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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:
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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: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 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: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:ATCANY2026 | Annual Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:ATCANY2026 | Annual Conference November 13-15\, 2026  \nEarly Bird $100 September 21\, 2026 through October 25\, 2026. Full Price $150 October 26\, 2026 and after. \nMembers and Member Guests Only \nThe American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association 2026 annual conference celebrating theater and theater makers in New York City will be held November 13-15\, 2026. \nThe conference planning committee (David John Chávez\, Jay Handelman\, Lou Harry\, Bill Hirschman\, D.R. Lewis\, Gerard Raymond\, and Martha Wade Steketee) began meeting in Spring 2026 to assemble a spectacular 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 21\, 2026 through October 25\, 2026 [midnight Eastern] for all ATCA member types (Active\, Associate\, Affiliate\, Alumni\, and Emeritus)\n$150 Full Price registration for full conference\, available October 26\, 2026 [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 links for any additional ticketed events). 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 ATCANY2026 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. Forum topics will be created for registered ATCA members to share information. NOTE: adding registrants into the conference forum is a manual not automatic process so there may be some delay between conference registration and forum access activation. \n\nOnce you’ve registered for the conference\, make sure you’re logged in as an ATCA member \nFollow THIS LINK to the ATCANY2026 conference forum after registering\, only registered members will have access to the forum [ACCESS AND TOPICS TO BE MODIFIED FOR 2026 CONFERENCE]\nReturn to the forum for updates on tickets and housing discussions\n\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nAGENDA\n[Subject to change based on availability of invited guests.] \nATCANY2026 agenda one-page handout [final revision [posted mm-dd-26]\nATCANY2026 Presenter Bios and Headshots [final revision] [posted mm-dd-26] \nAll times are Eastern. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nPRE-CONFERENCE OPTIONAL EVENT\nTHURSDAY | NOVEMBER 12\, 2026 \nvenue [TO BE CONFIRMED]: 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: TO BE DETERMINED \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 13\, 2026 \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. \n[SESSIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT] \nProgram day will conclude by 5pm to allow travel to evening performances. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSATURDAY | NOVEMBER 14\, 2026 \nvenue: [TO BE DETERMINED] \n[SESSIONS UNDER DEVEOPMENT] \nProgram day will conclude by 1pm to allow for matinee performances. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \nSUNDAY | NOVEMBER 15\, 2026 \nvenue: [TO BE DETERMINED] \n[SESSIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT] \nProgram day will conclude by 1pm to allow for matinee performances. \n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
URL:https://americantheatrecritics.org/event/atcany2026-annual-conference-2026/
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