Festival Forty-Five & New West Drama Conference

February 18-22, 2013 American River College Sacramento, California

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.

Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; the National Committee for the Performing Arts; The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; and Beatrice and Anthony Welters and the AnBryce Foundation.

Gifts and grants to education at the Kennedy Center are provided by Adobe Foundation; Sandra K. & Clement C. Alpert; AnBryce Foundation; Bank of America; Bernstein Family Foundation; The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; Capital One Bank; Carter and Melissa Cafritz Charitable Trust; Centene Charitable Foundation; Citibank; The Charles Engelhard Foundation; Clark Charitable Foundation; Community Advisory Board; Mike and Julie Connors; CVS Caremark; DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; Fight for Children, Inc.; David Gregory and Beth Wilkinson; Harman Family Foundation; The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; Harris Corporation; Hilton Worldwide; The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation; The Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation; Mr. James V. Kimsey; The Kiplinger Foundation; The Kirstein Family Foundation; Natalie and Herb Kohler and Kohler Co.; Kenneth and Lucy Lehman; The Macy*s Foundation; Margaret A. Cargill Foundation; The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.; Jaylee M. Mead†; Linda and Tobia Mercuro; The Meredith Foundation; The Morningstar Foundation; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; The National Committee for the Performing Arts; National Endowment for the Arts; National Trustees of the National Symphony Orchestra; Newman's Own Foundation; Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; Park Foundation, Inc.; Mrs. Irene Pollin; President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts; Prince Charitable Trusts; Rose Mary Kennedy Education Fund; Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A. J. Stolwijk; Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation; Share Fund; Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small; Target; Thomas W. Haas Foundation; U.S. Department of Education; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.; Sherry and Eddie Wachs; Washington Gas; Wells Fargo; Beatrice and Anthony Welters; William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust; generous contributors to the Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas.

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

PLAYWRITING AND TRANSITION TO THE SCREEN June 10 – 14, 2013

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 - two sessions per day, including 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 scripts 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 screenplay 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 $950 and includes on-campus private housing, courses and mentoring. LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE!

Contact either Sean Clark at 702-895-2442 or [email protected] Or Lori at 702-895-2455 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. A very warm welcome to all students, faculty and guests to our Region 7 Festival here on the beautiful campus of American River College! Many thanks to the wonderful and committed faculty, staff, and student volunteers from ARC.

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.

As I complete my final year as Regional Chair, a sincere note of thanks is due to all of my partners in theatre that make up the regional executive committee. It’s been both a pleasure and an honor to serve with you.

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

Welcome to the 2013 New West Drama Conference (NWDC) and the KCACTF Region VII Festival here in Sacramento. We are excited to be a part of this Celebration of Theatre. A lot of hard work has gone into making this an exciting week of workshops, shows, exhibits, readings, auditions, competitions, and so much more. NWDC extends its gratitude to all who have had a hand in the creation of this wonderful celebration, especially our gracious hosts; the amazing students, faculty and administration of American River College and the Department of Theatre and Film. Make the best of your time here; meet students from around the region, introduce yourself to some of the fine teachers here, attend a workshop out of your area of focus, but most importantly enjoy and celebrate who we are and what we do.

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

American River College

Welcome to American River College where our vision is to be “a premier learning community that transforms and enriches people’s lives.” Serving around 35,000 students each semester, we are one of the largest community colleges in the country. With over 100 associate degrees and 150 certificates programs we are very comprehensive and serve well our six-county Sacramento Metropolitan Region.

We are proud to host the 2013 Region VII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. We view the ARC performing arts programs as an integral part of our curriculum and of “transforming and enriching people’s lives” – our students’ and our communities’. We recognize our students enrolled in the performing arts are gaining skills, training, and education that will serve them for a lifetime, lead to success in their career pursuits, and help them engage as citizens in a diverse society.

Our premier faculty and staff at American River College wish you the best in all your festival activities and know you will have an enriching and transforming experience over the next few days.

Dr. David Viar President American River College

On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of the Fine and Applied Arts division, I extend you a warm welcome to American River College. We are honored and delighted to be hosting the 45th KCACTF Region VII Festival. With support from their neighboring colleagues in Art, Art New Media, Fashion, Hospitality Management, Interior Design, and Music, the Theatre department has worked diligently to facilitate an outstanding program of activities, workshops, and productions. Also, we greatly appreciate the support we have received from the college community at large. Encompassing venues from our remodeled theatre and music building to our brand new ARC Student Center, this year’s festival promises to reward your active participation and challenge your artistic pursuits. We are proud to share this exciting week with you and hope you enjoy your week in Sacramento.

Dr. Adam Karp Dean, Fine and Applied Arts American River College 2012 Festival Productions Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Icarus Teenage Blockhead by Elise Forier-Edie and Kevin Salfen by Bert V. Royal directed by George Bellah directed by Michael Navarra Central Washington University Ohlone College

Spring Awakening Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by by Julie Marie Myatt Steven Sater directed by Robert Caisley directed by Reid Davis University of Idaho Saint Mary's College of California

2012 Festival Alternate Productions Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of The Broken Fleet Street devised by Rhett Luedtke and The Company music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Rhett Luedtke libretto by Hugh Wheeler George Fox University directed by Nancy Silva American River College

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange directed by Melinda Wilson Ramey California State University-Sacramento

Tickets for Festival Productions will be available daily, each morning at the information counter. Tickets are distributed on a first come, first served basis. Two hours prior to curtain, festival participants may get in line for unclaimed seats. All unclaimed seats will be released teen minutes prior to curtain.

2012 John Cauble Short Play Readings

Misconceptions by Miranda Blum, Washington State University Baby Bird by Millie Rose, University of Idaho What do we do with the Dog? by Patrick Rexroat, University of Portland La Cajita by Ben Calabrese, San Francisco State University Middle Names by Corey O'Hara, Lewis & Clark College Octobering by Kiki Penoyer, Western Washington University

Full Length Play- Region VII Certificate of Achievement

Pick up Man by John Remington, University of Idaho Directed by David Lee-Painter

David Mark Cohen National Semi-Finalists

Particulate Matter by Rachel LePell, Chabot College Self Composed by Lyssandra Norton, Western Washington University

Ten-Minute Plays

J. by Gavin Foltz, Western Washington University Directed by Janet Gupton The Kitchen with Dinah by Hannah Bochart, Western Washington University Directed by Brian Haimbach The Uncomfortable by Dylan Waite, Sonoma State University Directed by Rebecca Engle Step on Me by Lisa Wagner Erickson, Lesley University Directed by Laurie Lynch Yellow Cake by Megan Thornton, University of Idaho Directed by Joe Golden Stage Fright by Sarah Pappin, University of Idaho Directed by Sara Goff

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

Shades of Blue by Leila Jacobson, Cornish College of the Arts

Evening of Invitational Scenes

Spring Awakening, Bellevue College, directed by Tammi Doyle Tartuffe, Western Washington University, directed by Patrick Dizney In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Eastern Washington University, directed by Sara Goff Cross My Heart: Tales of Hope, CSU, Stanislaus, directed by David Razowsky Dracula, Sheridan College, directed by Gene and Lillian Sager The Fix, CSU, Chico, directed by Joel Rogers Love Will Shake, University of Oregon directed by John Schmor Beckett Shorts…. Western Oregon University, directed by Michael Phillips The Foreigner, Bellevue College, directed by Tammi Doyle Tartuffe, Diablo Valley College, directed by Beth McBrien Beauty and the Beast, Santa Rosa Junior College, directed by Laura Downing-Lee

NWDC Scholarly Papers Competition

Undergraduate Student Marin Johnson, Western Washington University, for “The Destructive Cycle of Combatting Racism in Satellites”

Undergraduate Student Chris Forrer, Linfield College , for “The Dos and Don'ts of Female Protagonists: Medea and Life's a Dream”

Honorable Mention, Undergraduate Student Roland Carette-Meyers, Western Washington University/Loyola Marymount University, for “Shakespearean Festivals: Innovations in preserving History and in using Tradition to define Modernity”

Invited Production Respondents Rafael Jaen Michael Legg Tom Miller Dodie Montgomery

Special Guests Bill Bowers, Keynote Performer Sara Falconer, University/Resident Theatre Association Gregg Henry, KCACTF Artistic Director Rebecca Hilliker, KCACTF National Chair Gregory Hinton, author, filmmaker, playwright David Lee-Painter, KCACTF National Vice-Chair Byran Willis, Northwest Playwrights Alliance

Irene Ryan Scholarship Judges Bill Bowers, Final Round Natasha Burr, Final Round Lucien Douglas, Preliminary Round Abby Gerdts, Semifinal Round Stephanie Gularte, Final Round Joe Krienke, Semifinal Round Michael Legg, Preliminary Round Dodie Montgomery, Preliminary Round Faith Prince, Final Round Elizabeth van den Berg, Final Round Don Williams, Semifinal Round

Society of Directors and Choreographers Directing Respondents Amy Feinberg Stephanie Gularte Elizabeth van den Berg

National Playwriting Program Respondents Scott Frank Georgia McGill Rob Urbinati

Dramaturgy Respondents Margot Melcon

Institute for Theatre Journalism & Advocacy Respondents Jim Carnes Barry Wisdom

Design, Technology and Management Respondents Jane Childs, Allied Arts Rafael Jaen, Costume Design Glen Nagy, Sound Design Christopher Sadler, Stage Management Steve Shelley, Lighting Design Christopher Sousa-Wynn, Scenic Design/Projections Cheri Vasek, Costume Design/Makeup

Devising Initiative Respondents Bill Bowers Rich Brown Kevin Elder Joe Krienke

Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition Judges Bill Bowers, Preliminary Round Lucien Douglas, Final Round Abby Gerdts, Final Round Tom Miller, Preliminary Round Eric Santagata, Final Round

2012 Region VII Play Selection Committee

Bill Wolak Kelly Quinnett Rebecca Hilliker Ed Brazo Leigh W. Selting Reid Davis Ed Trujillo Michael J. Smith Rhett Luedtke Eric Prince Michelle Felton Robert Gander George Caldwell Mindi Logan Ronn Campbell Joe Golden Pam Downs Scott Robinson John Hill Patrick Dizney Tammi Doyle Joseph Gilg Rae Robison Nancy Lee-Painter

KCACTF Region VII Officers and Festival Planning Board

Leigh Selting, Region Chair Kelly Quinnett, Region Vice-Chair Scott Robinson, Chief Financial Officer Mindi Logan, Immediate Past Region Chair John Hill, Design, Technologies, and Management Chair Rae Robison, Design, Technologies, and Management Vice-Chair Michael Phillips, Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Coordinator, Dramaturgy Initiative Coordinator Joseph Gilg, National Playwriting Program Chair Nancy Lee-Painter, National Playwriting Program Vice-Chair Rhett Luedtke, Directing Coordinator Patrick Dizney, President, New West Drama Conference Reid Davis, Next Step Coordinator Michelle Felten, Invited Scenes Coordinator Rich Brown, Devising Coordinator Jerald Dougherty, Festival Programming and Scheduling Coordinator Ronn Campbell, Webmaster

New West Drama Conference Executive Board:

Patrick Dizney, President Ronn Campbell, Vice President Tammi Doyle, Outreach Director Alicia Bickley, Treasurer George Caldwell, Editor of the Western States Theatre Review 2012 Region VII Productions Community College of Denver A Raisin in the Sun The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Adams State College Fuddy Meers A Flea in Her Ear Cornish College of the Arts American River College The Mystery of Edwin Drood Sweeney Todd Diablo Valley College The Domestic Crusaders The Exonerated Bellevue College Grapes of Wrath Still Life with Iris The Skriker DIRECTions: A Festival of Student Ten Minute Eastern Washington University Plays The Underpants Spring Awakening Batboy: The Musical The Shadow Box Ode The Foreigner Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story Boise State University The Vibrator Play or In the Next Room The Importance of Being Earnest Antony and Cleopatra Hamlet George Fox University Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead The Servant of Two Masters California State University, Chico The Broken (a working title) The Fix She Loves Me Vatzlav Humboldt State University 12 Ophelias Shakuntula The Arabian Nights Venus Oklahoma! Blithe Spirit California State University, East Bay Idaho State University The Inner Room The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee As You Like It Lake Tahoe Community College The Good Person of Setzuan Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon Performance Fusion Laramie County Community College Performance Fusion, Program B Five Women Wearing the Same Dress I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Lewis-Clark State College California State University, Sacramento These Shining Lives for colored girls who have committed suicide Musings on: Murder, Mayhem, Misreadings when the rainbow is enuf And Marriage; 10 Minute plays Robin Hood Linfield College Zoot Suit Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies California State University, Stanislaus UMW Angels! (Angels We Have Heard On High) Dead Man's Cell Phone The Shape of Things Los Medanos College The Comedy of Errors Rough Crossing Cross My Heart: Tales of Hope New play festival Central Washington University Road Block Confessions The Tempest Metropolitan State College of Denver Little Women Sweeney Todd Luna Rhinoceros Icarus The Elephant Man Dr. Betty Evans Original One Act Play Festival Hair Chabot College North Idaho College Particulate Matter Much Ado About Nothing Emerging Work -- short student original plays Notre Dame de Namur University Electricidad Hay Fever Colorado State University Our Town A Christmas Story Peninsula College The Comedy of Errors Freak Like Me Spring Awakening Portland Community College The Importance of Being Earnest Merge Columbia Basin College Portland State University Dead Man's Cell Phone Othello Aye, No Fen Maiden's Prayer Urinetown

Saint Mary's College University of Oregon Spring Awakening Love.Will.Shake The Imaginary Invalid New Voices San Joaquin Delta College I Ain't Yo Uncle As You Like It Arabian Nights Santa Rosa Junior College The Crucible Trust Awake and Sing Trouble in Mind University of Portland Beauty and the Beast On The Verge Seattle Pacific University 12 Angry Jurors Rashomon Bat Boy: The Musical Much Ado Anout Nothing The Maids Sheridan College Machinal Dracula Waiting For Lefty The Fantasticks A Midsummer Night's Dream Southern Oregon University The Children's Hour Midsummer Night’s Dream University of the Pacific The College of Idaho Julius Caesar Pericles University of Wyoming The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee An Evening of One-Act Plays University of California:Santa Cruz Blithe Spirit Down and Out An Evening of 10-Minute Plays Poet's Corner The Cannibal Play University of Colorado at Boulder The Beaux' Strategem Litmus Student Directed One-Acts Noises Off Marat Sade A Broadway Christmas Carol Walla Walla University suburbia The Importance of Being Earnest The Burial at Thebes A Falafel Musical Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce Romeo and Juliet University of Colorado Denver Washington State University One Flea Spare STAGE One Lysistrata What the Butler Saw Blood Wedding Spike Heels University of Idaho Western Oregon University Anton in Show Business The Crucible Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter An Evening of Beckett's Short Plays One Act Play Festival Thoroughly Modern Millie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Western State Colorado University Forum Becky Shaw Becky's New Car Western Washington University University of Nevada, Reno Experiment with an Airpump The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Rent Dr. Faustus Some Girl (s) The Hospital Plays (An Evening of Student Tartuffe Directed One Acts) 3-3-3 New Play Festival @ WWU University of Northern Colorado Western Wyoming Community College The Waiting Room The Secret Garden Queen Lear The Diary of Anne Frank Parade Whatcom Community College Jungalbook The Spitfire Grill Richard III Yakima Valley Community College Ragtime Buried Child Dancing at Lughnasa As You Like It

KCACTF Festival 45 - National Acknowledgements

The Kennedy Center David M. Rubenstein, Chairman Michael M. Kaiser, President Darrell M. Ayers, Vice President, Education Susan Shaffer, Producing Director, KCACTF Gregg Henry, Artistic Director, KCACTF

KCACTF National Officers National Chair-Rebecca Hilliker, University of Wyoming National Vice Chair-David Lee-Painter, University of Idaho National Chair, National Playwriting Program-Georgia McGill, CUNY Queensborough National Chair, Design, Technology & Management -Gweneth West, University of Virginia Member at Large-Maggie Lally, Adelphi University Member at Large-David Shawger Jr., Ball State University Member at Large-Richard Herman, University of Central Missouri Immediate Past National Chair and ATHE Liaison-Harry Parker, Texas Christian University National Vice-Chair, Design, Technology & Management-Rafael Jaen, Emerson College National Vice-Chair, National Playwriting Program – Jeanette Farr, Glendale Community College (California) USITT Representative – Martha Marking, Appalachian State University National Partners of American Theatre Representative- Jere Wade

KCACTF Regional Chairs Region I Co-Chairs- Raina Ames, University of New Hampshire Catherine Hurst, St. Michael’s College Region II-Elizabeth van den Berg, McDaniel College Region III-Michelle Bombe, Hope College Region IV-Jeffrey Green, Georgia Southwestern State University Region V-Rick Anderson, Kirkwood Community College Region VI-Joy Pace, McNeese State University (Louisiana) Region VII-Leigh Selting, University of Wyoming Region VIII-John H. Binkley, California State University Northridge

KCACTF Design, Technology & Management Chairs Region I-Co-Chairs Charlie Wittreich, SUNY Suffolk Luke J. Sutherland, Community College of Rhode Island Region II-Keith Hight, College of Southern Maryland Region III-Kathleen Donnelly, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Region IV-Ron Keller, Virginia Commonwealth University Region V-Sheila Tabaka, Southwest Minnesota State University Region VI Co-Chairs- Jason Foreman, Oklahoma City University Jon Young, University of Oklahoma Region VII-John Hill, Front Range Community College Region VIII-Andre Harrington, California State University, San Bernardino

KCACTF National Playwriting Program (NPP) The Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Committee Region I Chair-Brandt Reiter, University of New Haven Region II Chair-Scott Frank, Washington and Jefferson College Region III Chair-Ansley Valentine, Northern Michigan University Region IV Chair-David Moberg, Indian River State College Region V Chair-Patrick Carriere, Minnesota State University, Moorhead Region VI Chair-David Blakely, Rogers State University Region VII Chair-Joseph Gilg, University of Oregon Region VIII Chair-Wade Hollinghaus, Brigham Young University FESTIVAL GENERAL INFORMATION

The Festival Information Center is located in the north lobby of the Theatre building next to the parking lot. There you may obtain information about the Festival, the ARC campus, and the surrounding area. It will be open 8am – 7pm each day. Please note that Monday Feb 18th is a campus holiday, and all campus services outside of the Theatre will be closed.

