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SUMMARY:ATCA at 28th Pacific Playwrights Festival | New Play Awards
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nATCA members are invited to join chair New Play Committee chair Cameron Kelsall and ATCA Executive Committee vice chair Lou Harry for the 28th Pacific Playwrights Festival plays and award presentations in Costa Mesa\, California May 1-3\, 2026. \nThe Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award and the Osborn New Play Award will be presented immediately prior to the Saturday May 2\, 2026 performance of Eat Me\, that was featured as a reading in last year’s festival. \nLaunched in 1998\, South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF)\, part of The Lab@SCR\, is a major national showcase for new plays. The 28th festival will feature world premiere productions and staged readings. \n2026 readings to include: The Ingenue by Eleanor Burgess\, Three-Headed Monster by JuCoby Johnson directed by H. Adam Harris\, Pleasers by Avery Deutsch\, Blow Away the Clouds by Evelina Fernández directed by José Luis Valenzuela\, and Advanced Persistent Teenagers by Deepak Kumar directed by Morgan Green. \n2026 full productions to include: Fremont Ave. by Reggie D. White directed by Lili-Anne Brown\, and Eat Me by Talene Monahon directed by Caitlin Sullivan. \nA summary of past works presented and developed at the Festival can be found here. \nInterested ATCA members may contact the New Play committee chair or the Festival directly for additional information about ticket packages. \n 
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-at-28th-pacific-playwrights-festival-new-play-awards/
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SUMMARY:ATCA at Milwaukee Rep | Theater Leader Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nATCA at Milwaukee Rep | Theater Leader Summit March 4-6\, 2026 \nATCA Reservation Ticket $25 available January 13\, 2026 through February 14\, 2026. \nMembers Only \nThe American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association will assemble in Milwaukee at a multi-day gathering of regional theater leaders to inaugurate the Milwaukee Rep’s new Associated Bank Theater Center from March 4-6\, 2026. During the Summit — entitled “From Crisis to Catalyst: Transforming the Regional Theatre Landscape” — ATCA members attendees will hold selected ATCA-only events and join the Summit attendees for additional events\, meals\, performances\, and adventures planned and hosted by Milwaukee Rep. \nInformation about reserving rooms at the Saint Kate conference hotel at the special event rate will be provided by Conference Committee member Lou Harry after Member reservation tickets are purchased. \nStay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments for this special event. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRICE \n\n$25 Reservation Ticket provides a confirmed place on the ATCA participant list (limited to 40 total). Meeting spaces\, opening and closing dinners\, several lunches\, post performance cocktail hours\, tickets to three shows\, access to tours and other events\, and a travel stipend of up to $500 will be provided by the Rep.\n\nSee below in area beneath the Agenda text for a link to purchase a Reservation Ticket. ATCA MEMBERS ONLY wishing to register to hold a space for the conference will take the following steps. Remember we are limited to 40 members for this special event. \n\nMake sure you’re logged in as an ATCA member\nClick the EVENTS dropdown menu at the far right of the page (visible only to members)\nSelect NEXT CONFERENCE INFO\nScroll to the bottom of the event page to view the ticket visible only to ATCA members. \nATCA member contact information will be be provided to Milwaukee Rep for registration finalization.\nOnly ATCA members may purchase reservation tickets and begin the process for full event registration.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nMILWAUKEE REP LOCATION AND GROUND TRANSPORATION \nMilwaukee Repertory Theater\nAssociated Bank Theater Center\n108 East Wells Street\nMilwaukee\, WI 53202 \nThere are many forms of ground transportation from MKE Airport (car rental\, taxi\, Uber and Lyft\, bus). The airport is close to the hotel and theater. An Uber should be roughly $20. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA\n \nAll times are Central Standard Time. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nWEDNESDAY | MARCH 4\, 2026 \n4:00 pm REGISTRATION OPEN. Main Entrance. \n6:00 pm WELCOME DINNER. Herzfeld Foundation Education & Engagement Center\, Opening remarks by Chad Bauman\, Milwaukee Rep. [ATCA members meet with Theater Leader Summit] \n7:30 pm THE PIANO LESSON\, by August Wilson\, directed by Lou Bellamy. Checota Powerhouse Theater. \n10:30 pm AFTER SHOW DRINKS. Lubar Lounge. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nTHURSDAY | MARCH 5\, 2026 \n9:00 am REGISTRATION. Main Entrance. Coffee and Breakfast\, E&E Center. \n10:00 am KEYNOTE Ayad Akhtar\, introduction by Mark Clements\, Milwaukee Rep. Herro-Frank Studio Theater. [ATCA members meet with Theater Leader Summit] \n11:30 am BREAK \n12:00 pm LUNCH. Petullo Rehearsal Hall. \n1:30 pm ASSOCIATED BANK THEATER CENTER TOUR AND GROUP PHOTO. Meet at Main Entrance. \n3:00 pm BREAK \n3:30 pm ATCA SESSION: Taking Stock: The American Theater in 2026. Michael Barakiva\, Artistic Director\, Cleveland Playhouse; Jeffrey Herrmann\, Managing Director\, Seattle Rep; and Rebecca Hopkins\, Managing Director\, Florida Studio Theatre. Theater leaders will join ATCA members to discuss issues\, challenges\, and successes in the regional theater movement and their current institutions. ATCA host: Jay Handelman. Petullo Rehearsal Hall. \n5:00 pm DINNER. News Room Pub\, 137 E. Wells Street (across the street from Milwaukee Rep). \n7:30 pm MCNEAL\, by Ayad Akhtar\, directed by Mark Clements. Herro-Franke Studio Theater. \n9:30 pm AFTER SHOW DRINKS. Oberland Lobby. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nFRIDAY | MARCH 6\, 2026 \n9:00 am Coffee and Breakfast\, E&E Center. \n10:00 am ATCA SESSION: Artists and ATCA in Conversation. Mark Clements\, Director\, McNeal\, Jason Fassl\, Lighting Designer\, McNeal; N’Jameh Camara\, Actor\, McNeal; and James T Alfred\, Actor\, The Piano Lesson. ATCA host: Lou Harry. Petullo Rehearsal Hall. \n11:30 am BREAK \n12:00 pm LUNCH. Petullo Rehearsal Hall. \n1:30 pm ATCA Members in Conversation. Petullo Rehearsal Hall. \n3:00 pm MUSEUM VISIT. ATCA attendees will visit the Milwaukee Art Museum (21-minute walk or 4-minute car ride from the Milwaukee Rep) that has grown from Milwaukee’s first art gallery in 1888 to Wisconsin’s largest art institution. Located on a 24-acre lakeside campus\, MAM holds more than 34\,000 artworks housed in buildings designed by architects Santiago Calatrava (2001)\, David Kahler (1975)\, and Eero Saarinen (1957). Meet at ticket office for transportation to Museum. \n5:30 pm CLOSING DINNER. Stackner Cabaret. Closing Remarks by Mark Clements\, Milwaukee Rep. [ATCA members meet with Theater Leader Summit] \n7:30 pm AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’\, directed by E. Faye Butler. Stackner Cabaret. \n9:30 pm CHAMPAGNE TOAST. Stackner Cabaret. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nTheater Leader organizations scheduled to attend: \n \n 
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-at-milwaukee-rep-theater-leader-summit-2026/
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SUMMARY:ATCANY2025 | Annual Conference 2025
DESCRIPTION:ATCANY2025 | Annual Conference 2025 \nEarly Bird $100 September 22\, 2025 through October 26\, 2025. Full Price $150 October 27\, 2025 and after. \nMembers and Member Guests Only \nThe American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association 2025 annual conference celebrating theater and theater makers in New York City will be held November 7-9\, 2025. \nThe conference planning committee (Scott Bennett\, David John Chávez\, Jay Handelman\, Lou Harry\, Bill Hirschman\, Gerard Raymond \, Martha Wade Steketee\, and Maren Scriven Swensen) have been meeting since Spring 2025 assembling an exciting program. Details to be posted as they are finalized. \nStay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments in the evolving agenda. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRICE \n\n$100 Early Bird registration for full conference\, available September 22\, 2025 through October 26\, 2025 [midnight Eastern] for all ATCA member types (Active\, Associate\, Affiliate\, Alumni\, and Emeritus)\n$150 Full Price registration for full conference\, available October 27\, 2025 [12:01 am Eastern] through end of conference for all ATCA member types (Active\, Associate\, Affiliate\, Alumni\, and Emeritus)\n\nSee below in area beneath the Agenda text for a link to purchase tickets of the available type (including limited free tickets to November 6 pre-conference book talk and November 9 session at the Museum of Broadway). ATCA members wishing to register for the conference will take the following steps.  \n\nMake sure you’re logged in as and ATCA member\nClick the EVENTS dropdown menu at the far right of the page (visible only to members)\nSelect CONFERENCE REGISTRATION\nScroll to the bottom of the event page to view tickets visible only to members. \nMembers may purchase guest tickets at the member rates using the same procedure. If purchasing more than one ticket\, select the total number of tickets desired first\, and provide name and email for each attendee ticket in a following screen.