ATCA offers valuable opportunities for educational and personal enrichment to both established and developing theater journalists. In a typical year, members gather for a multi-day annual conference in a major theater center outside of New York, as well as for a shorter meeting in New York City or elsewhere, perhaps a regional theater festival. At these events there are panels, workshops, seminars, guest speakers, discussions with regional and national theater practitioners, a sampling of regional theaters, and ample opportunity to talk shop and socialize with others in the profession.
Professional affiliation with a nationwide network of over 200 theater writers
Membership in both the Foundation for the American Theatre Critics Association and International Association of Theatre Critics
ATCA website and social media promotion of member content
Member-only access to workshops, panels, interviews, meet-and-greets and video content with theater makers and industry experts
Admission to select international museums and galleries
Listing in the published and online ATCA member directories
ATCA website and social media promotion of member content
One-time registration scholarship for new members to an ATCA conference*
Voting on the annual Theatre Hall of Fame inductees**
Recommending candidates for the annual Tony Award for regional theater**
Participating in play reading adjudication panels for the Primus Prize for women playwrights
Recommending new works to juried panels for Steinberg and Osborn Awards, and participating on the panels for those awards
Member-only access to video panels with theater makers and industry experts
Opportunities to represent ATCA at international conferences**
*Applies only to conference occurring in the first year of new membership.
** Applies to some membership categories and not others.
Membership is open to anyone who regularly publishes substantive content reviewing, or who is otherwise critically covering theater, including writing for a print or online publication or blog, and video or audio platforms. The ATCA membership year runs from July 1 to June 30 but the membership committee reviews applications on a rolling basis.