Student Center The brand new Student Center is located in the center of campus. This glass and steel structure houses many functions including the cafeteria, lounge areas, Starbucks, and set of meeting rooms for the Festival. The cafeteria and Starbucks are open 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Tuesday through Thursday, and 7:00 am – 2:00 pm on Friday.

The Gold Mine Come relax at the Gold Mine, the student run gathering place in room 514 at the southern end of the Theatre/Music building. Grab a coffee, meet new friends, and check out the boards.

Food The new cafeteria serves a variety of food, including some vegan and gluten free options, Tuesday through Friday. On Monday the 18th there will be three food trucks in the parking lot north of the Theatre from 11am-1:30pm and 5-7:00pm. Major restaurants and fast food chains are located on Auburn and Madison Boulevards north of campus.

Bookstore The bookstore is located to the southeast of the Library and Student Center. It is open 8:00 am-7:00 pm Tuesday through Thursday, and 8:00 am – 3:30 pm on Friday.

Library The library is the 3 story building at the center of campus. It is open 7:30 am – 10:00 pm Tuesday through Thursday, and 7:30 am – 5:00 pm on Friday. Copiers are available in the library.

Computers and Internet Access An on campus wireless access user name and password for use with personal laptops/wireless devices may be obtained at the Information Center in the lobby.

Parking Single day parking passes may be obtained from the permit dispenser located in the parking lots for $1.00. Parking is very limited and can be especially congested on the north side of campus. A brand new parking garage is open on the south side of campus near the stadium. Much more parking if available at the lot at the hotel, and in lots north of campus.

Public Transit The Sacramento Regional Transit buses stop at the bus stop at the west side of campus on College Oak opposite the Administration building.

Shuttle Bus There is one shuttle bus which will be operating the loop between the Crowne Plaza Hotel and campus approximately every 20-30 minutes. It is free for Festival attendees. It can be boarded at the bus shelter on the north side of campus to the east of the Theatre.

Emergencies For emergencies, call the campus police at (916) 558-2221. Blue light emergency call stations are located around campus. If it is a severe emergency call 911, and then the campus police. The closest urgent care center is Med7 Urgent Care Center - 4156 Manzanita Ave, Carmichael. The closest hospital is Mercy San Juan 6501 Coyle Ave, Carmichael. ARC Special Thanks ARC Theatre would like to thank the following for their support and assistance in helping to make our hosting of KCACTF this year possible: David Viar, Adam Karp, Shelly Jose, David Newnham, Pam Walker, Colleen Owings, Ray DiGuilio, Sheryl Gessford, David Redfield, Kirsten DuBray, Laduan Smedley, Preston Harris, ARC Maintenance, Lynne Booth, Don Reid, Mary Goodall, Printing Services, Stephanie Smith, Business Services, Chris Day, ARC Police, Linda Jurgens, Jeff Bucher, IT Dept, Mary Tervooren, Sunny Smith, Brian Knirk, Roxanne O’Brien, ARC Hospitality Management students, Dyne Eifertsen, Daniel Paulson, Ralph Hughes, Art La Pierre, Susan Hamre, Steve Thompson, Joe Gilman, ARC Music Department, Fine and Applied Arts faculty and staff.

ARC Donors: We would like to thank the following for their generous financial support of the festival: Greg Herrera, Greg Chamberlin, Steve and Sheila Epler, Max & Virginia McDonald, Heather Heise, Ted & Sherrill Kulp. ARC Theatre Department Festival Staff

Faculty / Staff: Kathy Burleson, Pamela Downs, Bob Irvin, Gail Russell, Tracy Shearer, Kirt Shearer, Nancy Silva, Janis Stevens, Sam Williams. Mike Dixon, Dan Grenell, Serina Junaid, Bob Musser, Gabriella Nance, Brian Williams. Erin Carlson, Amelia Holt, Jeff Karl.

Interns / Assistants: Robert Aguilar, Cody Alexander, Aaron Allen, Haleema Avery-Muhammad, Heber Batiz, Elizabeth Belmont, Jonathan Blum, Juline Boege, Christopher Bogard, Tia Borgen, Shelby Brown, Tim Brownell, Joel Burnitzki, Kat Busch, Yolanda Caesar, Aaron Calvert, Stacy Carlton, Tara Cornelius, Yasi Daneshvar, Renata deWatteville, Jeremy Diefenbacher, Joyce Ford, Alyssa Garcia, Mary Goodall, D.C. Goodin, Suzie Greene, Rachel Greninger, Josh Heleva, Mary Hill, Lauren Hirsch, Kamra Jacobs, Rebecca Jines, Kamran Zeda Jones, Amanda Johnston, Matthew Johnston, Clay Kirkwood, Brandon Lancaster, Andy Leggett, Karen Loewen, Tina Lehne, Pakuda Ly, Tyler Mark, Ana Marron, Alisha McClain, Melanie McClurg, Caroline McCormick, Jessica Mercado, Peter Messick, James McMillan, Tara Mills, Shelly Montes, Juliana Nassr, Danielle Pallotta ,Beverly Peets, William Pierson, Heather Pitt, Kyle Porteus, Anna Russell, Andie Slay, Shyra Smith, DeCarla Strong, Denis Svinarenko, Coquise Taylor, Lauren Terzian, Mondis Vakili, Justin Vallesteros, Melissa Villa, Sara Wagner, Tanjanae Walker, Barnie Warrick, Cat Zeunges

ARC Alumni: Brittaleigha Baskerville, Karen Bombardier, Terri Brindisi, Tim Brownell, Scarlette Bustos, Chris Carlson, Nick Heacock, Tara Henry, Kristine Aubert Hernandez, Daniel Hernandez, Brianne Hidden-Wise, Joshua Hooper, Audrey Kerster, Amanda Johnston, Jillian Leeman, Mark Moeller, Lauren Nardozzi, Matt Odehnal, Brian Robrecht, Matthew Russell, Melita Ann Sagar, Joe Skipper, Joe Wilkinson, Corey Winfield, Michael Wise, Casey Worthington

Sunday, February 17, 2013

5:00-9:00pm Conference Registration ARC Fine and All Irene Ryan Scholarship nominees and partners Applied Arts need to register for the conference PRIOR to the Building general meeting on Monday at 8:00 am.

Monday, February 18, 2013

7:00am-5:00pm Registration Opens ARC Fine and Applied Arts Building 7:00am-1:00pm Load-In: Dog Sees God ARC Theatre 8:00-9:00am Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition General Meeting Stage 2 Mandatory meeting for all Irene Ryan nominees and Theatre/Music 550 partners. Must be registered before meeting. Irene Ryan Auditors Organization Meeting Theatre/Music 100 Mandatory meeting for auditors, respondents, and time keepers. 8:30-9:00am SDC Organization Meeting Tech Lab Host: Rhett Luedtke Theatre/Music 515 9:00-12:00pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Preliminary Round 1-3 Stage 2 9:00-10:20am Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play RAEF 161 Organization Meeting Organization meeting for all playwrights, directors, and faculty mentors. Discussion of the process and ground rules, to include auditions, casting, rehearsals and performances. 10:30 am-5:00pm Design, Tech, Management Expo Load-in Crowne Plaza All DTM participants are invited to install their displays Terrace for both the KCACTF and NWDC exhibits. 10:30am- Respondent Training Division Conference 12:00pm Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker, David Lee-Painter, Mark Room Kuntz Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play RAEF 161 Auditions 12:00-1:00pm Irene Ryan Respondent Lunch Division Conference Pick up lunches in Room 505 Room 1:00-5:00pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Preliminary Round 4-7 Stage 2 1:30-2:50pm Fire Up - Ready to Go - Boots on the Ground - Theatre/Music 547 Survival Skills for Theatre - Rocket Up Your Skill Bank Presenter: Jane Childs Clowning and Physical Comedy Theatre/Music 512 Presenter: Reed Martin Creating To-Scale Set Models, a Variety of Fine Arts 505 Methods Presenter: Randall Enlow What We Do Together Makes a Difference RAEF 160 Presenter: Timothey Sullivan Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play RAEF 161 Auditions Make the Most of 90 Seconds PE 235 Presenters: Reid Davis and John O’Hagan NWDC Play Rehearsal Crowne Plaza This is a closed rehearsal for Shades of Blue Sycamore Room

DTM Expo Stage Management Information Meeting Crowne Plaza Mandatory meeting for all Stage Managers Chestnut Room participating in the DTM Expo. Host: Ronn Campbell 2:00-3:45pm Festival Production: Dog Sees God: Confessions ARC Theatre of a Teenage Blockhead presented by Ohlone College 3:00-4:20pm Singing with Shakespeare: How to Act the Musical Theatre/Music 547 Theatre Song Presenter: Chris Will Stage Management: Working Relationships Theatre/Music 512 Presenter: Christopher Sadler The Director's Toolbox and the Things That Speak Arts/Science 102 to Us Presenter: Charlotte Guyette Dressing the Zombie Apocalypse Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Cheri Vasek Psychology of Color for Theatre Designers RAEF 160 Presenter: Gregory Pulver Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play RAEF 161 Auditions Physical Theatre PE 235 Presenter: Michael O’Neill Stage Combat - Western Barroom Brawls PE Gym Stage Presenter: Christopher DuVal Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Crowne Plaza Guest Journalist: Barry Wisdom Live Oak Room 4:30-5:30pm Design, Tech, Management Expo Meet and Greet Crowne Plaza Hosts: John Hill and Rae Robison Terrace 4:30-6:00pm Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play RAEF 161 Call Back 6:00-7:30pm Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play RAEF 161 Casting Meeting 7:00-10:00pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Preliminary Round 8-10 Stage 2 7:30-9:15pm Festival Production: Dog Sees God: Confessions ARC Theatre of a Teenage Blockhead presented by Ohlone College 9:30 m-12:30am Load-Out: Dog Sees God ARC Theatre 10:00pm-1:00am Black 'n' White Bash! - Welcome to the Cali' Club Crowne Plaza Scene, where there is no 'grey' area... Music by DJ Ballroom eM2 Faculty Hospitality Crowne Plaza Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Room 622

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

7:00am-1:00pm Load-In: Spring Awakening ARC Theatre 7:30-8:50am New West Drama Conference Executive Board Crowne Plaza Meeting Live Oak Room Host: Patrick Dizney 9:00-12:00pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Preliminary Round 11-13 Stage 2 SDC Directing Scenes Round 1 Tech Lab Host: Rhett Luedtke Theatre/Music 515

Color Your World Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Gail Russell 9:00-10:20am Bringing Your Art to Market Theatre/Music 547 Presenter: Todd Victor Devising with Moment Work: The Making of US Arts/Science 102 Presenter: Rich Brown We Can Project That! Video Creation Basics Raef 160 Presenter: Christina Barrigan In The Noh: Vocal Basics PE Gym Stage Presenter: George Bellah KCACTF Response: Dog Sees God: Confessions Student Center of a Teenage Blockhead Meeting Room 1 Respondents: Tom Miller, Rafael Jean Staging LGBT Oral History – Diversity Day Student Center Presenter: Gregory Hinton Meeting Room 2 Play Readings: A Workshop for Directors, Actors Student Center and Playwrights Meeting Room 3 Presenter: Rob Urbinati Original Practices Shakespeare Student Center Presenter: Lori Ann DeLappe Meeting Room 4 NWDC Play Rehearsal Crowne Plaza This is a closed rehearsal for Shades of Blue Sycamore Room Design, Technology and Management Expo Crowne Plaza Closed for initial respondent deliberations Terrace 10:30am- Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza 12:00pm Session 1 Terrace Scenic Design – Respondents: Christopher Sousa- Wynn, Steven Shelley, Glen Nagy Respondent Training Division Conference Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker, David Lee-Painter, Mark Room Kuntz MTSA Workshop Theatre/Music 547 Hosts: Chris Will and Ed Brazo with accompanist Christopher Schlagel Devising With ASTEP Arts/Science 102 Presenter: Abby Gerdts Educator and AEA Member Roundtable Fine Arts 505 Tom Miller Broadway Audition Bootcamp: Dance PE 231 Presenter: Eric Santagata Directing Choices, Part 1 A Conversation with Student Center Michael Navarra, director of Dog Sees God: Meeting Room 1 Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Host: Andrew Golla Culture by Design: Progressive Theatre Student Center Presenter: Christopher Carlson Meeting Room 2 How to Get Your Play Read Student Center Presenter: Margot Melcon Meeting Room 3 Finding Face: A Playwriting Workshop for Actors Student Center and Writers Meeting Room 4 Presenter: Kamarie Chapman NWDC Play Reading: Shades of Blue Crowne Plaza Reading of the 2012 NWDC Cypress/Sycamore Host: Patrick Dizney, Respondent: Bryan Willis 12:00-1:00pm Irene Ryan Respondent Lunch Division Conference Pick up lunches in Room 505 Room 12:00-1:20pm The Forties Glamour Look Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Caroline Mercier 1:00-5:00pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Preliminary Round 14-17 Stage 2 1:30-5:00pm SDC Directing Scenes Round 1 Tech Lab Theatre/Music 515

1:30-3:30pm KCACTF Region VII Certificate of Merit Full Length Crowne Plaza Play Reading Pick Up Man by John Remmington, Cypress/Sycamore University of Idaho 1:30-2:50pm Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 2 Terrace Lighting Design – Respondents: Steven Shelley, Christopher Sousa-Wynn, Glen Nagy Puppets Puppets Puppets! Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Presenter: Chris Carlson MTSA Workshop Theatre/Music 547 Hosts: Chris Will and Ed Brazo with accompanist Christopher Schlagel Navigating The Student Designer/Mentor Theatre/Music 512 Relationship Presenter: Randall Enlow Diversity In Finding Acting Material: Breaking The Theatre/Music 548 Restraints Presenters: Ed Trujillo and Nicole Hess-Diestler The Downward View PE 231 Presenters: Melita Ann Sagar and Michelle Petro Broadway Audition Bootcamp: Dance PE Gym Stage Presenter: Eric Santagata Moving With Purpose Student Center Presenter: Michael O’Neill Meeting Room 3 Icarus: A Multicultural Design Process Student Center Presenters: George Bellah 3rd, Jessica Pribble, Marc Meeting Room 4 Haniuk, and Christina Barrigan 1:50-2:00pm Watching a Play: Spring Awakening ARC Theatre Lobby Participants will meet in the lobby 10 minutes before the beginning of matinees and then join a 45-minute post-performance conversation to discuss themes of the play, successes and failures of the production and share ideas on how to be a respectful yet critical audience member. Presenter: Margot Melcon 2:00-4:15pm Festival Production: Spring Awakening ARC Theatre presented by Saint Mary's College of California 3:00-4:20pm Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 3 Terrace Sound Design – Respondents: Glen Nagy, Christopher Sadler, Jane Childs Exploring Special F/X as Theatre Art Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Caroline Mercier MTSA Workshop Theatre/Music 547 Hosts: Chris Will and Ed Brazo with accompanist Christopher Schlagel A Career in Theatre: The Role of Actors' Equity Theatre/Music 548 and a Practical Guide to the Business Presenter: Tom Miller Copyright: What You Need to Know Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Christopher Sousa-Wynn In The Noh: Movement Basics PE 235 Presenter: George Bellah Writers Block, Schmiters Block Student Center Presenter: Kamarie Chapman Meeting Room 3