\nRegistered conference attendees may also select the free RSVP ticket items for the book talk on November 6 and the Museum of Broadway conversation and tours on November 9. Access to free tickets is reserved for regular conference ticket holders only.\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nCONFERENCE FORUM \nThe ATCANY2025 conference forum has been established for ATCA members who are registered for the conference. This is an area where attendees can discuss Ticket offers (as arranged through planning committee member Lou Harry)\, Ticket sharing arrangements such as available “plus ones”\, Housing options suggested by attendees\, and other topics of interest to conference attendees. Only registered ATCA members are granted access to the discussions. We are using the same forum programming that we use for the work of our ATCA Membership and New Play committees\, so members of those committees will be familiar with the mechanics. Webmaster Steketee will create forum topics and all registered ATCA members can comment in any topic threads created. NOTE: adding registrants into the conference forum is a manual not automatic process so there may be some delay in accessing the resources there. Thank your for your patience as we try out this new conference option and service for our registrants. \n\nOnce you’ve registered for the conference\, make sure you’re logged in as an ATCA member \nFollow THIS LINK to the ATCANY2025 conference forum\nReturn to the forum for updates on tickets and housing discussions\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA\n[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.] \nATCANY2025 agenda one-page handout [final revised] [posted 11-5-25]\nATCANY2025 Presenter Bios and Headshots [final 2nd revision] [posted 11-5-25] \nAll times are Eastern. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nTHURSDAY | NOVEMBER 6\, 2025 \nvenue: The Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab at the Library for the Performing Arts\n* 111 Amsterdam entrance: turn right at elevator\, Lab on right\n* 40 Lincoln Plaza entrance: head down hall\, turn right\, take elevator or walk stairs to “L”\, Lab on left \n6:00 pm BONUS PRE-CON SESSION: Queer Musicals. Robert W. Schneider  — Broadway historian\, expert on musical theater and queer culture — will join early conference arrivals for an chat and discussion of his new book Queer Musicals: Boy Meets Girl to Jagged Little Pill. Attendees of the ATCANY2024 conference will recall Schneider’s session with Matt Koplik on “creative voices in theater podcasting” that kicked off our first day. ATCA host: Lou Harry. \nNote: conference attendees at the venue prior to beginning of the book session may enjoy touring the new Library exhibit accessible on the Plaza level\, Syncopated Stages: Black Disruptions to the Great White Way. \nSEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED AS SPACE IS LIMITED. Only individuals who have purchased conference tickets may RSVP to this session. Follow the instructions for purchasing a conference ticket\, and select the RSVP no-cost ticket from the available ticket types. See area beneath the Agenda below for available tickets. \nEvent will conclude by 8pm; depart as needed for earlier show curtains. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nFRIDAY | NOVEMBER 7\, 2025 \nvenue: Club 135 by Industrious at 135 West 50th Street\n* meeting on 2nd floor of the venue \nCoffee\, tea\, and drinks provided by the venue. \n9:00 am PROGRAM OPENING. ATCA members meet-and-greet\, welcome\, introduction of new members\, committee chairs\, and board members\, discussion of themes of the weekend. \n9:30 am SESSION: National Black Theatre: Ownership\, Self-Determination\, and Human Transformation. National Black Theatre\, founded in 1968 by Dr. Barbara Ann Teer\, is the first revenue-generating Black art complex\, longest continually-run Black theater in New York city\, and one of the oldest theaters in the nation founded and consistently operated by a woman of color. NBT Executive Director Jonathan McCrory will offer a view of NBT’s theory of change (Black liberation + art + placemaking = transformation). ATCA host: Raven Snook. \n10:45 am SESSION: Legacy Reflections From Veteran Broadway Publicist and Press Photographer. The married couple press representative Adrian Bryan-Brown and photographer Joan Marcus will discuss their careers and reflect on the landscape for publicists (more marketing now than ever before) and press photographers (now that images are everywhere). How have their professions changed\, and how do those changes affect how critics navigate the theatrical landscape? There will be images! ATCA host: David John Chávez. \n12 noon BREAK: Lunch provided by ATCA. \n1:00 pm SESSION: Liberation and Feminism and the Road to Broadway. Liberation\, an ensemble play by Bess Wohl that straddles family memoir\, midwestern consciousness raising\, political sisterhood in the 1970s\, and a mother-daughter love letter. Its world premiere run began Off Broadway at Roundabout’s Laura Pels in the 2024-2025 season\, and opened at the James Earl Jones on Broadway on October 28\, 2025. Playwright Bess Wohl\, director Whitney White\, and cast members Betsy Aidem\, Susannah Flood\, and Kristolyn Lloyd will join us for a conversation about creativity and the wildly positive reception this production has received. ATCA host: Martha Wade Steketee. \n2:00 pm SESSION: Reflections on the ATCA Helbing Mentorship Program. Join us for musings on this program’s vision and successes since its founding in 2021 to promote and amplify the voices of young LGBTQIA+ arts writers through scholarship\, mentorship\, and professional development. The first Helbing fellow Billy McEntee and second Helbing fellow D.R. Lewis will reflect on their project processes\, origins\, and the markets in which they promote their work. ATCA host: Jay Handelman. \n3:00 pm SESSION: A New Look at Ragtime. Cast members Anna Grace Barlow\, John Clay III\, and Rodd Cyrus will join us for a conversation about the musical’s third Broadway production since its 1996 debut. ATCA host: Jay Handelman \n4:00 pm SESSION: Discovering Broadway…away from Broadway. Five years ago\, director Joel Kirk launched Discovering Broadway to further develop musicals through out-of-state workshops and concert presentations featuring some of Broadway’s leading stars\, including Jessie Mueller\, Christy Altomare\, and Krysta Rodriguez. Discovering Broadway projects have included The Devil Wears Prada\, Ever After\, and A Beautiful Mind featuring Rodriguez and Derek Klena. Composer and lyricist Zoe Sarnak will join a discussion of this unique program and the challenging road for today’s musicals.  ATCA host: Lou Harry. \nProgram day will conclude by 5pm. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSATURDAY | NOVEMBER 8\, 2025 \nvenue: Joe’s Pub at Public Theater\, 425 Lafayette Street \n9:15 am PROGRAM OPENING. \n9:30 am SESSION: Jordan E. Cooper and Kelundra Smith in Conversation. Jordan E. Cooper‘s Oh Happy Day\, an October 2025 offering at the Public — an “outrageous reimaging of Noah’s Ark” — will certainly be part of a career-spanning discussion\, with a stop at his Tony-nominated satire Ain’t No Mo‘ (2022-2023) that started with a production at the Public (2018-2018). At the time of his nomination\, he was the youngest Black American playwright nominated. Kelundra Smith\, ATCA member\, cofounder of ATCA’s BEID committee and Edward Medina Prize\, and director of publishing for TCG will lead the conversation and record the session for an upcoming edition of the American Theatre Offscript podcast. \n10:30 am SESSION: From The Skin of Our Teeth to The Seat of Our Pants: Reimagining Wilder. When The Skin of Our Teeth opened in 1942\, Times critic Brooks Atkinson wrote\, “Thank Mr. Wilder for a play that makes the theatre interesting again.” Now\, eight decades after its premiere\, composer and playwright Ethan Lipton has reimagined and musicalized the play as The Seat of Our Pants\, opening at the Public November 2025. Venture into the process of adapting a beloved and tricky work for the musical form with Lipton\, from inception and collaboration with literary executors\, to melding one’s own signature sound with Wilder’s inimitable voice. ATCA host: D.R. Lewis. \n11:30 am SESSION: Fourth Annual ATCA Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism. Presentation of the 2025 award to Citlali Pizarro\, followed by a Critics in Conversation discussion with third Medina prize winner Christian Lewis. ATCA host: Nate Hinkle. \n12:00 noon PERSPECTIVES IN CRITICISM. ATCA’S lecture series inaugurated with remarks by Clive Barnes in 1992 continues with Caribbean-American theater and culture critic and journalist Brittani Samuel. She is a co-editor of 3Views on Theater and her work has appeared in American Theatre Magazine\, Broadway News\, The New York Times\, Brooklyn Rail\, and other places on the Internet. She is an alum of the BIPOC Critics Lab and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute\, received the inaugural ATCA Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism\, and was awarded the 2023-2024 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. Interviewer: Linda Armstrong\, chief theater critic for the New York Amsterdam News. \nProgram day will conclude by 1pm. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSUNDAY | NOVEMBER 9\, 2025 \nvenue: Museum of Broadway\, 145 West 45th Street \nSEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED AS SPACE IS LIMITED AND THE MUSEUM WILL NEED TO PLAN FOR OUR SMALL GROUP TOURS. Only individuals who have purchased conference tickets may RSVP to this session. Follow the instructions for purchasing a conference ticket\, and select the select this no-cost ticket from the available ticket types. See area beneath the Agenda below for available tickets. \n10:45 am: registered conference attendees assemble at the Museum \n11:00 am: group members convene in a Museum of Broadway conference room\, with access to exhibits as directed by Museum personnel. Conversation and tours to follow. \nProgram day will conclude by 1pm. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atcany2025-new-york-city-annual-conference-2025/
