hosted LUNCH Meeting for ALL faculty Tuesday at Noon • Co-sponsor of Thursdays “Meet and Greet” for theatre students and school reps

The NWDC is always looking for opportunities to improve the quality of your experience at the festival. We are dedicated to the enhancement of theatre education and scholarship throughout the region, and we are hoping to connect with you. Please introduce yourself to one of us, let us know how your experience at the conference is going, and feel free to bring us ideas that will make this already extremely talented region even better. We look forward to connecting with you.

Sincerely,

Patrick Dizney, President

Ron Campbell, Vice President; Tammi Doyle, Outreach Director; Alicia Bickley, Treasurer, George Caldwell, editor of the Western States Theatre Review

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2011 Region VII Festival Productions:

Monday February 14 Tuesday February 15 Angels in America: Xtigone Millennium Approaches by Nambi E. Kelley by Tony Kushner directed by Darryl Jones directed by Reid Davis California State University-East Bay Saint Mary's College of California

Wednesday February 16 Thursday February 17 The Time Machine: Love Among the Up Eloi by Bridget Carpenter by Edward Mast directed by Christopher Duval directed by Tom Blank University of Idaho Ohlone College

2011 Region VII Alternate Productions:

Sera Anon(ymous) By Angela Santillo By Naomi Iizuka Directed by Rebecca Engle Directed by Leira Satlof Saint Mary's College of California Santa Rosa Junior College

2011 Invited New Play Readings:

Sera Strange Attractors By Angela Santillo By Mattie Rydalch Directed by Rebecca Engle Directed by Kathy Simpson Saint Mary‟s College of California University of Idaho

National Playwriting Program Selected Plays 2011 One Act Plays:

Stories from Nanjing Seven Snakes Savage and Strawberry By Jesse Mu-En Shao By Nathaniel Peterson By Cassidy Slaughter-Mason Washington State University Washington State University University of Oregon

It Happened at Mickey's Waiting Games Astral By Conor Eifler By Thomas Newby By Alexis Schaetzle University of Portland College of Idaho University of Oregon

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NPP Region VII Nominations for the David Mark Cohen Award:

Strange Attractors by Mattie Roquel Rydalch ~ Produced by the University of Idaho Sera by Angela Santillo ~ Produced by the St. Mary's College of California NPP Invited Respondents:

Roger Hall, KCACTF National NPP Chair, James Madison University David Blakely, KCACTF Region VI NPP Chair, Rogers State University Rob Urbinati, Director of New Play Development, Queens Theatre in the Park

NPP Region VII Selection Committee for David Mark Cohen Full Length, John Cauble One Acts & Ten Minute Plays: Jim Anderson, David Blakely, Timothy Bohn, Leonard Madrid, Megan Monahan, Ken Robbins, James Winter, Michael Wright

National Playwriting Program Selected Plays 2011 Ten Minute Plays:

11-80 The Ballad of 423 and 424 by Roland Carette-Meyers by Nicholas Pappas Western Washington University San Francisco State University

Moscow Ophelia, Fragments of Her by Lojo Simon by Mario Mendoza University of Idaho San Francisco State University

Playground Confidential Sweet Mother of God by Brian Harthorne by Kristen Mack Western Washington University Humboldt State University

Region VII Ten Minute Plays Guest Faculty Directors:

Alicia Bickley - Yakima Valley Community College; Jason Pasqua-Laramie County Community College; Joe Golden - College of Idaho; Janet Gupton - Linfield College; Mark Kuntz - Western Washington University; David Lee-Painter - University of Idaho

New West Drama Conference/Northwest Playwrights Alliance New Play Competition Winner and Invited Reading:

Birds of Paradise by Adam Harrell University of Idaho

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New West Drama Conference/Northwest Playwrights Alliance New Play Competition Selection Committee:

Nick Stokes, Tim Hoban, John Ned New West Drama Conference Scholarly Papers Competition:

The New West Drama Conference is pleased to announce the winners of the NWDC Scholarly Paper Competition. From many fine submissions the following have been selected:

Undergraduate Student Grace Beckett - Linfield College, for “Medea and Lady Macbeth: Control in Madness and Strength”

Graduate Student Kato Buss - University of Oregon, for “Performance on the Plains: Staging the Great Sioux War in Buffalo Bill‟s Red Right Hand, 1876”

Honorable Mention - Graduate Student Lauren Simon - University of Idaho, for “Churchill, Wertenbaker and Carr Explore the Relationship Between Silence and Violence in Female Characters”

Design, Technology and Management Expo Invited Respondents:

Karen Anselm - National Design Chair, Bloomsburg University Annie Cleveland – USA Costume Designer R. Jay Duckworth - USITT Keynote, Professional Proptologist Kerro Knox – Region III Chair, Oakland University, Detroit Ryan Parham (S.P.A.M.), American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco John Paul – Region V DTM Chair, Minnesota State University in Mankato Catherine Wallis, Professional Stage Manager

Society of Directors and Choreographers Invited Respondents:

Gregg Henry - Artistic Director, KCACTF Amy Feinberg - University of the Arts; Producing Artistic Director, The Hypothetical Theatre Company Tom Mitchell - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2011 Region VII Faculty Excellence Certificates of Recognition:

Directing: John Schmor – University of Oregon Scenic Design: Casey Kearns – University of Wyoming University Scholar: Andrew Ryder - Seattle Pacific University

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2011 KCACTF National Committee:

Vice President, Education: Artistic Director, KCACTF: Producing Director, KCACTF: Darrell M. Ayers Gregg Henry Susan Shaffer

National Chair: National Vice Chair: Immediate Past National Dr. Harry Parker, Rebecca Hilliker, Chair and ATHE Liaison: Department of Theatre, TCU Department of Theatre and Mark Kuntz, Dance, University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance, Western Washington University Member at Large: Member at Large: Member at Large: Maggie Lally, Steve Reynolds, Debra Bergsma Otte, Adelphi University Wittenberg College School of Visual and Performing Arts, Long Island University

National Chair, Design and National Vice Chair, Design USITT Representative: Technologies: and Technologies: Holly Monsos, Karen Anselm, Gweneth West, Vice President for Members, Bloomsburg University University of Virginia Sections and Chapters, University of Toledo

NPP National Vice Chair: National Partners of Georgia McGill, American Theatre: City University of New York Jere Wade

2011 Region VII Executive Committee & Planning Board:

Leigh Selting Kelly Quinnett Patrick Dizney Region VII Chair Region VII Vice Chair NWDC President University of Wyoming University of Idaho Western Washington University

Joseph Gilg Nancy Lee-Painter Rhett Luedtke NPP Playwriting Chair NPP Playwriting Vice Chair SDC Directing Coordinator University of Oregon Lewis-Clark State College George Fox University

John Hill Rae Robison Michael Phillips Design & Tech Chair Design & Tech Vice Chair Regional Dramaturgy Chair Front Range Community Humboldt State University National Critic's Institute Chair College Western Oregon University

Jerry Dougherty Scott Robinson Mindi Logan Scheduling Czar Chief Financial Officer Region VII Immediate Past Central Washington University Central Washington University Chair University of Portland Ronn Campbell Regional Webmaster Columbia Basin College

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New West Drama Conference Governing Board: Patrick Dizney, President - Western Washington University Ronn Campbell, Vice-President, Columbia Basin College Alicia Bickley, Treasurer – Yakima Valley Community College George Caldwell, Managing Editor, Western States Theatre Review - Oregon State University Tammi Doyle, Outreach Director - Bellevue College

2011 KCACTF National Selection Team:

Bryan Willis, Tom Mitchell, Debra Bergsma Otte, Playwright-in-Residence, University of Illinois at Urbana- Montclair State University Northwest Playwrights Alliance Champaign at Seattle Repertory Theater

2011 Region VII Selection Team: George Caldwell – Oregon State University Ronn Campbell- Columbia Basin College Reid Davis – St. Mary‟s College of California Patrick Dizney – Western Washington University Pamela Downs - American River College Tammis Doyle – Bellevue College Joseph Gilg – University of Oregon Joe Golden – Albertson College John Hill- Front Range Community College Nancy Lee-Painter - Lewis-Clark State College Rhett Luedtke – George Fox University Mindi Logan – University of Portland Eric Prince – Colorado State University Scott Robinson – Central Washington University Leigh Selting – University of Wyoming Michael Smith – Central Washington University Bill Wolak – Professor Emeritus, University of the Pacific Michele Felton - California State University-Sacramento Rob Gander - University of Nevada-Reno Rae Robison - Humboldt State University Ed Trujillo - Diablo Valley College Kelly Quinnett - University of Idaho Rebecca Hilliker - University of Wyoming

2011 DTM Expo Omega Force & Load-in Respondents: Mallory Anderson – Columbia Basin College Ronn Campbell – Columbia Basin College Jerry Dougherty - Central Washington University Kent Homchick – University of Colorado - Denver Adam Mendelson - University of Wyoming Dean Panttaja - University of Idaho Rae Robison - Humboldt State University Dan Schindler - Cal State - Chico Robert Vaughn - Linfield College

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2011 Region VII Festival Ticket Information:

Your conference badge is your ticket to all performances, workshops and parties so be sure to wear it at all times. All participating performances will be held in the John Van Duzer Theatre in the Theatre Arts Building on the Humboldt State campus. There are 862 seats available in the JVD Proscenium Theatre, and 135 seats in the Gist Hall Theatre. First come, first serve. There will be 1 performance of each festival production, at 7:30 pm.

Student Hospitality Events:

Monday Tuesday Welcome Party Improv Night Welcome all students of our Come and join Improv teams from across our KCACTF Region to Humboldt State! Region for improvisation and fun! Hosted by KCACTF Region VII Announcement of Ryan Semi-Finals. Kate Buchannan Room Gist Hall Theatre University Center, UC 225

Wednesday Thursday Student Party Tech Olympics "Humboldt Hoe Down" with Wet Fez Come cheer on your favorite tech team Live music with a local theme; Think “Oh as they compete for the team trophy! Brother Where Art Thou meets Woodstock in a Announcement of Ryan Finals. trailer park – COSTUME PRIZES! Open to all Hosted by USITT's Northwest Section ages; drinks, nibbles and music provided. No Kate Buchannan Room cover. University Center, UC 225 Hosted by: Alpha Psi Omega Sponsored by: New West Drama Conference Kate Buchannan Room University Center, UC 225

Friday Closing Night Party Join your colleagues and peers following the awards ceremony and celebrate our week of communal theatre in Region VII! Hosted by KCACTF Region VII Location – It’s a surprise……

Faculty Hospitality: Held in the Hampton Inn, Main Lobby; Monday-Friday, following the festival production performance. Open to all faculty, staff and Special Guests. Closed to Students.

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Humboldt State University Information:

This year's festival activities are held around the Humboldt State University campus. The participating productions are featured in the John Van Duzer Theatre in the Theatre Arts Building each evening at 7:30 PM. Festival Workshops are in five centrally located buildings in the heart of the campus; Nelson Hall, Gist Hall, Theatre Arts, the University Center, and Behavioral and Social Sciences. Festival information is available in the JVD Theatre Lobby.

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Tech Olympics Description and Rules:

The Northwest Section of USITT invites you to participate in the annual Technical Olympics! The Tech Olympics are designed to test and show the abilities of technical students from Region VII. Teams of five students are encouraged to compete for their school‟s glory and the perpetual trophy. Events are available for carpenters, costumers, stage managers, and electricians. Participation can be on an individual or team basis. Each school that wishes to build a team should include carpenters, costumers, stage managers, and electricians. Events will be:

Quick Change Task: Correctly dress an actor in a period costume. Condition: Given an actor and a variety of costume pieces. Standard: The costume changes year to year and therefore the participant must be prepared to change the actor into any arrangement of clothing.

Tape a Floor Plan Task: Accurately tape out a floor plan in full scale. Condition: With the help of a silent assistant and given a floor plan, scale rule, pencil, two tape measures, spike tape, and designated area. Standard: In less than five minutes, tape out a given section of floor plan in a designated 4‟x8‟ area to within a 1” margin of error. Contestants will be timed up to five minutes. The complete floor plan consists of four elements; wall a, wall b, door, and step.

Hang and Focus Task: Hang and focus a lighting instrument with both a gel and gobo. Condition: Given a wrench, instrument with safety cable, gel and frame, gobo and holder, cable, tripod or boom, and marked area on the wall. Standard: Contestants will perform the following tasks; hang the instrument on the pipe. engage the safety wire, tighten the unit, focus instrument – the beams must be on the inside edges of the tape target, tighten all clamps and screws, drop gel into holder, place gobo in holder, and drop gobo in slot.

Sound System Event Task: Set up a sound system that can play back a sound and able has a fully functional microphone. Condition: Given a variety of functioning components and all necessary cables. Standard: Contestants will set up a mixing board and amp (or powered speakers), connect speakers to the amp/mixer, connect the CD player or laptop to the mixer, play a sound effect from the CD player or laptop, connect the microphone to the mixer, and test the microphone.

Knot Tying Task: Tie five knots (bowline, clove hitch, sheet bend, sheepshank, and Sunday/prusik) Condition: Given seven lengths of various ropes and an object to tie around. Standard: Contestants will tie and dress all proscribed knots consistent with the illustrations in the Paul Carter‟s Backstage Handbook in the fastest time. The bowline will be tied around a closed object (like a yolk, pipe, or pear ring). The clove hitch will be tied to a pipe. The Sunday will be tied to a length of oversized line with a wire rope sling.

Thimble and Crosby Event Task: Correctly terminate the end of a length of 1/8” wire rope utilizing a thimble and wire rope clips. Condition: Given a length of wire rope, thimble, two wire rope clips, nut driver, tape measure, and Crosby User’s Guide Theatrical Stage Rigging. Standard: Contestants will be timed to correctly terminate the end of a piece of wire rope. Clips will be connected on the wire rope in the proper order, proper direction, and with the proper turnback length, as outlined in Paul Carter‟s Backstage Handbook and the Crosby User’s Guide Theatrical Stage Rigging.

Mystery Event: The final event is the team event: it will be a team event and require your team to work together to win, but what the event is will remain a mystery until the night of the Tech Olympics.

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2010 Conference Schedule

Workshop Descriptions, VIPs, Guests and Presenter Bios follow the daily schedule.

Sunday, February 13

5:00-9:00 pm Conference Registration Hampton Inn All Irene Ryan Nominees and Partners need to register for the Conference Room Conference PRIOR to Monday morning‟s general meeting at 8:00 am

Monday, February 14

7:00 am-5:30 pm Load-in: Angels in America John Van Duzer Saint Mary's College of California Theatre

8:00 am-5:00 pm Conference Registration John Van Duzer All Irene Ryan Nominees and Partners need to register for the Theatre Lobby Conference PRIOR to today‟s general meeting at 8:00 am.

8:00-9:00 am Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition General Meeting John Van Duzer Host: Kelly Quinnett Theatre Balcony Mandatory meeting for ALL nominees/partners.

Irene Ryan Auditors Organizational Meeting Gist Hall Host: Leigh Selting Room 2 Mandatory meeting for auditors, respondents and timekeepers.

9:00-10:00 am NPP Ten-Minute Play Organizational Meeting Nelson Hall Hosts: Joseph Gilg, Nancy Lee-Painter Room 106 All Ten-Minute Play playwrights, directors and faculty mentors. Discussion of the process and ground rules, to include auditions, casting, rehearsals & performances.

9:00 am-10:20 am Aiming For A Paradigm: A New Framework for Directing Nelson Hall Practice Room 116 Presenter: Tom Mitchell

Pool Noodle Swashbuckling Gist Hall Presenter: Christopher DuVal Room 2

Actors Instrument Gist Hall Presenter: Elizabeth Rothan Room 4

9:00 am-12:00 pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 1-3 Gist Hall Theatre Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area Room 219 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round. Host: Kelly Quinnett Auditors: Michael Legg, Shelly Elman, Dan LaRocque Respondents: Tamara Meneghini and John O'Hagan Timer: Ann Fajilan

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10:00 am-2:00 pm Design, Tech, Management Expo Goodwin Forum Design and Technology Institute Display Setup Nelson Hall Hosts: John Hill Room 102 All design participants are invited to deliver and install designs intended for design competition. All expo participants are invited to deliver and install their technical projects for competition. Categories include scenic painting, millinery, masks, props, rigging, armor, costume construction, etc.

10:30 am-11:50 NPP Ten-Minute Play Auditions Studio Theatre pm Host: Nancy Lee-Painter Theatre Arts Building Please prepare a 60 second monologue for the audition. Actors Room 115 who are cast can plan on rehearsals throughout the week and performance on Friday Morning.

How To Talk To Your Music Director Nelson Hall Presenters: Patrick Newell Room 113

Unarmed Combat Workshop Gist Hall Presenter: Kristen Mun Room 2

Intro to Acting Instructors Forum Gist Hall Presenter: Patrick Dizney Room 4

11:00 am-1:00 pm Arkley Tech Tour - The State-of-the-Art Theatre of the Arkley Theatre North Coast Eureka, CA Host: Rae Robison

12:00-1:30 pm Dell'Arte Workshop - Even a Genius Needs a Shower Native American Presenter: Joan Schirle Forum First in a series of four workshops presented by the faculty of Behavioral and Social Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Sciences Room 162

12:00-1:00 pm Ryan Auditors, Respondents & Timers Lunch Gist Hall Theatre

12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Break

1:00-5:00 pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 4-7 Gist Hall Theatre Host: Kelly Quinnett Room 219 Auditors: Michael Legg, Shelly Elman, Dan LaRocque Respondents: Alicia Bickley and Darryl Jones Timer: Suzie DuVal Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.

1:00-4:00 pm NPP Ten-Minute Play Auditions Studio Theatre Hosts: Nancy Lee-Painter Theatre Arts Building Please prepare a 60 second monologue for the audition. Actors Room 115 who are cast can plan on rehearsals throughout the week and performance on Friday Morning.

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1:30-2:30 pm Organization Meeting for John Cauble One-Act Plays Gist Hall Host: Joseph Gilg Room 4 Mandatory meeting for all one-act playwrights, directors, and mentors. 1:30-2:50 pm Learn to Splice Theatre Arts Presenter: Shaun Sorensen Scene Shop Room 103

National Critics Institute: Session 1 Nelson Hall Host: Michael Phillips Room 113 Presenters: Kamarie Chapman, William Kowinski Please Note: The Critic's Institute does not meet at the same time and place each day. Be sure to check the schedule.