Costume Designers in the Indian Film Industry Student Center Presenter: Cheri Vasek Meeting Room 4 Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Crowne Plaza Guest Journalist: Barry Wisdom Live Oak Room 4:30-5:30pm Playwright’s Reception Fine Arts 505 Reception for Invited student playwrights and their mentors, ten-minute and one-act play directors and NPP respondents Hosts: Joseph Gilg 5:30-7:30pm Load-In and Rehearsal: Evening of Invitational Stage 2 Scenes Host: Michelle Felten 7:30-9:45pm Festival Production: Spring Awakening ARC Theatre presented by Saint Mary's College of California 7:45-9:45pm Evening of Invitational Scenes Stage 2 Host: Michelle Felten 7:45-9:15pm Effort, Risk, Momentum, Joy Tech Lab Presenter: Joe Krienke Theatre/Music 515 Stage Combat - Knife Fighting PE Gym Stage Presenter: Christopher DuVal 10:00pm-1:00am Improv Night – Join improv teams from across the Crowne Plaza region as American River College hosts an evening of Ballroom improvisation and fun. Faculty Hospitality Crowne Plaza Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Room 622 9:45 pm- Load-Out: Spring Awakening ARC Theatre 12:45 am

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

7:00am-1:00pm Load-In: Icarus ARC Theatre 8:00am-7:00pm Load-in: Three Trees Stage 2 8:30-9:00am MTSA Preliminary Round Judges Meeting Fine Arts 505 Host: Patrick Dizney MTSA Warm-up Theatre/Music 547 9:00am-6:00pm Next Step Auditions Tech Lab Theatre/Music 515 9:00-12:00am MTSA Preliminary Round – Session 1 Theatre/Music 547 Hosts: Chris Will, Ed Brazo and accompanist Christopher Schlagel Judges: Bill Bowers and Tom Miller John Cauble Award One Act Play Rehearsals Crowne Plaza Host: Joseph Gilg Cypress Room 9:00-10:20am Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 4 Terrace Allied Arts – Respondents: Jane Childs, Cheri Vasek, Christopher Sousa-Wynn From Sketch to White Model Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Daniel Schindler Broadway Audition Bootcamp: Dance PE Gym Stage Presenter: Eric Santagata

Beijing Opera Costumes: Seeing Roles Through Student Center Color, Pattern, and Form Meeting Room 3 Presenter: Alexandra Bonds Myth and Ritual for the Modern Play Student Center Presenter: Georgia McGill Meeting Room 4 9:15-10:20am KCACTF Response: Spring Awakening Student Center Respondents: Rafael Jaen, Dodie Montgomery Meeting Room 1 10:30am- Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza 12:00pm Session 5 Terrace Stage Management – Respondents: Christopher Sadler, Christopher Sousa-Wynn, Steven Shelley Respondent Training Division Conference Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker, David Lee-Painter, Mark Room Kuntz A Few Tricks Up Your Sleeve: Patterning and Theatre/Music 547 Construction Tips for 19th Century Sleeves Presenter: Cathie McClellan Monologues and Auditioning Arts/Science 102 Presenter: Lucien Douglas An Actor Works Out (Strength Training for the PE Gym Stage Body) Presenter: Daniel Hernandez Actors Theatre of Louisville Acting Apprenticeship Student Center Info Session Meeting Room 1 Presenter: Michael Legg Producing Live Radio Drama in the 21st Century Student Center Presenter: Michael J. Smith Meeting Room 3 Solo Plays: A Workshop for Playwrights, Student Center Performers and Directors Presenter: Rob Urbinati Meeting Room 4 12:00-1:00pm MTSA Preliminary Round Judges Meeting and Division Conference Lunch Room Pick up lunches in Room 505 12:00-1:20pm Directing Choices, Part 2: A Conversation with Student Center Reid Davis, director of Spring Awakening Meeting Room 1 Host: Rhett Luedtke NWDC Town Hall Meeting and Elections Student Center Host: Patrick Dizney Meeting Room 4 12:30-1:30pm MTSA Warm-up Theatre/Music 547

1:30-5:00pm MTSA Preliminary Round – Session 2 Theatre/Music 547 Hosts: Chris Will, Ed Brazo and accompanist Christopher Schlagel Judges: Bill Bowers and Tom Miller John Cauble Award One Act Play Presentations: Crowne Plaza Misconceptions by Miranda Blum, Washington State Cypress/Sycamore University Baby Bird by Millie Rose, University of Idaho What do we do with the Dog? by Patrick Rexroat, University of Portland Host: Joseph Gilg 1:30-3:30pm Waiting for a Chinook Raef 161 Staged reading of a new play by Gregory Hinton Presenter: Gregory Hinton Basic Techniques of Puppet Theater Theatre/Music 554 Presenters: Ly Pakuda and Melanie McClurg 1:30-2:50pm Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 6 Terrace Hair/Makeup/Allied Arts – Respondents: Cheri Vasek, Rafael Jaen, Jane Childs SDC Directing Scenes Interview Round Division Conference Host: Rhett Luedtke Room

The Aesthetics of Space: Using the Stage Fine Arts 505 Effectively to Create Meaning Presenter: Jerry Entze Why You Should Consider the National Devising Raef 160 Initiative for 2014 Presenters: Rich Brown, Kevin Elder, Joe Krienke Auto-ethnodrama/Solo Performance Raef 162 Presenter: Ann Fajilan Broadway Audition Bootcamp: Dance PE Gym Stage Presenter: Eric Santagata A Practical Guide to Starting a Career in Technical Student Center Theatre Meeting Room 1 Presenter: Steve Shelley Actors Theatre of Louisville Acting Apprenticeship Student Center Info Session Meeting Room 2 Presenter: Michael Legg Aikido for Actors Student Center Presenter: Christopher DuVal Meeting Room 3 Theatre Pedagogy Student Center Presenter: Tom Hird Meeting Room 4 1:50-2:00pm Watching a Play: Icarus ARC Theatre Lobby Participants will meet in the lobby 10 minutes before the beginning of matinees and then join a 45-minute post-performance conversation to discuss themes of the play, successes and failures of the production and share ideas on how to be a respectful yet critical audience member. Presenter: Margot Melcon 2:00-3:15pm Festival Production: Icarus ARC Theatre presented by Central Washington University 3:00-4:20pm Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 7 Terrace Costume Design – Respondents: Rafael Jaen, Cheri Vasek, Jane Childs SDC Faculty Roundtable Fine Arts 505 Host: Rhett Luedtke Action Produces Emotion: Actor's Workshop Theatre/Music 547 Presenter: Nicole Diestler New York to L.A.: The Business of Acting on the Student Center Coasts Meeting Room 1 Presenter: Don Williams I Just Got a BA/BFA/BS in Theatre.....NOW What? Student Center Presenters: Sara Falconer and Leigh Selting Meeting Room 2 Communication for Scenic Designers, Directors Student Center and Technical Staff Meeting Room 3 Presenter: Randall Enlow Finding Face: A Playwriting Workshop for Actors Student Center and Writers Meeting Room 4 Presenter: Kamarie Chapman Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Crowne Plaza Guest Journalist: Barry Wisdom Live Oak Room 4:30-6:00pm MTSA Preliminary Round Judges Meeting Fine Arts 505 6:00-10:00pm Next Step Callbacks Crowne Plaza Appointments by arrangement with each company/school 7:30-8:45pm Festival Production: Icarus ARC Theatre presented by Central Washington University

7:45-9:45pm Three Trees Stage 2 Presented by Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre 7:45-9:15pm Actors Speak Their Truth: Solo Performance of Theatre/Music 547 Original Scripts Facilitators: Ann Fajilan and Pamela Downs Self Action Object Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Janis Stevens 8:45-11:45pm Load-Out: Icarus ARC Theatre 10:00pm-1:00am Heroes and Villains Crowne Plaza Expect to have a MARVELous time at our Costume Ballroom Extravaganza! Faculty Hospitality Crowne Plaza Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Room 622

Thursday, February 21, 2013

7:00am-1:00pm Load-In: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter ARC Theatre 8:00-9:00am Irene Ryan Scholarship Semifinal Round Stage 2 Preparation USITT Meet and Greet Crowne Plaza Host: Christina Barrigan, Northwest Section USITT Terrace 9:00am-4:30pm Next Step Design, Technology and Management Crowne Plaza Hotel Interviews and Callbacks 9:00am-12:30pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Semifinal Round Stage 2 9:00-12:00am Open Jar Scholarship Audition PE Gym Stage Presenter: Eric Santagata John Cauble Award One Act Play Rehearsal Crowne Plaza Host: Joseph Gilg Cypress Room 9:00-10:20am Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 8 Terrace Costume Design – Respondents: Cheri Vasek, Rafael Jaen, Jane Childs Singing with Shakespeare: How to Act the Musical Theatre/Music 512 Theatre Song Presenter: Chris Will Let's Play: Bringing Fun Into Your Improv Arts/Science 102 Presenter: Matthew Russell Directing the Process Not the Result Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Gordon Reinhart KCACTF Response: Icarus Student Center Respondents: Michael Legg, Dodie Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Instant Narration, or Writing Plays with Your Voice Student Center Presenter: T.S. Frank Meeting Room 2 Stage Manager’s Roundtable Student Center Presenter: Christopher Sadler Meeting Room 4 10:30am-4:30pm Tech Expo Tech Lab Join a variety of vendors as they demonstrate the Theatre/Music 515 latest in theatre technology. 10:30am- Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza 12:00pm Session 9 Terrace Scenic Design – Respondents: Christopher Sousa- Wynn, Steven Shelley, Glen Nagy Respondent Training Division Conference Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker, David Lee-Painter, Mark Room Kuntz

Networking in Your Professional Acting Career Theatre/Music 547 Presenter: Michael Legg Setting Up An Online Presence and Beyond: What Theatre/Music 512 the Heck is Social Media, and Why Should I Care? Presenter: Natalya Kolosowsky Stop the Reliance On "Yes, And". An Advanced Arts/Science 102 Improv Workshop Presenter: Matthew Russell Diagramming a Play Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Margot Melcon Directing Choices, Part 3: A Conversation with Student Center George Bellah, director of Icarus Meeting Room 1 Host: Rhett Luedtke I Just Got a BA/BFA/BS in Theatre.....NOW What? Student Center Presenters: Sara Falconer and Leigh Selting Meeting Room 2 Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies: From the Surf to the Student Center Stage Meeting Room 3 Presenters: Ty Marshall, Janet Gupton, Chris Forrer, Jenny Layton, Daphne Dossett, Laura Haspel, Robert Vaughn, and Rebecca Meredith Playwriting Structures: Back to the Basics Presenter: Kamarie Chapman 12:00-1:00pm Irene Ryan Semifinal Round and MTSA Final Division Conference Round Judges Meeting and Lunch Room Pick up lunches in Room 505 12:00-1:20pm Meet & Greet for Two-Year, Transfer Students and Student Center Graduate Interviews Meeting Room 3&4 Host: George Caldwell 12:30-1:30pm MTSA Warm-up Theatre/Music 547 1:30-6:00pm MTSA Final Round Theatre/Music 547 Hosts: Chris Will, Ed Brazo and accompanist Christopher Schlagel Judges: Lucien Douglas, Abby Gerdts and Eric Santagata John Cauble Award One Act Play Presentations Crowne Plaza La Cajita by Ben Calabrese, San Francisco State Cypress/Sycamore University Middle Names by Corey O'Hara, Lewis & Clark College Octobering by Kiki Penoyer Western Washington University Host: Joseph Gilg 1:30-4:30pm Devising Initiative Arts/Science 102 Five schools present original devised works based on the national prompt “Five Years from Today.” Host: Rich Brown 1:30-2:50pm Design, Technology and Management Response: Crowne Plaza Session 10 Terrace Stage Management – Respondents: Christopher Stadler, Christopher Sousa-Wynn, Steven Shelley Waist Away - History, Construction, and Fitting for Theatre/Music 554 Corsets Presenters: Cathie McClellan and Gail Russell Playing God - Organizing the Chaos of Production Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Nathan Thompson Working Actor Tips Student Center Presenters: Jackie Apodaca and Kyle Haden Meeting Room 1

The Making of "Awakening" Student Center Presenter: Reid Davis and the cast of Spring Meeting Room 2 Awakening 1:50-2:00pm Watching a Play: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter ARC Theatre Lobby Participants will meet in the lobby 10 minutes before the beginning of matinees and then join a 45-minute post-performance conversation to discuss themes of the play, successes and failures of the production and share ideas on how to be a respectful yet critical audience member. Presenter: Margot Melcon 2:00-3:45 pm Festival Production: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter ARC Theatre presented by University of Idaho 3:00-4:20 pm Stella Adler Studio of Acting NYC/ The Art of Theatre/Music 512 Acting Studio Scene Study Workshop Presenter: Don Williams How Does This World Work? A tool for Developing Fine Arts 505 Part of a Director's Conceptual Approach Presenter: Andrew Golla Topics in Educational Theatre: Teaching Theatre PE 235 and Using Theatre as a Teaching Tool Presenter: Justine Lehne Irene Ryan Semifinals Response Session Stage 2 Respondents: Abby Gerdtz and Joe Krienke Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Crowne Plaza Guest Journalist: Barry Wisdom Live Oak Room 4:30-6:00pm Basic Chain Armor Construction Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Hope Robinson Next Step Callbacks – Stella Adler Studio of Acting Theatre/Music 548 Appointments by arrangement with each company/school 5:00-7:00 PM President’s Reception For Region VII Faculty and Student Center Guests Meeting Rooms 1-4 6:30-7:00pm MTSA Final Round Judges Meeting Fine Arts 505 7:00-10:00pm SDC Final Round Rehearsal Tech Lab Theatre/Music 515 7:30-9:15pm Festival Production: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter ARC Theatre presented by University of Idaho 7:45-9:45pm Three Trees Stage 2 Presented by Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre 7:45-9:15pm Tap Your Troubles Away PE Gym Stage Presenter: Ed Brazo 10:00pm-1:00am Load-Out: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter ARC Theatre The Eighth Annual Region VII Tech Olympics Crowne Plaza Sponsored by the Northwest Section of the United Ballroom States Institute for Theatre Technology. Teams need to sign up in advance at the registration area. Irene Ryan Finalists will be announced. Faculty Hospitality Crowne Plaza Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Room 622

Friday, February 22, 2013

7:30-9:15am Ten Minute Play Rehearsal Stage 2 8:00-12:00pm Design, Technology and Management Expo Open Crowne Plaza Terrace 8:00-9:00am SDC Final Round Preparation Tech Lab Theatre/Music 515 9:00-12:00am SDC Directing Scenes Final Round Tech Lab Respondents: Amy Feinberg, Stephanie Gularte, Theatre/Music 515 Elizabeth van den Berg Hitting the Target (The Actor & the Target) PE 231 Presenter: John O’Hagan 9:00-10:20am Three Trees- The Creation of a Devised Clown Play Theatre/Music 512 Presenters: Stephanie Thompson, Lauren Wilson, and Joe Krienke KCACTF Response: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter Student Center Respondents: Michael Legg, Dodie Montgomery Meeting Room 1 9:30am-12:00pm Ten-Minute Play Readings Stage 2 Host: Nancy Lee-Painter J. by Gavin Foltz, Western Washington University Directed by Janet Gupton The Kitchen with Dinah by Hannah Bochart, Western Washington University Directed by Brian Haimbach The Uncomfortable by Dylan Waite, Sonoma State University Directed by Rebecca Engle Step on Me by Lisa Wagner Erickson, Lesley University Directed by Laurie Lynch Yellow Cake by Megan Thornton, University of Idaho Directed by Joe Golden Stage Fright by Sarah Pappin, University of Idaho Directed by Sara Goff 10:30am- Festival Keynote Performance ARC Theatre 12:00pm Bill Bowers - Beyond Words Mayhem Makeup Madness Theatre/Music Presenter: Kathy Burleson 519/520 Marbling Fabrics Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Scott Robinson Respondent Training Division Conference Presenters: Rebecca Hilliker, David Lee-Painter, Mark Room Kuntz Traditional Asian Productions at University of Theatre/Music 512 Hawai'i, Manoa Presenter: Cheri Vasek Steppenwolf Theatre and Summer Arts Fine Arts 505 Presenter: John Mayer Dramaturgy Response Session Host: Michael Phillips Dress for Success: Roadhouse Wardrobe/Wig Local 101 Presenter: M. Catherine McMillen Commedia Dell'Arte Student Center Presenter: Michael O’Neill Meeting Room 1 12:00-1:20pm KCACTF Region VII Meeting Fine Arts 505 Questions? Concerns? Wishing to become more involved? All are welcome. Host: Leigh Selting ARC Alumni Meet and Greet ARC Theatre Lobby 1:30-4:30pm DTM Expo Strike Crowne Plaza Terrace

