ATCANY2023 | Holding the Curtain

Early Bird $80 through October 31, 2023. Full Price $125 November 1, 2023 and after.

Members and Member Guests Only

The American Theatre Critics Association 2023 annual conference Holding the Curtain, celebrating theater and theater makers in New York City, will be held November 10-12, 2023.

Days are structured to allow attendees to schedule evening and matinee performances, to be arranged by participants with press contact information provided to paid attendees. Note: contact with press representatives to be by ATCA members only and not by ATCA member guests.

Stay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments in the evolving agenda.

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PRICE

• $80 Early Bird registration for full conference, rate available September 26, 2023 through October 31, 2023 [midnight Eastern]
• $125 Full Price registration for full conference, rate available November 1, 2023 [12:01 am Eastern] through end of conference

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AGENDA
[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.]

Presenter Bios and Headshots [to be provided when assembled]

FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 10, 2023

venue: Club 135 by Industrious at 135 West 50th Street

All times are Eastern. 

9am-5pm potential sessions under development including:

• Perspectives in Criticism conversation with Naveen Kumar, culture critic and journalist for outlets including The New York Times, Variety, and Broadway News, and Associate Director of the O’Neill National Critics Institute.
• Theater biographers on their subjects and processes (Alexis Greene on Emily Mann, Christopher Byrne on Terrence McNally, and Patti Hartigan on August Wilson)

Lunch, coffee, tea, and drinks provided.

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SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2023

venue: [various, to be finalized]

9am-noon potential sessions under development including:

• tour and artistic conversations at Brooklyn Academy of Music
• tour and artistic conversations at Theatre for a New Audience
• lunch at original Junior’s Cheesecake

Coffee, tea, and drinks provided.

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SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 12, 2023

venue: [to be determined]

9am-noon potential sessions under development including:

• Sunday at the Shed with Sondheim [host member Rick Pender, representatives from various Sondheim shows running in New York]

Coffee, tea, and drinks provided.

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