The First Ten Minutes Gist Hall Presenter: Emily Peters Room 2

Beginning Boal Native American Presenter: Jean O'Hara Forum Behavioral and Social Sciences Room 162

2:00-4:00 pm Design, Tech, Management Expo Display Room Closed Goodwin Forum Session Lists posted by 5:00pm. Nelson Hall Room 102

3:00-4:00 pm Stage Management Expo Informational Meeting Nelson Hall All Stage Managers who are signed up in the DTM Expo must Room 106 attend this informational meeting. Host: Ronn Campbell

3:00 pm-4:20 pm Experiencing Period Style Gist Hall Presenter: Tamara Meneghini Room 2

Finding Face: Playwrights Unearthing Their Characters Gist Hall Presenter: Kamarie Chapman Room 4

Musical Theatre Dance Gist Hall Presenter: Linda Maxwell Room 102

Devising: The Making of Cheat Native American Presenter: Rich Brown Forum This session is part of a series of workshops for Festival 43 that Behavioral and Social focuses on the devising process. Sciences Room 162

4:00-5:00 pm NPP Ten-Minute Play Call Backs and Casting Studio Theatre Host: Nancy Lee-Painter Theatre Arts Building No additional preparation necessary. Actors who are cast can Room 115 plan on rehearsals throughout the week and performance on Friday morning.

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Design, Tech, Management Expo Meet and Greet Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall ALL Design & Technology students are invited, and Room 102 encouraged, to come and meet your design peers entered in the design Expo. It‟s a social thing, so don‟t stress; no judges allowed! Refreshments provided.

4:30-5:50 pm Commedia and Social Justice Gist Hall Presenter: Michael Fields Room 2

6:00-7:30 pm Dinner Break

7:00-10:00 pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 8- Gist Hall Theatre 10 Room 219 Host: Kelly Quinnett Auditors: Michael Legg, Shelly Elman, Dan LaRocque Respondents: Chris Will and Ann Hoste Timer: Patrick Newell Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.

7:30-10:00 pm Festival Production: Angels in America John Van Duzer Saint Mary's College of California Theatre

10:00 pm-1:00 am Load out: Angels in America John Van Duzer (or 1⁄2 hour after Theatre performance ends)

10:30 pm-1:00 am Welcome Party University Center (or 1⁄2 hour after All ages welcome. DJ provided. Kate Buchannan performance ends) Hosted by KCACTF Region VII Room

Faculty Hospitality Conference Room Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Closed to Hampton Inn students.

Tuesday, February 16

7:00 am-5:30 pm Load-in: Xtigone John Van Duzer California State University, East Bay Theatre

8:00-9:00 am SDC Directing Scenes Organizational Meeting Studio Theatre Host: Rhett Luedtke Theatre Arts Building A brief organizational meeting to go over the ground rules for Room 115 the event. After the preliminary meeting, participating students will have a very brief opportunity to familiarize themselves with the space.

8:15-9:00 am Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Round 11 Call Gist Hall Theatre Irene Ryan candidates and partners scheduled for Round 11 Room 219 must report to staging area at 8:15am.

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9:00 am-4:30 pm Conference Registration John Van Duzer Theatre Lobby

9:00 am-12:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Round One Studio Theatre Host: Rhett Luedtke Theatre Arts Building Guests: Amy Feinberg, Gregg Henry, and Tom Mitchell Room 115 Presentation of scenes from a pre-selected list of plays. This is a closed round open only to directing candidates and their instructors. Other than for the scene in which they are performing, actors are not allowed in the room. The respondents will react to the directors‟ work in front of the closed gathering of student directors.

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 11- Gist Hall Theatre 13 Room 219 Host: Kelly Quinnett Auditors: Michael Legg, Shelly Elman, Dan LaRocque Respondents: Ed Trujillo and John O'Hagan Timer: Ann Fajilan Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.

9:00-10:20 am KCACTF Response: Angels in America John Van Duzer Respondents: Kerro Knox and Emily Peters Theatre Lobby Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.

Make Your Own Cookie Costume Shop Presenter: Carrie Lawrence Theatre Arts Room 112

Musical Theatre Audition Workshop (1 of 3) Theatre Arts Presenters: Tammi Doyle and Julie Denninghoff Room 117 Attendance at one of the three offerings of this workshop is mandatory for all Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition participants.

Finding the Right Monologue for Stage Auditions: Do's Nelson Hall and Don’ts Room 106 Presenter: Nicole Hess Diestler

Getting Started Nelson Hall Presenter: Bryan Willis Room 119

ASM: Not Just an Assistant Gist Hall Presenter: Catherine Wallis Room 4

10:30-11:50 am Region 7 Respondent Training John Van Duzer Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Theatre Lobby

Scenic Models as Communication and Problem Solving Scene Shop Tools Theatre Arts Presenter: Randall Enlow Room 103

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Musical Theatre Audition Workshop (2 of 3) Theatre Arts Presenters: Tammi Doyle and Julie Denninghoff Room 117 Attendance at one of the three offerings of this workshop is mandatory for all Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition participants.

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 1 Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

A Career in Theatre: A Practical Guide to the Business Nelson Hall and Role of Actors' Equity Room 113 Presenter: Tom Miller

Invited Playwrights Meeting with Roger Hall Gist Hall Hosts: Joseph Gilg Room 2

Dramaturgs: How Do They Work? Gist Hall Presenter: Kamarie Chapman Room 4

12:00-1:00 pm Ryan Auditors, Respondents & Timers Lunch Gist Hall Theatre

12:00-1:20 pm Lunch Break

Director's Forum Meet in John Van Hosts: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Duzer Theatre Lobby Informal luncheon for all of the directors of this year's participating productions.

NWDC Faculty Luncheon Gist Hall ALL FACULTY are invited to a town hall lunch with the New Room 4 West Drama Conference. We will discuss recent changes and the future of the NWDC forum. FREE simple lunch provided.

Dell'Arte Workshop - To See and To Hear: The Actor in Native American Time and Space Forum Presenter: Matt Chapman and Joe Krienke Behavioral and Social Second in a series of four workshops presented by the faculty Sciences of Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Room 162

1:00-4:30 pm David Mark Cohen Play Reading and Responses University Center Host: Joseph Gilg Room 127 Respondent: Bryan Willis

Strange Attractors by Mattie Roquel Rydalch Produced by University of Idaho

Sera by Angela Santillo Produced by Saint Mary's College of California

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1:00-5:00 pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 14- Gist Hall Theatre 17 Room 219 Host: Kelly Quinnett Auditors: Michael Legg, Shelly Elman, Dan LaRocque Respondents: Alicia Bickley and Joe Jacoby Timer: Suzie DuVal Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.

1:30-5:30 pm SDC Directing Scenes Round One (Continued) Studio Theatre Host: Rhett Luedtke Theatre Arts Building Guests: Amy Feinberg, Gregg Henry, and Tom Mitchell Room 115 Continuation of Round one of the SDC Directing Scenes.

1:30-2:50 pm LEDs and You: Adding LED Fixtures to Your Current Theatre Arts System Scene Shop Presenter: Ronn Campbell Room 103

Costume Rendering: Create 3-Dimensional Effects with Theatre Arts Highlight and Shadow Costume Shop Presenter: Ann Hoste Room 112

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 2 Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

National Critics Institute: Session 2 Nelson Hall Host: Michael Phillips, Presenters: Kamarie Chapman, William Room 113 Kowinski Please Note: The Critic's Institute does not meet at the same time and place each day. Be sure to check the schedule.

An Artist Prepares: Is Grad School The Next Step Gist Hall Presenters: Sara Falconer and Leigh Selting Room 4

Movement, Ensemble Building, and Storytelling Native American Presenter: Emily Peters Forum Behavioral and Social Sciences Room 162

Musical Theatre Audition Workshop (3 of 3) Gist Hall Presenters: Tammi Doyle and Julie Denninghoff Room 2 Attendance at one of the three offerings of this workshop is mandatory for all Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition participants.

3:00-4:20 pm Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 3 Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session. 20

Form Your Own USITT Student Chapter Gist Hall Presenter: Andrew Carter Room 4 Panelists: Olivia Burlingame, Spencer Clouse, Kati McGaughey, MacKenzie Otnes

Happy Birthday No More: Audition Songs for Non-Singers Gist Hall Presenter: Patrick Newell Room 102

High-Wire Act: the New Musical Tightrope Gist Hall Host: Michael Phillips Room 2 Presenter: Nakissa Etemad

3:00-5:50 pm Getting "Wiggy" With It! Theatre Arts Presenter: M Catherine McMillen Costume Shop Room 112

4:40-5:50 pm Stage Combat - Knife Gist Hall Presenter: Christopher DuVal Room 2

Creating Your Own Online Callboard Gist Hall Presenter: Spencer Clouse Room 4

6:00-7:30 pm Dinner Break

7:30-10:00 pm Festival Production: Xtigone John Van Duzer California State University, East Bay Theatre

10:00 pm-1:00 am Load out: Xtigone John Van Duzer (or 1⁄2 hour after Theatre performance ends)

10:30 pm-1:00 am Improv Night Gist Hall Theatre (or 1⁄2 hour after Come and join improv teams from across our region for an performance ends) evening of improvisation and fun. Irene Ryan Semi-finalists announced.

Faculty Hospitality Conference Room Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Closed to Hampton Inn students.

Wednesday, February 17

7:00 am-5:30 pm Load-in: The Time Machine, or Love Among the Eloi John Van Duzer Ohlone College Theatre

8:00-9:00 am USITT Meet and Greet Goodwin Forum Host: Christina Barrigan Nelson Hall Come and meet the other designers, technicians, craftspeople Room 102 and scholars from your region in an informal setting. Acquaint yourself with the activities of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the regional sections. For members and those interested in the organization.

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NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition Meeting Gist Hall This meeting is mandatory for all participants in this year's Room 2 NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Auditions

8:00 am-12:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Round One (continued) Gist Hall Theatre Host: Rhett Luedtke Guests: Amy Feinberg, Gregg Henry, and Tom Mitchell Continuation of Round one of the SDC Directing Scenes.

8:00 am-5:00 pm Next Step Acting Auditions University Center Coordinator: Reid Davis Room 127

9:00 am-12:00 pm NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Auditions - Round 1 Gist Hall Host: Tammis Doyle Room 2 Auditors: Dan LaRocque, Marilyn McIntyre Timer: Patrick Newell

9:00 am-4:30 pm Conference Registration John Van Duzer Theatre Box Office

9:00-10:20 am KCACTF Response: Xtigone John Van Duzer Respondents: Kerro Knox and Michael Legg Theatre Lobby Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.

Building and Organizing Your Professional Technical Theatre Arts Resume Costume Shop Presenter: Jeff Allen Room 112

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 4 Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

Play Readings: A Workshop For Directors, Actors, and Nelson Hall Playwrights Room 106 Hosts: Joseph Gilg and Nancy Lee-Painter Presenter: Rob Urbinati Open to all, this workshop is required for all Ten-minute playwrights and directors.

An Artist Prepares: Is Grad School The Next Step Nelson Hall Presenters: Sara Falconer and Leigh Selting Room 119

Devising: The Making of Hey-O-Kah/Hok-A-Hey Gist Hall Presenter: John O'Hagan Room 4 This session is part of a series of workshops for Festival 43 that focuses on the devising process.

9:00 am-12:00 pm Rehearsal - John Cauble Play Readings Studio Theatre Host: Joseph Gilg Theatre Arts Building Room 115

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10:30-11:50 am Region 7 Respondent Training John Van Duzer Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Theatre Lobby

Reproductive Padding: Problems and Solutions Theatre Arts Presenter: Carrie Lawrence Costume Shop Room 112

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 5 Goodwin Forum Hosts: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

Working In Production with Shakespeare's First Folio Nelson Hall Presenters: Gary Armagnac and Lisa Tomovitch Room 113

How Plays Work Gist Hall Hosts: Joseph Gilg and Nancy Lee-Painter Room 4 Presenter: David Blakely

12:00-1:20 pm Lunch Break

Director's Forum Meet in John Van Hosts: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Duzer Theatre Lobby Informal luncheon for all of the directors of this year's participating productions.

Dell'Arte Workshop - The Powerful Presence: Effort, Risk, Momentum, Joy Native American Presenters: Ronlin Foreman and Joan Schirle Forum Third in a series of four workshops presented by the faculty of Behavioral and Social Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Sciences Room 162

1:00-4:00 pm NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Auditions - Round 1 Gist Hall Host: Tammis Doyle Room 2 Auditors: Dan LaRocque, Marilyn McIntyre Timer: Patrick Dizney

1:00-5:00 pm John Cauble Play Readings and Responses Session I Studio Theatre Theatre Arts Building Host: Joseph Gilg Room 115 Respondents: David Blakely, Roger Hall, Rob Urbinati

Savage and Strawberry by Cassidy Slaughter-Mason University of Oregon

Stories from Nanjing by Jesse Mu-En Shao Washington State University

Astral by Alexis Schaetzle University of Oregon

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1:30-2:50 pm Character Makeup Design Theatre Arts Presenter: Karen Anselm Costume Shop Room 112

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 6 Goodwin Forum Hosts: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

The Props Department Gist Hall Presenter: Jay Duckworth Room 4

Devising: Ensemble Theatre Skills for the Creative Gist Hall Theatre Theatre Artist Presenter: Jonathan Walters

Working the Magic If Native American Presenter: Charlotte Guyette Forum Behavioral and Social Sciences Room 162

2:00-3:20 pm National Critics Institute: Session 3 Nelson Hall Host: Michael Phillips, Presenters: Kamarie Chapman, William Room 113 Kowinski Please Note: The Critic's Institute does not meet at the same time and place each day. Be sure to check the schedule.

3:00-4:20 pm Learning the Ropes Theatre Arts Presenter: Jerry Dougherty Scene Shop Room 103

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 7 Goodwin Forum Hosts: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

Perfecting Your Portfolio Nelson Hall Presenter: Debra Otte Room 113

SDC Directing Scenes Interview Round Gist Hall Hosts: Rhett Luedtke Room 4 Guests: Amy Feinberg, Gregg Henry, and Tom Mitchell Directors who are chosen for the final round will attend closed individual interviews with the respondents (fifteen minutes each). At this time, the director‟s book, preparation and approach will be discussed. No teachers/mentors or actors are allowed to participate in this phase of the event.

Layering the Physical Elements to Character(s) - Part Gist Hall Theatre Two Presenter: Ed Trujillo 24

Whose Play is it Anyway? Birthing New Plays Native American Host: Michael Phillips Forum Presenter: Nakissa Etemad Behavioral and Social Sciences Room 162

4:30-5:50 pm Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company Gist Hall Information Session Room 4 Come learn all about the Apprentice Company. Now in its 39th year, it's one of the oldest continuing pre-professional companies in the country. Presenter: Michael Legg

Chaos Within Order: Absurdism in Improvisation Gist Hall Presenter: Casey Worthington Room 102

6:00-7:30 pm Dinner Break

6:30-9:30 pm Next Step Callbacks University Center Coordinator: Reid Davis Room 127 Callbacks by appointment with individual companies and programs

7:30-10:00 pm Festival Production: The Time Machine, or Love Among John Van Duzer the Eloi Theatre Ohlone College 10:00 pm-1:00 am Load out: The Time Machine, or Love Among the Eloi John Van Duzer (or 1⁄2 hour after Theatre performance ends)

10:30 pm-1:00 am Student Dance Party University Center (or 1⁄2 hour after Humboldt Hoe Down" with Wet Fez. Live music with a local Kate Buchannan performance ends) theme; Come dressed to chill- think tie-dye, overalls, Room Birkenstocks and knit caps. Open to all ages; drinks, nibbles and music provided. No cover. Conference Room Hosted by: Alpha Psi Omega Hampton Inn Sponsored by: New West Drama Conference

Faculty Hospitality Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Closed to students.

Thursday, February 17

7:00 am-5:30 pm Load-in: Up John Van Duzer University of Idaho Theatre

8:00 am-9:00 am Irene Ryan Semi-Finals Rehearsal Gist Hall Theatre This is an opportunity to check out the space for both pieces and do a walk-through of entrances, exits, etc. (No time for complete runs.) All Nominees, partners, and accompanists should be present. Please be prompt so that we can give one general briefing of procedures prior to walkthrough.

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9:00-10:20 am KCACTF Response: The Time Machine, or Love Among John Van Duzer the Eloi Theatre Lobby Respondents: Kerro Knox and Michael Legg Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.

Welcome to Wal-Mart™! When Big Box Discount and Theater Arts Dollar Stores are Your Largest, Affordable Supplier Room 117 Presenter: Casey Kearns

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 8 Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

Exploring Design Nelson Hall Presenter: Suzie DuVal Room 106

How to SCORE With Your Ten-Minute Play Nelson Hall Hosts: Joseph Gilg and Nancy Lee-Painter Room 119 Presenter: Roger Hall

Making the Most of Your 32 Bars: How to Access and Gist Hall Show Off Your Best Singing Voice in a Short Time Room 2 Presenter: Elisabeth Harrington

Musical Theatre: The Art Form of Opposites Gist Hall Presenter: Chris Will Room 4

9:00 am-12:00 pm Rehearsal - John Cauble Play Readings Studio Theatre Host: Joseph Gilg Theatre Arts Building Room 115

Next Step Interviews: Design, Technology, and University Center Management Room 127 Coordinator: Reid Davis 9:00 am-12:30 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Nightingale Host: Kelly Quinnett Concert Hall Auditors/Respondents: Scott Kaiser, Erica Sartini, John Mayer Church Fine Arts Timer: Leigh Selting Building

10:30-11:50 am Region 7 Respondent Training John Van Duzer Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Theatre Lobby

Beyond Braids and Buns Theatre Arts Presenter: Cathie McClellan Costume Shop Room 112

Directing and Dramaturgy: A Panel Discussion on Theater Arts Collaboration and Creativity Room 117 Host: Michael Phillips Presenter: Nakissa Etemad, Amy Feinberg, Virginia Reed

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Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 9 Goodwin Forum Host: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

Adapting for the Stage Nelson Hall Hosts: Joseph Gilg and Nancy Lee-Painter Room 113 Presenter: Rob Urbinati

NWDC Winning Play Reading Gist Hall Birds of Paradise by Adam Harrell Room 2 University of Idaho Hosts: Tammis Doyle and Bryan Willis

Taxes 101 Gist Hall Presenter: Adam Mendelson Room 4

12:00-1:20 pm Lunch Break

Meet & Greet for Two-Year, Transfer Students John Van Duzer and Graduate Interviews Theatre Lobby Host: George Caldwell An informal gathering of students seeking information about the next step in their theatre education and training. Come and meet representatives from various programs from around our region! Sponsored by KCACTF Region VII and NWDC.

USITT Northwest Section No Host Lunch Gist Hall Host: Christina Barrigan Room 4 This event is a no-host lunch. Please bring your lunch and for an informal gathering of designers, technicians, craftspeople and scholars to discuss the interests and concerns of our sections. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas for future Technical Keynote speakers, workshops, and events.

Director's Forum Meet in John Van Hosts: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Duzer Theatre Lobby Informal luncheon for all of the directors of this year's participating productions.