Tea and Quiet Desperation: Exploring Chekhov Arts/Science 102 Through Improvisation Presenter: Pamela Downs Rosco Product Demonstration Tech Lab Presenter: Jeff Treanor Theatre/Music 515 Visual Story Seeds PE 231 Presenter: Nathan Thompson Children's Theatre: Not Just For Kids PE Gym Stage Presenter: Lissa Suppler Slay and Karen Bombardier 1:30-2:50pm Festival Keynote Performance ARC Theatre Bill Bowers - Beyond Words Thermoplastic: Crafts in the 21st Century Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Jessica Pribble The Artist as Citizen Fine Arts 505 Presenter: Abby Gerdts 8 Principles of Dramaturgy Student Center Presenter: Margot Melcon Meeting Room 1 Your Next Role: Technical Director Student Center Presenter: Kim Schwartz Meeting Room 2 Community College Connections Student Center Host: Joe Jacoby Meeting Room 3 3:00-4:00pm The Business of the Business Stage 2 Presenters: Faith Prince and Natasha Burr 3:00-4:20pm Introduction to the Broadway Green Alliance Theatre/Music 547 'Green Captain' Program Presenter: Damond Morris Show Case: Design-Tech Portfolios for Theatre Theatre/Music 512 and Allied Fields Presenter: Rafael Jean Playing the Long Game Raef 161 Presenter: Michael Legg Broadway Dance PE 235 Presenter: Ed Brazo Directing Choices, Part 4: A Conversation with Jef Student Center Petersen, Assistant Director of Welcome Home, Meeting Room 1 Jenny Sutter Host: Rhett Luedtke Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Crowne Plaza Guest Journalist: Barry Wisdom Live Oak Room 4:30-6:00pm Basic Chain Armor Construction Theatre/Music 554 Presenter: Hope Robinson Next Step Callbacks – Stella Adler Studio of Acting Theatre/Music 548 Appointments by arrangement with each company/school 7:45-9:15pm Tap Your Troubles Away PE Gym Stage Presenter: Ed Brazo 4:30-6:30pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Finals/Musical Theatre ARC Theatre Scholarship Winners Rehearsal 7:30-9:30pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Finals/ Musical Theatre ARC Theatre Scholarship Winners Performance Auditors: Bill Bowers, Natasha Burr, Stephanie Gularte, Elizabeth van den Berg, Faith Prince Timer: Kelly Quinett Host: Leigh Selting

10:00pm-1:00am Festival Awards Presentation and Goodbye Social Crowne Plaza Goodbye Social - Your final chance for connections Ballroom and memories that will be with you for a lifetime! This event will have music, but geared towards a true social rather than a dance...around here we call it a 'kickback'. Faculty Hospitality Crowne Plaza Open to all faculty, staff, and special guests. Room 622

Saturday, February 23, 2013

9:00-10:00am Irene Ryan Scholarship Finals Response Crowne Plaza Presenters: Bill Bowers, Elizabeth van den Berg, Live Oak Room Stephanie Gularte

2013 Festival Forty-Five Workshops and Performances

Festival Keynote Performance

BILL BOWERS - BEYOND WORDS a collection of Mime, Music, and Monologues: a poignant journey that continues Bowers' ongoing investigation of silence in our culture. Set against the backdrop of "Small town America," BEYOND WORDS takes the audience on a funny and poignant journey of sound and silence. One of the most acclaimed mimes in America today, Bill Bowers' eloquent movement evokes the deepest truths of the human condition. Often compared to Chaplin and Keaton, Bowers has truly created a style all his own. Bowers is a student of world- renowned mime Marcel Marceau, and has performed and conducted workshops throughout the U.S, Europe and Asia. His acclaimed original shows have been produced Off-Broadway to critical raves. The New York Times has said "To see Bill Bowers is to see the technical elements of a style that bring Marcel Marceau readily to mind. Mime can be wonderful...the air between him and us was his palette."

Special Performances

Auto-ethnodrama/Solo Performance - Guiding students through personal history to create effective, current solo performances which speak to contemporary challenges and issues. Two graduating seniors (Tara Paulson & Brontez Purcell) will present their works-in-progress that cover topics of abuse, gender bias, drug addiction, hiv, stamina and crazy courage. Presenter: Ann Fajilan, Wed 1:30

Devising Initiative - Open to all audiences. Five schools present original devised works based on the national prompt “Five Years from Today.” Each school receives 25 minutes for set-up, presentation, and strike. Guest devising respondents will provide public feedback immediately following each piece. Host: Rich Brown Thurs 1:30

Evening of Invitational Scenes - Back by popular demand, the 2nd Annual Evening of Invitational Scenes is a celebration of the outstanding work featured in our many Associate entry productions over the past year. Featuring scenes and songs nominated by the attending KCACTF respondents, this evening has it all and is sure to please the avid theatre lover! Come support your school and cheer on the talents of our region. Presenter: Michelle Felten, Tues 7:45

John Cauble One-Act Play Presentations - Reading and Responses to three John Cauble Short Play regional finalists. Host: Joseph Gilg, Wed 1:30, Thurs 1:30

NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Auditions - both the preliminary and final rounds are open to audiences. Come support and listen to these talented voices from around the region as they sing their hearts out for some scholarship money. Preliminary rounds are Wednesday morning and afternoon and Finals on Thursday afternoon. Host: Chris Will, Ed Brazo, accompanist Christopher Schlagel. Wed 9:00-12:00, 1:30-5:00, Thurs 1:30-6:00

New West Drama Conference/Northwest Playwrights Alliance New Play Competition Winner Reading and Response. Come hear a reading of the 10-Minute play Shades of Blue by Leila Jacobson, Cornish College of the Arts. Host: Patrick Dizney, Respondent: Bryan Willis, Tues 10:30

Region VII Certificate of Merit Full Length Play Reading - A reading and response to Pick Up Man, John Remington's (University of Idaho) play cited as Region's VII's 2013 Outstanding full length play. Host: Joseph Gilg, Tues 1:30

Ten Minute Play Festival – Features six selected ten minute plays directed by faculty directors from around the region. Response follows. Host: Nancy Lee-Painter, Fri 9:30

Waiting for a Chinook - a new play by Gregory Hinton, to be read and workshopped tells the story of a disillusioned urban reporter who returns to his boyhood western town in search of his father, a Wyoming country editor, in the archives of his old newspapers. Based on the acclaimed book by Wyoming editor and publisher Bruce M. Kennedy, "Community Journalism" was originally intended as a 'how-to' book on managing a weekly newspaper but is now taught as a primer on journalistic ethics in journalism schools all over the United States. Presenter: Gregory Hinton, Wed 1:30

General Interest

Basic Techniques of Puppet Theater - The workshop will teach students the basic techniques of operating a puppet and how to present a puppet show. It will cover a brief overview of different kinds of puppets and how they are made and used. The students will learn how to create a specific type of puppet, with hands-on practice of the basic techniques discussed, culminating in a class performance. Presenters: Ly Pakuda and Melanie McClurg, Wed 1:30 Bringing Your Art to Market - Making a living doing what we love. We do not live in a bubble creating or performing. If you love what you do, and if you want to do it for years and years YOU will need to Bring Your Art To Market. You will need to develop your marketing skills, and/or a team to help market your work. It is time to learn to do a few things that will help you become a successful artist. Presenter: Todd Victor Culture by Design: Progressive Theatre - Explore the changing patterns in American society, and what this means for our role as cultural stewards. Taking observations of current American attitudes and developing life-changing entertainment for a wider audience. Taking cues from Pixar, politics, and the NFL, we'll figure out how to find relevance in an entertainment economy designed for people who don't get out much. Presenter: Christopher Carlson Tues, 10:30 Devising with Moment Work: The Making of US - A behind the scenes look at the devising process that created last year’s invited production of US from Western Washington University. I will present an over-view of Tectonic Theatre Project’s Moment Work and one methodology for devising. This workshop is intended for students and faculty who are curious about making devising a part of their program. I Just Got a BA/BFA/BS in Theatre.....NOW What? - URTA Director of Membership and the KCACTF Region VII Chair discuss the Do’s and Don’ts of getting into Grad school including preparing auditions, working with a coach, callbacks and the interview process, and the ultimate question of WHY Graduate School. Undergraduates considering the next step and undergraduate teachers are encouraged to attend this informative session. Presenters: Sara Falconer and Leigh Selting Wed 3:00 Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies: From the Surf to the Stage - A retrospective on creating a play based on the Dory Fishing Fleet of Pacific City, Oregon. This workshop will discuss how the idea to preserve a unique piece of Oregon history went from a multi-faceted college/community project that involved collecting oral histories, artifacts and memorabilia for Linfield College's Digital Commons to the creation of a multimedia play that was inspired by these stories and the community. Various key members of this faculty-student collaborative research and creative team will discuss their multiple roles, including members of the interview team, story editors, photographer, videographers, co-playwright, dramaturg, director, designers and cast members. Presenters: Ty Marshall, Janet Gupton, Chris Forrer, Jenny Layton, Daphne Dossett, Laura Haspel, Robert Vaughn, and Rebecca Meredith Meet & Greet for Two-Year, Transfer Students and Graduate Interviews - An informal gathering of students seeking information about the next step in their education and training. Meet representatives from various theatre programs from around our region! Sponsored by KCACTF Region VII and NWDC. Host: George Caldwell, Thurs 12:00 Myth and Ritual for the Modern Play - This workshop will explore the elements of myth and ritual and their application in modern playmaking. Can we create characters and stories that are as immortal as the plays of Sophocles and Shakespeare? Presenter: Georgia McGill, Wed 9:00 Producing Live Radio Drama in the 21st Century - Due to things like shrinking budgets, overburdened shops, and personnel reductions, it is often difficult to offer a scintillating season without breaking either the bank or our backs. Answer: Live radio shows! Focusing on the selection, preparation, and presentation of live radio productions, this workshop will feature real- world solutions, video clips, helpful handouts, and a Q & A session. Presenter: Michael J. Smith Puppets Puppets Puppets! - Are actors just a little lacking? Want to put a horse on stage without having to feed it? Come animate the static world around you and let your imagination explode all over the room! Build a puppet and use it to deliver pick-up lines! Symptoms: Talking to yourself, seeing faces on things, and hoarding glue sticks. Please bring a notebook! Presenter: Chris Carlson Setting Up An Online Presence and Beyond: What the Heck is Social Media, and Why Should I Care? - This workshop will go over some of the steps for establishing an online presence (ranging from the basic to the more complex), as well as organizing, formatting, and polishing the presentation of your resume, portfolio, and other materials. We will also take a look at Social Media and Crowd Sourcing platforms, and discuss their relevance to self-promotion and pursuing creative and collaborative work. Presenter: Natalya Kolosowsky, Thurs 10:30 The Making of "Awakening" - The cast and director of Festival invited production SPRING AWAKENING (St. Mary's College of CA) present a workshop and Q/A on techniques used to access emotion, develop character and create physical compositions and choreography used in the show. We will share techniques from Expressionist "Schrei/Scream" acting, Suzuki and Viewpoints, Michael Chekhov and more. Come prepared to move. Presenter: Reid Davis, Thurs 1:30 Three Trees- The Creation of a Devised Clown Play - Stephanie Thompson, Lauren Wilson, and Joe Krienke will talk about their partnership and process of creating their clown theatre piece Three Trees as well as take questions about the process and production. Fri 9:00 Watching a Play - Participants will meet in the lobby 10 minutes before the beginning of matinees for Spring Awakening, Icarus and Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter. Then join a 45-minute post- performance conversation following each matinee to discuss themes of the play, successes and failures of the production and share ideas on how to be a respectful yet critical audience member. Presenter: Margot Melcon Why You Should Consider the National Devising Initiative for 2014 - Region 7 Devising Coordinator Rich Brown will discuss the values of participating in the 2014 initiative, along with offering helpful advice on how you might go about creating your piece for next year’s festival. Additionally, professional devising artists present at the conference will field questions and offer advice based on their own experiences. Designed for faculty and students who are interested in devising, but also terrified of the process of collaboratively creating new work. Presenter: Rich Brown, Wed 1:30

Community Engagement and Social Issues

Devising With ASTEP - ASTEP artists live at the intersection of the Arts and Global Justice. In this workshop, we’ll be building original pieces of Devised Theater using ASTEP’s unique process- oriented approach. Drawing from your own personal experiences and ideas, a few inspiring prompts, and techniques for devising that an ASTEP facilitator will guide you through, participants will create pieces around a common theme. Presenter: Abby Gerdts, Tues 10:30-12:50 Introduction to the Broadway Green Alliance 'Green Captain' Program - This program is designed to reduce the size of your theatre department's carbon footprint, one production at a time. The strength of the program is that anyone within the department; stage managers, directors, administrators, designers or technicians, can incorporate the program into their production. 'Green Captains' are now in place in every show on Broadway, and the BGA Education committee is excited to bring the idea to every college and university theatre in the country, thereby lowering the national carbon footprint of theatre in the U.S. broadwaygreen.com Presenter: Damond Morris, Fri 3:00 Staging LGBT Oral History – Diversity Day - Staging public testimony is an effective, efficient, and dramatic way to tell a story and preserve LGBT oral history. 'Diversity Day' is a one-hour staged reenactment - with voluntary audience participation - of redacted public testimony adapted from an actual Missoula City Council Journal of Proceedings to add sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression to the city’s existing antidiscrimination ordinance – a first in Montana state history. Footage of the original hearing, which included over six hours of contentious public testimony, will be screened in silence as testimony is reenacted. A workshop and discussion will follow. Presenter: Gregory Hinton Tues 9:00-10:20 The Artist as Citizen - Do you believe in the power of Art to transform communities? This interactive workshop will focus on how we can delve beyond our technical training to harness our collective power and begin to build a space where everyone's stories can be heard. Together, we will explore how we can use our craft as a means of ensuring the strength of our communities, our culture, and the future of American theater. Presenter: Abby Gerdts, Fri 1:30 What We Do Together Makes a Difference - It only takes one person to start a revolution for positive change. Learn how Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has empowered college theatre students nationwide to raise money for a variety of causes. Simply by doing what you love, you can help men, women and children across the country or across the street. We’ll show you how. Presenter: Timothey Sullivan

Theatre for Young Audiences

Children's Theatre: Not Just For Kids - Through hands-on activities and lecture, students will explore the basics of children's theatre teaching theory, current safety and liability concerns, and marketing oneself in an ever-growing industry within the American theatre. Presenter: Lissa Suppler Slay and Karen Bombardier, Fri 1:30 Topics in Educational Theatre: Teaching Theatre and Using Theatre as a Teaching Tool - This workshop will focus on techniques and approaches to using theatre as a tool to explore other subjects such as literature and history. Participants will engage in activities such as dramatic role play, physical interpretation of concepts and active discussion. Participants will also learn about programs and opportunities focusing on educational theatre. Presenter: Justine Lehne, Thurs 3:00