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SUMMARY:ATCA at 27th Pacific Playwrights Festival | New Play Awards
DESCRIPTION:ATCA members are invited to join chair David John Chávez and New Play committee chair Cameron Kelsall for the 27th Pacific Playwrights Festival plays and award presentations in Costa Mesa\, California May 2-4\, 2025. \nThe Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award and the Osborn New Play Award will be presented during the weekend of events. \nLaunched in 1998\, South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF)\, part of The Lab@SCR\, is a major national showcase for new plays. The 27th festival will feature world premiere productions and staged readings. \nReadings to include: Rachel\, Nevada by jose sebastian alberdi directed by Laura Super\, The Red Man by JuCoby Johnson directed by H. Adam Harris\, Ten Grand by Kate Cortesi directed by Rebecca Wear\, Trip Around the Sun by Jake Brasch directed by Shelley Butler\, and Eat Me by Talene Monahon directed by Josiah Davis. \nFull productions to include: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!  by Keiko Green directed by Zi Alikhan\, and The Staircase by Noa Gardner directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. \nA summary of past works presented and developed at the Festival can be found here. \nInterested ATCA members may contact the New Play committee chair for additional information and to inquire about possible access. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-at-27th-pacific-playwrights-festival-new-play-awards/
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SUMMARY:ATCANY2024 | No One Asked Us To Do This
DESCRIPTION:ATCANY2024 | No One Asked Us To Do This \nEarly Bird $100 September 2\, 2024 through October 14\, 2024. Full Price $150 October 15\, 2024 and after. \nMembers and Member Guests Only \nThe American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association 2024 annual conference No One Asked Us To Do This\, celebrating theater and theater makers in New York City\, will be held November 8-10\, 2024. An additional pre-conference bonus screening event will be available November 7\, 2024. \nThe conference planning committee (Scott Bennett\, David John Chávez\, Jay Handelman\, Lou Harry\, Bill Hirschman\, Gerard Raymond\, Frank Rizzo\, and Martha Wade Steketee) is inspired by the words of veteran director Jack O’Brien. “No one asked us to do this\,” O’Brien reflected when accepting his 2024 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Those words\, the committee feels\, capture the love our members have for the theatrical art form and celebrate our efforts to foster the arts in our local communities across the country. \nDays are structured to allow attendees to schedule evening and matinee performances\, to be arranged by participants with press contact information to be provided to paid attendees. Note: contact with press representatives to be by ATCA members only and not by ATCA member guests. \nStay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments in the evolving agenda. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRICE \n\n$100 Early Bird registration for full conference\, rate available September 2\, 2024 through October 14\, 2024 [midnight Eastern]\n$150 Full Price registration for full conference\, rate available October 15\, 2024 [12:01 am Eastern] through end of conference\n\nTickets are available as September 2\, 2024 via links to purchase (Early Bird tickets) or reserve (Screening and Tour tickets)\, visible only to logged-in ATCA current members (Active\, Associate\, Affiliate\, Alumni\, and Emeritus member types). On and after October 15\, 2024\, Full Price conference tickets will be available for purchase. Free 11/7/24 Screening and 11/10/24 Palace tour tickets will be available while supply lasts.  \nIf you are an ATCA member and wish to register for the conference\, take the following steps. Make sure you’re logged in as a member\, click the EVENTS dropdown menu at the far right of the page (visible only to members)\, select CONFERENCE REGISTRATION\, and scroll to the bottom of the event page to view tickets visible only to members. Here you may purchase tickets for yourself and for any guest or guests at the member rates. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA\n[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.]\nPresenter Bios and Headshots [atcany2024] [updated 2024-11-6] \nAll times are Eastern.  \nTHURSDAY | NOVEMBER 7\, 2024 \nvenue: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza [3rd floor screening room] \n3:00 pm BONUS PRE-CON SESSION: HERE WE ARE (on video). Early conference arrivals will enjoy a special screening of a multi-camera pro-shoot video recording of the world premiere 2023-2024 Shed production of Here We Are\, lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim\, inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel\, with book by David Ives\, directed by Joe Mantello\, and choreographed by Sam Pinkleton. Screening hosted by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive\, Patrick Hoffman\, Director and Curator. Attendees will take elevator to 3rd floor to check in with conference staff in the elevator lobby. Hoffman will provide an introduction to the recording process\, then the video will begin at approximately 3:15pm. Recording is 2 acts\, 137 minutes. We will pause for a brief intermission between the two acts\, and conclude the screening by 6pm. We have the room until 7pm\, but those who need to leave should be able to make 7pm show curtains. EVENT MAXIMUM 50 [expanded capacity as of 10/11/24]\, AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY. REGISTRATION CUT OFF TUESDAY\, NOVEMBER 5 AT 4PM EST [vote!]. ATCA host: Martha Wade Steketee. \n6:45 pm BROADWAY LIGHT-DIMMING CEREMONY TO HONOR MAGGIE SMITH. Early conference attendees may be interested in experiencing this honor of dimming Broadway marquee lights that continues a tradition that began in the 1950s. Dame Maggie Smith passed away on September 27\, 2024 at the age of 89. This follows the dimming of London West End lights in Smith’s honor on Tuesday\, October 1\, 2024. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nFRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8\, 2024 \nvenue: Club 135 by Industrious at 135 West 50th Street\n[meeting on 2nd floor of the venue] \nLunch\, coffee\, tea\, and drinks provided. \n9:00 am PROGRAM OPENING. ATCA members meet-and-greet\, welcome\, introduction of new members\, committee chairs\, and board members\, discussion of themes of the weekend. \n9:30 am SESSION: Creative Voices in Theater Podcasting. Podcasters address many timely topics in the moment ahead of print coverage\, or in greater passionate depth than other outlets. Several prominent podcasters covering the art and business of Broadway will join us to reflect on their craft. Robert W. Schneider of Behind the Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legends\, Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway\, and Fifty Key Stage Musicals: The Podcast is joined by Matt Koplik\, host of Broadway Breakdown. ATCA host: Lou Harry. \n10:30 am SESSION: Stereophonic and the Road to Broadway. Stereophonic\, an ensemble play that captures the artistic process in a music recording studio\, entranced New York audiences during the 2023-2024 season first Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and then at Broadway’s Golden Theatre. Playwrights Horizons artistic director Adam Greenfield\, and Stereophonic director Daniel Aukin and performers Will Brill and Andrew Butler unpack the adventure of developing this play with music (about making music) and its transition to Broadway. ATCA host: Frank Rizzo. \n11:30 am BREAK: Lunch provided. \n12:30 pm PERSPECTIVES IN CRITICISM. ATCA’S lecture series inaugurated with remarks by Clive Barnes in 1992 continues with culture critic and journalist Adam Feldman\, Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic at Time Out New York\, where he has been a staff writer since 2003. He has written for Canada’s Globe and Mail and National Post\, was contributing Broadway editor for the Theatre World book series\, and has served as president of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle since 2005. ATCA host: Martha Wade Steketee. \n2:00 pm SESSION: David Henry Hwang and Kelundra Smith in Conversation. David Henry Hwang‘s Yellow Face\, a “laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race” according to Playbill\, opens October 1\, 2024 on Broadway\, almost two decades after its Public Theater 2007 debut. The playwright will discuss his creation\, its original reception\, and what has changed or not changed in race relations and theatrical presentations of race. Kelundra Smith\, ATCA member\, cofounder of ATCA’s BEID committee and Edward Medina Prize\, and director of publishing for TCG will lead the conversation and record the session for an upcoming edition of the American Theatre Offscript podcast. \n3:30 pm SESSION: Charles Busch and Cole Escola in Conversation. Two multiply-talented creators and performers share observations about their art and their recent creations. Charles Busch enchanted us last season with his newest play Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy. Cole Escola blasted onto Broadway this season with their first play Oh\, Mary!. Read coverage of Escola’s “Great Day on Broadway” in The New Yorker. Who knows where this conversation might take us? ATCA host: Martha Wade Steketee. \nProgram day will conclude by 5pm. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9\, 2024 \nvenue: Upright Citizens Brigade at 242 East 14th Street \n9:00 am PROGRAM OPENING. \n10:00 am SESSION: Third Annual ATCA Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism. Presentation of the award to Christian Lewis\, the third annual recipient\, followed by a discussion between Lewis and 2023 Medina Prize winner Gloria Oladipo. The presentation will be available as a livestream hosted by HowlRound. ATCA hosts: Elizabeth Kramer and Nate Hinkle. \n11:00 am SESSION: New Books on Women Writing Musicals and the Evolution of American Regional Theater. Theater historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper on her newest  book Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out; dramaturg\, historian\, and memoirist Todd London on his new edited volume of Zelda Fichandler’s speeches and essays The Long Revolution: Sixty Years on the Frontlines of a New American Theater; and dramaturg James Magruder on The Play’s the Thing: Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016). ATCA host: Jay Handelman. \n12:00 pm SESSION: Backstage at the Upright Citizens Brigade. The legendary improvisation training ground and performance company Upright Citizens Brigade has returned to New York City with new spaces\, new talent\, and an increased emphasis on actor/improviser training. UCB co-artistic directors Laura Canty-Samuel\, Michael Hartney\, and Iliana Inocencio\, and improv trainer Donald Chang will discuss the hows and whys of spontaneity on stage (and maybe lead an exercise or two with interested attendees). ATCA host: Lou Harry. \nProgram day will conclude by 1pm. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSUNDAY | NOVEMBER 10\, 2024 \nvenue: Palace Theatre\, 160 West 47th Street \n9:45 am: registered Palace Tour attendees assemble at Palace \n10:00 am TOUR: The historic Palace Theatre will host ATCA conference attendees and co-owner Stewart F. Lane will provide a tour through the facilities. This is a special opportunity to experience a venue that has hosted generations of entertainment royalty (listen to Judy Garland’s tribute to the Palace) as it has been newly refurbished after a six-year renovation by PBDW Architects. EVENT MAXIMUM 50\, AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY. ATCA host: Jay Handelman. \nTour will conclude by 11:00 am. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nIn part sponsored by:
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atcany2024-no-one-asked/
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SUMMARY:ATCA at Pacific Playwrights Festival | New Play Awards
DESCRIPTION:ATCA members are invited to join chair David John Chávez and New Play committee co-chairs Cameron Kelsall and Misha Berson for Pacific Playwrights Festival plays and award presentations in Costa Mesa\, California May 3-5\, 2024. \nThe Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award and the Osborn New Play Award will presented during the evening session on Saturday May 4. \nLaunched in 1998\, South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF)\, part of The Lab@SCR\, is a major national showcase for new plays. The 26th festival will feature two world premiere productions and five staged readings. \nInterested ATCA members will be provided contact information to request tickets. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-at-pacific-playwrights-festival-new-play-awards/
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:ATCA at the Guthrie | Shakespeare Marathon
DESCRIPTION:ATCA members are invited for a rare and wonderful opportunity to convene at the Guthrie Theater\, one of the country’s leading regional theaters\, for a theater-going Bard marathon comprised of three of his kings — Richard II\, Henry IV\, and Henry V. \nThe ATCA Minneapolis weekend begins with an evening reception Friday April 12\, 2024\, followed by a full day of theatergoing on Saturday April 13\, one of the days all three plays will be performed. Visit the theater’s website describing the history plays on offer for additional information. Sunday April 14 events may develop (stay tuned) including a Guthrie theater tour. \nWith lunch and dinner breaks\, ATCA Executive Committee chair David John Chávez and member Lou Harry will watch\, discuss\, and experience royal drama of the Shakespearean kind with ATCA members. \nATCA members will be given contact information to arrange their own single tickets or pairs of tickets to the marathon weekend shows. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY \n 
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-at-the-guthrie-shakespeare-marathon/
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:ATCANY2023 | Holding the Curtain
DESCRIPTION:ATCANY2023 | Holding the Curtain \nEarly Bird $80 through November 1\, 2023. Full Price $125 November 2\, 2023 and after. \nMembers and Member Guests Only \nThe 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. \nDays 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. \nStay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments in the evolving agenda. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRICE \n\n$80 Early Bird registration for full conference\, rate available September 26\, 2023 through November 1\, 2023 [midnight Eastern]\n$125 Full Price registration for full conference\, rate available November 2\, 2023 [12:01 am Eastern] through end of conference\n\nTickets are available via a TICKETS purchase window visible to logged in ATCA members only. If you are an ATCA member and not logged in\, please login\, access this page again (click EVENTS dropdown menu at the far right of the page\, then select CONFERENCE REGISTRATION)\, and scroll to the bottom of this page to the TICKETS purchase window where one or multiple tickets can be purchased. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA\n[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.]\nPresenter Bios and Headshots [updated 2023-11-6] \nAll times are Eastern.  \nTHURSDAY | NOVEMBER 9\, 2023 \nvenue: [provided to registered attendees] \nBONUS PRE-CON SESSION: Musical conversations in color. Sean Mayes — orchestrator\, arranger\, conductor\, educator  — will join early conference arrivals for an insightful early-evening chat and preview of his new book Conversations in Color: Exploring North American Musical Theatre. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nFRIDAY | NOVEMBER 10\, 2023 \nvenue: Club 135 by Industrious at 135 West 50th Street\n[meeting on 2nd floor of the venue] \nLunch\, coffee\, tea\, and drinks provided. \n9:00 am PROGRAM OPENING. ATCA members meet-and-greet\, welcome\, introduction of new members\, committee chairs\, and board members\, discussion of themes of the weekend. \n10:00 am SESSION: Performing Sondheim. Panel hosted by Rick Pender\, ATCA member and author of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia (2021)\, with performers Ruthie Ann Miles (The Beggar Woman) and Maria Bilbao (Joanna) from the current Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd\, and Reg Rogers (Joe Josephson) and Katie Rose Clark (Beth) in the recently opened revival of Merrily We Roll Along. \n11:15 am PERSPECTIVES IN CRITICISM. ATCA’S lecture series inaugurated with remarks by Clive Barnes in 1992 continues with culture critic and journalist Naveen Kumar\, whose outlets include The New York Times\, Variety\, and Broadway News\, and who currently serves as Associate Director of the O’Neill National Critics Institute.  ATCA chair David John Chávez hosts the conversation. \n12:30 pm BREAK: lunch chat and theater games with Lou Harry. Lunch provided. \n1:30 pm SESSION: Conversation with Charles Busch on “Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy.” Martha Wade Steketee will have a chat with playwright\, performer\, creator\, and raconteur Charles Busch about his memoir  Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy (2023). \n3:00 pm SESSION: Current State of American Regional Theaters.  Discussion moderated by Jay Handelman with American Theatre magazine editor Rob Weinert-Kendt and The New York Times theater reporter Michael Paulson. \n4:00 pm SESSION: Upright Citizens Brigade past and future. Discussion moderated by Lou Harry with the new co-artistic directors of Upright Citizens Brigade\, Iliana Inocencio\, Laura Canty-Samuel\, and Michael Hartney. The panel will discuss UCB history\, its evolution\, and challenges of improv and sketch comedy in New York City. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSATURDAY | NOVEMBER 11\, 2023 \nvenue: Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) at 251 Fulton Street\nBBC Radio news documentary PAC NYC: Creating an arts center at Ground Zero \n12:00 pm TOUR: Perelman Performing Arts Center. PAC NYC is a new home for emergent and established artists in theater\, dance\, music\, opera\, and multi-disciplinary performance from New York and the world. Check this webpage for directions to the PAC NYC via subway. Otherwise\, tell your taxi driver that you’re going to 251 Fulton Street. \n12:30 pm SESSION: Q&A with PAC NYC Leaders. Lobby discussions with either PAC NYC Artistic Director Bill Rauch or PAC NYC Executive Director Khady Kamara. \n2:00 pm PERFORMANCE: Watch Night. Matinee performance available by pre-arrangement for registered conference attendees (members must make arrangements individually with press agent). A PAC NYC World Premiere from the acclaimed artistic team of Tony Award®-winning choreographer / dancer / director / writer  Bill T. Jones (Fela!