Dell'Arte Workshop - The Mask: Magnifying What Is Native American Presenter: Ronlin Foreman Forum Fourth in a series of four workshops presented by the faculty of Behavioral and Social Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Sciences Room 162

1:00-5:00 pm John Cauble Play Readings and Responses Session 2 Studio Theatre Theatre Arts Building Host: Joseph Gilg Room 115 Respondents: David Blakely, Roger Hall, Rob Urbinati

It Happened at Mickey's by Conor Eifler University of Portland 27

Waiting Games by Thomas Newby College of Idaho

Seven Snakes by Nathaniel Peterson Washington State University

1:00-2:50 pm Moving Lights and Their Programming with the Whole Gist Hall Theatre Hog 2 PC Presenter: Matthew O'Donnell

1:30-4:20 pm NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Auditions - Final Native American Round Forum Host: Tammis Doyle Behavioral and Social Auditors: Shelly Elman, Emily Peters, Erica Sartini Sciences Timers: Patrick Dizney and Patrick Newell Room 162

Next Step Callbacks University Center Coordinator: Reid Davis Room 127 Callbacks by appointment with individual companies and programs

1:30-2:50 pm What Does This Button Do? Sound Systems Simplified Theatre Arts Presenter: Ronn Campbell Scene Shop Room 103

The Design Statement Theatre Arts Presenter: Debra Otte Costume Shop Room 112

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 10 Goodwin Forum Hosts: John Hill Nelson Hall The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a Room 102 particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

National Critics Institute: Session 4 Nelson Hall Host: Michael Phillips, Presenters: Kamarie Chapman, William Room 113 Kowinski Please Note: The Critic's Institute does not meet at the same time and place each day. Be sure to check the schedule.

Presenting Yourself: Focusing on the "Bookends" of Your Gist Hall Audition Room 2 Presenter: Marilyn McIntyre

Act Like A Woman: Gender in Performance Gist Hall Presenters: Laura Jones and Reid Davis Room 4

3:00-5:50 pm Let's Devise Gist Hall Presenter: Rich Brown Room 2

3:00-4:20 pm Broadway Dance!! Gist Hall Presenter: Ed Brazo Room 102 28

USITT Keynote Address: Jay Duckworth Gist Hall Theatre "Ripping Apart The Body" The process and techniques of making a mutilated dead body. Jay Duckworth and his properties team at The Public Theater had the challenge of making the mutilated body of King Pentheus for JoAnne Akalaitis version of The Bacchae for Shakespeare in The Park. Jay will be going through the process of research and development, talking the director out of using real meat and on to the final product. Please be warned that some of the images may be a bit graphic. Host: Christina Barrigan

4:30-5:50 pm Networking in Your Professional Acting Career Gist Hall Presenter: Michael Legg Room 4

Beginning Tap Gist Hall Presenter: Tamara Helland Room 102

Evaluating a Lighting System Gist Hall Theatre Presenter: Adam Mendelson

Directing Table Work: Making Great Choices for Native American Contemporary Play Production Forum Presenter: Amy Feinberg Behavioral and Social Sciences Room 162

5:00-7:00 pm University Reception for Region VII Faculty & Guests University Center Hosted by: Humboldt State University Kate Buchannan Room

6:00-7:30 pm Dinner Break

7:30-10:00 pm Festival Production: Up John Van Duzer University of Idaho Theatre

SDC Directing Scenes Final Rehearsal: Gist Hall Theatre Host: Rhett Luedtke Each of the SDC finalists will have thirty minutes to rehearse their scene in the space prior to the final round.

10:00 pm-1:00 am Load out: Up John Van Duzer (or 1⁄2 hour after Theatre performance ends)

Party - Tech Olympics University Center Come cheer on your favorite teams! Irene Ryan Finalists will Kate Buchannan be announced. Teams need to sign up in advance. Room Host: Northwest Section - USITT

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Friday, February 18

7:30-9:00 am Ten Minute Plays: Preparation and Final Rehearsals Theatre Arts Studio Theatre 9:00-10:20 am KCACTF Response: Up John Van Duzer Respondents: Kerro Knox and Emily Peters Theatre Lobby Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.

Painting Translucent Drops for Stage Designers Presenter: Lawrence Larsen

Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Response Theatre Arts Respondents: Scott Kaiser, Erica Sartini, John Mayer Room 117 A response for the semi-finalists, partners and coaches. All are welcome.

Design, Tech, Management Expo Response: Session 11 Goodwin Forum (If Required) Nelson Hall Hosts: John Hill Room 102 The Respondents request that ALL students chosen for a particular session should commit to stay and participate/listen to all feedback to all fellow students in that session.

Dramaturgy Initiative: Project Responses Nelson Hall Host: Michael Phillips Room 106 Nakissa Etemad will respond to dramaturgical projects submitted by students participating in the KC/ACTF Dramaturgical Initiative.

Community College Connections Nelson Hall Host: Joe Jacoby, Northern Idaho College Room 119 A roundtable discussion between community college faculty.

Making the Most of Your 32 Bars: How to Access and Gist Hall Show Off Your Best Singing Voice in a Short Time Room 2 Presenter: Elisabeth Harrington

A "Spin" on Teaching Gist Hall Presenter: Casey Kearns Room 4

Mastering Shakespeare Gist Hall Presenter: Scott Kaiser Room 102

9:00 am-12:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Final Round Gist Hall Theatre Host: Rhett Luedtke Guests: Amy Feinberg, Gregg Henry, and Tom Mitchell The six student directing finalists will present their scenes to the public. A response session will follow the final round, and will include the scene directors, and may include teacher/mentors, actors and audience.

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9:30 am-12:00 pm NPP TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL Theatre Arts Host: Nancy Lee-Painter Studio Theatre Respondents: David Blakely, Rob Urbinati, Bryan Willis

The Ballad of 423 and 424 by Nicholas Pappas San Francisco State University

Playground Confidential by Bryan Hawthorne Western Washington University

11-80 by Roland Carette-Meyers Western Washington University

Moscow by Lojo Simon University of Idaho

Ophelia, Fragments of Her by Mario El Caponi Mendoza San Francisco State University

Sweet Mother of God by Kristin Mack Humboldt State University

10:00-11:50 am Designer Presentation Tools in the Digital Age Jenkins Hall Presenter: Kent Homchick Room 212

10:30-11:50 am Region 7 Respondent Training John Van Duzer Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Theatre Lobby

Straight Lines and Curves or That T-Mobile Stripped Theatre Arts Dress Costume Shop Presenter: Cathie McClellan Room 112

Movement + Voice = Shakespeare Theatre Arts Presenter: Kathleen Normington Room 117

Design, Tech, Management Expo Goodwin Forum Closed for Final Deliberations Nelson Hall Room 102

Writing and Acting for Film and Television Nelson Hall Presenter: Jeffrey Lieber Room 113

"Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" - Theatre for Social Gist Hall Change Room 2 Presenters: Ann Fajilan and Ed Trujillo

Design for Directors and Designers - Top Ten Tips Gist Hall Presenter: Daniel Koetting Room 4

Broadway Theatre Project Callbacks - Next Step Gist Hall Coordinator: Reid Davis Room 102

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12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Break

Director's Forum Meet in John Van Hosts: Rebecca Hilliker and Mark Kuntz Duzer Theatre Lobby Informal luncheon for all of the directors of this year's participating productions.

KCACTF Region VII Meeting Nelson Hall Hosts: Leigh Selting and Kelly Quinnett Room 113 Annual meeting for all Regional faculty and staff to give festival feedback and discuss policy and planning. Please attend and let us know how we are doing!

12:00- 4:30 pm Design, Tech, Management Expo Strike Goodwin Forum Strike All Exhibit Materials. All participants must remove their Nelson Hall materials at this time. Room 102

1:30-3:00 pm KCACTF Region VII/NWDC Keynote Performance: John Van Duzer Dell'Arte International Theatre Dell'Arte International is the U.S. center for the exploration, development, training and performance of the actor-creator. Its mission is to employ and revitalize the traditional physical theatre forms to explore contemporary concerns. Join us for a unique creation created for expressly for Festival 43. A Q&A will follow the performance.

3:00-4:20 pm Model Lighting and Other Tricks Theatre Arts Presenter: Jody Sekas Studio Theatre

A Creative Approach to Resumes, Vitas, and Portfolios Theatre Arts Presenter: John Paul Room 117

National Critics Institute: Session 5 Gist Hall Host: Michael Phillips, Presenters: Kamarie Chapman, William Room 4 Kowinski Please Note: The Critic's Institute does not meet at the same time and place each day. Be sure to check the schedule.

Commedia Dell'Arte For Actors, Dancers, and Physical Gist Hall Performers Room 102 Presenter: Gale McNeeley

Tell Me Your Story: Solo Performance Gist Hall Theatre Presenter: Ann Fajilan

4:00-6:00 pm Irene Ryan Finals Rehearsal John Van Duzer This is an opportunity to check out the space one final time, set Theatre levels, etc., and do a walk-through of entrances, exits, etc. (No time for complete runs.) All Nominees, partners, and accompanists should be present. Please be prompt so that we can give one general briefing of procedures prior to walkthrough.

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4:30-5:50 pm Sing Naked: Acting and Singing Technique Exposed Gist Hall Presenters: John O'Hagan and Patrick Newell Room 2

6:00-7:30 pm Dinner Break

7:30-10:00 pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Finals and Festival John Van Duzer Awards Presentation Theatre Host: Leigh Selting and Kelly Quinnett Auditors/ Respondents: Marilyn McIntyre, Jeffrey Lieber, Joe Krienke Timer: Kelly Quinnett

10:00 pm-1:00 am Closing Night Party Location TBD (or 1⁄2 hour after Join your colleagues following the awards ceremony. Awards DJ provided. Hosted by KCACTF Region VII. Presentation ends)

Saturday, February 19

9:00-10:30 am Irene Ryan Final Round Response Hampton Inn Respondents: Marilyn McIntyre, Jeffrey Lieber, Joe Krienke Conference Room A response for the finalists, partners and coaches. All are welcome.

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2011 Festival Forty-Three Workshops

Acting, Directing, Voice, and Movement Workshops

Actors Instrument Monday 9 - 10:20 An artist should never go to a rehearsal without the proper tools. This workshop is designed to give actors and directors various tools to work with to create a harmonious, proficient and resilient instrument. Using several techniques from the Feldenkrais method, Laban, Williamson together with Linklater and Patsy Rodenburg to name a few, this class is designed to enlighten the student to their born abilities not their learned behavior. By understanding and intuiting the instrument on all levels the voice and body can be released allow the actor to become emotionally available, whether through stillness or aerobic dance. An actor's most valuable asset-is their instrument and this workshop begins the process of fine tuning the body and voice Presenter: Elizabeth Rothan

Aiming for a Paradigm: A New Framework for Directing Practice Monday 9 - 10:20 In this workshop participants will learn a new vocabulary for considering the work of directors. From Fundamental Tools, to Rehearsal Methods, to Motifs and Paradigms, the process of directing is articulated in a logical and flexible approach. Participants will practice using concepts introduced in the workshop. Presenter: Tom Mitchell

Pool-Noodle Swashbuckling Monday 9 – 10:20 Students will learn basics of Errol Flynn Swashbuckling from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Basic cuts, parries, evasions, wounds and kills will be explored and incorporated into a brief piece of choreography. Presenter: Christopher DuVal

How to Talk to Your Music Director Monday 10:30 – 11:50 You share a vision with your Music Director: to create the best musical production EVER! But you are from Venus while your Music Director is from planet B. You will learn the basics of music score terminology, how to count music (and how choreographers count music), what duties you should expect from your Music Director, and information about the various types of voices. We will move quickly through this information, so handouts will be provided. Presenter: Patrick Newell

Unarmed Combat Workshop Monday 10:30 – 11:50 We will be exploring the world of unarmed combat and we will focus on in distance fighting and contact blows. In the workshop we will also hone proper technique, safety, and choreography. The workshop will consist of contact hits most commonly used in theatre composed into a small fight Presenter: Kristen Mun

Even a Genius Needs a Shower! Monday 12 – 1:20 The SHOWERS.... Believe, Behave, Become, Behold! Come explore the fundamentals of performance through the seminal set of exercises developed by Dell'Arte International's founder Carlo Mazzone-Clementi. Fun, demanding, and revealing, Carlo's SHOWERS are simple and powerful ways to learn about the stage, one's self, and an ensemble. They're perfect for actors, directors, and teachers for a rehearsal, class, or personal development. This workshop is led by Dell'Arte School Director Joan Schirle, who has been working with Carlo's SHOWERS for more than 30 years around the globe. Presenter: Joan Schirle

Beginning Boal Monday 1:30 – 2:50 This interactive workshop will introduce you to Augusto Boal's work. Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner who believed theatre could be used to address social justice issues. He also believed that there is intelligence within the entire body and that we need to reconnect with this intelligence. In this hands-on workshop we will do both. Please wear comfortable clothes. Presenter: Jean O‟Hara

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Devising: The Making of Cheat Wednesday 1:30 – 2:50 A behind the scenes look at the devising process that created Western Washington University‟s 2009 Mainstage production of cheat. I will present an over-view of one methodology of devising and how to incorporate it into your curriculum. Presenter: Rich Brown

Experiencing Period Style – Physical Characteristics Monday 3 – 4:20 Rooted in the acting physical training tradition of Loyd Williamson participants will experience a series of physical exercises that lead them towards making specific, period appropriate, choices in creating characters of a certain time period. Period "salon" projects have included in depth study and time period appropriate movement score research in the following areas: Greek, Elizabethan, Baroque/Restoration, Victorian/Edwardian, and Early 20th Century. Presenter: Tamara Meneghini

Musical Theatre Dance Monday 3 – 4:20 Fundamentals of musical theater dance will be covered in a warm-up and across-the-floor movements. Combination from a musical theater piece will be learned and performed by the students. Presenter: Linda Maxwell

Commedia and Social Justice Monday 4:30 – 5:50 Work with a Dell'Arte educator to explore devices used by SF Mime Troupe, El Teatro Campesino, Bread and Puppet etc. to educate and activate audiences around social justice issues. Drawing on a 35 year history of generating original theater pieces based on local and national issues of social justice, this workshop will introduce participants to Commedia Dell'arte archetypes and their power to generate what Dell'Arte International calls "Theatre of Place." That is theater that is devised specifically for, about, and with your community. Presenter: Michael Fields

Finding the Right Monologue for Stage Auditions: Do’s and Don’ts Tuesday 9 – 10:20 Monologue Selection is key to landing a role; however, most actors choose what they "like" rather than what will suit them and show them off well. There are steps to choosing a monologue that can help hide your weaknesses and show off your strengths. Knowing how to prepare your selection y and how to purposefully craft your choices for each individual audition will help improve your chances of landing the role that you seek. Presenter: Nicole Hess Diestler

Musical Theatre Audition Workshop Tuesday 9 – 10:20, 10:30 – 11:50, 1:30 – 2:50 This Workshop will help you prepare your song, monologue and transition from opening slate to final thank you. We will go over contrast, staging, communication with the accompanist, and making strong character choices in both your monologue and your song. Bring your song and monologue to the Workshop. This Workshop is mandatory for all those participating in the Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition. Presenters: Tammis Doyle, Julie Denninghoff

To See and to Hear: The Actor in Time and Space Tuesday 12 – 1:20 Aware, Available, Responsive: Join us for this very physical exploration of the work of the actor/creator, from the perspectives of the Dell'Arte School. How is it that the actor can "play the moment" with authenticity? How do we live fully on stage? Improvisation, movement, ferocious play, and total availability will be the territories we encounter! Come prepared to move, play, see, and laugh. Presenters: Matt Chapman, Joe Krienke

Movement, Ensemble Building, and Storytelling Tuesday 1:30 – 2:50 Everyone involved in the theater is a storyteller. We ask audiences to share in our stories by inviting them into an environment of trust and cohesion. This workshop focuses on creating that environment from the inside out. Actors will explore the transition from focusing on the individual to thinking and moving as an ensemble. Once the ensemble is established, participants will engage in creating an entirely new piece of theater. Using a combination of exercises derived from the Viewpoints Method and movement classes at the National Theater Institute, the workshop will allow participants to investigate how powerful a unified ensemble can be in creating bold, innovative theater. Please dress accordingly for heavy movement activity. Presenter: Emily Peters

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Happy Birthday No More: Audition Songs for Non-Singers Tuesday 3 – 4:20 We will examine Musical Theatre songs that are appropriate to the audition needs of non-singers: songs with easy melodies, short ranges and melody doubled by the accompaniment. We will also talk about learning strategies, how to choose a 16 or 32 bar cut, what to say to an accompanist, and how to nail the audition. Finally, we will all sing some songs together: don't freak out! You can do this! Presenter: Patrick Newell

Stage Combat – Knife Tuesday 4:30 – 5:50 Students will explore a basic level introduction to the theatrical use of the discipline of knife as it applies to the actor's work. Elements of basic safety and techniques of the discipline will be taught and applied to the process of acting - pursuing goals, overcoming obstacles, through a variety of tactics. Presenter: Christopher DuVal

Devising: The Making of Hey-O-Kah/ Hok-A-Hey Wednesday 9 – 10:20 As part of the "Devising" series, we discuss the creation of the University of Wyoming's Mainstage production of Hey-O-Kah/Hok-A-Hey. We will discuss the challenges, rewards and processes that became UW's first Eminent Artist Project. The workshop will also include reflections from Eminent Artist Bill Bowers, specific exercises used in the development of the work and video clips from the 2009 production run. Presenter: John O‟Hagan

Working in Production with Shakespeare’s First Folio Wednesday 10:30 – 11:50 This workshop is conducted by two professors from Pacific, Lisa Tromovitch, Producing Artistic Director of Livermore Shakespeare Festival, and actor/director Gary Armagnac. The workshop explores the value to be found in working with the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in production. The links between spelling variants and emotional content, capitalizations and dramatic emphasis, the length of lines and approaches to dialogue, as well as exploration of word choices unique to the First Folio are all gems waiting to be discovered by actors and directors ... if they know where to look. Presenters: Gary Armagnac, Lisa Tomovitch

The Powerful Presence: Effort, Risk, Momentum, Joy Wednesday 12 – 1:20 An intensive workshop in fundamental aspects of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre pedagogy. Examines the nature of objective, character/situation/circumstance, the actor's presence, physical efforts, movement, and physical improvisation. Presenter: Ronlin Foreman, Joan Schirle

Devising: Ensemble Theatre Skills for the Creative Theatre Artist Monday 3 – 4:20 A rigorous plunge into the techniques for an ensemble or solo performer to create powerful performances. The techniques you will learn come from a blend of physical and experimental theatre synthesized through Hand2Mouth‚s own years of theatrical research, techniques stage-proven through Hand2Mouth's years of national and international touring, with a goal of imparting to participants practical tools for use in generating their own theatre work. For actors focused on pre-scripted plays, this training also strengthens stage presence, boosts performer confidence, and increases awareness and spontaneity within scripted work. Presenter: Johnathan Walters

