Events

Naveen Kumar offers Perspectives in Criticism

Naveen Kumar New York, December 31 — The ATCA Perspectives in Criticism series added its newest chapter on November 10, 2023, the first day of the ATCA New York City conference "Holding the Curtain". The 2023 speaker Naveen Kumar is a journalist and culture critic who...

ATCANY2023 | “Holding the Curtain” continues New York meeting tradition

ATCA will hold its annual meeting in New York City November 10-12, 2023. This is the second time that ATCA members have convened in the same physical space since Fall 2019, and the first since last year's successful midtown meeting entitled "Reseated and In Person,"...

Perspectives in Criticism from Helen Shaw, our monster in the audience

Helen Shaw New York, December 30 — The ATCA Perspectives in Criticism series that extends back to 1992 booked its latest session last month, November 11, 2022, the first day of the ATCA New York City conference "Reseated and In-Person". The 2022 speaker Helen Shaw joined...

ATCANY2022 | Chair issues greeting while final preparations continue

Chair David John Chávez has crafted a notice to ATCA members about the upcoming conference. While the hard-working conference committee puts finishing touches on plans and navigates last minute changes (aren't there always last minute changes?) Chávez reminds the membership of the milestone of this...

ATCANY2022 | Registration is open and New York City awaits

Registration is open for members and their guests for ATCANY2022 Reseated and In Person, ATCA's first annual conference to be hosted in New York City since we began meeting at the O'Neill Center starting in 1974. Executive Committee Chair David John Chávez has written to ATCA...

ATCANY2022 | New York annual meeting sites and programs being finalized

After many months of planning, ATCA will gather in New York City Friday November 11 -- Sunday November 13, with a full weekend of programming and events that include access to Broadway and Off Broadway shows. The dedicated eight-member conference committee is working with producers and...

ATCANY2022 | ATCA “Reseated and In Person” to be historic New York annual meeting

ATCANY2022 Reseated and In Person ATCA will hold its annual meeting Reseated and In Person in New York City November 11-13, 2022. This will be the first time that ATCA members have convened in the same physical space since Fall 2019, and will be the first...

ATCA Connects highlights podcasting in May 24, 2022 session

ATCA's ongoing Zoom event series will next focus on the art and practice of podcasting. On March 24, 2022 in yet another members-only event, Executive Committee member Elizabeth Kramer will moderate a conversation with three people working in podcasting from around the country and from...

ATCA Connects conversation April 19, 2022 to explore the career of Robert Falls

Robert Falls The April 2022 ATCA Connects conversation will honor a long-standing career that capture three decades of a great theater town's great theater. On April 19, 2022 at 8pm Eastern, the next ATCA Connects session will feature a conversation between Robert Falls, the outgoing artistic...

ATCA Connects programming on March 15, 2022 explores theater newsletters

Over the past few decades, theater criticism has moved from newspapers and magazines to blogs, social media, video and more. This month's topic for the splendid series of on-line programming developed by ATCA committees over the past year is newsletters. Lindsay Christians by Maureen Janson...