\, Spring Awakening)\, poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph (We Shall Not Be Moved)\, composer Tamar-kali (Mudbound) and dramaturg Lauren Whitehead (Between the World and Me: Onstage at the Apollo). Watch Night fuses melodies rooted in spirituals\, percussive breath and fiery opera with the urgency of slam poetry and Bill T. Jones’ dynamic staging to create an exploration of justice and forgiveness in the face of deadly rage. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSUNDAY | NOVEMBER 12\, 2023 \nvenue: Audacy Sound Stage @ Hard Rock Hotel NYC at 159 West 48th Street\n[meeting on 3rd floor of the venue] \nPastries\, coffee\, tea\, and drinks provided. \n9:00 am SESSION: Second annual ATCA Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism. Gloria Oladipo will receive the ATCA Edward Medina Prize from ATCA BEID members Nate Hinkle and Elizabeth Kramer. The first annual ATCA Medina Prize recipient Brittani Samuel will hold a Q and A with the new winner. \n10:00 am SESSION: Revival and Revision in I Can Get It for You Wholesale. Classic Stage Company has opened its 2023-2024 season with I Can Get It for You Wholesale\, a musical set in 1937 and last seen in New York in 1962\, that showcases Harold Rome tunes and a book adapted by Jerome Weidman from his own novel about striking garment workers\, family and ambition\, tradition and opportunism. The panel will address musical revision\, adaptation\, and staging of this almost forgotten classic: CSC Producing Artistic Director Jill Rafson; John Weidman\, who revised his father’s book; David Chase\, who arranged and adapted the score; director Trip Cullman; and choreographer Ellenore Scott. ATCA member Martha Wade Steketee moderates. \n11:00 am SESSION: open discussion. ATCA member issues. concerns\, discussion of strategies of dealing with press agents\, other possible topics. \n1:00 pm PROGRAM CLOSING \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nIn part sponsored by:
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atcany2023-holding-the-curtain/
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SUMMARY:ATCANY2022 | Reseated and In Person
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Denise Jans via unsplash. \nAmerican Theatre Critics Association 2022 Conference:\nReseated and In Person \nEarly Bird $75 through October 31\, 2022 (midnight Eastern). Full Price $100 November 1\, 2022 and after. \nMembers and Member Guests Only \nThe American Theatre Critics Association is proud to announce its 2022 annual conference\, Reseated and In Person. \nThis will be the first time that ATCA members have convened in the same physical space since Fall 2019\, and will be the first time in ATCA conference history that the formal annual meeting will be held in New York City. (Over the years\, shorter or mini meetings have often been held in New York City\, including the most recent pre-shutdown ATCA New York meeting in November 2019.) What better location to welcome our members back to each other and to our tradition of theatrical convenings than New York City! \nATCA Executive Committee chair David John Chávez acknowledged the work of the 8-member conference planning team (Scott Bennett\, David John Chávez\, Jay Handelman\, Lou Harry\, Bill Hirschman\, Frank Rizzo\, Martha Wade Steketee\, and Maren Scriven Swensen) in a recent notice to members. “It’s been a long time since we’ve gathered in person\,” Chávez noted\, “and one of the missions of the confab this year is to return to what we all know and love but finally do it together\, in person.” \nDays are structured to allow for evening and matinee performances\, to be scheduled by participants with press contact information that will be provided to paid attendees. \nStay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments in the evolving agenda. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRICE \n\n$75 Early Bird registration for the full conference through October 31\, 2022 [midnight Eastern]\n$100 Full Price November 1\, 2022 [12:01 am Eastern] through end of conference\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA\n[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.] \nPresenter Bios and Headshots \n  \nFRIDAY | NOVEMBER 11\, 2022 \nvenue: Club 135 by Industrious at 135 West 50th Street \nAll times are Eastern.  \nCoffee\, tea\, and drink provided. \n9:00 am SESSION: Visibility\, Access\, and Advocacy. Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) co-founder\, actor\, and advocate Pun Bandhu and artist\, educator\, advocate\, and creative producer Clint Ramos will discuss with David John Chávez representation of performers\, designers\, and theater makers and changes at institutions and leaders as a result of the recent racial reckoning in the theater industry. \n10:30 am SESSION: Conversation with Jesse Green on “Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers” (2022). Martha Wade Steketee will have a chat with New York Times chief theater critic Jesse Green about his recent biography Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers (2022). Green will discuss this uniquely structured memoir and the world of Mary Rodgers\, field questions from attendees\, and sign books attendees bring to the session. Books can be purchased directly from MacMillan\, from Bookshop\, or from the bookseller of your choice. \n12:00 pm BREAK: lunch chat and member updates. Lunch provided. \n1:00 pm SESSION: Pro-Shooting with BroadwayHD. Lou Harry will moderate a conversation with BroadwayHD principals Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane\, and director\, actor\, producer Don Roy King. The participants will share insights into how the deals are made to video record and present Broadway shows as well as discuss the logistics of how those shows are recorded. \n2:30 pm SESSION: [programming change in progress\, update to come] \n4:00 pm PERSPECTIVES IN CRITICISM: Helen Shaw. ATCA’S lecture series inaugurated with remarks by Clive Barnes in 1992 continues with New Yorker critic Helen Shaw\, in conversation with Martha Wade Steketee. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSATURDAY | NOVEMBER 12\, 2022 \nvenue: today we’re homeless by design \nNo coffee\, tea\, or other libations provided. Come ready to tour! \n9:30 am TOUR: Broadway Up Close with owner and tour guide Tim Dolan. Explore the historic Hudson Theatre where the play on stage is Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. \n11:30 am TOUR: Focus Center Stage: 50 Years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive\,  an introduction by curator Patrick Hoffman and individual exploration of an exhibit honoring the 50th anniversary of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT)\, long recognized as the first and foremost collection of videorecorded live theater performances in the world. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSUNDAY | NOVEMBER 13\, 2022 \nvenue: Audacy Sound Stage @ Hard Rock Hotel NYC at 159 West 48th Street \nCoffee\, tea\, and water provided. \n9:00 am SESSION: ATCA awardees for the first year of two ATCA programs. ATCA Medina Prize winner Brittani Samuel and ATCA Helbing Mentorship Program fellow Billy McEntee will be in discussion with Helbing committee chair Chris Byrne. Other ATCA project updates may be included in this session. \n10:30 am SESSION: Beyond Broadway: The Education & Enrichment of Future Artists & Audiences. Susan E. Lee\, Founder\, Broadway Education Alliance\, will moderate a conversation with John Prignano\, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Education and Development\, Music Theatre International; Amelia Belovesick\, Curriculum Development Specialist\, WPBS-TV Watertown\, NY; and Zach Stevenson\, Director of Marketing\, NETworks Presentations. The panel will reflect on transformative work being done on Broadway\, touring shows\, and through media using the arts as the core of life-long learning. \n12:00 pm SESSION: Kimberly Akimbo moves from Off Broadway at the Atlantic to Broadway at the Booth. David Lindsay-Abaire‘s book and lyrics inspired by his own play\, meet Jeanine Tesori‘s music to tell the story of a teenaged girl whose spirit is light despite an aging disease. Lindsay-Abaire and Tesori  along with two of the show’s breakout stars — Justin Cooley and  Bonnie Milligan — will discuss with Jay Handelman the transfer of this gentle musical to a big Broadway stage. \n5:00 pm TOUR: Museum of Broadway. Tour this new venue dedicated to all things Broadway before it opens to the public November 15.  Registration cut-off was cut off Thursday\, November 3 and tickets for entry were sent to those conference attendees who expressed interest in this tour. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atcany2022-reseated-and-in-person/
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | Critical Voices in Podcasting