Acting, Directing, Voice, and Movement Workshops

A Career in Theatre: The Role of Actors' Equity and a Practical Guide to the Business - 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, Tues 3:00 Action Produces Emotion: Actor's Workshop - It is often said that acting at it basic core is "to pursue an objective in order to satisfy a need" or "to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances". Notice the absence of word "emoting or pretending" in both definitions. Far too often actors mistaking convince themselves that they must do one or both in their work. TRUTH: Action produces emotion, not the other way around. Presenter: Nicole Diestler, Wed 3:00 Actors Speak Their Truth: Solo Performance of Original Scripts - Students are invited to share 3 min of "what-is-flowing-out-of-my-mouth-at-this-moment". Possibilities include spoken word (original and published), poetry, freestyle, monologues, rants, prayers, stand-up..... a discussion of the process. Mature subjects and language. Facilitators: Ann Fajilan and Pamela Downs, Wed 7:45 Actors Theatre of Louisville Acting Apprenticeship Info Session - The Apprenticeship at Actors is a full-immersion training program focused on practical, experiential training and designed to help young artists transition from an academic degree to a real-world career. Come learn about this alternative to grad school with its own 5-show performance season. Presenter: Michael Legg, Wed 10:30, 1:30 Aikido for Actors - Students will explore Aikido as a movement martial art as it applies to the actor's work. Elements of how connection, engaged release, and physical intention is applied to the actor's task of working on text and character will be explored. In addition, elements of Fitzmaurice Voicework will be introduced to further aid the acting student's integration of movement, breath and imagination. Presenter: Christopher DuVal, Wed 1:30 An Actor Works Out (Strength Training for the Body) - This group workshop will provide students with the tools necessary to strengthen their instrument. Through stretching, body strength training, and controlled breathing, this workout will prepare the body for rigorous stage activities. The workshop will leave the participants energized and give them a routine to take home. This is a physical workout that requires appropriate workout attire. Presenter: Daniel Hernandez, Wed 10:30 Broadway Audition Bootcamp: Dance - Work with Broadway director/choreographer Eric Santagata (A Christmas Story, The Producers, Young Frankenstein) in this Dance Master Class. Learn a fun audition combination from a Broadway show and learn audition techniques to help you 'book the gig' on Broadway. Wear Dance Attire - All levels welcome. Presenter: Eric Santagata, Tues 10:30, 1:30, Wed 9:00, 1:30 Broadway Dance - This is a high energy, musical theatre workshop geared for actors who move well and for more trained dancers with an interest in musical theatre style dance. A warm-up and across the floor combinations will start the workshop, followed by a typical dance combination from a Broadway show that could be taught at an actual audition. Comfortable, unrestricting clothing and jazz shoes or flat-style footwear is strongly recommended. Short tight skirts, tight jeans, barefeet etc. will not be acceptable. Presenter: Ed Brazo, Fri 3:00 Clowning & Physical Comedy - A former Ringling Brothers/ Barnum & Bailey Circus clown, but best known for his work as a writer/performer/director with the Reduced Shakespeare Company, Reed Martin will lead a 90 minute workshop teaching some basics of clowning and physical comedy. Participants will learn about the "Rule of Three's," Double-Takes, Trips, Slaps, and various other forms of comic mayhem. Presenter: Reed Martin Commedia Dell'Arte - A form of improvisational theatre born on the streets of Renaissance Italy in the 15th &16thcentury. While this masked performance style was rooted in political satire of the times, the style and characters are very relevant today. Mask training pushes the limits of all performers. Come find out how! Presenter: Michael O’Neill, Fri 10:30 Directing Choices, Part 1: A Conversation with Michael Navarra, director of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal (Ohlone College) - Join us for a conversation with Michael Navarra as we discuss the directing choices and challenges he faced while directing Ohlone College’s production of Dog Sees God. Host: Andrew Golla, Tues 10:30- 11:50 Directing Choices, Part 2: A Conversation with Reid Davis, director of Spring Awakening music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater (Saint Mary’s College of California) - Join us for a conversation with Reid Davis as we discuss the directing choices and challenges he faced while directing Saint Mary’s College of California’s production of Spring Awakening. Host: Rhett Luedtke, Wed 12:00 Directing Choices, Part 3: A Conversation with George Bellah, director of Icarus by Elise Forier-Edie and Kevin Salfen (Central Washington University) - Join us for a conversation with George Bellah as we discuss the directing choices and challenges he faced while directing Central Washington University’s production of Icarus. Host: Rhett Luedtke, Thurs 10:30 Directing Choices, Part 4: A Conversation with Jef Petersen, Assistant Director of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter by Julie Marie Myatt (University of Idaho) - Join us for a conversation with Jef Peterson as we discuss the directing choices and challenges that both he and director Robert Caisley faced while directing the University of Idaho’s production of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter. Host: Rhett Luedtke, Fri 3:00 Directing the Process Not the Result - What does a director do to get better? This workshop seeks to work the skills a director uses in collaborating with actors and designers. Play analysis and on-your-feet work used to illustrate how "directing" other artists toward the dramatic circumstances in a play script is more effective than asking for a performance or design result. Presenter: Gordon Reinhart, Thurs 9:00 Diversity In Finding Acting Material: Breaking The Restraints - Having trouble finding quality material that is dignified, rich, deeply affective, and demanding because you are a person of color, a women, not a stereotypical male or challenged in some other way, come to the this hands-on workshop. We will present scenes and monologues from a variety of sources. If you have your own resources-bring them. For all actors. Presenters: Ed Trujillo and Nicole Hess-Diestler Effort, Risk, Momentum, Joy - This very physical workshop will introduce participants to the Physical Training of Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. The class will begin by moving through physical activities that include walking, running, skipping, quadrupedal gaits, and the movements of the spine, and will culminate in a sweaty mass of people moving through space together. Presenter: Joe Krienke, Tues 7:45 Hitting the Target (The Actor & the Target) - "I don’t know what I’m doing, what I want, who I am, where I am, how I should move, what I’m feeling, what I’m saying, what I’m playing"- these are common expressions of an "stuck" actor. This workshop will actively explore Declan Donnellan’s ideas of “The Target” and how working with this concept can help remove the blocks that often cause the lamentations above. Come with some prepared material! Presenter: John O’Hagan, Fri 9:00 How Does This World Work? A tool for Developing Part of a Director's Conceptual Approach - We won't be talking about period style or performance styles and conventions, rather we'll be talking about how a director can focus their conceptual approach to any play and answer 2 questions: How is behavior motivated in the world of the play? and What is the point of view and focus regarding the individual and society? You'll be introduced to the "style compass", which has proven to be a useful tool to many directors in approaching these questions, and will help you work with both actors and designers. Presenter: Andrew Golla, Thurs 3:00 In The Noh: Movement Basics - A hands-on introduction to basic performance skills required for the classical Japanese theatre form of Noh. Exploration of the basic stance, foot movement, walking, and arm/hand/fan movements. After learning basic patterns, participants will learn choreography for an excerpted dance. Participants must come prepared to move; loose comfortable clothing and socks are required. Presenter: George Bellah, Tues 3:00 In The Noh: Vocal Basics - A hands-on introduction to basic performance skills required for the classical Japanese theatre form of Noh. Exploration of the basic vocal technique and chanting style used, as well as the basics of reading music for Noh. After learning basic techniques, participants will learn the chant for an excerpted dance. Participants must come prepared to move; loose comfortable clothing and socks are required. This is a companion workshop for "In the Noh: Movement Basics", but participants need not take both. Presenter: George Bellah Tues, 9:00 Let's Play: Bringing Fun Into Your Improv - Time and again we find ourselves performing improve rather than playing. What we are doing on stage is play pretend, and this workshop is to strip away the need to perform, the need to feel like an actor, and to just play. Presenter: Matthew Russell, Thurs 9:00 Make the Most of 90 Seconds - Your audition starts as soon as you walk in the room... In this interactive workshop, Next Step Coordinators Reid Davis and John O'Hagan offer general audition techniques and answer questions about the Next Step audition process. Learn how to take the stage, focus your energy, make strong choices, present songs, deal with an accompanist and more. You do not have to be registered for Next Step. Presenters: Reid Davis and John O’Hagan Monologues and Auditioning - Bring a prepared monologue from a modern or period play--- something you would use, or are using, as part of your audition repertoire. Monologues must be thoroughly memorized and worked on. Together we will work to take it to the next level. We will place particular emphasis on "personalization"-coming to terms with where the scene and role truthfully live in you the actor. Presenter: Lucien Douglas, Wed 10:30 Moving With Purpose - When the actor uses their whole body within the work the possibilities are endless. Explore what it means to stand walk run with purpose. Michael O’Neill has been a physical actor for more than two decades, and has been creating work that begins with the body as the primary story teller. Presenter: Michael O’Neill MTSA Workshop - NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition workshops; required of all MTSA participants if you did not do the workshop last year. Rehearsal and review of format for the MTSA preliminary rounds. Hosts: Chris Will and Ed Brazo with accompanist Christopher Schlagel, Tues 10:30, 1:30, 3:00 Networking in Your Professional Acting Career - It's not what you know, it's who you know, especially when you're trying to get work as an actor. In this seminar, we'll talk about some simple networking strategies to build relationships with the people who one day might hire you. Presenter: Michael Legg, Thurs 10:30 New York to L.A.: The Business of Acting on the Coasts - This Q & A workshop aims to give students an insight into the differences and similarities of the business and life of an actor in New York and Los Angeles. Led by Don K. Williams, Former Head of Acting for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting NYC and current Associate Artistic Director and Johnny Yoder, Managing Director of the Art of Acting Studio, Los Angeles. Presenter: Don Williams, Wed 3:00 Open Jar Scholarship Audition - This all be a Musical Theater Audition for a full tuition scholarship to the Open Jar Institute 2013. Students will be asked to learn a dance combination and sing a 16 bar cut Musical Theater piece. The dance audition will take place from 9-10 AM and the vocal audition will follow. Presenter: Eric Santagata, Thurs 9:00 Original Practices Shakespeare - Curious about how plays were produced in Shakespeare's time? Come explore Original Practices and walk the boards yourself. Given only your part with brief cues you will learn to use take clues from the lines, use cue scripts, and get the script on its feet in the space of 90 minutes. Presenter: Lori Ann DeLappe Physical Theatre - A style of performance that uses the body’s language and movement to communicate emotion and story to an audience. The class begins with a through warm-up and simple exercises, building to creating short pieces in groups. The emphasis is on ensemble work, awareness and honesty of movement. Playing the Long Game - How to be Successful as a Professional Actor - You've decided to make your living as an actor. What are the next steps? How do you define success in this industry? How competitive is this business, actually? Learn strategies for surviving the years it takes to establish yourself and ways to maintain your mental health along the way. Presenter: Michael Legg Self Action Object - Each "moment" on stage, as in life, consists of three ingredients: the Self, the Object and the Action between the two. We will explore how actors "live" with the objects around them, creating relationships and behavior that illuminates the "story." This concept was developed and taught by Morris Carnovsky, of Group Theatre fame, and is elucidated in THE ACTOR'S EYE, co-written with Peter Sander. Presenter: Janis Stevens, Wed 7:45 Singing with Shakespeare: How to Act the Musical Theatre Song - The Bard is the bridge to finally sing and act simultaneously within the musical theatre song. This workshop is for either the singer or the actor to understand how to perform the heighten lyrics. The techniques covered in class will be in his new book coming out next fall entitled: The True Singing Actor! Presenter: Chris Will, Thurs 9:00 Stage Combat - Knife Fighting - Using the safe theatrical prop of an aluminum knife, participants will be introduced to the basic techniques of this style of theatrical combat. Cuts, thrusts, blocks, and effective body movement will be explored within the context of short piece of choreography. (Class limit - 14) Presenter: Christopher DuVal, Tues 7:45 Stage Combat - Western Barroom Brawls - Learn the foundational techniques of safe and effective unarmed stage combat. Basic slaps, punches, blocks, and western ballroom brawling will be explored within the context of effective story-telling and the illumination of character thought, feeling and action. (Class limit - 16) Presenter: Christopher DuVal Stella Adler Studio of Acting NYC/ The Art of Acting Studio Scene Study Workshop - The workshop is fully self-enclosed and requires that students bring only themselves and their imagination to participate. The students will write and perform scripts created in class. Through these scripts concepts on imagination, action, creative flexibility, character and relationship are explored. This is a full participation workshop for all participants. Presenter: Don Williams, Thurs 3:00 Steppenwolf Theatre and Summer Arts - This fun workshop will provide an introduction to CSU Summer Arts. Improvisation, group interaction, and just a good time! Scholarship opportunities for CSU Summer Arts will also be discussed. Presenter: John Mayer, Fri 10:30 Stop the Reliance On "Yes, And". An Advanced Improv Workshop - While we have all been taught the first and last rule of improv is to say "Yes, and..." presented here is a new school of thought on what improv can be, when we incorporate a new form of acceptance in improv, the assumption of truth. Presenter: Matthew Russell Thurs, 10:30 Tap Your Troubles Away - Tap is still a great skill for the musical theatre student and dancer. Come and learn a fun routine to one of Broadway's most famous tap shows – Forty Second Street! Taps shoes or a hard-soled shoe required. Comfortable clothing recommended. ANY level tap technique is acceptable. Presenter: Ed Brazo, Thurs 7:45 Tea and Quiet Desperation: Exploring Chekhov Through Improvisation - Theatre games will be utilized to investigate the ideas of isolation, stasis, and domestic rituals with an eye to discovering the hilarity hiding in the stifling, stiff collared, and corsetted world of Russian comedy. Bring your "yes, and" attitude and your hard-soled shoes (preferred but not required) for some oh, so civilized fun. Presenter: Pamela Downs, Fri 1:30 The Aesthetics of Space: Using the Stage Effectively to Create Meaning - A workshop geared primarily for beginning directors. Using theories set forth by Dean and Carra, we will explore the various stage areas and their inherent emotional values. Participants will learn how to effectively use stage composition to create the desired emotional response from their audience. Presenter: Jerry Entze, Wed 1:30 The Business of the Business - A master class intensive focusing on “an insider’s perspective” of practical advice for professional actors-in-training, “The Business of the Business” is an accessible and relatable “nuts-and-bolts” presentation focused on the “how to’s” of obtaining information one can only learn after years of experience in the entertainment industry. Presented by Tony-winning actress Faith Prince and director Natasha Burr, co-founders of the Sacramento-based Minimoon Productions acting studio, the class will feature such pragmatic topics as audition techniques, the importance of self-marketing, (including résumés and headshots), securing agents and/or management, lifelong learning, and planning for longevity in a youth-obsessed industry. The session will conclude with a Q-and-A session. Presenters: Faith Prince and Natasha Burr The Director's Toolbox and the Things That Speak to Us - This workshop will deal with the use of the director’s tools in the telling of a story. Students will exchange ideas & perceptions of the director’s role in production as well as have an opportunity to take images from the page to create action on the stage. Presenter: Charlotte Guyette The Downward View - The Downward View is a mix of Viewpoints, Yoga, and Fitzmaurice voice work, with a dash of joy, a lot of love, and no ego. Artists are expected to bring an open mind, comfy clothes, a yoga mat or large towel, an open heart, water, passion, creativity, and a willingness to be silly, sweat, connect with others, pause, release, and perform. Presenters: Melita Ann Sagar and Michelle Petro, Tues 1:30 pm Working Actor Tips - Getting Started in the Acting Business - A lively discussion on how to get started in the business of acting. We'll discuss agents, managers, unions, headshots, resumes, auditions, reels, networking, New York, LA, and more. After all, you can't act until you book a gig. Presenters: Jackie Apodaca and Kyle Haden, Thurs 1:30