Working the Magic If Wednesday 1:30 – 2:50 Improvisational exercises designed to give students the opportunity to work on placing themselves in the world & life of the character Presenter: Charlotte Guyette

Layering the Physical Elements to Character(s) Part Two Wednesday 3 – 4:20 There will be special focus on the 12 Strategies of When to Move. What happens when you impose physical elements, whether they are stated or not in the script, to your characters? These would include breath, vocal qualities, physical tension, facial expressions, specific gestures, and physical stances. The objective of the workshop is to help you develop emotional colors to your characters. The workshop will cover techniques of commedia 'dell arte, mask work and other techniques. Bring a monologue if you have one. There will be short scenes available. Also bring questions concerning gestures and movement. Presenter: Ed Trujillo

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Chaos Within Order: Absurdism in Improvisation Wednesday 4:30 – 5:50 Students will be given the tools to create non-traditional conflicts in traditional settings and vice versa while playing objective-based scenes. A brief lecture portion will be followed by supervised group work, as well as exercises that stimulate the improviser's imagination and logic. Presenter: Casey Worthington

Make the Most of Your 32 Bars: How to Access and Thursday and Friday 9 – 10:20 Show Off Your Best Singing Voice in a Short Time This workshop will challenge participants to sing with their healthiest and most professional voice and to highlight their strengths in a short time frame. Activities will include a review of basic technique (including the topics of posture, breathing, phonation, resonance and articulation) with quick and useful exercises to highlight each aspect of the singing process and then applying the techniques to short excerpts from the participants' songs. Workshop attendees should bring sections from 2 contrasting songs they already have in their repertoire as practice material. Presenter: Elisabeth Harrington

Musical Theatre: The Art Form of Opposites Thursday 9 – 10:20 This fast pace workshop takes a new look in discovering all of the elements found in musical theatre and how they work together. After this workshop, you, the performer will have the tools as a singer, actor, and dancer, to help you perform these equal but opposite elements in this highly stylized art form. Presenter: Chris Will

The Mask: Magnifying What Is Thursday 12 – 1:20 An exposé of mask training at Dell'Arte International. The indwelt state/commitment to play, levels of energy, clarity and ease, the metaphysical reality, and projection. Come and be exposed. Presenter: Ronlin Foreman

Presenting Yourself – Focusing on the “Bookends” of Thursday 1:30 – 2:50 Your Audition This workshop will focus on the Entrance & Introduction, and then the Closing & Exit. 20 actors will do a short exercise, and then 2 - 4 actors will also do the actual entrance/introduction and closing/exit. Those actors should have monologues ready as they will also be doing the "moment(s) before" and the "moments after". Auditors are welcome. Presenter: Marilyn McIntyre

Act Like a Women: Gender in Performance Thursday 1:30 – 2:50 A workshop for women and men. Exploring performance of "femininity" including intersections with race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, issues of intimacy, emotion, and gender identity, using scenes from plays and writers such as Euripides, Vogel, Parks, Hansberry, or Split Britches, and plays like Doll's House, Trifles, Top Girls, Heidi Chronicles. Presenter: Laura Jones, Reid Davis

Broadway Dance!! Thursday 3 – 4:20 This is a very HIGH ENERGY and physical workshop. I am more than willing to present it on two different days allowing more of the festival participants to take advantage of it. Participants should be informed in advance to wear or bring comfortable clothing or dancewear allowing freedom of movement, and dance footwear. Very short shorts or skirts and tight jeans are not acceptable. Presenter: Ed Brazo

Let’s Devise Thursday 3 – 5:50 Had enough talking? Let‚s get up on our feet and do it! Participants will explore exercises designed to collaboratively create new work. Working in small groups, we‚ll strive to generate 5 to 10-minute devised pieces. Dress to move. Presenter: Rich Brown

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Directing Table Work: Making Great Choices for Thursday 4:30 – 5:50 Contemporary Play Production The workshop will focus on the advantages and specifics of conducting table work and introduce and/or further examine vocabulary and techniques that allow actors to work in a connected, specific and active way. This method pays dividends in organic blocking and gained momentum for the remainder of the rehearsal process. Directors will learn how to (1) establish and recognize connection between actors (2) root meanings and relationships with actors (3) craft specificity with characters including effective objectives and actions that will clearly define the dramatic action of the play (4) guide actors through a question/answer technique and positive reinforcement that will move the process of play direction into a higher gear on day one. Presenter: Amy Feinberg

Beginning Tap Thursday 4:30 – 5:50 Come learn the basics of tap! We will go over the basic steps (shuffles, flaps, rolls, etc) and cover what you "must know" if you ever were to audition for a tap show. All levels are welcome. Tap shoes are definitely welcome, but if you don't have them, that's OKAY! Please wear shoes with hard soles, dance shoes, or even barefoot. Presenter: Tamara Helland

Networking in Your Professional Acting Career Thursday 4:30 – 5:50 There are fewer and fewer acting jobs available in this economy. And most of those are offered out to actors that the director, playwright, and/or theatre have worked with before. So how do you become one of those actors? In this seminar, we'll talk about ways to organize and mine a database of contacts, how to format your resume in ways that get you into an audition, and how to make first contact with people who will one day hire you. Presenter: Michael Legg

Mastering Shakespeare Friday 9 – 10:20 Volunteers from the audience will be invited to work with Mr. Kaiser on their Shakespeare monologues in this lecture/demonstration/workshop. Presenter: Scott Kaiser

Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey: Theatre for Social Change Friday 10:30 – 11:50 Do the lyrics from Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey by Sly & The Family Stone still resonate today? What are the "issues" in the Age of Obama? Presenters: Ed Trujillo, Ann Fajilan

Movement + Voice = Shakespeare! Friday 10:30 – 11:50 Using a combination of techniques including those of Anne Bogart, Kristin Linklater, and John Barton among others, this workshop will have students deconstruct a scene from one of Shakespeare's plays and rebuild the scene using a variety of approaches both physically and textually that will help them to not only understand the text but make interesting, bold performance choices. Presenter: Kathleen Normington

Writing and Acting for Film and Television Friday 10:30 – 11:50 An overview on the differences between writing/acting for film/television as compared to the theater. Discussion about the process of auditions and agents and general life in Los Angeles, as well as an audition workshop. Presenter: Jeffrey Lieber

Commedia Dell’arte for Actors, Dancers, and Physical Performers Friday 3:00 – 4:20 The Mask: use and meaning. Fixed types and characters: Zanni, Old People, Lovers, and Captains. The functions of the character's gestures and behavior of the characters. The lessons are of three types: Technique, Improvisation, and Canovaccio (play with improvised dialogue). Students are introduced to the correct and effective use of the half mask of the Commedia Dell‚Arte. Students learn the physicality of each character type, and the unique function each plays. Students discover the relationships between the characters through a series of masked improvisations. Based on set Canovacci (Scenarios), Actors develop scenes, complete with comic lazzi, that demonstrate their understanding of both the form and content of Commedia Dell‚Arte. Presenter: Gale McNeeley 38

Tell Me Your Story: Soul of Performance Friday 3 – 4:20 Using artists such as Anna Deavere Smith, John Leguizamo, Sarah Jones and Danny Hoch, workshop attendees will develop material based on their own experiences and cultural backgrounds. Presenter: Ann Fajillan

Sing Naked: Acting and Singing Technique Exposed Friday 4:30 – 5:50 Explore the intersection between Acting principles and Singing technique in this dynamic workshop. The workshop is intended for any performer interested in Musical Theatre and the idea of fully blending acting and singing techniques, especially as applied to solo singing. Participants, selected randomly, will perform a Musical Theatre song, which will then be worked in detail in front of the audience. John O'Hagan will focus on exploring the character‟s need & tactics, while Patrick Newell will address singing techniques, especially as applied to musical theatre styles. The combination results in work that is technically proficient while at the same time freeing the actor to be dynamically connected to given circumstance, relationship, objective and obstacle. An accompanist will be provided. Participants should bring sheet music with them. Presenters: Patrick Newell, John O‟Hagan

Design, Tech, and Management Workshops

Arkely Tech Tour – The State of the Art Theatre of the North Coast Monday 11:00 – 1:00 A site visit of the recently renovated 1920's Vaudeville theatre in downtown Eureka, CA. Host: Rae Robison

Learn to Splice Monday 1:30 – 2:50 Come learn the 3 main splices. Presenter: Shaun Sorensen

Stage Management Expo Info Meeting Monday 3 – 4:00 A mandatory meeting for all those participating in the Stage Management section of the DTM Expo. This will be an informational meeting and the opportunity to sign up for a time for the SM Simulator/Interview. Presenter: Ronn Cambell

ASM – Not Just an Assistant Tuesday 9 – 10:20 A starting place for many great stage managers is as ASM or non-AEA PA. This workshop discusses the opportunities and challenges of being an ASM, and what you can bring to a production. Session will track the ASM from pre-production through opening performance, as well as archival duties and show maintenance. All experience levels are welcome; we will be discussing all levels of theatre from LORT to university theatre. Presenter: Catherine Wallis

Make Your Own Cookie Tuesday 9 – 10:20 Everything old is new again. Create convincing prop food using felt with wet and dry draping techniques as well as applications for other 3-D felt objects. Walk through ideas and methods for using materials, finishing, where to get ideas, with a demonstration and practical creation of a molded cookie. Presenter: Carrie Lawrence

Scenic Models as Communication and Problem Solving Tools Tuesday 10:30 – 11:50 Scenic models are a great communication tool for sharing detailed concept ideas among all members of the production team. Often scenic models are presented in workshops in almost museum quality craftsmanship form. This is great, but there are so many ways of utilizing three-dimensional designer's models in a variety of forms from the simplest white model to the archival artwork. Come explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques in creating the scale model as we examine, discuss and explore the many possibilities for thinking and communicating the designer's ideas to directors, choreographers, technical directors, production staff and even producers - for scenic design in this dimensional format. Presenter: Randall Enlow

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Costume Rendering: Create 3-Dimensional Effects Tuesday 1:30 – 2:50 with Highlight and Shadow This hands-on workshop offers participants an opportunity to use Prismacolor pencils, watercolors and colored mat board to give costume renderings depth and dimension. Presenter: Ann Hoste

LED’s and You: Adding LED Fixtures to your Current Tuesday 1:30 – 2:50 System and How to Use Them LED fixtures are neat! But the salesman isn't there when you are trying to incorporate them into your system and use them on your production of The Cherry Orchard. What equipment do you need? What are the pros and cons? How do I apply them to the stage? We will explore these questions and more. Presenter: Ronn Cambell

Form Your Own USITT Student Chapter! Tuesday 3 – 4:20 Presented by students for students. This workshop will be a panel of students from Central Washington University's Student chapter of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. It will cover all the basics of first forming a student tech club, and then it will cover the process of getting recognized by USITT. Presenter: Andrew Carter Panelists: Olivia Burlingame, Spencer Clouse, Kati McGaughey, MacKenzie Otnes

Getting “Wiggy” With It! Tuesday 3 – 5:50 Come one and all to learn all you want to know about the art of wigs! Topics included in workshop: choosing & purchasing wigs, minor repair of wigs, resizing wigs, roll set patterns, working from a period research photo, styling, products to use, maintaining a style, washing wigs, and storing. A packet will be included providing helpful information, supplies used in workshop and a vendor list. We will be demonstrating and giving you the opportunity to roll part of a wig. Presenter: M. Catherine McMillen

Creating Your Own Online Callboard Tuesday 4:30 – 5:50 This workshop is designed to give you a jumping off point in how to create and maintain your own online callboard. Great workshop for Stage Managers and schools who want to enter the world where web based technologies and theatre unite. Presenter: Spencer Clouse

USITT Meet and Greet Wednesday 8 – 8:50 Come and meet the other designers, technicians, craftspeople and scholars from your region in an informal setting. Acquaint yourself with the activities of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the regional sections. For members and those interested in the organization. Presenter: Christina Barrigan

Building and Organizing Your Professional Technical Resume Wednesday 9 – 10:20 Join the Production Manager from PCPA for a workshop designed for design, technology and management students. It will help them understand some of the techniques for preparing a resume aimed towards production jobs. Presenter: Jeff Allen

Reproductive Padding: Problems and Solutions Wednesday 10:30 – 11:50 Walk through problems and solutions to creating successful theatrical body padding for phalluses, pregnancies, breasts, including ways to create washable, weighted padding. This will include conversation about research, techniques, materials and sources. Presenter: Carrie Lawrence

Character Makeup Design Wednesday 1:30 – 2:50 Learn how to create character makeup designs that will fully communicate your ideas to the rest of the collaborative team, using clear visual documentation, including research, worksheets and renderings. This workshop will help you to prepare for your Alcone Makeup Design Entry. Presenter: Karen Anselm

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The Props Department Wednesday 1:30 – 2:50 We will discuss how props has changed the past couple of years from going out and taking Polaroid's to interact Props Design. This will be a short presentation with a long question and answer section to discuss how to get work as a props person, what employers are looking for and how to help brand you as a serious props artist. Presenter: Jay Duckworth

Learning the Ropes: Fiber Rope Rigging Wednesday 3 – 4:20 Join us for a discussion and demonstration of rigging techniques with fiber rope. Topics will cover rope selection, care and maintenance, knots every entertainment technician should know, and the effects of knots on rope strength. Presenter: Jerald Dougherty

Perfecting Your Portfolio Wednesday 3 – 4:20 A look at effective formatting, content, and presentation options for designer and management portfolios. Bring your portfolios. Presenter: Debra Otte

Exploring Design Thursday 9 – 10:20 This is an introduction to the designer's process using rapid visualization, scene analysis, collaboration, collage and presentation. After a brief introduction to the design process, students will participate in rapid visualization exercises to explore color, expression and mood and discuss the elements of composition. Students will then work in design teams to analyze a scene and create a collage to present to the group. Presenter: Suzie DuVal

Welcome to Wal-Mart™! When Big Box Discount and Thursday 9 – 10:20 Dollar Stores are Your Largest, Affordable Supplier This bargain is an inspirational, relatively inexpensive, presentation of the nontraditional use of cheap materials to make every shop budget appear bottomless. Presenter: Casey Kearns

Beyond Braids and Buns Thursday 10:30 – 11:50 Learn how to create up-dos for long and medium hair female characters, from Austen to Dickens. This workshop will offer tips on creating hairstyles for the 19th century, using the performer‟s own hair (mostly), including Regency, Romantic, and Victorian looks. It will also cover online and hardcopy sources for research. Presenter: Cathie McClellan

USITT Northwest Section No-Host Lunch Thursday 12 – 1:20 This event is a no-host lunch. Please bring your lunch and for an informal gathering of designers, technicians, craftspeople and scholars to discuss the interests and concerns of our sections. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas for future Technical Keynote speakers, workshops, and events Presenter: Christina Barrigan

Moving Lights and Their Programming with the Whole Hog 2 PC Thursday 1 – 2:50 Participants will get an overview on Moving Light Technology as it is used in Theatrical, Event, Trade Show and Corporate productions. You are encouraged to download the free Hog2PC program onto your laptop and bring it to the workshop. This program is designed for PC not Mac. If your Mac can open PC software it will work. Go to: www.flyingpig.com, click on "Legacy Controllers" on the top menu bar, click on "Downloads", and scroll down to “Hog2PC” and click "Download". You can also download the user's manual if you want to play around with the program before the workshop. Presenter: Mathew O‟Donnell

The Design Statement Thursday 1:30 – 2:50 Participants will learn how to clarify and express themselves clearly and succinctly in a designer's concept statement. Participants in the Design Exhibit are encouraged to bring their design statements. Presenter: Debra Otte

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What Does this Button Do? Sound Systems Simplified Thursday 1:30 – 2:50 An introduction to setting up a sound system for theatrical applications. Special focus will be spent on the set up and operation of mixing consoles, wireless microphones, and effect processors. No experience necessary. Presenter: Ronn Cambell

Evaluating a Lighting System Thursday 4:30 – 5:50 As young designers and technicians, many of you will be working in small theatres with little money. How do you evaluate the lighting systems of these theatres? What do you tell producers who ask you to work with antiquated or (sometimes even) unsafe equipment? First, it is incumbent on you to do a full evaluation. What is available? What shape is it in? What can be repaired? What needs to be removed from service? This workshop will walk you through some of the many questions you need to ask and documentation you need to produce. We will talk about the repair and tuning of older units, the methods to diagnose problematic systems, and a series of anecdotes about what is out there in some of these theatres. Presenter: Adam Mendelson

A Spin on Teaching Friday 9 - 10:20 From Apples to Apples, Fashion Runway, and Pictionary to other innovative board games and unique projects used for teaching anxiety stricken student designers in the classroom. A round table discussion to exchange other innovate ideas will follow the presentation. Presenter: Casey Kearns

Painting Translucent Drops for Stage Designs Friday 9 – 10:20 Participants will work on small scale frames using paints to learn the basic skills and steps necessary to the creation of larger format translucent drops for stage designs. Presenter: Lawrence Larsen

Designer Presentation Tools in the Digital Age Friday 10:00 – 11:50 Photoshop, Skype, Computer Assisted Drafting (CAD) and 3D graphics tools have all become mainstays of the design process for film, Television and Theater. Our workshop will demonstrate and showcase these tools as applied to scenic design solutions. Participants will work in Photoshop in a computer lab to build a design presentation rendering based on scanned designer sketches and research images. Techniques for adding a sense of dramatic and appropriate lighting will be demonstrated, as well as integrating actor images and props, such as furniture. Online resources for stock and commercial graphic images and files, for both 2D and 3D applications will be revealed. Workshop participants should have a working knowledge of Photoshop. The presenter will show examples of evolving digital effects used in film that are changing the shape of the future employment work force in film, television, and in some cases, Theater Presenter: Kent Homchick

Design for Directors & Designers – Top Ten Tips Friday 10:30 – 11:50 This is a workshop for Directors and Designers to talk about skills required for effective communication between each other. Will include exploration of audience -actor relationships, (theatre spaces), analysis of scripts, stylistic choices. Also covered are vocabulary, communication methods, production time lines and constraints, and pre-planning. Directors need to understand how the designer is "directing" the show by the design element constraints, and designers‟ needs to know how the director is designing by their concepts and metaphors. Presenter: Daniel Koetting

Straight Lines and Curves, or, That T-Mobile Striped Dress Friday 10:30 – 11:50 This session offers observations on the use of stripes and other geometric shapes in the construction of garments for the human body. Discussion will highlight the surprising ways in which grain and bias are used to turn straight lines into the curves that are a human body, especially the female form. Examples of striped garments from differing cultures and eras will highlight the ongoing fascination with these apparently opposing ideas. Presenter: Cathie McClellen

A Creative Approach to Resume, Vitas, and Portfolio’s Friday 3 – 4:20 An engaging discussion that addresses a creative approach to creating a resume, vita, and portfolio in the world of design and technology. 42