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Van Hemert \nAs podcasting has proliferated\, so has an array of critical voices available in programs from coast to coast. At our next ATCA Connects event\, ATCA member Elizabeth Kramer talks to three people working in podcasting about theater\, giving varied perspectives on American theater. \nLauren Van Hemert\, founder of Beltline to Broadway and an ATCA member out of Raleigh\, North Carolina hosts a podcast that focuses on community-based reporting covering theater. \nJames Marino \nJames Marino\, who founded BroadwayRadio in 2009\, is a technologist who came from the publishing industry with an affinity for theater and music to create the network. BroadwayRadio has released more than 3000 shows in the past 13 years. He previously launched BroadwayStars ATCA member Jan Simpson hosts and produces two network podcasts on BroadwayRadio\, “All the Drama” and “Stagecraft\,” and is an occasional panelist on “This Week on Broadway” on which another ATCA member\, Peter Filichia\, is a regular. \nKaveh Taherian \nKaveh Taherian\, co-founded the podcast series Musicalsplaining in 2020 out of Los Angeles\, which he now co-hosts with writer Angelina Meehan. In each episode\, the two introduce a different musical and discuss its plot\, themes\, and production. Sometimes guests\, such as popular YouTubers\, join in. Kaveh’s background is in illustration/design and film production. \nATCA Connects events are free for ATCA members to attend. Registration (purchasing a free ticket) is required. \nSuccessful ticket purchasers will receive two emails. One is the purchase receipt and will have the subject line “Your American Theatre Critics Association order is now complete” and the second with the subject line “Your ticket from American Theatre Critics Association” will include the session Zoom link. (If you do not receive the ticket email and you have purchased a free ticket\, contact webmaster Martha Wade Steketee.) \nA video of the event will be posted to the ATCA YouTube channel and the ATCA Facebook page at a later date. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-critical-voices-in-podcasting/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T200000
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | A Conversation with the Goodman Theatre's Robert Falls
DESCRIPTION:Robert Falls \nThis summer\, Robert Falls will be stepping down as artistic director of the Goodman Theatre after more than three decades. We’ve got questions. Join us Tuesday April 19\, 2022 at 8pm Eastern. \nFrom his early days with Wisdom Bridge Theatre through his epic production of “2666” to his bold video/hybrid pandemic production of Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside\,” Falls has been a groundbreaking theater artist. Under Falls’ leadership\, the Goodman Theatre produced bold work\, opened its stages to other regional companies and created innovative development programs. \nATCA member Lou Harry will lead a conversation about the evolution of the Goodman and the challenges of taking shows to Broadway (where Falls won a Tony for his “Death of a Salesman” and directed the hit “Aida”). Attendees will gain insight into Falls’ work with legends such as Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Miller\, learn about his long-time artistic partnerships with playwright Rebecca Gilman\, actors Brian Dennehy and Stacy Keach\, and others\, and find out what’s next for one of American theater’s leading creatives. \nATCA Connects events are free for ATCA members to attend. Registration (purchasing a free ticket) is required. \nSuccessful ticket purchasers will receive two emails. One is the purchase receipt and will have the subject line “Your American Theatre Critics Association order is now complete” and the second with the subject line “Your ticket from American Theatre Critics Association” will include the session Zoom link. (If you do not receive the ticket email and you have purchased a free ticket\, contact webmaster Martha Wade Steketee.) \nA video of the event will be posted to the ATCA YouTube channel and the ATCA Facebook page at a later date. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-a-conversation-with-the-goodman-theatres-robert-falls/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220315T200000
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | Why\, and how\, to start a newsletter as a theater critic
DESCRIPTION:Over the past few decades\, theater criticism has moved from newspapers and magazines to blogs\, social media\, video and more. This month\, our topic is newsletters. Why should you\, a theater critic\, start a newsletter? What are the tools you need to get started\, what content should go into it\, how do you find subscribers and how might it bring in revenue? \nLauren Halvorsen \nJoining us for this event will be Lauren Halvorsen (@halvorsen)\, a writer\, editor\, administrator and dramaturg from Washington\, D.C. Her newsletter\, Nothing for the Group\, was a 2021 Editor’s Pick for “Best Way to Learn About the American Theatre Industry” by the Washington City Paper. nothingforthegroup.substack.com \nKatie Buenneke (@kbuenneke) is a member of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and a theater critic for Stage Raw. Her work has appeared in LA Weekly\, the Atlantic\, Paste Magazine\, Los Angeles Magazine\, the Village Voice and more. She is the creator of Theater Digest. theaterdigest.substack.com \nKatie Buenneke \nBarry Singer has written extensively about the arts for the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, New York magazine and many more. His latest book\, “Ever After: Forty Years of Musical Theater and Beyond 1977-2020\,” was published by Applause in October 2021. His newsletter is called On The Arts and Otherwise. barrysinger.substack.com \nAvid newsletter consumer and current ATCA Events chair Lindsay Christians\, arts writer for The Capital Times in Madison\, Wisconsin\, will moderate this discussion. \nBarry Singer \nThis event is free for ATCA members to attend\, but purchasing a free ticket is required. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants by return email. A video of the event will be posted to the ATCA YouTube channel and the ATCA Facebook page at a later date. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-why-and-how-to-start-a-newsletter-as-a-theater-critic/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T213000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140605Z
CREATED:20220203T085300Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | A conversation with playwright Paula Vogel
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, Feb. 15\, 2022 at 8 p.m. EST for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel\, hosted by ATCA member Wendy Rosenfield. \nPaula Vogel \nVogel’s play “Indecent” was nominated in 2017 for an outstanding play Tony Award. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive” opens on Broadway in April 2022 with the same three leading actors and director as when it premiered 25 years ago off-Broadway. \nThe pandemic pause has given Vogel the chance to work on a wave of projects\, including producing a dozen works on-line by other playwrights in the “Bard at the Gate” project for the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton\, New Jersey. She wrote her first memoir\, “Travels Without Carl\,” based on her cross-country road trip when she visited women’s bars through the Deep South and West\, following the death of her brother from AIDS in 1988. \nShe has continued her playwriting workshops online\, including a new one for veterans. Vogel\, an acclaimed playwriting professor\, mentor and theatrical guru — with many of her students going on to earn Pulitzer Prizes and Tony Awards of their own — is also halfway through a book on the art of playwriting. \nWendy Rosenfield \nIn conversation with Vogel will be Wendy Rosenfield\, the former editor-in-chief of Broad Street Review. Rosenfield was a theater critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2006-2017\, and was theater critic for the Philadelphia Weekly from 1995 to 2001. Follow her on Twitter @WendyRosenfield. \nThis event is free for ATCA members to attend\, but purchasing a free ticket is required. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants by return email. A video of the event will be posted to the ATCA YouTube channel and the ATCA Facebook page at a later date. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-a-conversation-with-playwright-paula-vogel/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T213000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140604Z
CREATED:20220108T021909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T140604Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | A BEID Regional Theater Case Study
DESCRIPTION:COVID afforded theaters an opportunity to pause and re-evaluate their policies\, procedures and productions. For Raleigh Little Theatre\, that meant re-examining their annual production of CINDERELLA. What happened next is a testament to what happens when you engage the community in conversation\, listen\, and commit to creating a safe space for all. It is a case study of how one theater addressed and embraced Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion\, and may provide a model for other organizations struggling to do the same. \nThis panel discussion is organized by the ATCA Belonging\, Equity\, Inclusion & Diversity Committee. RLT Executive Director Heather Strickland and Artistic Director Patrick Torres will be in conversation with LGBTQIA Advocate Candis Cox. ATCA Executive Committee member Lauren Van Hemert moderates. \nJoin us on Facebook or register to join us on Zoom for a lively discussion. \nThis is part of a series of ATCA events designed to be for critics\, by critics. Featuring ATCA members as panelists and moderators\, these events will be free\, informal and geared toward working arts writers. Stay tuned for upcoming Tuesday night discussions and please get in touch if you have ideas to share! \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-a-beid-regional-theater-case-study/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211113T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T170000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140521Z