Design, Tech, and Management Workshops

A Few Tricks Up Your Sleeve: Patterning and Construction Tips for 19th Century Sleeves - Join the group for a discussion and demonstration session on patterning and coFnstructing sleeves, especially for 19th cent. women's clothing. Learn about easy patterning methods for 5 types of sleeves, how to add a built-in gusset into any sleeve pattern for ease of motion, and stiffening/support methods that won't make an armscye bulky. A companion to earlier sessions on 19th cent. skirts and hairstyles. Presenter: Cathie McClellan, Wed 10:30 A Practical Guide to Starting a Career in Technical Theatre - This comprehensive overview examines practical skills often considered vital to kick-starting a successful career in technical theatre. Steve Shelley shows how to utilize business research and marketing tactics to find backstage jobs and get your foot in the door. General topics include: Targeted job searches; crafting resumes, cover letters, and portfolios; and successful job interview techniques. Presenter: Steve Shelley, Wed 1:30 Basic Chain Armor Construction - A beginner’s workshop in the basics of creating and constructing chain mail armor, what materials you need to begin, how to make rings and how to begin linking the garment together. Presenter: Hope Robinson, Thurs 4:30 Beijing Opera Costumes: Seeing Roles Through Color, Pattern, and Form - The costumes of the Beijing opera have evolved from Chinese historic dress without the input of a designer, yet they clearly project the characteristics of each role to the audience through color, embroidery, and form. In this interactive workshop, you will learn the aesthetic principles of these splendid traditional costumes and how to recognize roles through their distinctive visual imagery. Presenter: Alexandra Bonds, Wed 9:00 Color Your World - Using different types of fabrics, students will discover how dye, bleach, and paint interacts with various weaves and fibers, transforming their appearance, texture, and drape. Students will learn about the basic steps to take when dying fabric, the necessary tools, safety procedures, and what needs to be considered in order to choose the right fabric to achieve the desired results. Presenter: Gail Russell Communication for Scenic Designers, Directors and Technical Staff - Communicating new, original concepts and ideas is a difficult process, especially between directors and designers. There are many ways to share visual images, color swatches, white models, etc. The questions of available, open acting space versus footprint of scenic elements, visual impact of scale between performer and set pieces, shifts between scenes need answers. Here are some recommendations. Presenter: Randall Enlow, Wed 3:00 Copyright: What You Need to Know – You’re probably breaking copyright law many times in a given day. Discussion of copyright laws and what they mean to designer and educators. We will discuss the history of copyright and possible futures, Fair Use, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Creative Commons Licenses, Public Domain, resources and more. Presenter: Christopher Sousa- Wynn, Tues 3:00 Costume Designers in the Indian Film Industry - Working with vibrant color, lavish textiles and exquisitely skilled craftsmen, costume designers in the Indian film industry produce works with extensive global impact. The industry’s pace requires designers to be nimble, adaptable and highly productive. The designers’ support personnel are key to their success, whether working independently (with free-lance artisans), or with established studios. Presenter: Cheri Vasek, Tues 3:00 Creating To-Scale Set Models, a Variety of Methods - Different methods, materials and techniques for creating to-scale scenic models for theatre. Scale models are a great communication tool. They are also bulky, time consuming, and sometimes expensive. Models are visual aids created for a variety of purposes, from solving spatial relationships, construction challenges, concept communication, through to lobby and archive display. For all levels. Presenter: Randall Enlow Dress for Success: Roadhouse Wardrobe/Wig Local 101 - Learn what a viable career being a local wardrobe can be. We will cover industry standards; discuss union vs. nonunion, terms and procedures, wig basics, quick change basics, timed crazy costume changes and so much more dressing for success. Presenter: M. Catherine McMillen, Fri 10:30 Dressing the Zombie Apocalypse - Elaborate distressing techniques for two dozen zombie costumes were part of a recent production at the University of Hawaii. This complex project was made manageable through a series of zombification workshops. Cheri V will share distressing techniques, supply sources & solutions for a variety of wounds, dismembering, disemboweling – all without spilling a drop of stage blood! Presenter: Cheri Vasek Exploring Special F/X as Theatre Art - We will explore examples of f/x and how to transform different part of your body into gruesome wounds, scars and burns. Please bring you individual stage makeup kits. Minimum your foundation, a sponge and a fine brush. Presenter: Caroline Mercier, Tues 3:00 Fire Up - Ready to Go - Boots on the Ground - Survival Skills for Theatre - Rocket Up Your Skill Bank - We are the sum of our experiences. Adopt the skill of daring to believe you can do what is presented to you. Learn the skill of seeing the world around you. Open your imagination to life around you – don’t just pass through it. Then bring your life into your art – light boards and sound track are only tools for the trade – to be learned by anyone – your experience is the igniter of your art. Presenter: Jane Childs The Forties Glamour Look - In this short workshop, you'll learn how to do a full makeup and put your hair up like the movie stars of the forties! Open to men and women who want to do the makeup, as well as observers who can attend the demonstration. Please bring your makeup kit, including light foundation, eyeliner, mascara, red lipstick, rouge, and bring your hair brush and hairspray. Presenter: Caroline Mercier, Tues 12:00 From Sketch to White Model - Quick methods to go from a 2D sketch to a 3D white model - This workshop will give the attendees hands on tips and skills to quickly take their scenic sketch from the 2D page to a 3D environment. Perfect for someone new to model building looking for a good way to communicate their design with a director and other members of the design team. We will focus on the importance of accurate layout, drawn-on detail, and assembly. Presenter: Daniel Schindler, Wed 9:00 Icarus: A Multicultural Design Process - In this seminar, the design team of Icarus: A New Noh will discuss the design process for the production. We are hoping this seminar will provide general information about the Noh theatre tradition. We will focus on designing traditional art forms from other cultures, blending theatrical traditions, and allowing a modern western audiences access to a traditional form of theatre. Presenters: George Bellah 3rd, Jessica Pribble, Marc Haniuk, and Christina Barrigan, Tues 1:30 Marbling Fabrics - The process of marbling on fabric of any fiber content. Due to the process, some of the preliminary steps will be completed by instructor prior to the student arriving. Attendees will be able to try the process of creating a marble patterns and transferring the pattern to fabric, following a presentation. Presenter: Scott Robinson, Fri 10:30 Mayhem Makeup Madness - Try out basic quickie makeup techniques for creating burns, scars, wounds, black eyes, bullet holes. Work with makeup, putty, latex, and fake blood to create illusions of mayhem! Bring your kit if you have one. Basic supplies provided. For beginners. Presenter: Kathy Burleson, Fri 10:30 Navigating The Student Designer/Mentor Relationship - This discussion will illustrate the options of involving students in the production as designers and assistant designers. This is meant to be a conversation between faculty, prospective designers or anyone interested in approaching the design discipline as a student or mentor. Other experiences, opinions and perspectives are encouraged in this discussion. All are welcome. Presenter: Robert Vaughn Playing God - Organizing the Chaos of Production - Whether a Technical Director or Production Manager, it is critical to plan production precisely enough to ensure that costs and labor fit within very limited budgets of time and money. Workshop provides a variety of strategies and paperwork to help ensure that the potential for chaos in every production experience is minimized and planned for. Presenter: Nathan Thompson Thurs 1:30 Psychology of Color for Theatre Designers - How the world sees color and how theatre designers use color to help tell story. Presenter: Gregory Pulver

Rosco Product Demonstration - Join the West Coast Account Representative for Rosco Laboratories as he demonstrates a variety of products and their application. Demonstration will be followed by Q&A and hands on the equipment. Some of the products on display are; RoscoLux & E-Colour filters & gels, LitePad LED panels, Miro Cube LED fixtures, X-24 Effects projector, Gobos and rotators, Image Pro plastic gobos, and Day/Night backdrops. Presenter: Jeff Treanor, Fri 1:30 Show Case: Design-Tech Portfolios for Theatre and Allied Fields - This workshop features the how-tos of creating effective design/tech portfolios. Discover the many ways that new media can be utilized to supplement a traditional portfolio. Learn tips about how to market and brand yourself to successfully pursue careers in theatre, film and allied fields. Presenter: Rafael Jean, Fri 3:00 Stage Management: Working Relationships - Come join a free form discussion based on one of the most important (yet frequently overlooked) topics for stage managers: working with people. Headed by an Equity stage manager with over 20 years of experience in professional theatre, we'll look into the human relations aspect of the stage management, which to some is 80% of the job. Bring an open & inquisitive mind, questions, and experiences! Presenter: Christopher Sadler, Mon 3:00 Stage Manager’s Roundtable – Join an Equity stage manager with over 20 years of experience in professional theatre for an open question and answer session on the art and science of stage management. Presenter: Christopher Sadler Thurs, 9:00 Tech Expo - Always wanted to get hands-on experience with equipment? This is your chance. The Tech Expo is a drop-in walk-around experience where you can see and try out the toys with help from staff and vendors from ETC and Rosco. From the ETC SmartFade, Gio light console, Seachanger lights and LED fixtures, to Arkaos video software, Mac 700 or Elation moving lights, and Rosco products. Check it out! Host: Kathy Burleson, Thurs 10:30-4:30 Thermoplastic: Crafts in the 21st Century - Introductions and descriptions of different styles of thermoplastics and their application in crafts. Showing samples of products and discussing pros and cons of each product. Presenter: Jessica Pribble, Fri 1:30 Traditional Asian Productions at University of Hawai'i, Manoa - The Department of Theatre & Dance at University of Hawai‘i at Manoa is internationally recognized for its unique multicultural approach to the study of Theatre & Dance. Our Asian Theatre productions & courses focus on three areas: China (Jingju), Japan (Kabuki, Noh & Kyogen), and Indonesia (Randai). This presentation will discuss production aspects, visual characteristics and training support. Presenter: Cheri Vasek, Thurs 10:30 Waist Away - History, Construction, and Fitting for Corsets - This three-part workshop will cover a brief history of corsets, an overview of basic construction techniques, and fitting methods. It will finish with a show and tell of how to wear and move in corsets so that participants can properly fit performers in ways that allow for as much range of motion as possible, accommodating contemporary movement with period clothing. Presenters: Cathie McClellan and Gail Russell, Thurs 1:30 We Can Project That! Video Creation Basics - The idea-to-stage journey of custom video content creation. A look at the stages of content creation, the software involved, and the processes (and time commitment) of cuing for live theatre. A presentation of the process of making ghostly figures appear as a part of a production of the "Turn of the Screw." Effective low- budget projected effects including characters and scenic textures. Presenter: Christina Barrigan Your Next Role: Technical Director - This workshop is aimed at those who have served as a carpenter during the construction and installation of a show, but don't have much or any experience managing the process. Examples of paperwork will be discussed, shown and be available to take away. This paperwork should assist a newcomer in assessing the workload, budgeting, scheduling, planning work calls and generally keeping organized. Presenter: Kim Schwartz, Fri 1:30

Playwriting and Dramaturgy Workshops

8 Principles of Dramaturgy - An introduction of 8 basic dramaturgical questions that will bring you closer to understanding structure, identifying theme, and getting to the root of what a play is truly about. For dramaturgs, directors, actors and designers. Presenter: Margot Melcon, Fri 1:30 Diagramming a Play - An introduction to an advanced technique where you'll learn to visually diagram the momentum and balance of a play. See the structure of the story on paper in front of you and learn to chart out the rise and fall of action. Presenter: Margot Melcon Dramaturgy Response Session - Response session for students who submitted dramaturgical packets for the Dramaturgy Initiative, led by guest Dramaturg, Margot Melcon. Host: Michael Phillips, Fri 10:30 Finding Face: A Playwriting Workshop for Actors and Writers - Back by popular demand! This workshop will provide writers with a method for discovering new and diverse characters with dynamic issues and conflicts to begin writing plays from the organic process of discovering the story through the character's perspective. Please bring a notepad and something to write with! Presenter: Kamarie Chapman, Wed 3:00 How to Get Your Play Read - So you've written a play, now what? Helpful suggestions and advice for how to be your own advocate and get your script read by literary agents, development organizations and theaters. Presenter: Margot Melcon Instant Narration, or Writing Plays with Your Voice - For playwrights who wish to use storytelling techniques to explore new play ideas and to sharpen the narrative structure of their work. In a hands-on workshop, participants tell home-made oral tales and discuss basic story structure, as well as events that occur regularly in narratives and plays. Open to all. Limited to 12 participants. Presenter: T.S. Frank New Play Dramaturgy - Working on a classic play can be very different than a new play, which in some cases will continue to change all the way up to opening night. Join a discussion about the collaboration between directors, playwrights, dramaturgs and the whole creative team and explore how to support a new play from development through production. Presenter: Margot Melcon Play Readings: A Workshop for Directors, Actors and Playwrights - The Workshop examines the challenges involved in directing and acting in a reading of a new or classic play, and considers what a playwright can expect to learn from input received. Presenter: Rob Urbinati, Tues 9:00 Playwriting Structures: Back to the Basics - Let's readdress that strange and ever-changing creature, Structure, once more. How about the Hero's Journey? Maybe some basic ideas reminding us all that Conflict is King in our cathartic world of scripts? This is a great workshop for those who have always wondered what it is those wacky playwrights do or for those playwrights who may want a refresher crash course. Bring a pen and paper! Presenter: Kamarie Chapman, Thurs 10:30 Solo Plays: A Workshop for Playwrights, Performers and Directors - This Workshop explores the various types of Solo Plays, from traditional to experimental, including “performance poetry” plays; single and multiple character plays; plot and theme in biographical and autobiographical plays; the “buried structure” all solo plays require, and the distinct nature of dramaturgy and collaboration in Solo Plays. Presenter: Rob Urbinati, Wed 10:30 Visual Story Seeds - This is a story seed workshop to develop unusual scripts to performance from visual source material. It is a valuable "total theatre" approach to the development of a final product, encouraging creativity from a variety of disciplines. Participants should come prepared to actively perceive, think, write, create and perform. Presenter: Nathan Thompson, Fri 1:30 Writers Block, Schmiters Block - Sometimes inspiration can flow from your fingertips across the keyboard almost like an uncontrollable dance. Those are good days. So let's find some ways to deal with the not so good days. This workshop will offer a few different strategies and exercises you can keep in your back pocket to break down the walls of even the most difficult writers block. Bring a pen a notebook! Presenter: Kamarie Chapman, Tues 3:00

Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Workshops

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy - The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops. Host: Michael Phillips, Guest Journalist: Barry Wisdom, M-F, 3:00 Faculty/ Staff Workshops Community College Connections - A round table discussion addressing needs, issues, and triumphs at two year colleges. Host: Joe Jacoby, Fri 1:30 Educator and AEA Member Roundtable - Share your experiences and insights of being both educator and artist; discuss the challenges of preparing students for a career in theatre. Presenter: Tom Miller NWDC Town Hall Meeting and Elections - Open meeting for the New West Drama Conference; opportunity to address things related to NWDC, celebrate our successes, look at what we can do better/differently and talk about the direction of the entity. Officers will be elected. Host: Patrick Dizney NWDC Executive Meeting - Closed session for NWDC officers. Host: Patrick Dizney SDC and University Theatre Directors – Meet with Rick Lombardo, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) Board Member, and discuss ways that SDC and the SDC Foundation can serve educational institutions, improve directing programs and support faculty directors and learn about programming already in place to further those goals. Host: Rhett Luedtke, Wed 3:00 Theatre Pedagogy - The USITT Education Commission hosts an annual juried poster session featuring ideas about teaching theatre and production. Two recent posters will be presented on writing about performance from a production vs. literary perspective and a journal prompt for production and design assignments. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion about teaching college theatre. Presenter: Tom Hird, Wed 1:30

Tech Olympics Description and Rules:

The Northwest section of USITT invites you to participate in the eighth annual Technical Olympics! The Tech Olympics are designed to test and showcase 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 a carpenter, a costumer, a stage manager, and an electrician. 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 under 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 floor plan may consists of elements such as; wall a, wall b, wall c, door, door swing, step, or window.

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 length of rope 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 fiber 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.

Start gathering your teams and honing your skills now! Sign-up will be at festival registration and at the door the night of the event. Look for the event posters at registration! Good luck!

