Events

Playwright Gunderson stakes out some Perspectives in Criticism

Perspectives in Criticism talk, the 33rd in a series that began in 1992.By Lauren Gunderson, playwrightFor the ATCA National Conference at the Humana Festival, April 3, 2014 (Some history of the 23 year series.) Hello my name is Lauren and I am a playwright and you are room full...

ATCA chair Abarbanel welcomes critics, outlines challenges and opportunities

Opening Remarks, General Membership Meeting, Louisville, KY, 3 April 2014By Jonathan Abarbanel, chair  Jonathan Abarbanel, ATCA chair Good-morning, everyone. Welcome to Louisville, Kentucky and the Annual Conference of the American Theatre Critics Association. While this is our 37th annual meeting, in fact our Association marks its 40th anniversary...

ATCA/Humana, April 2-6, 2014

Registration now open for ATCA’s 40th anniversary conference! If you’d like to be persuaded to attend, click below. Otherwise, go right to these links:Conference Registration and Galt House (Hotel) — or phone them at 800-626-1814. The bluegrass will be extra-blue, the bourbon will be extra-strong and every play will be exciting (we hope)...

ATCA gathers today at Humana

ATCA’s 2014 annual conference runs today through Sunday (April 2-6) at Actors Theatre of Louisville, but ATCA meetings the first two days will quickly yield to the Humana Festival of New American Plays, the premiere such festival in the country. On this, its final weekend,...

Gunderson to deliver Perspectives in Criticism talk

Playwright Lauren Gunderson will deliver the 33rd Perspectives in Criticism talk at ATCA’s annual conference at the Humana Festival in Louisville, April 3. This is a departure for the series, inaugurated in 1992, which has never featured a playwright except on a panel in 2011. The prolific Gunderson’s “I and You”...

ATCA/Humana, April 2-6

Registration now open for ATCA’s 40th anniversary conference! If you’d like to be persuaded to attend, read below. Otherwise, go right to these links:Conference Registration and Galt House (Hotel) — or phone them at 800-626-1814 The bluegrass will be extra-blue, the bourbon will be extra-strong and every play will be exciting (we...

ATCA writes about CATF (1)

Charles Giuliano of the website Berkshire Arts wins the prize for most immediate (starting 7/22) and fullest (eight stories!) coverage of ATCA’s visit to the Contemporary American Theater Festival. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Sharon Eberson published two pieces (plus a TV report by Chris Rawson), and Dick Kerekes and Lesila Sansom have one on...

Panel on ‘Monetizing Your Website’

To follow up the well-attended session at ATCA/CATF, Mark Lowry, Lorraine Treanor and Bill Hirschman (all here linked to their sites) put together a page on Mark’s site with tips for boosting your online presence. ...

Jason Zinoman, Perspectives in Criticism

Jason Zinoman You had to be there, of course — which was one of his themes. This is all about live theater, after all, and in performance, Jason’s talk was animated and funny, full of impromptu sidebars. But for the basic speech, with its mix of...