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Model Lighting and Other Tricks Friday 3 – 4:20 You‟ve spent hours, days, weeks creating the perfect scenic model, but it‟s still lacking…. something. Or, you‟ve conceived of an ingenious lighting design but before hang, you‟d love to show…really show the rest of the production team your brilliant ideas. Or, maybe you think little tiny lights are cool. Whatever your reason, this workshop will demonstrate methods of lighting models and photographing them, using the LIGHTBOX fiber optic model lighting system. Presenter: Jody Sekas

Playwriting and Dramaturgy Workshops

The First Ten Minutes Monday 1:30 – 2:50 This workshop will focus specifically on crafting the first 10 minutes of a play. We will focus on elements such as audience expectation, choice of language, design, and theatrical convention/ritual. Participants in the workshop are encouraged to currently be working on a piece of theater, but it is not required. Presenter: Emily Peters

Finding Face: Playwrights Unearthing Their Characters Monday 3 – 4:20 A workshop designed to help playwrights find the characters that can motivate new stories. We often say write what you know, but maybe we should write about things we want to know, and let the characters we discover lead the way for us. Please bring your notebooks, laptops, etc. and be ready to get some writing done! Presenter: Kamarie Chapman

Getting Started Tuesday 9 – 10:20 Basic playwriting workshop--all levels welcome. Bring a notepad or computer and be prepared to write a ten- minute play. At least one playwright will receive a professional reading with the Northwest Playwrights Alliance at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Presenter: Bryan Willis

Dramaturgs: How Do They Work? Tuesday 10:30 – 11:50 One of the most important skills you can learn as a theatre practitioner is how to be a good dramaturg. The art of researching has never been more delicate and advanced than when researching for new works while working with living playwrights. Whether you act, direct, write, or design this class will help guide you through the murky waters of how to best serve almost any production you're working on. Presenter: Kamarie Chapman

High-Wire Act: the New Musical Tightrope Tuesday 3:00-4:20 What does it take to create a great new musical? Actors falling from great heights, chandeliers crashing into the audience, helicopters hovering above the rafters? Or ∑? In this workshop, we‚ll explore the collaborations and challenges encountered in the world premiere productions of EMBARRASSMENTS and CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD (featuring music by The Doors). Presenter: Nakissa Etemad

Play Readings: A Workshop for Directors, Actors, and Playwrights Wednesday 9 – 10:20 Readings of new plays are a major component of many theatres' new play development programs. They have become auditions for actors and directors, and an opportunity for playwrights. This workshop examines how to work within the challenges imposed by the limited time frame, and consider what the director, actors and playwright can expect to learn - and not learn - from a reading. This is a practical, participatory workshop. Festival actors will perform in a short scene from "Hazelwood Jr. High." Presenter: Rob Urbinati

How Plays Work Wednesday 10:30 – 11:50 This workshop explores the relationship between the playwright, the play and the audience. Presenter: David Blakely

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Whose Play is it Anyway? Birthing New Plays Wednesday 3 – 4:20 Working on new plays is a tricky business. What do we do as theatre collaborators to help the play achieve its full potential? How can all the disciplines work together to satisfy the writer‚s vision? Playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and dramaturgs will use materials and samples from BIG LOVE by Charles L. Mee and Marcus Gardley's ∑AND JESUS WALKS THE MISSISSIPPI. Presenter: Michael Phillips

How to SCORE with your Ten-Minute Play Thursday 9 – 10:20 An analysis and discussion of winning 10-minute plays focusing on setting, character, obstacles, resolutions and metaphor. After the discussion students will begin work on a play of their own. Presenter: Roger Hall

Adapting for the Stage Thursday 10:30 - 11:50 This workshop will examine how previously existing material - novels, non-fiction, journalism, biographies and true stories - can be adapted for the stage. It will explore the challenge of finding the story within a story that you, the writer, want to tell. It will consider plot, structure and character as they relate to adaptation, and will explore the issue of faithfulness to the source material. There will also be readings of selections of adapted plays by Urbinati ("Hazelwood Jr. High" and "West Moon Street") performed by Festival actors. Presenter: Rob Urbinati

Directing and Dramaturgy: A Panel Discussion on Thursday 10:30 – 11:50 Collaboration and Creativity Join dramaturg Nakissa Etemad and directors Amy Feinberg and Virginia Reed for an open discussion exploring the director/dramaturg relationship. Feel free to join in and ask questions! Host: Michael Phillips

Dramaturgy Initiative: Project Responses Friday 9 – 10:20 Dramaturg Nakissa Etemad will respond to dramaturgical projects submitted by students participating in the KC/ACTF Dramaturgy Initiative Presenter: Michael Phillips

Working Professional and Professional Development Workshops

A Career in Theatre: A Practical Guide to the Business Tuesday 10:30 - 11:50 and the Role of Actors’ Equity Equity supports and protects the rights of Actors and Stage Managers. The workshop offers a candid discussion about how and when to join, pragmatic insight into balancing artistic and business mindsets, and provides tips on negotiating, record keeping, networking, survival jobs and more. The session is Q & A driven and is designed to ease the transition from an academic environment to a professional career. Presenter: Tom Miller

An Artist Prepares: Is Grad School the Next Step? Tues 1:30 – 2:50 Wed 9 – 10:20 Sara Falconer, Director of Membership Services for the University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA), and Leigh Selting, Chair of the University of Wyoming Theatre and Dance Department, and Chair of KCACTF Region 7, will discuss Graduate school auditions and interviews for some of the top professional training programs in the country. Topics to include selection of monologues, portfolio preparation, working with a coach or adviser, how to research graduate schools, what a student should expect from graduate training, and the very important callback and interview process. Other subjects include the challenges of surviving and thriving in the program. General questions will be taken about the National Unified Auditions and Interviews. Undergraduate students and faculty are encouraged to attend. This workshop will be offered twice to accommodate conflicts in scheduling. Presenters: Sara Falconer, Leigh Selting

Next Step Acting Auditions Wednesday 8 – 5 Open auditions for actors seeking summer and year round educational and professional experience

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Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice/Intern Wednesday 4:30 - 5:50 Company Info Session Come learn all about the Apprentice Company. Now in its 39th year, it's one of the oldest continuing pre- professional training companies. A practical alternative to graduate school, the program is designed to serve as a bridge between where you are as a theatre artist and where you‚d like to be. While learning the skills needed to create and maintain a professional career, Apprentices perform in their own 5-show season, which includes a specially commissioned work in the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Special emphasis is placed on cultivating audition skills and learning methods for generating original work. Presenter: Michael Legg

Next Step Callbacks Wednesday 6:30 – 9:30 And Thursday 1:30 – 4:20 To provide additional space for companies to hold callbacks on site if they choose not to use their hotel suites Host: Reid Davis

Next Step Design/ SM/ Production Interviews Thursday 9 – 12 A morning session of one-on-one portfolio presentations and interviews between summer/year round companies and design/production students seeking work, internships, educational opportunities Host: Reid Davis

Taxes 101 Thursday 10:30 – 11:50 Taxes 101: This workshop will introduce you to the information you need to report and understand your tax situation. As you transition from the academic world to the professional one, you will face many forms, numbers, and confusing information. This workshop will help you to recognize that information so that you have an opportunity to protect yourself legally and financially in your new professional world. This workshop is intended for actors, technicians, directors or designers who are entering the workforce and thinking about being independent contractors. Presenter: Adam Mendelson

Meet and Greet for Theatre Students and Departments Thursday 12 – 1:20 An informal gathering of students seeking information about the next step in their theatre education and training. Community college students, Associate Degree recipients as well as undergraduates looking for graduate programs are all invited to meet with representatives from drama departments throughout the Western states region. Bring resumes and portfolios. Theatre departments are encouraged to send a representative with promotional materials to the "Meet & Greet." Sponsored jointly by NWDC & KCACTF VII. Food is provided. Presenter: George Caldwell

Community College Connections Friday 9 – 10:20 A roundtable discussion for two year college faculty and staff to discuss issues facing community colleges, and share what we're doing. Presenter: Joe Jacoby

Theatre Critic Workshops

National Critics Institute Workshop M 1:30 – 2:50, T 1:30 – 2:50, W 2 – 3:20, TH 1:30 – 2:50, F 3 – 4:20 Participants in the National Critics Institute will workshop critiques of festival productions. Daily attendance required. Presenter: Michael Phillips, Kamari Chapman, William Kowinsky

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Faculty/ Staff Workshops

Intro to Acting Instructors Forum Monday 10:30-11:50 Identifying strategies to teaching the Intro Acting courses with growing numbers and shrinking budgets: What are the most important techniques to teach? How do you handle a class of 20 or more students? What do they need to know to successfully move forward or transfer into 4 year programs? This session will explore these and other relevant issues in an open forum format. Respondent Training Tuesday – Friday 10:30 – 11:50 This workshop will provide respondent training for those professors and teachers who would like to become respondents for KCACTF Region VII productions. Although it is designed primarily for new respondents, it can also serve as a nice refresher course in how to become a stronger respondent. We will attend the evening productions, followed by the morning response sessions. After each response session, we will have a further discussion about the actual response to the production in order to learn more about the process. Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker, Mark Kuntz

KCACTF Region VII Meeting Friday 12 – 1:20 Annual meeting for all Regional faculty and staff to give festival feedback and discuss policy and planning, questions regarding national initiatives, etc. Please attend and let us know how we are doing! Presenter: Leigh Selting

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Who’s Who at Festival Forty-Three:

KCACTF/NWDC Keynote Performance: Friday 1:30-3:00 in the John Van Duzer Theatre Dell Arte International is the U.S. center for the exploration, development, training and performance of the actor-creator. Its mission is to employ and revitalize the traditional physical theatre forms to explore contemporary concerns. Dell‟Arte is made up of a professional touring company; a fulltime professional training school offering MFA and certificate programs; the annual summer Mad River Festival; a youth academy; and study abroad programs. As one of a handful of rural professional ensemble theatres in the United States, Dell'Arte is internationally recognized for its unique contribution to American theatre via its non-urban point of view, its 30 year history of ensemble practice, its work to push the boundaries of physical theatre forms in professional productions, and its actor-training programs. Originally called the Dell'Arte School of Mime and Comedy, the School‟s name was changed to The International School of Physical Theatre in the late 1980s as a result of the narrowing definition of 'mime' and a desire to investigate a broader vision of theatre and the work of the contemporary actor. The School now offers a one year certificate program in Physical Theatre, a NAST-accredited three year MFA in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre, plus summer workshops, and residencies in Bali and Denmark. School Directors have included Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, Jon'Paul Cook, Alain Schons, Ralph Hall, Peter Buckley, Jane Hill, Daniel Stein, and Joan Schirle.

USITT Keynote Guest: Thursday 3-4:30 in the Gist Hall Theatre Jay Duckworth came to NYC in September of 1990 with $500 ($100 of that was given to me by my father [don't tell your mother]) a broke down car from a small river boat town where he graduated in a class of 62 students on the Mississippi River. Starting in a LORT C theater as an over-hire carpenter until one day was asked if he wanted to work at a summer stock in props. He fell in love with it and each night that he was done with work volunteered in another department to learn the basics of each discipline. He has since worked at Princeton University, The McCarter, Cherry Lane, The New Group, Primary Stages, and The Vineyard Theater. He has also done Art Direction for Television (Yes Network and ESPN) he has done music videos and started to get into film when he received an offer from The Public Theater. His first show was the Tony Award Winning musical HAIR and has since sent 3 shows to Broadway. He lives in Brooklyn and is the luckiest person he knows.

2011 National Selection Team:

Debra Bergsma Otte is a faculty member at Montclair State University. She previously served as Director of both the Theatre and Arts Management programs at Long Island University. Most recent credits include costume designs for Against the Rising Sea (Queens Theatre in the Park), Rosa Loses Her Face (The Electric Theatre Company and Queens Theatre in the Park), Land O'Fire (Jersey City Theatre), Four Short and Eurydice (Montclair State University). Prior design credits include costume designs for CBS, the Joffrey Ballet, Linda Tarnay, Merce Cunningham, many regional, Off-Broadway and university productions; puppet design for Henson Associates; and industrial design work for Parker Davis, Chrysler and Burger King. She produced and designed The Bakkhai, which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was one of seven professional companies to perform, through the invitation of the Cyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute, at the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama in 2002. In the past ten years, she has produced and costumed six productions that performed at the KCACTF Region II Festival including Skriker, which performed at the National Festival in 1998. She is currently a Member-at-Large on the National Committee and has served as Chair-of-Chairs, Festival Production Respondent in Region V and Regional Design Respondent in Regions I, III, IV, V and VI. She served as Chair of Region II from 2002-2005, Regional Vice Chair and Design Co-Chair prior to that. In 1999 and 2005, she was honored to receive the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for her work with KCACTF. She holds an MFA in Design from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and BA from Calvin College.

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Gregg Henry Recent productions- The Kennedy Center: Teddy Roosevelt and The Treasure of Ursa Major, Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe, Mermaids, Monsters and the World Painted Purple, Dreams in the Golden Country, The Light of Excalibur for the Kennedy Center. Round House Theatre: Melanie Marnich‟s A Sleeping Country. Washington Shakespeare Company: Julie Jensen's Two-Headed and Barbara Field's adaptation of Scaramouche. The US Premieres of Morris Panych‟s Girl in the Goldfish Bowl for Metro Stage and Daniel MacIvor's You Are Here for Theatre Alliance, Shelagh Stephenson's An Experiment with an Air Pump for Journeymen Theater. Centerstage First Look series: The North Pool by Rajiv Joseph and The 13 Hallucinations of Julio Rivera by Stephen R. Culp. For Arena Stage Downstairs series: Biography of a Constellation by Lila Rose Kaplan and The Near East by Alex Lewin. For Catholic University of America: Whales, Miranda is Morning, Listen, The Stronger, and The Tiger’s Heart Project.

Gregg is artistic director of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. He oversees all of the program's playwriting, performance, design and dramatic criticism programs and works with professional theatres to develop educational partnerships for student and faculty participants. He directs the Summer Intensives program at the Kennedy Center in design [led by Ming Cho Lee] and playwriting [led by Gary Garrison with Cathy Norgren, Marsha Norman, Lee Blessing, Melanie Marnich, David Ives, Jocelyn Clarke, Carlos Murillo, Naomi Iizuka, Karen Zacarías, Heather McDonald, Carl Hancock Rux, Chay Yew, Dael Orlandersmith and others.]

In addition to his KCACTF responsibilities he is artistic associate for New Works and Commissions for Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences. He also coordinates the Kennedy Center/Kenan Fund for the Arts Performing Arts Apprenticeship Program. He is the curator and co-producer of the annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, a free three-day event at the Kennedy Center, now in its ninth year, featuring readings of new work by the theatres in the DC Metro Area with a mission to nurture new voices in the American Theatre. For these Festivals he produced special readings of Lee Blessing's The Scottish Play and Ken Ludwig's The Game’s Afoot, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Three Musketeers and Treasure Island. He produces the annual MFA Playwrights’ Workshop at the Kennedy Center in association with NNPN and the National Center for New Plays at Stanford University.

Gregg has acted, directed, and/or staged the fights with the Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals. He received his MFA in Acting from the University of Michigan and is formerly the director of theatre and an associate professor at Iowa State University. He is proud to serve of the Board of Taffety Punk Theatre Company and on the National Advisory Board of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas [LMDA.]

Tom Mitchell is Interim Head of the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where has also teaches Acting and Directing. Following a trip to China‟s leading theatre programs, he is establishing exchange programs for the University of Illinois. Mitchell chaired the Summer Theatre Program at Interlochen Center for the Arts, and directed productions in Musical Theatre and in Shakespeare. He was co- chair of Region III (Great Lakes) of KCACTF and is co-chairing the selection of the new Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Program. Mitchell has written frequently about Tennessee Williams‟ early career and has directed premieres of two of the early unproduced works. He is former chair of the Mid-America Theatre Conference Directing Symposium and received the 2007 Award of Honor by the Illinois Theatre Association. With colleague Burnet Hobgood, Mitchell authored “A Framework for Directing in the Theatre” and has made numerous presentations on the practice of directing in the contemporary theatre. Tom is representing the Regional Chairs.

Rob Urbinati Director/Playwright: Staceyann Chin‚s Border/Clash /Culture Project; 365 Days/365 Plays/Public Theatre; The President and Her Mistress and Foggy Bottom /Abingdon; Eric Bogosian's Griller /Lincoln Center Directors Lab; Angel Street/Pearl Theatre; Lost/NYC Fringe (Best Musical); Kiss Me, Kate and Nymph Errant/Theatreworks, Colorado; Minstrel Show/New Jersey Rep and elsewhere; Marry Me A Little /Queens Theatre in the Park, where he is Director of New Play Development Writer: Hazelwood Jr. High/The New Group, published by Samuel French; Rebel Voices/Culture Project; Miss Julie in Hollywood/78th Street Theatre Lab; Shangri La and Karaoke Night at the Suicide Shack/Queens Theatre in the Park; West Moon Street/Prospect Theatre Company and elsewhere, published by Samuel French. Member/SDC and Dramatists Guild.

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Bryan Willis serves as playwright-in-residence for the Northwest Playwrights Alliance at Seattle Repertory Theater. He is currently working on full-length commissions from Book-It Theater, the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, and a full-length play scheduled for an extended workshop at Seattle Rep. His plays have appeared throughout the U.K., Israel, Japan and in theaters across the U.S. and Canada, including A Contemporary Theater (two commissions), New York Theater Workshop, Seattle Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Unseam'd Shakespeare Co. and Riverside Studios in London. His work has also been featured on NPR and BBC Radio (commission for Sophie). Bryan is the proud recipient of a Theater Fellowship from Artist Trust and has worked in the literary departments of many theaters, including Lincoln Center (NYU's Playwright-in- Residence) and Playwrights Horizons.

Special Guests:

Karen Anselm is a Professor of Theatre, Costume Designer and Director at Bloomsburg University. A graduate of CMU, some of her favorite costume designs include: Anon(ymous)at BU, You Can’t Take It With You at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, The Three Sisters at La MaMa, NYC and Wolf Sonata Bacchae at Dell Arte in Blue Lake, CA. She directed Trojan Women and Lysistrata, which toured to the International Theatre Institute Festival of Ancient Greek Drama in Cyprus. Karen is presently KCACTF National Chair of Design, Technologies, & Management, and has served as Chair of Region II, Chair of Chairs, Member at Large and the National Selection Team of 2003.

Annie Cleveland received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Ohio State University. She was a tenured Associate Professor and the resident costume designer for the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Colorado State University for seventeen years before relocating to the Los Angeles area. Annie has traveled extensively including a voyage around the world as a professor on Semester at Sea. In 2009 she accepted a one year grant as a Fulbright Scholar teaching Computer Aided Costume Design at National Taiwan University. Her most recent design credits include SUDS, the Musical for the Black Hills Playhouse, Illusion and The Imaginary Invalid for California State University Northridge, and Working for The Ohio State University.