Festival Presenters and Special Guests

Jackie Apodaca is an Associate Professor of recent play Beyond Words opened Off Broadway at Theatre and Head of Performance at Southern Urban Stages, and is now being presented Oregon University. She is also a Contributing Editor throughout the US. This year Beyond Words was at Backstage magazine, where she writes "The awarded Best Performance in the International Craft." United Solo Festival and the International Fresh Annaliese Baker has taught at the postsecondary Fruit Festival this season. Bill’s other solo plays level for 15 years. Her main focus has been focus include ‘Night Sweetheart ‘Night Buttercup, has been costume design for theatre and Under a Montana Moon, and It Goes Without television—in southern California, New York, Saying. Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Iowa. Her theatre Ed Brazo, after maintaining a professional career for designs have been featured both in the Prague over 25 years in NYC, Ed joined the faculty at Quadrennial and the World Stage Design Sacramento State University in 2002 as head of the competitions. musical theatre program and director of annual Christina Barrigan is a professional theatre artist musicals. As a member of Actor's Equity Association who has worked in opera, dance, theatre, ballet, and the Society of Stage Directors and independent film and performance art, theme parks, Choreographer since 1976, Ed performed on corporate/industrial events, cruise ships and Broadway, in national tours and has appeared at concerts. She is Chair of the Northwest Section of Sacramento Music Circus. Ed has directed and/or USITT, Head of Design at Central Washington choreographed over 200 shows and still adding! University and a founding Board Member of Rich Brown teaches physical acting at Western DogTown Theatre in Ellensburg, WA. Washington where he directs and devises. He has George W. Bellah 3rd, an Associate Professor of studied at University of Oregon, NYU, SITI Company Theatre Arts at Central Washington University, & Dell’Arte. In recent summers he led Viewpoint earned his B.F.A. in Performance from Northern and Suzuki intensives for Teatrul Fara Frontiere at Kentucky University, and his M.F.A. in Directing from the National Theatre of Romania in Bucharest, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He devised and co-directed The American Family at the is a recognized actor/combatant with the Society of Edinburgh Fringe Festival along with Andy Paris of American Fight Directors. His professional Tectonic Theatre Project. background includes acting, directing, and fight Kathy Burleson is the scenic/lighting designer at directing in theatres on both the east and west American River College, and has designed over 200 coasts. He specializes in teaching and shows in the region. She has taught makeup for 20 choreographing movement, stage combat, acting years, and her special joy is seeing student created and directing, with a special focus on Asian Theatre. "creatures" roaming the halls! He has spent the last several years training as a Natasha Burr is a theater teacher, director and performer/musician with his teachers at the Noh acting coach. She is a graduate of the theater Training Project and the Kita school of Noh in Tokyo, department at California State University, Japan. Bellah joined the CWU faculty in 1999 and Sacramento. She went on to obtain her master's recently directed Urinetown and Icarus: a New Noh degree in English from National University. Natasha in English. He also recently appeared as Prospero in has also attended American Conservatory Theater The Tempest and Old Man/Deadelus in Icarus. in San Francisco, CAP 21 Acting Intensive Program Alexandra (Sandy) Bonds is Professor of Costume at NYU, and trained extensively in the Meisner Design for the University of Oregon and a leading Technique at the famed New York acting school The expert in Beijing opera costumes. Her fascination Neighborhood Playhouse. She began her career as with this traditional performance form was ignited an actress starring across the country in such shows when she received a Fulbright to teach at the as, "Gypsy," "Working," "Oklahoma," "Plaza Suite," National Institute for the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. The and "Guys and Dolls," and recently portrayed the results of her eighteen years of research were role of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named published in April 2008 in a comprehensive book Desire." She spent several years in production at entitled Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual ABC's "All My Children" in NYC. After working her Communication of Character and Culture. way up the ladder in a major bi-coastal talent agency Bill Bowers As an actor, mime and educator, Bill where “A-list” film, television, and Broadway actors Bowers has performed and taught throughout all 50 were clients, she enjoyed an exciting position in film of the United States, Europe and Asia. His development for a Los Angeles film production Broadway credits include Zazu The Lion King, and company where she worked for Academy Award- Leggett in The Scarlet Pimpernel, and he has winning actor Jon Voight. After spending years in the appeared on the stages of Theatre for a New industry, her experience, passion, and skills led her Audience, St. Anne’s Warehouse, EST, Radio City to the Boston/Cape Cod area where she became a Music Hall, The Kennedy Center, Steppenwolf, full-time theater teacher. Having directed theater at LaMaMa, New York Fringe, and HERE. Bill’s most various times throughout her career, she established herself as a teacher, director, and acting coach. She Lucien Douglas’ acting credits include Broadway, implemented her own very successful after-school Off-Broadway, regional theatre, film, and acting program and also ran a summer camp, television. Currently Head of Acting at University of Broadway Kids. Burr recently spent a year touring Texas at Austin: recipient of many awards including and working with all the children in the national tour the 2012 College of Fine Arts Distinguished of "Billy Elliot." Teaching Award at UT Austin. Guest director at The George Caldwell is on the theatre faculty at Oregon Juilliard School, North Carolina School of the Arts, State University and serves as scenic/lighting New York University, Penn State University, St. designer and director. He is the Managing Editor of Edward's University. THE WESTERN STATES THEATRE REVIEW, Pamela Downs holds a BFA from Missouri State works with the KCACTF National Undergraduate University and an MFA from the University of Theatre Scholar Award Committee and the regional California at Davis. She has acted and directed in NWDC Scholarly Paper Competition. George is the Southern and Northern California and recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion, the Chicago...most recently co-directing The Crucible at NWDC Horace Robinson Award but is most proud of the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood. Pamela has taught the KCACTF Road Warrior Award. at American River College for 22 years, teaching Chris Carlson has worked with the Berkeley Directing, Modern & Classic Styles of Acting and Repertory Theatre, Colorado's Creede Repertory Improvisation. Additionally, Pamela has been active Theatre, and the Third National Tour of Les in KC/ACTF for 15 years, serving in several Miserables. He produced and directed the official capacities including as a faculty mentor to student Sacramento stage-premiere of "Dr. Horrible's Sing- directors at the National Festival. Along Blog." He travels by nature and works to Christopher DuVal serves as Head of the BFA and strengthen relationships between community MFA in Performance at the University of Idaho. He theaters. He is a prolific writer and puppeteer. is a veteran of 12 seasons at the Oregon Jane Childs is Director of Stagecraft Institute of Las Shakespeare Festival, and will be serving as the Vegas. She assisted her husband Don on his Fight Director for their 2013 production of Robin hundreds of projects, translation for Ladislav Hood. In addition, he has worked as a guest Vychodil, and den mother to years of theatre teacher, actor and fight director at universities and students. Jane is VP - Development with the SW- regional theaters across the country, including at USITT. Studies at Indiana University and la such institutions as Syracuse Stage, Utah Sorbonne. Jane lives by Don’s passion for theatre Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, South and teaching and his demand for integrity from those Coast Repertory, Sacramento Theatre Company, you work with. Laguna Playhouse, North Carolina School of the Reid Davis (Professor, St. Mary's College; Region Arts, Stanford University, Southern Oregon Coordinator, Next Step Program) directed 2013 and University, and Chapman University, among many 2011 KCACTF invited productions of SPRING others. He is a Certified Teacher with the Society of AWAKENING and ANGELS IN AMERICA. Reid has American Fight Directors, a Senior Instructor with directed professionally at American Conservatory Dueling Arts International, an Associate Teacher of Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, Actors Fitzmaurice Voicework, and holds 2nd degree black Theater of Louisville (Humana Festival/Co-Director belt in Aikido. He received his MFA in Acting from of Apprentice Training Program), New York Theatre the University of California, Irvine and is a member Workshop. of the Actor's Equity Association. Lori Ann DeLappe is faculty at Sacramento City Randall A. Enlow is the Scenic and Lighting College and an artistic staff member for the Designer for Theatre Arts at University of the Pacific. Sacramento Shakespeare Festival. She recently He has been designing for over three decades and spent two weeks in London studying teaching hundreds of productions in drama, musical theatre Shakespeare at Shakespeare's Globe. She has also and opera. Rand also designs annually for Sierra attended and presented multiple workshops on Repertory Theatre, Livermore Shakespeare Festival, Original Practices Shakespeare, and directed a full Stockton Opera, Conservatory of Music Opera and reading of "The Winter's Tale" Original Practices others. He is also a director and Technical Director. style. Jerry Entze is a MFA in Directing candidate at the Nicole Diestleris a tenured Professor at Diablo University of Portland. He directed Five Women Valley College; she is a member of AEA and has Wearing the Same Dress at UP last year. He holds a worked in the Los Angeles TV and Film industries. MA in English from the University of Idaho and has Her degrees include a BA in Performance (SDSU) taught at UP, Clark College, and Walla Walla and an MFA in Acting (FSU/Asolo Conservatory). University. She is passionate about and active in community Sara Falconer has worked for the service organizations and programs. She is a University/Resident Theatre Assoc. since 1997. She published author and is a co-host for “Backstage: organizes the national auditions/interviews for Local Theatre” TV program. potential graduate students, and presents workshops for SETC and KCACTF. She holds an MA in Theatre from CU Boulder and a BA in underserved youth. Abby is an actress, writer, and a Dramatic Art from UCSB. Sara is also a free-lance graduate of The Juilliard School's Drama Division. director, and is the former Artistic Director for the Joseph Gilg is the Region VII NPP chair from the Warehouse Theatre in Corsicana, TX. University of Oregon Ann Fajilan encourages her students to produce Andrew Golla is an Assistant Professor of Drama at social justice benefits, events & community services the University of Portland and Head of the M.F.A. in for nonprofits that bring awareness to society’s Directing program. He has a M.F.A. in Directing from complicated challenges: violence against women (V the University of Iowa. He is also the Artistic Director Day & Vagina Monologues), marriage equality of Portland Theatre Works (dedicated to the (8theplay & Proposition 8), disaster aid (doctors development of new play) and is a founding and without borders) and ageism. In 2012 she was one continuing committee member of the Fertile Ground of the 100 Most Influential Filipinas in the United City-Wide Festival of New Works in Portland. States. Andrew has directed classical and contemporary Michelle Felten is an Associate Professor of Acting plays and musicals, as well numerous world at Sacramento State University where she teaches premieres and workshops. Acting Levels I, II, III, Voice and Movement I and II, Stephanie Gularte Artistic Director of the Delta King Acting Styles, and Audition Technique. She is a Theatre for six years before founding the nonprofit, member of both AEA and SAG and has toured the professional theatre company, Capital Stage, country twice acting in productions of 42nd Street Stephanie has produced over 60 plays and Amy Feinberg is an Associate Professor and Head musicals. In 2002, industry trade publication of Directing, Playwriting and Production at the BackStage West called her "the Hardest Working University of the Arts, and the Producing Artistic Woman in Show Business." In 2009, Sacramento Director of the Hypothetical Theatre Company, Inc. Magazine named Stephanie one of “Forty Under in New York City. In New York, she has directed the Forty: The Next Generation of Power Players” for premieres of There or Here by Jennifer Maisel; My her work as the Founding Artistic Director of Capital Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon by Don Nigro; Stage. She is one of the regular artists of Capital Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn starring Joanna Merlin; Stage, acting in and directing a number of acclaimed The Action Against Sol Schumann by Jeffrey Sweet; the company’s productions. Stephanie is a member Ordinary Heroes and Almost Grown Up by Aviva of Actor's Equity Association and Screen Actor's Jane Carlin; Gun Club by Hunt Holman; Quake and Guild. Sparrow Project by Melanie Marnich; Sitting Pretty Charlotte Guyette is a professor at Western by Amy Rosenthal; Buying Time by Michael Weller Washington Univ. and a member of AEA. She has and its extended run with the help of SB had two productions perform at regional ACTF Productions; The Heart of Art by Michael Weller; festivals and has directed professionally for Mickey's Home, American Blues, Hot Date, and the companies such as the Black Hills Playhouse, Little critically acclaimed Ghost on Fire by Michael Weller. Theatre of the Rockies, the USD Playhouse and the For the National Park Service, Amy wrote, directed Snowy Range Theatre. She has also performed and produced Ellis Island Stories which was in professionally for companies such as the Pioneer residence at Ellis Island 1992‐2000 and now tours Theatre Company, Pennsy nationally to schools, festivals, etc. Amy holds an Kyle Haden has been a working actor for over a MFA in directing from Northern Illinois University and decade. He is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at is a proud member of the Lincoln Center Directors Roosevelt University's Chicago College of the Lab, the Actors Equity Association and the Society Performing Arts. of Stage Directors and Choreographers.and Marc Haniuk is Assistant Professor and Resident Nunsense II. Michelle holds a BA in Acting (UC Scenic Designer at Central Washington University/ Irvine) and an MFA from A.C.T., San Francisco. He received his undergraduate degree at Scott Frank, a playwright and storyteller, is chair of the University of Montana and an MFA from San Theatre and Communication at Washington & Diego State University. Marc has designed over 150 Jefferson College and Region 2’s Chair for productions in professional, academic and NPP. His play “Butter’s Goat” has been performed conservatory venues both nationally and in New York, London, and Pittsburgh, and he has internationally. Most recently, Marc was the also directed for the stage in those cities. His play Professor of Scenic Design at University of Northern "The Pledge" premiered at W&J last spring and his Colorado, and The University of Oklahoma, School new comedy "The Book" is scheduled there for of Drama. He has served on the faculty of Montana 2014. State University, Sonoma State University, Hartnell Abby Gerdtz For a decade, Abby Gerdts has been College and The Putney School for the Arts. coordinating and leading arts education programs Gregory Hinton is an acclaimed author, "Cathedral around the world and is currently the Director of City"; filmmaker, "It's My Party"; and playwright, International Programs at Artists Striving to End "Beyond Brokeback"; among others. In partnership Poverty (ASTEP), a nonprofit that provides arts with western museums, libraries and universities, education and empowerment programs for Hinton is also the creator of Out West, a historic educational program series of lectures, plays, films York University’s Steinhardt School of Education. and gallery exhibitions dedicated to illuminating She taught in the California public school system for LGBT history and culture in the American West. Out four years teaching Theatre and English Language West is sponsored by HBO. A graduate of the Rick Lombardo is a twenty year Member of Stage University of Colorado at Boulder, Hinton divides his Directors and Choreographers Society and is in his time between California, Wyoming and Montana. fifth season as Artistic Director at San Jose Tom Hird has taught at Cal State East Bay since Repertory Theatre, where he most recently staged 1972 in the roles of technical director, resident the world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda’s Love in designer, and chair. He has produced over a dozen American Times. For the previous 13 years, he led shows on the Edinburgh Fringe and served on New Repertory Theatre into becoming one of New regional boards of the California Educational England’s leading mid-size theaters. He was Theatre Association, the Kennedy Center ACTF, awarded the Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence and USITT. from the Boston Theatre Critics Association for his Daniel Hernandez is an ARC and UC Davis alumni body of work there. At New Rep his award-winning who now resides in Los Angeles. He is a SAG- productions included: The Clean House, Sweeney AFTRA member who has been seen in TV shows Todd, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, A and movies such as 24, CSI: New York, and The Streetcar Named Desire. His world premiere of Bill Island. He is also an NASM certified personal W. and Dr. Bob enjoyed an extended run Off- trainer. His passion for the arts and physical fitness Broadway. A New York native, in his early career he have led him to connect both the mental and directed at Musical Theater Works, the Ohio physical demands of acting. Theater, and the New Amsterdam Theatre Company Joe Jacoby has been teaching at North Idaho at Town Hall, and assisted on several Broadway College for over 10 years, and is grateful to do what productions. he loves. He studied at Boise State University and Rhett Luedtke is an associate professor of theatre University of Idaho. at George Fox University (GFU) with a special Rafael Jaen (USA 829) nominations include the emphasis in acting and directing. Rhett is the IRNE and the Elliot Norton awards for his costumes. recipient of the 2010 GFU Undergraduate Teacher He serves at the USITT’s Board of Directors and of the Year Award, and the 2010 National Directing chairs the Student Leadership Initiatives. He is the Fellowship from the Kennedy Center American National KCACTF DTM Vice-Chair. He is teaches College Theatre Festival. In addition to his nearly 20 design at Emerson College, Boston. Focal Press directing credits at George Fox, Rhett has directed published his 2nd book SHOW CASE, in 2011. Jaen for many theatres across the country including the is the recipient of a KCACTF Golden Medallion Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Salem Repertory 2013. Theatre, the Festival by the Marsh, the Heartland Natalya Kolosowsky is an MFA student at the Theatre, and Small Time Outreach Productions. University of Oregon, focusing on theatrical design, Rhett has also directed for the theatre education new media, and technology. Parallel to her theatrical programs at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and pursuits, she has also spent several years working the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and has directed in marketing, communication, and graphic design. play readings at the Public House Theatre and the She holds a BFA in Illustration and a BS in Kennedy Center (for KCACTF). Psychology from the University of Arizona. Pakuda Ly, an Early Childhood Education student Joe Krienke is the Associate School Director at the at American River College, enjoys creating specialty Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre props and constructing costumes for theater as a where he teaches Alexander Technique, Acrobatics, creative outlet. Movement Analysis, Daily Practice, Archery, and Reed Martin is Managing Partner with the Reduced Clown. He is a member of Three Trees clown trio, a Shakespeare Company for whom he has co-created drummer in a pop-punk rock, and a certified teacher eight stage shows, several failed television pilots, of the Alexander Technique. two books and countless radio pieces. A graduate Nancy Lee-Painter is the Region NPP VII Vice- of UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and Ringling Chair from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, ID Brothers Clown College, Reed is on the faculty of Michael Legg is in his sixth season as Director of both Santa Rosa Junior College and Napa Valley the Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre of College. Louisville. Before coming to Actors, he spent three John Mayer is chair of the theatre department at years as a theatrical agent in New York and seven CSU Stanislaus, and is also the coordinator for The years teaching and directing at both high school and School at Steppenwolf and Chicago Style Comedy university levels. He holds an M.F.A in Acting from at CSU Summer Arts. John is an actor/director who UNC-Greensboro and is a proud member of Actors originally hails from Chicago. Equity. Cathie McClellan (University of the Pacific) has Justine Lehne has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre designed costumes for Utah Shakespearean from the University of Southern California and a Festival, Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia), Master’s degree in Educational Theatre from New Arizona Theatre Company, Livermore Valley Opera and Livermore Shakespeare Festival (California) Delta, Cowboys are My Weakness, Laundry and and worked as a cutter/draper for La Jolla Bourbon and LoneStar, The Circuz and Caballos Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare Muertos winner of the best Latino Play KCACTF Festival, and other regional theatres. 