CREATED:20211018T211253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T140521Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA 2021 | From Where We Sit
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Kilyan Sockalingum via unsplash. \nAmerican Theatre Critics Association 2021 Conference:\nFrom Where We Sit\n \nEarly Bird $40 through November 10 (midnight EST). Full Price $50 November 11\, 2021 and after. \nMembers Only \nThe American Theatre Critics Association is proud to announce its 2021 conference\, From Where We Sit. All sessions and meetings will be presented live on Zoom with closed captioning available. Registrants will receive one link per day for events on Saturday November 13 and Sunday November 14. And attendees who register by November 7\, 2021 will be sent a separate link for an advance screening of the new film tick\, tick…BOOM! \nThis year\, we’re focusing on perspectives — ours\, our readers’ and those of the people we write about. Sessions include a conversation with the creative team of Flying Over Sunset\, opening on Broadway December 13\, and a Perspectives in Criticism talk from former New York Magazine critic and director Sara Holdren. We’ll have panels about what’s coming to regional theaters across the country\, how to write about disability onstage\, Asian American activism in theater\, and a one-on-one with intimacy director Kaja Dunn. \nATCA 2021: From Where We Sit opens at 12:45 p.m. EST/ 9:45 a.m. PST on Saturday\, November 13. The conference is open to members only. All members\, whether registered for the conference or not\, are invited to attend the ATCA general meeting at 3 p.m. EST on Saturday. On Sunday\, November 14\, programming runs from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. EST. \nCan’t make the whole conference? All of those who register will be given a video link to watch the Zoom at a later time. Select sessions will also be made available after the conference on the ATCA YouTube channel. \nStay tuned to this page and weekly ATCA newsletter for the latest developments. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRICE \n\n$40 Early Bird registration for the full conference\n$50 Full Price after November 10\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA \n[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.] \nSATURDAY | NOVEMBER 13\, 2021 \nAll times are EST. Sessions will be recorded. \n12:30 PM ZOOM OPENS \n12:45 PM WELCOME: ATCA 2021\nWelcome to the American Theatre Critics’ Association’s annual gathering from ATCA executive committee chair David John Chávez. \n1:00 PM SESSION: A closer look at regional theater premieres in 2021-22. In a discussion moderated by ATCA’s David John Chávez\, we hear from theater makers around the country about how they selected their seasons. We’ll talk about programming during a pandemic\, addressing a national time of historical reflection and racial reckoning. How is American theater evolving? \nChanel Bragg\, associate artistic director\, Arizona Theatre Company\nEric Keen-Louie\, executive producer\, La Jolla Playhouse\nBlake Robison\, artistic director\, Cincinnati Playhouse\nMolly Smith\, artistic director\, Arena Stage\, Washington\, D.C.\nModerated by David John Chávez\, Bay Area Plays \n2:00 PM BREAK: Open chat \n3:00 PM ATCA GENERAL MEETING\, open to all members. Hear from ATCA committee chairs\, get updates on the state of the organization and share your big ideas at ATCA’s annual meeting. Get involved in judging new plays\, supporting belonging and diversity\, recruiting and supporting new members and/or planning events. Connect with fellow professionals\, and find new opportunities. \nKaren Topham\, chair\, Belonging\, Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion (BEID) committee\nLauren Van Hemert\, chair\, Communications\nRussell Florence and Natalie Rine\, co-chairs\, Membership\nChris Byrne\, chair\, Helbing Mentorship\nMisha Berson and Cameron Kelsall\, co-chairs\, New Play (Steinberg/ATCA & Osborn)\nKerry Reid\, chair\, Primus Prize\nJay Handelman\, president\, Foundation for ATCA\nJeffrey Eric Jenkins\, president\, International Association of Theatre Critics \n4:30 PM BREAK: Open chat \n5:30 PM Perspectives in Criticism. Sara Holdren is a director\, teacher and writer-about-theater\, originally from the Blue Ridge foothills outside of Charlottesville\, Virginia. From 2017–2019 Holdren was the theater critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com. In 2016\, Holdren co-founded the theater company Tiltyard in Brooklyn\, and in 2019 and 2020 she served as the artistic director of Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford. Holdren is a Drama League Fellow\, a graduate of the Acting Shakespeare Program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London\, and the recipient of the 2016-2017 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. She holds a B.A. in theater from Yale University and an M.F.A. in directing from Yale School of Drama. \n7 PM SCREENING: Estella Scrooge. As an end-of-the-busy-day treat\, enjoy “Estella Scrooge\,” an original direct-to-video production featuring Broadway favorites Betsy Wolfe (“Falsettos”)\, Clifton Duncan (“The Play That Goes Wrong”)\, and Lauren Patten (“Jagged Little Pill”) along with needs-no-introduction Patrick Page\, Carolee Carmello\, and Danny Burstein. Directed by John Caird (“Les Miserables”)\, “Estella Scrooge” features music by Paul Gordon (“Jane Eyre”) and lyrics by Caird and Gordon. Production provided courtesy of Broadway on Demand (Broadwayondemand.com). \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSUNDAY | NOVEMBER 14\, 2021 \n10:45 AM ZOOM OPENS \n11:00 AM SESSION: How this show got made featuring “Flying Over Sunset\,” an original musical opening on Broadway in December. “A beautiful beach house overlooking the Pacific with Cary Grant\, Clare Boothe Luce\, and Aldous Huxley … and they are on an acid trip. Together.” \nHarry Hadden-Paton\, actor (“Flying Over Sunset\,” “My Fair Lady”) in conversation with\nJames Lapine\, director/writer (“Sunday in the Park with George\,” “Into the Woods”)\nTom Kitt\, composer (“Next to Normal”)\nMichael Korie\, lyricist (“Grey Gardens”)\nMichelle Dorrance\, choreographer \n12:00 PM BREAK: Open chat \n1:00 PM SESSION: Combating Ableism and Inspiration Porn in our Coverage of People Living with Disabilities\, presented by the BEID committee. As theaters around the country aim to make truly inclusive art\, it is important for people writing about the theater to be aware of the way in which they write about people with disabilities. In this session\, we will discuss guidelines for writing about people living with disabilities\, including why it matters and how to avoid language that is condescending or offensive. \nEric Woodall\, producing artistic director\, North Carolina Theatre\nDavid Kurs\, artistic director\, Deaf West\nAlie B. Gorrie\, co-host and co-producer\, “ABLE: A Series”\nLauren Appelbaum\, vice president\, communications\, RespectAbility\nSusan LoTempio\, advisory board member\, National Center on Disability and Journalism\nModerated by Talleri McRae\, access contractor for JFK Center for the Performing Arts \n2:30 PM SESSION: Asian American activism in theater. Following the stories and panels of this past spring\, this panel of Asian American theater makers looks at what stories are being told\, how representation is changing and the effects of activism on current work in the theater season. \nNandita Shenoy\, actor/playwright\, New York City (“Rage Play”)\nLily Tung Crystal\, actor\, director\, and artistic director of Theater Mu\, Twin Cities\nPun Bandhu\, actor\, New York City (“Wit” on Broadway\, film “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)\nModerated by Eric Ting\, artistic director\, Cal Shakes\, Orinda\, California \n4:00 PM SESSION: A conversation with intimacy director Kaja Dunn. ATCA excom member Amanda Finn Haggerty hosts this discussion with Kaja Dunn\, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Department of Theatre and affiliate faculty for Theatrical Intimacy Education. Dunn is an actor\, director and activist. \n5:00 PM CLOSING SEND-OFF TBD \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nMONDAY | NOVEMBER 15\, 2021 \nCONFERENCE BONUS EVENT \n8:30 PM SCREENING: tick\, tick…BOOM! Conference attendees who have registered by Sunday\, November 7 will receive a pass to an advance screening of the new film tick\, tick…BOOM!\, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda based on the Jonathan Larson stage musical. The film\, to be released in select theaters and Netflix November 19\, will be viewable using instructions sent to individuals who register by November 7. \ntick\, tick…BOOM! stars Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield\, Alexandra Shipp\, Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesús\, Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry\, MJ Rodriguez\, Emmy Award winner Bradley Whitford\, Tariq Trotter\, Emmy and Tony Award winner Judith Light\, and Vanessa Hudgens. The film is written by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen)\, and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment\, Julie Oh\, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-2021-from-where-we-sit/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsay Christians":MAILTO:lchristians08@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T213000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140520Z