Nakissa Etemad is a professional dramaturg, producer, French translator, editor and writer based in San Francisco, CA, having worked in the field for eighteen years, including full-time posts as Dramaturg & Literary Manager for The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, San Jose Repertory Theatre, and San Diego Rep. Ms. Etemad has fostered 16 professional world premiere productions of plays & musicals and dramaturged 75 productions & staged readings with such writers as Tom Stoppard, Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage, Polly Pen, Charles L. Mee, Octavio Solis, Doug Wright, Dael Orlandersmith, Marcus Gardley, Chay Yew, Katori Hall, Lillian Groag, Julie Hébert, Luis Valdez, Culture Clash, Ray Leslee, Heather McDonald, and Steven Dietz. Dramaturgy credits include the East Coast Premiere of Arthur Miller‟s penultimate play Resurrection Blues at The Wilma; The Philadelphia Orchestra & The Wilma‟s Every Good Boy Deserves Favor by Tom Stoppard & André Previn; the inaugural world premiere production of Gardley‟s every tongue confess in the Kogod Cradle for Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater; the world premiere Wilma-commissioned musical Embarrassments by Polly Pen and Laurence Klavan; the world premiere of The Doors musical Celebration of the Lizard at San Diego Rep, including workshops starring Billy Zane and Grace Jones; and producing the San Jose Rep‟s 5th Annual New America Playwrights Festival in 2001, featuring writers Lynn Nottage, Polly Pen, James Milton, and Naomi Iizuka. Additionally, Ms. Etemad has provided dramaturgy for The Cutting Ball Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, O‟Neill Music Theater Conference, La Jolla Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, and the Bay Area Playwrights Festival & Playwrights Foundation, among others. She has been a Dramaturgy Instructor for Playwrights Foundation‟s New Play Institute, Guest Lecturer at Temple University and Coronado School of the Arts, Judge and Panelist for Philadelphia Theatre Initiative and Southwestern College, and served as Co- Chair for the 2004 LMDA Annual Conference in Philadelphia. She is the VP-Metro Bay Area of LMDA, studied at the Université de Paris III, and holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from UCSD and certificates from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute, London.

Amy Feinberg is an Associate Professor and Head of Directing, Playwriting and Production at the University of the Arts, and the Producing Artistic Director of the Hypothetical Theatre Company, Inc. in New York City. In New York, she has directed the premieres of There or Here by Jennifer Maisel; My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon by Don Nigro; Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn starring Joanna Merlin; The Action Against Sol Schumann by Jeffrey Sweet; Ordinary Heroes and Almost Grown Up by Aviva Jane Carlin; Gun Club by Hunt Holman; Quake and Sparrow Project by Melanie Marnich; Sitting Pretty by Amy Rosenthal; Buying Time by Michael Weller and its extended run with the help of SB Productions; The Heart of Art by Michael Weller; Mickey's Home,

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American Blues, Hot Date, and the critically acclaimed Ghost on Fire by Michael Weller. For the National Park Service, Amy wrote, directed and produced Ellis Island Stories which was in residence at Ellis Island 1992- 2000 and now tours nationally to schools, festivals, etc. Other New York and regional credits include: Topdog/Underdog at The Freedom Theatre (Forbidden Culture); There or Here workshop at Play Penn; Orphans by Lyle Kessler at Philadelphia Fringe Festival; Samm Art Williams' Brass Birds Don't Sing (World Premiere) for Jewish Theatre of the South; Almost Grown Up at Sacramento Theatre Company; The Action Against Sol Schumann at Jewish Theatre of the South; Voices of Brooklyn, Marvin's Room, Cloud Tectonics, Prelude to a Kiss, Terminal Cafe, The Baby Dance, North of Providence, Brilliant Traces, Bent, Hunt Holman's Gun Club with The Cherry Lane Alternative, and Melanie Marnich's Quake for Lincoln Center Directors Lab. Amy also directed Shedding Light by Rich Orloff at the Shadowland Theatre, and the West Coast premiere of Quake in Los Angeles. Amy holds an MFA in directing from Northern Illinois University and is a proud member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, the Actors' Equity Association and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Kerro Knox 3, co-chair of KCACTF region III, is theatre program director at Oakland University (outside Detroit, not California) where he teaches lighting design and theatre history. His BA and MFA are from Yale. He has designed for Syracuse Stage, Yale Rep, Cleveland Play House, Meadow Brook Theatre and several dance companies. He directed Herringbone at the Body Politic Theatre in Chicago, stage managed on the national tour of Phantom. He has also worked in the Ukraine and Greece where he has also been in several Greek plays. African drumming and xylophone have taken him to New York and steelband has taken him to Trinidad and Canada. For the last, he has released 2 CD‟s, one with his arrangements of The Nutcracker. His passion is the interrelatedness of the arts. Scuba diving has also taken him to many corners of the world. He‟ll let you know when he grows up.

Bill Kowinski is an author and former arts editor for weekly newspapers in Boston and Washington. Since 2005 he has written theatre reviews, previews and commentary for his twice-monthly Stage Matters column in the North Coast Journal of far northern California. Other writing on theatre appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, New York Daily News Magazine, Theatre Three, In Pittsburgh, the Boston Phoenix and Washington Newsworks, and on other subjects in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Salon, American Film and other periodicals. He attended Knox College as a literature and composition major, and the Iowa Writers Workshop in fiction and poetry. He had written, acted, directed and served as dramaturg for the stage. In his book The Malling of America he writes about the shopping mall as theatrical space.

Dan LaRocque is Chair of Theatre and Head of Performance at Auburn University. He served as KCACTF Chair of Region IV from 2003-2006 and as a member of the KCACTF National Executive Committee until 2009. Dan is no stranger to Region VII, having done his graduate work at The University of Washington, and he‟s performed as an Equity actor in resident theatres throughout the country including San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, Houston's Alley Theatre, Richmond's Theatre Virginia, and the Utah, North Carolina, Illinois, and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals. In England, he appeared at Alan Ayckbourn's Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round and his New York credits include appearances on All My Children and Guiding Light. His one-act play, Man Woman Flower published by Playscripts, Inc. has been produced Off Broadway at the Harold Clurman Theatre in New York, by the West Coast Ensemble Theatre in Los Angeles, and has enjoyed an extensive amateur production history in The United States, Canada, Australia and England.

John Mayer is chair of the theatre department at CSU Stanislaus and Coordinator for CSU Summer Arts programming with Steppenwolf Classes West. He received his MFA in Acting from Western Illinois University and his PhD in Theatre History from the University of Missouri. He continues to work as an actor and director, and really enjoyed working with Leigh Selting at the Snowy Range Summer Theatre on productions of The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged and Headset.

Marilyn McIntyre is a multi-award-winning actor whose extensive stage credits include leading roles on and Off Broadway, regionally (South Coast Rep, Alley Theatre, Walnut Street, Utah Shakespeare, et al) and in LA (Deaf West, Matrix, Mark Taper, et al). On-Camera credits include: TV- GH: Night Shift (recurring guest star), Watch Over Me (series regular), Cold Case, Judging Amy, X-Files, et al., contract roles on numerous daytime dramas; and Film - Heaven‟s Rain, First Daughter, The Ring 2, Peter Berg‟s Very Bad Things, and the hit short George Lucas in Love. (Visit IMDb.com for details.) Ms. McIntyre currently teaches at Cal State-Northridge, the Howard Fine Acting Studio, and the SAG Hollywood Conservatory at AFI. She has taught at the Old Globe MFA Program at USD, USC, UT-Austin, and UNC School of the Arts, among others. She holds a BFA (UNC 50

School of the Arts) and an MFA (Penn State). Marilyn studied with Uta Hagen in her LA Master Classes, and is featured on her teaching video doing Object Exercise #10, "Historical Imagination", playing „Charlotta‟ from The Cherry Orchard”. www.MarilynMcIntyre.com

Ryan Parham has spent the last six seasons as Properties Shop Supervisor with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, CA, where he has been fortunate enough to work alongside designers such as Douglas Schmidt (The Tosca Project, upcoming Tales of the City), Ralph Funicello (Boleros for the Disenchanted), Loy Arcenas (Marcus; Or The Secret of Sweet), and John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, The Caucasian Chalk Circle). Prior to ACT, he was Prop Artisan/Master at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, WA, where he assisted in premiering Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America and The Light in the Piazza. He received a B.A. in Scene Design and Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a M.F.A. from Humboldt State University with an emphasis in Directing.

John David Paul, since leaving the field of Psychology and Counseling in the mid-eighties for a career in Theatre, John has designed or built over 250 shows and projects. Although his first love is theatre, he has designed for opera, dance, themed entertainment, trade shows, commercials, retail spaces and feature films. He especially enjoys design for original work. Some notable credits include: Scenic Designer for the premiere musical Reefer Madness in Los Angeles for which he won the LAWeekly Award for Best Production Design of 1999; Scenic and Lighting Designer for Ping Chong for the original adaptation project Persuasion based on the book, The Chocolate Wars at the University of Minnesota; Scenic and Costume Designer for award winning playwright Jeff Barker and Broadway composer Ron Melrose for And God Said; Scenic Designer for T.M. Camp‟s new adaptation of Homer‟s Odyssey; Technical Director for Lee Blessing‟s premiere production of Two Rooms at the Cricket Theatre; Assistant Art Director for the feature films Fargo and Grumpier Old Men; Set Designer for the feature films Jingle All the Way, The Cure and Feeling Minnesota; Art Director for the “Oceans” Exhibit at the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, OH which garnered the Best Guest Experience Award of 1999 from the Themed Entertainment Association and was featured in Time magazine; Art Director for the Edwards Technology trade show booth which won the Best of Show Award at IAAPA 2001; Art Director for Cirque de la Mer at Seaworld, an acrobatic show performed in the San Diego Bay Arena; and Art Director or Set Designer for numerous national release commercials such as Nescafe, KIA, Dove and Budweiser. He has designed scenery for four seasons at Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado, which was named by USA Today as one of the 10 best summer regional theatres in the country. He has also designed for the Cape Repertory Theatre on Cape Cod, MA. John is the Chair of Design, Technology and Management for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region V, which encompasses seven Upper Midwestern States. He has served on the faculty of the California Institute of the Arts, Chapman University, College of the Canyons, Northwestern College, and Dordt College; and is currently the scenic design professor at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota.

Virginia Reed has collaborated as director, dramaturg, curator, or producer for productions, festivals and staged readings with: Aurora Theatre; Brava Theatre; Bootstrap Fdn., Cinnabar Theater; Danse Lumiere; Lunatique Fantastique; Magic Theatre; Mark Taper Forum; McCarter Theater; Pear Ave. Theatre; PlayGround; th Playwrights Foundation; San Jose Repertory; Shakespeare‟s Associates; 6 St. Playhouse; TheatreWorks; and Woman‟s Will. Ginny has directed and taught Acting, Improvisation, Theatre History and Literature for public and private high schools and colleges in the East, Midwest and West; she is currently based in San Francisco. Her bachelor‟s degree is from Northwestern University, and M.Phil. is from Beckett Ctr., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Honors include: award for a K-12 Fine and Performing Arts Curriculum; grants for theatre studies in Oxford, UK and a research project in Bali, Indonesia; and, as co-founder of The Shee Theatre Co., funding for new play development and world / west coast premiere productions.

Erica Sartini is the Co-Founder and Casting Director of Two Birds Casting, located in Chicago, IL. Alongside Artistic Director, Bonnie Metzgar, she created the casting department at About Face Theatre, Chicago's award- winning home for LGBTQA theatre and dialogue. She continues to work as About Face's Casting Associate. Erica has worked with several Chicago companies including Collaboraction Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre's Explore Series, Dog and Pony Theatre, Theatre Wit and American Theater Company. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Drama from Indiana University, Bloomington. Erica is the former Recruitment Coordinator for and a proud alumnus of the Apprentice/Intern Company of Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Rob Urbinati: Director/Playwright and Director of New Play Development for Queens Theatre in the Park; Member- SDC and Dramatists Guild. Director: Staceyann Chin‚s Border/Clash, Culture Project; 365 Days/365 Plays, Public Theatre; The President and Her Mistress and Foggy Bottom, Abingdon Theatre Company; Eric Bogosian‟s Griller, Lincoln Center 51

Directors Lab; Angel Street, Pearl Theatre; Lost, NYC Fringe (Best Musical); Kiss Me, Kate and Nymph Errant, Theatreworks, Colorado; Minstrel Show, New Jersey Rep and elsewhere; Marry Me A Little, Queens Theatre in the Park. Plays: Hazelwood Jr. High, The New Group, published by Samuel French; Rebel Voices, Culture Project; Miss Julie in Hollywood, 78th Street Theatre Lab; Shangri La and Karaoke Night at the Suicide Shack, Queens Theatre in the Park; West Moon Street, Prospect Theatre Company and elsewhere, published by Samuel French.

Catherine Wallis, a proud member of Actors' Equity Association, has been a professional stage manager for the last 10 years. Favorite credits include: Resident Ensemble Players (REP): I am my Own Wife, The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Adrian Hall, and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Snowy Range Summer Theatre: The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair, The Last Five Years and Headset (a view from the light booth). Nebraska Repertory Theatre: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Little Prince, Jake’s Women and Dinner with Friends. Most recently she assistant stage managed Inana and the premiere of The Eelwax Jesus 3-D Pop Music Show for the 20th season of The Contemporary American Theatre Festival. She will finish her MFA in stage management in May from the Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) at the University of Delaware.

2011 Region VII Executive Committee & Planning Board:

Ronn Campbell is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Columbia Basin College. He holds a B.F.A. in design from the University of Idaho and a M.F.A. in scenic and lighting design from Humboldt State University. His past teaching experience includes Western Washington University and the University of Idaho before coming to CBC. Ronn has designed over 150 productions in his career. This includes scenery, lighting and sound for many companies in the Northwest including Washington East Opera, CBC Summer Showcase, Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra, Mid-Columbia Regional Ballet and Idaho Repertory Theatre. Ronn is currently the Vice- President of the Northwest Drama Conference, former Chair of Design, Technology & Management for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region VII and the past Chair of the Northwest Section of United States Institute for Theatre Technology.

Patrick Dizney has been teaching acting, cinema and voice classes at Western Washington University for 5 years. He has been acting professionally since the mid 1990‟s, including work in film, television, one national tour (never again), commercials and industrials. Patrick is most proud of his service to the NWDC and KC/ACTF, proud to work with such amazing teachers from around the region and most proud of the terrific students this region has.

Jerry Dougherty is the Production Manager at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. He is a member of USITT and the International Association of Venue Managers and the Vice Chairman of the City of Ellensburg Arts Commission. He is a founding member of the DogTown Theatre Company and is known to work as a rigger at the Capitol Theatre in Yakima, WA on occasion. This is his first year as the scheduling czar for the Region VII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and New West Drama Conference.

Joseph Gilg is the NPP Chair for Region VII and is on the faculty at the University of Oregon where he teaches acting and directing. In another life he was a lighting designer and worked with Southern Utah University and the Utah Shakespeare Festival as well as Rockford College, the Rockford Dance Company and the New American Theatre in Rockford, IL. He also served as Artistic Director of the Oregon Repertory Theatre in Eugene, OR for a time and spent one year as a lecturer at Regent‟s College in London and fulfilled a Fulbright appointment at the National Institute of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan teaching acting and directing.

John Hill is the head of the theatre program at Front Range Community College and the Founder, Artistic Director of the Front Range Family Theatre Project. In 2008 John was honored with the Kennedy Center Medallion and twice john has been honored by KCACTF Region VII and the North West Drama Conference with the Horace Robinson President‟s Award for service to the region. In 2002 he won the KCACTF Award for New Program Development at FRCC for his production of All in the Timing. John also served as the Costume Shop Director and an Instructor for the Colorado State University Theatre Arts Program from 1997-2006. During 2006-07 he served as a visiting faculty member for the University of Idaho Department of Theatre & Film. John holds a BA in Performance from Loretto Heights College in Denver, CO and a MFA in Costume Design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For more than 20 years, Hill has served the Kennedy Center

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American College Theatre Festival as a Regional Respondent, Board Member and Clinician in three different regions. Currently he serves Region VII as the Chair for Design, Technology and Management.

Nancy Lee-Painter is in her first year as NPP vice chair of Region VII and in her 8th year at Lewis-Clark State College where she loves making theatre happen all the time with her students. As an actor she has performed with The Idaho Repertory Theatre, Three Tall Women, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Idaho Theatre For Youth. Nancy makes her home in Moscow, Idaho with her really great husband David and feels lucky to be living in the same town for now with daughters Molli, Allix and new son in law Stevie.

Mindi Logan is the immediate Past Chair of the Region VII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and an Associate Professor at the University of Portland. Her artistic work at the University includes choreography, acting and dialect coaching for last year's productions. Mindi received her M.F.A. from the Professional Actors Training Program at Rutgers University and then worked professionally as an actor in New York and Los Angeles, appearing off-Broadway, in soap operas, sit-coms, and film. Mindi has appeared in Portland with Artists Repertory Theatre, Quintessence Theater, Stark Raving Theatre, in commercials, industrials, and voice-overs.

Rhett Luedtke is an associate professor of theatre at George Fox University with a special emphasis in acting and directing. In addition to his numerous directing credits at George Fox, Rhett has directed for many theatres across the country including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Salem Repertory Theatre, the Public House Theatre in Portland, the Festival at the Marsh in New Brunswick, the Heartland Theatre in Bloomington, IL, and Small Time Outreach Productions in Auburn, Alabama. In 2010, GFU honored him with the Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award for 2009- 10, and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival honored him with a National Directing Fellowship. Rhett received his B.A. from Valparaiso University in Indiana and his M.F.A. in Directing from Illinois State University.

Michael Phillips is the KC/ACTF Region VII Coordinator for two areas: the National Critics Institute and the Dramaturgy Initiative. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Western Oregon University, where he teaches Theatre History, Literature, Text Analysis, Directing, and Dramaturgy. Michael earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1996. He is a professional director and dramaturg, with directing credits at Salem Repertory Theatre in Salem, OR, Lancaster Opera in Lancaster, PA, Lord Leebrick Theatre Company in Eugene, OR, and The Neighborhood Playhouse in Atlanta, GA. Recent dramaturgy credits include work with Sojourn Theatre in Portland, OR and Salem Repertory Theatre.