2010. Credits include: Co-creator and Ensemble Georgia McGill is the National Chair for KCACTF’s Member in Tricklock Company’s original production National Playwriting Program and Chair of the Dept. of Lullabies for My Father, Blanche in Vessels, Mary of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts at the Magdaline in Traitors The Queen and Belarius in City University of New York Queensborough Cymbeline, First Mina in Swoop, Frances in Community College. She was a member of the Melancholy Play, Martha in The Kosher Lutherans, KCACTF National Selection Team in 2007 and is a Abby in The Mercy Seat, Nurse Ratchet in One Flew former Region II NPP chair. As a writer and director over a Cuckoo’s Nest, Molly in In the Wind, Suzy in her interests lie in new plays drawn from ancient Sweet Thursday, Katherine and The Boy in Henry V. mythology. She has worked with many distinguished theatre Melanie McClurg is a Technical Theater and Acting companies: Tricklock Company, The Snowy Range major at American River College. She focuses on Summer Theatre Festival, Book-It Repertory Theatre teaching back stage techniques, puppetry, writing, Company and The Seattle Shakespeare Company. and performing. She is honored to be part of She received her MFA in acting from the University KCACTF. of Texas at Austin and her BA in Theatre and Dance Margot Melcon joined Marin Theatre Company as from the University of Wyoming. literary manager and dramaturg in 2008 and has Damond Morris is PhD ABD and a Graduate served as dramaturg for all productions in the past Teaching Fellow in the Theatre Arts Department at four seasons in addition to managing new play the University of Oregon, with an emphasis on development for the company. She has worked on theatre history and ecocriticism. His dissertation new plays with the Kennedy Center, the New looks at the formative forces of the Oregon Unit of Harmony Project, The Playwrights' Center in the Federal Theatre Project, under the Works Minneapolis, Shotgun Players and Bay Area Progress Administration, including the Little Theatre Playwrights Festival, was a fellow at the Movement, West Coast Vaudeville and the Oregon National Critic’s Institute at the O’Neill Playwrights State Mythos. He holds a Masters degree from Festival and is a freelance writer for American Western Washington University and a Masters in Theatre magazine. She is a graduate of California Sustainability Leadership (Oregon Leadership in State University, Chico. Sustainability) through the Planning Public Policy M.Catherine McMillen is enjoying her fifth season and Management program at the University of at Central Washington University as their Costume Oregon. Damond has worked as an instructor at shop manager. She has worked for such theaters as Seattle University, Western Washington University Texas, Utah & Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, The and Skagit Valley College. He is the founder and Alley Theater & many local road houses across the former Artistic Director of Shakespeare NorthWest, country either as a local or as a tour wardrobe/wig and serves on the Education Committee for the mistress. She specializes in wigs but loves masks, Broadway Green Alliance. hats and any craft she can get her hands on. Glen Nagy has worked at Humboldt State University Dr. Caroline Mercier has a PhD in Performance for over 25 years as a Sound Engineer, Electronic and Textiles from England, the first one in the Technician, and resident Sound Designer. He has Western world, and pushed boundaries of designing taught many courses in sound design, sound into Fine Arts. She was the vice chair of Design and production, film post production, and electronic Technology for ACTF region 8 before coming to theory. He's been a songwriter and performing region 7. Recently, she's been focused on makeup, musician for over 35 years, recording and producing bodypainting and mask making and worked for music CDs for his bands. He enjoys many other Cirque du Soleil, Vegas extravaganzas and many activities including architectural design and movies in the Bay Area. construction, furniture building, sailing, cooking, and Tom Miller, prior to joining the staff of Actors' Equity lumber milling. Association, was an Actor for over 25 years, John O'Hagan is an Assistant Professor at the performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off University of Wyoming and former company member Broadway, with the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Florida, of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Carl Radcliff Dance Theatre, at Opryland USA, and Michael O’Neill received his MFA in directing from in Europe. Tom is a graduate of Indiana University. the University of Portland, and has had excellent For over a decade Tom served as a voter for the opportunities to teach, direct, and perform in several annual Tony Awards. Equity Member since 1983 creative avenues such as clown, commedia, new Dodie Montgomery is a Tricklock Company vaudeville, musical theatre, Shakespeare, and member and the managing director. She teaches devised theatre. These opportunities have given him acting at the University of New Mexico and Central a wide variety of experiences as a teacher, and New Mexico Community College. Directing credits director. include: The Velocity of Gary, Four Days in the Michelle Petro graduated with a BA in theatre from award-winning show “A Leap of Faith” was recorded CSULB, studied with Steppenwolf West during the at Joe's Pub in New York, and is available on DRG 2010 CalArts Summer session, and is a Harold records. She has a soon-to-be-released CD titled performer at The Sacramento Comedy Spot weekly. “Total Faith: Live at The Colony Hotel in Palm Jessica Pribble is a lecturer in costume design and Beach.” Prince has taught several Intensive master technology at Central Washington University. classes at such prestigious schools as Yale, NYU, Recent designs at Central include Icarus: A New Catholic University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Noh, Little Women, The Country Wife, and The Music and Northwestern. Tempest. Jessica worked as a freelance designer Gregory Pulver is currently Associate Professor for based in Chicago, IL for several years. Her the UP Drama Department. Mr. Pulver holds an professional credits include The 25th Annual MFA in costume design and choreography from Putnum County Spelling Bee , Center Stage Humboldt State University, CA. He is the 1993 Theatre; None of the Above and The Widow's Might, KCACTF National Costume Design Winner. His 16 DogTown Theatre, Measure for Measure and Two year mentorship with theatre design students at Gentlemen of Verona at the Fairbanks Shakespeare WWU has garnered 4 KCACTF national design Theatre; The Wizard of Oz for Kearsarge Arts winners, 14 national design competitors and dozens Theatre Company, where she won the Best of regional winners. Costume Design - New Hampshire Theatre Awards; Gordon Reinhart, professor of acting and directing Taming of the Shrew, Kentucky Shakespeare at Boise State University. Regional Directing Credits Festival; Cirque Shanghai Bai Xi, International include Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Court Theater Special Attractions, LTD; People’s History of the in Chicago, Great Lakes Theater Festival in United States and The Sword and the Stone, Quest Cleveland, Attic Theater in Detroit, Theater 40 in LA, Theatre Ensemble. Pribble holds an MFA from and the Boise Contemporary Theater. He has also Purdue University and has studied at the University staged work at training programs like the Hilberry of Hull, UK. Repertory at Wayne State and the University of Faith Prince has been dazzling Broadway Utah. audiences since she swept the 1992 theater awards Hope Robinson is a sophomore design student at season, winning the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer University of Portland and a self-taught chain armor Critics Circle awards for her performance as maker. Adelaide in the critically acclaimed revival of “Guys Scott R. Robinson serves as department chair and and Dolls.” In 2008, she was nominated for Tony, member of the CWU faculty. His professional work Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for “A includes Waterville Opera House, Idaho Repertory Catered Affair.” Other Broadway credits include: Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Utah “The Little Mermaid”; “Bells Are Ringing” (Tony, DD, Musical Theatre. He recently designed OCC noms); “Nick & Nora” (OCC Award); “Jerome masks/headresses for The Magic Flute at the Robbins' Broadway” (Tony, DD noms); “Little Me”; Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, PA. He is a recipient “The Dead”; and “Noises Off.” She also starred in of several KCACTF awards including the Gold the world premiere of Terrence McNally's “Unusual Medallion. Acts of Devotion.” Most recently, Prince has Gail Russell is a professor in the theatre arts and garnered rave reviews in the national tour of "Billy fashion departments at American River Elliot." On television, Prince appears on Lifetime's hit College. She has worked as a freelance costume series “Drop Dead Diva” in the recurring role of designer for over 30 years in California, Maine and Brooke Elliott's mother, Elaine. She has also been various stops in between. She enjoys the challenge featured recently in guest-star roles on “A Gifted and surprise that happens when manipulating fabric. Man,” “CSI,” “Medium,” and “Ugly Betty.” She was a Matthew A. Russell is an experienced and well series regular on Showtime's “Huff” starring as "Kelly respected improv comedian and coach in Northern Knipers", the lovable and quirky love interest of California, is an award winning actor for children's Oliver Platt. In addition to being featured for five theater, and, as an old lady in a bar once told him, is seasons on “Spin City,” she has appeared in the "just a swell guy." He is a founding member self-titled series “Faith,” “Sweet Potato Queens,” ComedySportz Sacramento, and has been doing “Grey's Anatomy,” “House,” “Monk,” “Now and improv all over the western United States for the Again,” “Welcome To New York,” and “Law and past 15 years, and teaching it since 2006. Order.” Film credits include: “Our Very Own” with Eric Santagata comes directly from the Broadway Allison Janney and Cheryl Hines; “Picture Perfect”; production of Chaplin, which opened at the “Dave”; and “My Father the Hero.” As a guest artist, Barrymore Theater on September 10th, 2012. Some Prince has performed with the Boston Pops, the of his Broadway and New York credits include The Utah Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Orlando Apple Tree, Face the Music (Encores!), Stairway to and Sacramento philharmonic orchestras, the Philly Paradise (Encores!), Happiness (Lincoln Center) Pops, the San Francisco Symphony and others. She and The Scottsboro Boys for which he served as toured her one-woman show, “Moving On,” in assistant director/choreographer to Susan Stroman. Australia to rave reviews. A live recording of her Mr. Santagata has worked at some of the premiere theatres across the country including, The Guthrie, Design for the Department of Theatre and Dance at The Old Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, The MUNY, the Texas State University. Previously he was the and PCLO. Resident Scenic Designer for PCPA Theaterfest, a He is a graduate of Cincinnati’s College professional repertory theatre company, in Santa Conservatory of Music. Maria, California. He serves on the board of Christopher Sadler is an Associate Professor in directors for Dogtown Theatre Company in The University of Oklahoma's School of Drama, Ellensburg, WA. heading the stage management emphasis. He holds Christopher earned his Master of Fine Arts from the his MFA from UCSD and his BFA from Ithaca University of California, Irvine and his Bachelor of College. Chris has a successful national freelancing Arts from California State University, Fresno. He has career, having stage managed over ninety designed scenery for numerous theatrical productions at regional theatres from Maine to productions and has recently started designing California. He is a proud member of Actors' Equity corporate events and working on television Association. productions. Currently he is exploring the use of new Melita Ann Sagar is an alumni of CSUF theater interactive technologies in theatrical events to tell program, she most recently performed at South stories in new and unique ways. Examples of his Coast Reperatory, and has studied and performed work can be found at www.sousa-wynn.net. with Steppewolf West. Timothey Sullivan is currently a producer for Daniel Schindler is an associate professor and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Previous to scenic designer / technical director at California his time at BC/EFA, Tim was the Production Director State University, Chico. He is a member of United for the Tony Award winning Intiman Theatre. As an Scenic Artists #829. Dan teaches classes in a wide educator, he was Production Director for Brown variety of design and production areas including University/Trinity Rep MFA Program. He was also foundations of design, scenic design, scenic on the stage management staff for Harvard painting, stage craft, & stage management. University’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. Kim Schwartz teaches Technical Direction in the Lissa Suppler Slay and Karen Bombardier met at Department of Theatre Arts at SFSU. Previously, California State University, Fullerton where they she taught at Purchase College, SUNY. Prior to her received their B.A.s in Theatre Direction. professorial appointments she was part of the Immediately upon graduating, they were both hired Technical Department at the Metropolitan Opera for to tour the United States with Missoula Children's nearly 6 years. She has also worked as a technical Theatre as Actor/Directors. Karen currently works in consultant and CAD draftsperson in New York, the business management and Lissa works in children's Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area. theatre while pursuing a Master's in Education. Steve Shelley has designed lighting on Broadway, Nate Thompson is an Assistant Professor of off-Broadway, and at regional theatre, opera, and Theatre and Film at the University of Colorado, dance companies around North America. He’s the Denver. He has been the Technical Director for author of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, UCD for 13 years and has served as scenery and Second Edition, the inventor of the Field Template™ lighting designer, production manager and recently drafting stencils, and the designer of the theatrical stage director for productions. He has also been the lighting toolkit SoftSymbols™ TD at Central City Opera for the past four seasons [www.fieldtemplate.com]. and is returning for a fifth. Michael J. Smith is currently in his seventeenth Stephie Thompson, Lauren Wilson, and Joe year of teaching at Central Washington University. Krienke are on the faculty and are core members of Michael is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, the Dell'Arte Company. They have been devising and VASTA. Recent directing credits at CWU original plays with one another and with their include: THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE (a students since 1998. live radio drama), STILL LIFE WITH IRIS, and Jeff Treanor is a Los Angeles native, born in SHERLOCK HOLMES (a live radio show opening on Hollywood and currently living in Santa Clarita, February 28, 2013). Michael has also worked on CA. He graduated from the Master’s College and many professional productions as a dialect coach. was an LA County Deputy Sheriff for eight years Janis Stevens received her Master of Fine Arts before entering the entertainment industry at Warner from the Professional Actor Training Program at Hollywood Studios. He started with Rosco in 2006 Ohio University. Further studies: Master Classes and is currently the Film & Television Specialist as with Morris Carnovsky (see above). Janis is a 2006 well as the West Coast Account Rep for Rosco. He Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Solo was made an Associate Member of the ASC Performance. She is honored to be included as an (American Society of Cinematographers) in interviewee in AMERICAN PLAYERS OF 2011. Jeff teaches seminars and workshops for SHAKESPEARE, edited by Michael Shurgot and is a several schools, including: UCLA, USC, AFI, SDSU, proud member of Actors' Equity Association. SFSU, BSU, UNLV, ASU, Art Institute, Art Center Christopher Sousa-Wynn is a Freelance Designer, College of Design, Academy of Art University, Mira Assistant Professor of Scenic Design and Lighting Costa College. Married for 22 years with three sons, he makes the family sit through the credits after a received ACTF commendations for the past movie in the theater. productions of Book of Days, Dolls House, Rob Urbinati is a freelance director and playwright Execution of Justice and Dead Man’s Cell Phone. base in New York City, and Director of New Play Chris Will is currently an Assistant Professor at Development at Queens Theatre. In NYC, has Western Wyoming Community College. He received directed for The Public Theatre, Classic Stage a Master of Performance in Musical Theatre from Company, York Theatre, Pearl Theatre and Cherry The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Lane Theatre, among others. His plays as a writer Glasgow, Scotland. Chris has been working hard on include Hazelwood Jr. High, West Moon Street and a new musical theatre technique book and currently Death by Design (all published by Samuel French). has a contract for publication with Silman & James Elizabeth van den Berg Chair, Region 2 - As an Press and plans to have the book out some time actor she has toured the US with Oliver!, and been next year (2013/2014). Chris has been honored with seen on many Washington DC stages, including his work at the collegiate level with Meritorious Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, the Kennedy Achievement Awards: Directing "The Music Man" & Center, and Synetic Theater. She works as a playing the role of Mary Sunshine in "Chicago" as a freelance dialect coach in the DC metro area, where guest artist at the University of Wyoming. she has coached over 45 productions. KCACTF Don Williams, as director: off Broadway credits named her a top teaching Artist in 2005, and she include: Lebensraum, Turn of the Screw, Look Back received a Gold Medallion for her service to in Anger, Libidoff. Off Off Broadway credits include: KCACTF in 2006. She is an Associate Professor The Tempest, Macbeth, Miss Julie, On the Verge, and Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at Three Against Thebes, Blue State, American Drama McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. A proud Pocket Edition, Betrayal, Strawberry One Act member of Actors’ Equity Association, AFTRA and Festival. Regional credits include: Arsenic and Old SAG, as well as VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Lace, Macbeth, Speed The Plow, & Midsummer Association) she is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch Nights Dream. School of the Arts Grad Acting program. Bryan Willis is playwright-in-residence and on the Todd Victor is a professional entertainer, physical Board of the NW Playwrights Association. His plays comedian, juggler and business owner. Since 1982 have been workshopped and produced off- he has performed in 13 different countries and most Broadway, on the London fringe, throughout the of the states in the US and continues to perform 100 U.K., Israel, and in theaters across the U.S. and to 150 days each year at performing arts centers, Canada, including ACT, New York Theater schools, fairs, and festivals, throughout the United Workshop, Seattle Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Unseam'd States. www.jestintime.com, Shakespeare Co. and Riverside Studios in London. www.professorsmart.info or Barry Wisdom - Since squirming through his older www.letsgoscienceshow.com sister's high school production of "Arsenic and Old Cheri Vasek is Asst Professor of Costume at the Lace," Barry Wisdom has come to develop a University of Hawai’i, Manoa. Her professional passion for live theater regardless of cast, venue or work included costume crafts at Guthrie Theatre, authorship. A longtime contributing writer for Back American Conservatory Theatre and Pacific Stage West and backstage.com, he earned his first Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and dyer for theater-writing award while studying journalism and the Santa Fe Opera. Prof. Vasek has designed theater arts at California State University, costumes for UHM, UI, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Sacramento. Barry has also written theater reviews WSU, CWU, UWV, WWU, Electric Theatre and/or feature stories for such Northern California Company and The Road Company. publications as The Sacramento Bee, the Oakland Robert Vaughn received his BA in theatre from Tribune, the Tri-Valley Herald, the San Mateo Linfield College in 1997. He later obtained his MFA County Times, the Mountain Democrat, the Manteca in scenic design at Northern Illinois University in Bulletin and the Elk Grove Citizen. He currently 2003. In his fifth year as Technical Director and writes and shoots extensively for Examiner.com and Sound Designer at Linfield College, Rob has Sacramento Press.