CREATED:20210412T221854Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | Harnessing the Power of Facebook
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Society of Professional Journalists and ATCA’s Lou Harry. \nLynn Walsh\, a trainer on behalf of the Society of Professional Journalists\, will share products and tools — including Live\, Groups and CrowdTangle — that help journalists leverage Facebook and Instagram for news gathering\, storytelling and connecting with their followers. \nWalsh is an Emmy award-winning freelance journalist who has worked in investigative\, data and TV journalism at the national level as well as locally in California\, Ohio\, Texas and Florida. Based in San Diego\, she is a past national president of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Project Manager at the Trusting News project\, where she’s helping to rebuild trust between newsrooms and the public. \nThis is part of a series of ATCA events designed to be for critics\, by critics. Featuring ATCA members as panelists and moderators\, these events will be free\, informal and geared toward working arts writers. Stay tuned for upcoming Tuesday night discussions and please get in touch if you have ideas to share! \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-harnessing-the-power-of-facebook/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T203000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140520Z
CREATED:20210412T222541Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | A Little Night Musings: Writing About Sondheim
DESCRIPTION:The American Theatre Critics Association’s Conference & Event committee invites you to this open discussion about Stephen Sondheim and the American musical on Tuesday\, June 15\, starting at 7 pm EDT / 4 pm PT. \nATCA member and past chair of the Executive Committee Rick Pender recently released The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia (Rowman & Littlefield). On June 15\, he’ll bring together three other respected authors to talk about the experience of writing about musicals by the greatest composer and lyricist of the past half-century. Rick’s guests will be Ted Chapin (Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies)\, president Rodgers & Hammerstein (a division of Imagem); Mark Eden Horowitz (Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions)\, senior music specialist at the Library of Congress; and Stacy Wolf (A Problem Like Maria: Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical)\, professor of theater and American Studies at Princeton University. ATCA members will be invited to ask questions following a panel discussion. \nThis is part of a series of ATCA events designed to be for critics\, by critics. Featuring ATCA members as panelists and moderators\, these events will be free\, informal and geared toward working arts writers. Stay tuned for upcoming Tuesday night discussions and please get in touch if you have ideas to share! \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-sondheim-encyclopedia/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T213000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140519Z
CREATED:20210406T233526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T140519Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | Online Arts Writing Beyond Page Views
DESCRIPTION:The American Theatre Critics Association’s Conference & Event committee invites you to this open discussion about engaging and sustaining online readers. Tuesday\, May 25\, 2021 starting at 8 pm EDT / 5 pm PT. \nIn an age where success is often measured in page views\, arts stories often struggle to find an audience of online readers. Our panelists will discuss ways to engage and sustain readers with smart writing designed for a saturated 21st century media landscape that you can adopt into your own work. \nSarasota Herald-Tribune Arts Editor and Theater Critic Jay Handelman moderates this panel with Rob Weinert-Kendt\, American Theatre magazine editor; Christopher Wynn\, Dallas Morning News Arts & Entertainment Editor; Sarah Pineda\, Engagement Producer for KQED (San Francisco); Ashley Lee\, who covers theater\, movies and television for the Los Angeles Times; and Liz Johnson\, features editor for 20 sites in the USA Today Network’s Atlantic Group\, including New Jersey’s The Record and The Asbury Park Press\, and New York’s Westchester The Journal News and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. \nThis is the third in a series of ATCA events designed to be both for critics and by critics. Featuring ATCA members as panelists and moderators\, these events are free\, informal and geared toward working arts writers. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-online-arts-writing-beyond-page-views/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T213000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140517Z
CREATED:20210320T011315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T140517Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | The Future of Nonprofit Arts Journalism
DESCRIPTION:The American Theatre Critics Association’s Conference & Event committee invites you to this open discussion about nonprofit arts journalism. Tuesday\, April 27\, 2021 starting at 8 pm EDT / 5 pm PT. \nAs arts coverage continues to dwindle in daily newspapers and mainstream media — a situation worsened by COVID-19 — is nonprofit arts journalism the future of the field? A panel of editors and administrators of nonprofit journalism outlets from around the country will discuss various and innovative models\, funding\, starting a nonprofit\, and finding board members. \nModerated by Mark Lowry\, ATCA Executive Committee member and cofounder of TheaterJones in Dallas/Fort Worth\, the panel includes: Laura Bruney\, CEO of the Arts & Business Council of Miami\, which runs Artburst Miami; Scott Freeman\, Executive Editor of ArtsATL in Atlanta; Alaina Johns\, Editor-in-Chief of Broad Street Review in Philadelphia; Christina Rees\, Editor-in-Chief of Glasstire\, a visual art journalism outlet covering the entire state of Texas; and Kerry Reid\, Theater and Dance Editor of Chicago Reader\, a longtime Chicago institution that recently became a 501(c)(3). \nThis is the second in a series of ATCA events designed to be both for critics and by critics. Featuring ATCA members as panelists and moderators\, these events will be free\, informal and geared toward working arts writers. Stay tuned for upcoming Tuesday night discussions about the impact and reach of your online arts criticism\, and more. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-connects-the-future-of-nonprofit-arts-journalism/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T213000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140514Z
CREATED:20210227T012949Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA Connects | How to Review Online Theater
DESCRIPTION:The American Theatre Critics Association’s Conference & Event committee invites you to this open discussion about best practices for reviewing online theater. March 23\, 2021 starting at 8:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm PT \nWhen reviewing theater online\, what main principles do you keep in mind? What should a critic consider when evaluating design elements like lighting\, costumes and sound? Given distractions at home\, how do you improve focus? What are the positives of online productions\, and how might they continue post-pandemic? \nLeading us off will be Alexis Soloski from The New York Times\, Sheri Flanders from Chicago Reader\, Bill Hirschman from Florida Theater Onstage and David John Chávez from Bay Area Plays and The Mercury News. Participation is encouraged. Come with questions and stories to share! \nThis is the first in a series of ATCA events designed to be both for critics and by critics. Featuring ATCA members as panelists and moderators\, these events will be free\, informal and geared toward working arts writers. Stay tuned for upcoming Tuesday night discussions about the future of nonprofit arts journalism and how to increase the impact and reach of your online arts criticism. \nJoin us on Facebook\, via Zoom following the instructions there\, or RSVP at the link below. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-seminar-how-to-review-online-theater/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T200000
DTSTAMP:20250624T140441Z
CREATED:20210302T192258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T140441Z
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SUMMARY:ATCA EDI Seminar | Pitch Critique with The New York Times
DESCRIPTION:Join ATCA Equity\, Diversity & Inclusion committee co-chair Kelundra Smith as she speaks about pitching with The New York Times Theater Editor Scott Heller. What does it take to get a byline in the Times as a freelancer? How can you get your pitch accepted by editors in publications all over the country? \nJoin us on Facebook for this insightful and critical conversation\, hosted by ATCA’s EDI committee. \nOPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atca-edi-seminar-pitch-critique-with-the-new-york-times/
CATEGORIES:Event,Zoom
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