Kelly Eviston Quinnett is an Associate Professor at the University of Idaho, teaching acting since 1998. She attended Northern Kentucky University where she received a BFA in Musical Theatre, then went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from the University of Idaho. She performed regionally at Flat Rock Playhouse, New York Theatre Lab, Coeur D‟Alene Summer Theatre and Mill Mountain Theatre. In 1990 she won the National Irene Ryan Acting Competition presented by The Kennedy Center / American College Theatre Festival, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. Kelly also won the regional Irene Ryan in 1995 as well as the nationally recognized production of Top Girls at the Kennedy Center in 1997 as Marlene. She appeared on All My Children as Maria Monterey (1990, 1991) and on One Life To Live as Blaine Adams (1991). Most recently, Kelly shot the pilot The Snakes of Justice (2009). Films include: Mozart and the Whale (with Josh Hartnett, 2005), The Basket (with Peter Coyote, 1998), Mr.Write (with Paul Reiser and Martin Mull, 1994), Brothers and Sisters (with Franco Nero, 1991.) Home of the Brave, directed by Irwin Winkler (with Samuel L. Jackson 2006), and Frank (with John Gries 2006) and The Absent (2007). Most recently, Kelly has performed professionally in Bus Stop (with Ellen Travolta and Jack Bannon), directed by Scott Allen Smith at Interplayers Theatre, The King and I with Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre, Grace and Glorie for Idaho Repertory Theatre, The Full Monty at Coeur d‟Alene Summer Theatre and The Rainmaker at Interplayers Theatre & Lake City Playhouse. She is Vice Chair of Region 7 and the Irene Ryan Coordinator for Region 7. Kelly is currently the co Artistic Director of Idaho Repertory Theatre.

Scott Robinson begins his sixth year as department chair and tenth year as a member of the Central Washington University faculty this fall. Prior to his arrival at CWU, Robinson was a faculty member at the University of Montevallo, and taught at Northern Michigan University, Illinois State University, and Lethbridge Community College. His professional work includes Waterville Opera House, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Utah Musical Theatre. He has received several Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival awards including the Gold Medallion of Excellence, along with meritorious awards for his 53 costume design work on Fantasticks, and Man of La Mancha and scenic designs for Bird Woman: The Story of Sacajawea, and the world premiere of Blankity Blank. He has been a reviewer for the American Library Association's Choice Magazine. He has served on numerous state and regional theatre organization's boards and committees and currently serving as the Financial Officer of Kennedy Center ACTF Region VII. Robinson received his A.A. degree in Mid-Management from Brigham Young University - Idaho [Ricks College], his B.F.A. in Design from the University of Lethbridge in Canada, and his M.F.A. in Theatre from Illinois State University in Normal. Robinson's CWU design credits include Man of La Mancha, Jungalbook, The Laramie Project, Hayfever, Tartuffe, Blankity Blank and Much Ado About Nothing.

Rae Robison is an Associate Professor of Theatre, Film & Dance at Humboldt State University and serves as the department‟s head of Costume Design. She earned her M.F.A. at the University of California, Irvine. Rae is the Vice-Chair of Design, Technology and Management for KCACTF Region VII and is this year's Festival Coordinator; she has appeared in, designed, or directed over 250 stage and feature film works over the past twenty five years. As a designer, her work has been favorably reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Backstage West and others for works with the Los Angeles Playhouse, the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and Shakespeare Orange County. Ms. Robison directed the Off-Broadway production of In Conclusive Woman, which also played at the Kansas City Fringe Festival and the Red Hen Theatre, associated with Carnegie Mellon University. Recent onstage performances include the roles of Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor at North Coast Repertory Theatre, Zorah in Inspecting Carol, Mother Superior in Nunsense and Penny in You Can’t Take it With You for Central Missouri Repertory. Previous professional roles in Europe include Velma Kelly in Chicago, Guenevere in Camelot and Bunny in The House of Blue Leaves. Two of Robison‟s film shorts have gone to the Sundance Film Festival, the feature film Closing the Deal received awards at the Toronto Film Festival, and her costume work with Walt Disney‟s Imagineering can be seen at EuroDisney in Paris and Disneyland Tokyo. Currently, Ms. Robison is designing costumes for a world premiere rock opera in Kansas City as well as planning on her direction for the north coast premiere of Some Assembly Required by Eugene Stickland.

Leigh Selting is currently Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Wyoming, and a Professor, where he teaches acting, directing, stage combat, and acting for the camera. Also an Equity actor, free-lance director, and Equity stage manager, he has worked in various theatres around the country. Broadway credits include work as a production assistant on the 1996 Tony-nominated Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass, directed by Julie Taymor (Lion King), and as a production assistant/stage manager for the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes starring Stockard Channing, and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien (Hairspray, The Full Monty). He also worked as the assistant to the director for the Toronto production of Shirley Valentine (starring Helen Reddy). Off-Broadway and regional credits as an actor include Little Heart, (with Michael Gross) a full development reading for the New Harmony Project, IN; The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Orphans, and Balm in Gilead, all for the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX; The Heiress for the Arvada Center in Denver, CO; the American National Theatre Academy's touring showcase with Marshall W. Mason, for both the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre in NYC and the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Leigh holds the MFA in Acting and Directing from the University of Idaho, and a BA in Secondary Education (Speech/Theatre and Journalism) from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is also a former member of the board of directors for the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association, and received their Presidents Award for outstanding and dedicated service. In 1993, he was selected as a participant in the 25th Anniversary KC/ACTF Symposium on Acting led by Uta Hagen, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As a director, his productions of Marvin's Room, Dead White Males, and Frequency 98.6 were all selected as Region VII finalists for KCACTF, and he has the unique distinction of being the first two-time Regional Winner of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. Currently, he serves as the Chair for KCACTF Region VII, and is the Artistic Director of Snowy Range Summer Theatre, and particularly enjoys developing new work. The recipient of numerous extraordinary merit awards for teaching, research, and advising at the University of Wyoming, in 2006, Leigh was awarded the Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching award and selected as the Wyoming nominee for the national CASE Teaching Award. He was also appointed to receive the London Semester Professorship for Spring 2012, Spring 2003, and the Seibold Professorship in 1996-97. Recently, he was awarded the Kennedy Center Medallion of Excellence for his work as an acting coach. He is married to Marsha Knight, professor of ballet at UW, and has two sons, one step-son, and is proud to have batted .750 in the Broadway Show League!

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Workshop Presenters:

Gary Armagnac is an Associate Professor at University of the Pacific and a professional actor and director. He has performed leading roles at the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival and theatres around the nation as well as guest starring in film and television. He directed ROMEO AND JULIET for Livermore Shakespeare Festival 2010 and will direct THE TAMING OF THE SHREW for Idaho Repertory in 2011.

Christina Barrigan is Chair of the USITT Northwest Section which coordinates the Technical Keynote Speaker and Tech Olympics each year for the KC/ACTF Region 7 festival. She is a lighting designer, Associate Professor at Central Washington University, and a founding member of DogTown Theatre Company.

David Blakely Chair of New Plays and Playwriting for Region 6, is a playwright, actor, director, musician, and designer. Tales of Shoogilly, the 2003 winner of the Charles M. Getchell Award, was produced at Alvernia University March, 2009. Frankenstein: a Modern Prometheus premiered at the Temple Theatre in Sanford, NC, in October, 2004. His newest play, Lime Green Jackals, was a semi-finalist for the Hotcity Theatre 5th Annual New Play Festival in St. Louis, a finalist for the Seven Devils Playwriting Conference. He earned an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Iowa. He is an member of Dramatists Guild of America and Associate Professor of Theatre and Director of the Theatre Program at Rogers State University in Claremore, OK.

Ed Brazo After maintaining a professional career for over 25 years, Ed joined the faculty at Sacramento State University in 2002 as head of musical theatre. He teaches acting, musical theatre technique, tap, theatre dance and directs the annual musical. Ed has been a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers since 1976. Ed toured nationally in GYPSY starring Angela Lansbury, appeared on Broadway in TAKE ME ALONG, and works often at Sacramento Music Circus.

Rich Brown Rich Brown teaches acting/movement at Western Washington University where he directs and devises. He is a U. of Oregon PhD who studied Grotowski with Stephen Wangh and the Viewpoints with Mary Overlie at NYU‚s Experimental Theatre Wing. He has also studied Viewpoints/Suzuki with Anne Bogart‚s SITI Company and commedia at Dell‚Arte. For the past three summers he has led Viewpoint and Suzuki intensives for Teatrul Fara Frontiere at the National Theatre of Romania in Bucharest.

Andrew Carter is a junior at Central Washington University. He is a BFA candidate with a focus in lighting design and production management. He is the president of CWU‟s USITT student chapter. He is currently working on CWU‟s main stage production of The Country Wife, and he helped create the schedule for this year‟s KC/ACTF Region VII Festival.

Kamarie Chapman Kamarie Chapman graduated from Western Washington University with a BA in Arts and from The University of New Mexico with an MFA in Dramatic Writing. She is currently teaching Theatre History, Outreach Education and Playwriting at her alma mater (WWU). Kamarie has won two national playwriting awards from KCACTF (David Mark Cohen and co-winner of Paula Vogel, 2008) and has been published in several small publications and zines. Her latest production, Peaking, debuted with the WTC in Portland, OR in the spring of 2010. Kamarie is a member of NPA, PWC, Dramatists Guild, and ATHE.

Matt Chapman Matt Chapman plays with physical theatre and clown. He is currently teaching and working at Dell'Arte International, in Blue Lake, CA. Matt is also Artistic Director of Under the Table, a Brooklyn, NY- based ensemble, now in its ninth year of making original works. Matt has worked in South Africa, England, Holland, Denmark, Colombia, Canada, and the US, where he teaches at Marymount Manhattan. He has taught workshops at the Kennedy Center, NYU, Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, Towson, Luther, the University of Iowa, and UND. Matt is a Round 9 recipient of Theatre Communications Group's New Generations/Future Leaders grant program.

Spencer Clouse Spencer Clouse is pursuing a BFA in Stage Management at Central Washington University. Spencer is the CWU USITT student chapter web designer. Past stage management credits include Central Theatre Ensemble; Urinetown, the Musical, Stop Kiss, The Secret Garden. Studio East; Anything Goes, Pippi Longstocking.

Dr. Reid Davis is an associate professor of Performance Studies, Directing and Acting St Mary's College of CA. Reid Davis is the director of the 2010 KCACTF participating production "Angels in America, Part One:

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Millennium Approaches" and a professor at St. Mary's College of CA. He has directed professionally at Actors Theater of Louisville, American Conservatory Theatre‟s MFA program, California Shakespeare Festival, Eureka Theatre. He is a company member of Berkeley's award winning Shotgun Players, where he recently directed the West Coast premiere of Emily Mann's "A Seagull in the Hamptons." He directed Jane Anderson's "Lynette at 3AM" in the 1992 Humana Festival; New York credits include assistant to Athol Fugard on the American premiere of "My Children! My Africa!" His 2009 production of "Sweeney Todd" was chosen as a participating production ACTF Region VII.

Robert DeLaurier Roger DeLaurier is the Associate Artistic Director of PCPA Theaterfest and the Director of PCPA Theaterfest's two year actor's training Conservatory. He has directed all over the country working with theaters companies such as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, Hope Summer Repertory, The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, & PCPA Theaterfest to name a few.

Julie Denninghoff Julie Denninghoff was a piano performance major at Florida State University and now teaches at Bellevue College in Washington. As music director and accompanist she has over 200 shows to her credit. Julie has had the opportunity to work directly with such Broadway luminaries as John Kander, Rob Fisher, Terrence Mann, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen and Jay Binder to name a few. She works every summer with Broadway Theatre Project in Tampa Florida as a musical director/coordinator/accompanist.

Tammis Doyle Tammis Doyle is a director, playwright, lyricist and the chair of Theatre Arts at Bellevue College in Washington. She is past president of NWDC and is active with KCACTF. Tammi received her BA (History) from UC Berkeley and MFA (Directing) from UWashington. She founded Music Theatre Works where she directed the musicals Assassins, Fahrenheit 451 (working with Ray Bradbury), and White Porcelain Christmas (for which she wrote the book/lyrics.) She has directed and had her plays and musicals produced professionally in both Seattle and San Francisco. She cut her theatrical eye teeth at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco.

Christopher DuVal Christopher DuVal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of Idaho, where he teaches courses in Stage Combat, Movement and Voice for the Actor, and Acting Shakespeare. He has been an AEA actor, guest instructor, and fight director with many credits at regional theatres and training programs throughout the country, including 10 years work as a company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is a Certified Teacher through the Society of American Fight Directors, a Senior Instructor through Dueling Arts International, and holds a black belt in Aikido.

Suzie DuVal Suzie DuVal is currently designing and teaching scene design and scenic painting at the University of Idaho. Suzie has designed sets for Lewis Clark State College, Irvine Valley College, Golden West College, Shakespeare Orange County (Dramalogue Award), Alternative Repertory Theatre. She has also worked as a scenic artist at South Coast Repertory, Disneyland, George and Goldburg Studios, Bud Lammers Photography and El Camino College. In addition, Suzie spent 10 years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the education department. She holds her MFA in scenic design from Cal State University, Long Beach.

Randall A. Enlow is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and the Scenic and Lighting Designer at the University of the Pacific. Rand has been designing scenery and lighting for over 30 years for drama, opera and musicals, creating hundreds of original designs, and often developing his ideas through the use of scale scenic models. He works as a freelance designer with a number of theaters in several states. He started his professional theatre career at age six at the Cleveland Play House and has stayed in the entertainment field ever since.

Sara Falconer is Director of Membership Services for the University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA), a freelance director and acting coach.

Ann Fajilan, Multi-Cultural Theatre, Children's Theatre; M.F.A., University of California, Davis. Ms. Fajilan has worked in the Bay Area as a Director, Production Manager, Stage Manager, and Instructor since 1982. Back in the day, she worked with the Magic Theater, Asian American Theatre, Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Berkeley Shakes, Julian Theater, Travelling Jewish Theater, Soon 3, Marin Civic Light Opera, Marin Theater Company, Summer Repertory Theater, Festival at the Lake, The Entertainment Group, lesser mortals, Talespinners and Theatre in Education. She has taught for City College of San Francisco, Laney College, U.C. Davis, Stagebridge, Ensemble Theater, and the California State University, East Bay. She is a recipient of the

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Kennedy Center‚s Excellence in Education award and is on the board of Golden Phoenix, an independent film production company based in New York City

Ronlin Foreman is the Director of Training at Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. His 35-year career encompasses areas of performance, playwriting, directing and teaching. He has received numerous awards including Alliance for Arts in Education and Solo Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has conducted workshops, and collaborated on solo and ensemble projects extensively both nationally and internationally.

Charlotte Guyette is currently on the faculty at Western Washington University and is a member of Actors' Equity. Previous to Western Washington University she taught for four years at the University of South Dakota and eight at the University of Northern Colorado. She has directed professionally for the Black Hills Playhouse, Little Theatre of the Rockies, the USD Playhouse and the University of West Florida and has performed professionally for companies such as the Pioneer Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Germinal Stage, the Salt Lake Acting Company, The Little Theatre of the Rockies and the Old lyric Repertory Company.

Roger Hall is professor of theatre at James Madison University and chair for the National Playwriting Program of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Dr. Hall is a graduate of Princeton University and the Ohio State University, a former KCACTF playwriting chair for the southeast region, and a past president of the Virginia Theatre Association. He has directed over fifty productions including original works, Shakespeare, musicals, and outdoor drama. His plays have been published by I. E. Clark, Dramatics magazine, and Review for Religious, and his book Writing Your First Play, published by Focal Press, is in its second edition. He recently wrote a commissioned play about a small town council meeting, and this past fall directed a new work by Arlene Hutton. Dr. Hall has written numerous articles on American theatre, and his book Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906 was published by Cambridge University Press.

Elisabeth Harrington (soprano) is Assistant Professor of Voice at Humboldt State University. Her academic background is in opera and musical theater, and she has performed extensively in both. Originally from Greensboro, NC, Dr. Harrington also spent several years as a singer and flutist in a "Blues and Bluegrass" band. She holds degrees in Vocal Performance, Vocal Pedagogy and Anthropology. Before joining the faculty at HSU, she lived in and worked in Colorado where she maintained a private vocal studio and offered vocal workshops for actors while finishing her DMA degree at CU-Boulder. She especially enjoys coaching repertoire from diverse genres.

Tamara Helland has been dancing since age 2 and teaching for the past 10 years. She's choreographed for large scale musical, dance companies, competitive teams, children‟s theatre, and studio work. She teaches the tap classes at Central Washington University.

Nicole Hess Diestler is a tenured professor of Acting and Directing at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to joining the D.V.C. faculty, she had been working regularly on stage, film and television in Los Angeles while commuting to serve as an adjunct instructor at Grossmont College and San Diego State University. Nicole is also a private acting coach, has taught several acting and industry workshops in advanced theatrical styling and execution and is a published playwright. Nicole holds several theatrical degrees and certificates, among them a BA in Theatre Performance (SDSU), and an MFA in Acting (FSU/Asolo Conservatory). Nicole is a founding member of San Diego‚s, Stone Soup Theatre Company, and the is the theatre columnist for The Pleasant Hill Community Focus Newspaper. She is also is an active and current member of FACCC and Actors' Equity Association.

Rebecca Hilliker is currently serving as the National Vice-Chair for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and served on the National Selection Team for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in 2005. She received the Kennedy Center Medallion for her six years as Chair and Vice Chair for Region VII and her service as Chair of Chairs for the National organization. She received the Horace Robinson Award from the Northwest Drama Conference, a prestigious award given just once a year to individuals that have made major contributions to the Northwest Drama Conference and American College Theatre Festival in the region. She was president of NWDC for three years. Rebecca established a yearly program of producing original student-written works for the festival and has directed a number of these works which received national recognition. ACETYLENE won the American College Theatre Festival/Kennedy Center national competition and was showcased at the Kennedy Center in the Spring of l994 and LEMON 714 won the regional KC/ACTF competition and was performed at the Northwest Drama Conference/ACTF Region VII festival in 57

Eugene, Oregon in February 1995. LEMON 714 received honorable mention from the ACTF national selection team. She has received 8 KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Awards in directing.

Kent Homchick began his theater training as a student at the PCPA Theaterfest and in the years hence, has been a Designer or Associate Designer for PCPA as well as for other regional theaters, including the American Conservatory Theater, The Seattle Repertory Theater, The Denver Center Theater Company and the McCarter Theater. Kent is an Associate Professor of Production Design for the College of Arts and Media, University of Colorado in Denver, and gained his advanced educational training at the Carnegie-Mellon School of Drama.

Ann Hoste is a member of United Scenic Artists and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Her design credits include Amadeus for Great Lakes Theatre Festival and King Henry IV for Idaho Shakespeare Festival; her directing credits include Life is a Dream for Boise State University and Lion in Winter for St. Edward‚s University. Ann is a two-time recipient of the Idaho Arts Commission Fellowship for artistic excellence; she received a KC/ACTF Fellowship for Outstanding Achievement as a Teacher Artist in 2007. Ann is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Idaho.

Joe Jacoby teaches Theatre and Humanities at North Idaho College, a two year college located in Coeur d'Alene, He teaches Intro to Theatre, Acting, Play Analysis, and oversees the Theatre Department.

Dr. Laura Jones is a professor of theatre at Colorado State University. Dr. Jones served as Associate Chair in CSU‟s School of the Arts and Director of Theatre for nine years. Laura‟s directorial credits span a forty- year career and include titles from the classical canon (Rostand‟s Cyrano de Bergerac and Shakespeare‟s The Tempest) as well as twentieth century classics (Arthur Miller‟s A View from the Bridge and Neil Simon‟s The Odd Couple - both the male and female versions). With a special interest in plays by and about women from Susan Glaspell‟s Trifles to Eve Ensler‟s The Vagina Monologues, Laura is drawn to plays that examine gender roles and sexual orientations: Diana Son‟s Stop Kiss, Caryl Churchill‟s Cloud Nine, and Tony Kushner‟s Angels in America. Her productions have been chosen as regional finalists by the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, most recently in 2005 and 2008, and she was awarded a KC/ACTF national fellowship in dramaturgy in 2009.

Scott Kaiser is a member of the artistic staff at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where he serves as Director of Company Development as well as Head of Voice and Text. In twenty seasons, Scott has been the voice and text director on 91 productions at the Festival. He is the author of two books: Shakespeare‚s Wordcraft, published by Limelight Editions, and Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes, published by Allworth Press. Both books are being used in theatre conservatories and classrooms across the country. Scott has directed, adapted, coached, or acted in every play in Shakespeare's canon.

Casey Kearns is an Assistant Professor of Scenic Design at University of Wyoming and is free lance scenic designer. Professor Kearns earned his MFA from the University of Kansas in Scenography. Teaching and professional credits include the University of Northern Colorado, the Ohio State University - Lima, the Morgan Stock Theatre Company, Black Hills Playhouse, Snowy Range Summer Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, the Little Theatre of the Rockies, Kansas Summer Theatre and the Post Playhouse. He currently serves as an active member of USITT and serves as the Scenic Design, Vice Commissioner of Design.

Daniel Koetting is currently the Chairperson of the Department of Theatre, Film & Video Production at the University of Colorado Denver. Prior to coming to UCD, Dan held a joint appointment at Texas A&M University in the Performance Studies Department & the College of Architecture. He taught in the Theatre & Film Department, Hunter College, New York City from 1974 to 1998. Dan has a M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) from the Yale University- School of Drama in Production & Theatre Engineering. His profession work includes the scene or lighting designer for over 60 productions, a production manager, and a theatre facility consultant on a number of theatre buildings and productions.

Joe Krienke is a core member of Dell‟Arte International‟s Faculty, Company, and is Dell‟Arte‟s Director of Admissions. He has toured nationally as a clown with San Francisco‟s New Pickle Circus and has trained under the direction of master trainer Mr. Lu Yi at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. He was a faculty member in the MFA actor-training program at the University of Missouri Kansas City from 2001-2006 and is a certified teacher of the F.M. Alexander Technique.

Mark Kuntz is the current Past National Chair of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and a member of the faculty in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Western Washington University. 58

Lawrence Larsen is in his 17th year teaching and designing for the University of Portland. His scenic work at the University includes last year's productions of Urinetown and The Servant of Two Masters. His current professional design work includes the scenery for this summer‚s Mocks Crest production The Yeoman of the Guard, the lighting for Artists Repertory Theatre's production of Ah Wilderness!, and the scenery for Spanish Christmas Revels for the Portland Revels. Other theatres designed for include Portland Repertory Theatre, Tygres Heart Theatre, Northwest Children's Theatre, Portland Civic Theatre and Summer Repertory Theatre in Santa Rosa. Prior to his employment at the University, Larry worked for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, both in Ashland and Portland. Professor Larsen teaches all the scenic, lighting and stage management courses at the University. He has his M.F.A. in scenic and lighting design from the University of Washington.

Carrie Lawrence has been the Costume Shop Manager at the University of Idaho since 2007. She holds an MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Minnesota and has worked as a costume shop manager and designer at a number of colleges and universities, as well as at the professional level. She has also worked professionally as a draper, craft artisan and milliner. Outside of teaching and designing, she is also occasionally developing, stitching, patterning or writing up projects for MaryJanes Farm magazine.

Michael Legg is in his fourth season as Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he will co-direct The End, part of the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Before coming to Actors, he spent three years as a theatrical agent in New York. His former clients can still be seen on Broadway, in television/film, and in regional theatres across the country. Prior to his time in New York, he spent seven years teaching and directing at both high school and university levels. He holds an M.F.A. in acting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a proud member of Actors' Equity.

Jeffrey Lieber has been a film and television writer since 1997. On the TV side his credits include Lost (ABC) and Miami Medical (CBS) as well as numerous pilots shot and unshot. On the film side he's was one of two writers on Tuck Everlasting and the sole writer on an independent movie called Tangled. When not writing for Hollywood, Jeffrey blogs, rides his skateboard, parents and other things of that nature.

Linda Maxwell has both a BFA and MFA in Dance from UC Irvine. Department Chair of Dance at Allan Hancock College for 34 years, currently lecturer at Humboldt State University. Choreographed for regional musical theaters, including PCPA, and regional ballet companies. Former private dance instructor of John Travolta.

Cathie McClellan currently serves as Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where she is the resident costume designer, teaching design and technology courses, including makeup and costuming. Her professional career includes stage productions, feature and short films, series television, and regional and national commercial campaigns. Her designs have been seen in productions across the United States, including the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Music Theatre Wichita, Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival Educational Tour, and most recently, the Livermore Shakespeare Festival.

M. Catherine McMillen is a Native Texan who relocated out to the Pacific Northwest and is presently celebrating her third season working as the Costume Shop Manager at Central Washington University. Ms. McMillen earned her Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Auburn University-Montgomery while working as the assistant wig master at Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Her professional career has included working for Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Alley Theatre, NETworks productions and The University of Texas at Austin Theatre Department. In her copious spare time she enjoys working as a free lance makeup artist, wigmaker, seamstress and upholster.

Gale McNeeley of John Carroll University, the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Acting, Dell‟Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Antonio Fava‟s Scuola Intenazionale Dell‟Attore Comico. Appeared on Broadway, at New York Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Hartford Stage Company, Barter Theatre, Seattle and San Diego Repertory Theatre. Founded Kit-n-Kaboodle Clown Circus and Seattle‚s New World Commedia. Performs one-man Archy & Mehitabel around the country. 35 years teaching movement at Humboldt State University, University of Washington, UC San Diego, University of Pittsburgh, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and Amsterdam School of the Arts in the Netherlands.

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Adam Mendelson is the Assistant Professor of Lighting and Sound at UW. He held the same position at the University of Texas at Arlington and at Stephens College in Columbia, MO. Previously, he designed and developed the technical theatre curriculum at Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA. As a lighting and sound designer, he has designed for theatres across the country including Okoboji (IA) Summer Theater, Nebraska Repertory Theater, Fitchburg (MA) State College, and the Snowy Range Summer Theatre. With a deep interest in dance and performance art, he has lit and produced over 150 shows on the academic and professional stages, as well as a few hotel conference rooms and church basements! His lighting design for Macbeth at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln won a KC/ACTF Barbizon Award for Excellence in 2003. Two of his most challenging productions were the touring original dance pieces that he took to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in 2003, 2006 and 2009. Adam is also deeply involved in USITT where he currently serves as the Vice-Commissioner for Programming of the Education Commission.

Tamara Meneghini is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder where she teaches various leveled courses in movement, voice and acting, with a strong interest and emphasis in period style work. She has been part of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival acting company where she was recently nominated for two Boulder Camera Theatre Awards for her work in MEASURE FOR MEASURE and THE FANTASTICKS. Most recently she produced and acted in an original solo play by Chicago award-winning playwright, David Rush, THE GODDESS HERE, by David Rush. She was also recently directed by CU's Roe Green Visiting Guest Artist and Dell'Arte Artistic Director, Joan Schirle in Goldoni's, THE INGENIOUS CHAMBERMAID, playing the lead role of Argentina. She is also a Fitzmaurice Voicework Associate and certified as a master teacher of the Williamson Physical Technique, a member of the Actors' Equity Association, VASTA, ATME and ATHE.

Tom Miller Prior to joining the staff of Actors' Equity, Tom was an Actor for over 25 years, performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off Broadway, with the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Florida, Carl Radcliff Dance Theatre, at Opryland USA, and in Europe. He can be seen in the documentary Show Business - The Road to Broadway hosting a Broadway Gypsy Robe presentation. For over a decade Tom served as a voter for the annual Tony Awards. Equity Member since 1983

Kristen Mun is an Associate Instructor thru Dueling Arts International and has trained throughout the country. She has served as the Assistant Fight Director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and has taught, assisted, and fight directed at a variety of venues.

Patrick Newell, baritone, is the founder of the Musical Theatre program in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Wyoming. His productions in small venues with Helios Ensemble (Dallas) have received critical acclaim, and lead to a series of presentations with the National Association of Teachers of Singing in Los Angeles. His vocal students have performed in national tours and in regional theatre productions across the United States. He holds the Doctor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Indiana University.

Kathleen Normington has taught at San Jose State University since 1999. She received her B.A. in Dramatic Arts from the University of California at Berkeley and her M.A. in Theatre Arts from San Jose State. In addition, she attended BADA in Oxford, England, primarily focusing on the works of William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. Kathleen has directed numerous productions for SJSU including Charles Mee‟s Big Love, Mary Zimmerman‟s The Secret in the Wings, and Shakespeare‚s A Midsummer Night‟s Dream and Twelfth Night. She has also directed locally at Renegade Theatre Experiment, The Dragon Theatre, and assistant directed at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Her productions of Neil Labute‟s The Shape of Things and An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein were both recognized by WAVE magazine as outstanding productions. As an actress, Kathleen has performed on stages from Europe to Japan to Los Angeles. In 1997 she was honored by the Crown Prince of Belgium for her direction of James McLure‟s Laundry and Bourbon at the FEATS theatre festival in Brussels, Belgium.

John O’Hagan is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Wyoming. He spent two seasons as a member of the acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival appearing in Cyrano de Bergerac, The Winter‚s Tale, The Tempest, On the Razzle, and The Taming of the Shrew.

Mathew O’Donnell is the Director of the Entertainment Design and Technology program at Ohlone College in Fremont, CA. Prior to that; he designed lighting in Los Angeles, receiving several Garland Awards and an Ovation Award nomination. He was tapped for U.S. and international tours with musical artists such as The Chick Corea Elektric Band and Isaac Hayes. He branched out into corporate events, video and trade shows, 60 where he worked with such guest talent as Elton John, Steve Martin, and Guns N‚ Roses. Matt received his BA from San Jose State University and his MFA from The University of Washington.

Emily Peters is a theater artist currently working for the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O‚Neill Theater Center. Though she got her start in the theater as a performer, Emily recently received her MFA from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU‚s Tisch School of the Arts. She is currently in the process of developing her full length thesis musical, The Way Life Should Be, with composer Luke Di Somma. Emily teaches ensemble building and composition throughout the country on behalf of NTI, as well as songwriting at The Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) in the summer.

Elizabeth Rothan an accomplished stage actress, teacher and director. The stage and development of new scripts lead her to the premier production of Transatlantic Liaison by Fabrice Rozie in New York City. Her portrayal of Simone' De Beauvoir with excellent reviews from the New York Times resulted in and extended run in the big apple. This increased her insatiable taste for the development of new works. Working in conjunction with critically acclaimed playwrights such as Mark Medoff (Gulf War Chronicles) Lanford Wilson, Melanie Marnich(Quake), Mac Welman (Two September) and Bruce Graham (Any Given Monday,Dex and Julie,Coyote on a Fence) to name a few. As a director she has lead various playwrights to the publishing desk. Projects in the mix blend Yoga with voice work in order to connect the breath with the emotions and in the actor's instrument and a three person adaptation of A Christmas Carol which would allow communities to produce a professional production with their choirs, schools and theater communities. Bringing Michael Chekhov workshops and professional theater into a union. Presently teaching at Linfield College, National Theater Institute and for NYSSSA New York State Summer School of the Arts.

Joan Schirle is the founding artistic director of Dell'Arte International and director of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. An actor, playwright, director and teacher, performing and directing in Prague, Budapest, Spain, Canada, at the Kennedy Center, and many US cities. She is a senior teacher of the Alexander Technique, and has devoted her research to the work of the actor as mover/creator.

Jody Sekas is an associate professor of Scene Design and Theatre Technology in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance at Humboldt State University and is the faculty scenic designer for departmental productions. Prior to Humboldt, Sekas was assistant professor and scenic & lighting designer for the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and for four seasons was the resident scenic and lighting designer for the Sioux Falls Community Playhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In addition to his resident design and collegial experience, Sekas has done freelance design work for the University of Sioux Falls, Omaha Theatre Company for Young People, Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild, Eau Claire Children's Theatre, Ferndale Repertory Theatre, and has served as assistant scenic designer for The Western Stage. Sekas received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Technical Theatre from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Scenic Design and Technical Direction from Humboldt State University.

Shaun Sorensen has his MFA in Design Technology from the University of Idaho, and is currently the Technical Director at the University of Wyoming.

Lisa Tomovitch, an Associate Professor at University of the Pacific is also Producing Artistic Director of Livermore Shakespeare Festival in Livermore, CA. She holds an MFA in directing from Southern Methodist University and has worked in professional theatres across the nation.

Ed Trujillo has a BA St. Mary's College-English; University of Washington, MA-Drama; University of Massachusetts-Post Graduate work in Theatre; Additional Training: Barie Rolf-Commedia'dell arte; and workshops with Marcel Marceau. Ed has taught at Diablo Valley College for over 19 years and currently is Drama Area Chair. He worked for two years at the Ethnic Cultural Theater at UW and worked with such companies as Black Arts West (African American), Red Earth (Native American) The Exclusion Act (Asian American) and with several Chicano Teatro groups. He has taught: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Acting, Movement for Actors, Playwriting, History of Theatre, Shakespeare, Multicultural Perspectives in American Theatre, and Auditioning. He was awarded Teacher of the Year at DVC, Excellence In Theatre Education KCACTF Region VIII, and Peacemaker of the Year by the Center for Development and Conflict Resolution Panels.

Jonathan Walters founded Hand2Mouth Theatre (Portland, Oregon) in 2000 and functions as Artistic Director. Jonathan has directed the bulk of H2M shows, and works closely with guest writers and the ensemble to develop original devised theatre. H2M theatre has toured its award-winning ensemble-created work to arts 61 festivals, cultural centers and universities across the Northwest, California, New York City, Poland, and Mexico. He has taught devising and actor training across the US, including recent workshops at Northwestern University, Willamette University, University of Oregon, Lewis & Clark College, Western Washington University, as well as in Europe and Latin America. H2M was the Theatre-in-Residence at Reed College during 2010.

Chris Will is an Instructor of Musical Theatre at Western Wyoming Community College. Originally he is from Loveland, Colorado. He received his BFA in Theatre and Dance from the University of Wyoming followed by a Master of Performance in Musical Theatre from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. While in the UK, Chris had the wonderful experience of working with some of the key producers and practitioners currently working in theatre - including Martin Lowe (MD Mama Mia) and was honored to represent the United States as Young Buddy in a West End star-studded production of Follies in Concert, which was specially arranged by Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Chris has also performed in several workshops for new musical theatre, including the opportunity of working with Jason Robert Brown. For the past ten years he has been performing and directing professionally all around the world including two Off-Broadway shows (Time Being, and The Jungle Queen).

Casey Worthington has been a teaching assistant at the American River College Improv class three times. Improvisation has been his passion for longer than he knew what it was. He has also worked with MAYHEM Improv at Comedy Sportz Sacramento.

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The College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas announces:

PLAYWRITING AND TRANSITION TO THE SCREEN June 5-10, 2011

Work with Professionals to become a Professional! An excellent practical environment for playwrights or faculty looking to strengthen their background to inform their curriculum, this seminar will be held on the UNLV campus and will include practical classes, panel discussions and a workshop component in which participants develop their plays as work for the screen. There will be “nuts-and-bolts” sessions ranging from a contemporary, professional, on-page formatting to elements of “the pitch” and how to conduct a story development meeting. Attention will be paid to how to protect and maintain the playwright’s “voice” and character as a transition to other media is considered. There will also be a workshop component that will consist of presenting pitches and scenes in a supportive small group or one-on-one environment with one or more of the event’s professionals.

Instructors for this seminar are screenwriters, playwrights, and teachers all with deep experience in theatre arts, television and feature motion pictures. The seminar will be led by SEAN CLARK, an award-winning playwright whose screenwriting career includes the television series: Early Edition; Sliders; Sirens; Man of the People; Evening Shade; Northern Exposure; Coach and several series pilots, as well as the plays: Eleven-Zulu; Dog Explosion; and The Angeles Crest. He wrote the script for the feature film, Lenin and Us, which was released in Europe in 2009. Sean is currently the head of UNLV Graduate Screenwriting and Writing for Dramatic Media.

The cost of the seminar is $1000 and includes on-campus private housing, courses and mentoring. LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE!

Inquiries may be made with Lori at 702-895-2455 or [email protected] or with Sean Clark at 702-895-2442 or [email protected].

THE WINNER OF NAPAT’S PLAYWRITING EXCELLENCE AWARD RECEIVES AN EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO THIS SEMINAR. EACH REGION WILL HAVE A PLAYWRIGHT ENTERED FOR CONSIDERATION.

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NATIONAL PARTNERS NAPAT AMERICAN THEATRE

AN ORGANIZATION OF THEATRE EDUCATORS AND OTHERS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF THEATRE ARTISTS. MANY PARTNERS ARE PRESENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE KCACTF NATIONAL COMMITTEE

NAPAT PRESENTS ● A CLASSICAL ACTING AWARD ● AT EACH OF THE KCACTF REGIONAL FESTIVALS

● A NATIONAL CLASSICAL ACTING AWARD ● EACH YEAR AT THE KCACTF NATIONAL FESTIVAL THIS YEAR’S AWARD IS CO-SPONSORED BY THE PRESTIGIOUS SHAW FESTIVAL IN ONTARIO, CANADA AND WILL INCLUDE A 2 – 3 WEEK INTERNSHIP AT THE FESTIVAL.

● A NATIONAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD ●

AND FOR THE SECOND YEAR NAPAT WILL PRESENT A ● PLAYWRITING EXCELLENCE AWARD ● THE STUDENT RECIPIENT WILL RECEIVE AN EXPENSE-PAID TRIP TO A WEEK-LONG PLAYWRITING SEMINAR SPONSORED BY U. NEVADA, LAS VEGAS

ALL AWARDS FUNDED BY MEMBER DUES AND CONTRIBUTIONS. Join us: Contact Membership Chair Joyce Cavarozzi [email protected]

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Festival Bus Schedule:

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