AATE 2025 National Conference

AATE 2025 National Conference

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9:45am EDT

Beyond the Blueprint: Conceptual Set Design with/for Neurodivergent Minds TBABekah LaCoste Building a Thriving Theater Program from the Ground Up TBAEmily Garven Creating Theatre across Generations: Undergraduates and Older Adults with Dementia TBANorah Swiney Creating Theatre Curriculum that Opens Dialogue and Facilitates Change TBAThomas Kazmierczak • Jenna Messina Encouraging Dialogue through Interview-based Theatre and Storytelling Projects TBAJulia Reimer Making Connections Through Story Drama TBAMichelle Gram Giesen New Guard Panel: Competitive Educational Theater: Helpful or Harmful? TBASam Briggs New Guard Panel: Feelings Forecast: Social and Emotional Learning In-Practice for the K-8 Drama Classroom TBASam Briggs New Guard Panel: The 2025 Courageous Cadence: Performing Justice Through Spoken Word Poetry TBASam Briggs New Guard Panel: The Pandemic, Precarity, and a Pedagogy of Hope: Learning from Public High School Theatre Teachers’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic TBASam Briggs Playwriting Workshop: Adapting Classic Literature to Script for Theater TBAMarie Kohler So You Wannabe a Scholar: How to turn your conference presentation into a journal article TBAJonathan P Jones Stages of Freedom: Jewish Narratives in American Theatre TBAAlevia R-Plyam Using Drama as a way of Processing Grief TBALexi Bresnan

10:15am EDT

Becoming Change Agents and Community Builders TBATia Powell Harris • Seth Laidlaw Change Your Practice, Change Your World: Artivism in Action TBAJake Chen • Christopher Totten Eating Disorder Prevention in Theatre Education TBASara Berliner Educational Strategies for Teaching Artists: Keeping Teaching Artistry Sustainable TBAWill Potts Fostering the Wisdom & Guidance of Emerging Writers of Color: A Workshop and Discussion TBADana Edell • Jo Beth Gonzalez From Spiderman to Spotify: Connecting Teens Across the World Through Theatre and Twinning TBAYasemin Eti • Elyse Orecchio • Megan Raab Implementing Holistic and Effective DEI&A Strategies in Theatre Leadership and Higher Education Theatre Classrooms TBA Kindergarten Playwrights: Monologue Writing with Kinders (and Older Students, too) TBASuzanne Katz Learning, Leading, Thriving: Teaching the Next Generation of Theatre Makers TBAJessica Shaw Making Theatre for Six Senses: Seesaw Theatre's Sensory Theatre Workshop TBA Mapping Environmental (In)justice with Youth Through Applied Theatre TBAWalker Zupan

12:45pm EDT

Beyond the Stage: Devised Theater, Visual Art, and Multidisciplinary Storytelling with Precipice Theater Team TBA Bridging Old and New: Rebuilding Relationships in the Drama Classroom TBAMatt Webster Cultivating Healthy Practices in 2025 - The Early Stages of Community Building (Artist-Educators working with K-12 and Undergraduates) TBARachel Hoey Dragon's Breath: Igniting SEL Through a Magical Children's Theater Piece TBAEvan Mack Generating The Matrix: Creating a Publishing Guide for AATE TBAJonathan P Jones If all the World's a Stage...Let's Go Global! TBAVeronica Rodriguez Ballesteros • Alberto Iozzia Serious Play: Promoting joy and healing through bedside pediatric theatre TBANicole B. Adkins • Elizabeth Brendel Horn Sustaining Funding for School Programs and Retaining Teaching Artists TBARebecca Pogue Fields The Past Empowers the Present: Democracy and the Performing Arts TBAGloria Bond Clunie • Rives Collins • Dr. Joan Lancourt • Alexandra López You're Not the Boss of Me!: Collaboration in the Classroom TBACecilia Abarca • Dallas Thomas

2:30pm EDT

"I wasn't taught that!": Professional Development and Learning Alongside Your Students TBAJimmy Chrismon • Amanda Dawson "Tradition-Change-Progress": Emerging Partner Collaborations Preparing Teaching Artists TBAEmilio G. Robles • Justin Wade Adapting the Rehearsal Process for Students with Sensory Processing and Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Full Inclusion School Production Program TBAMaria Beery Breaking Down Decision-Making TBADaniel Park Establishing Communities of Practice among Drama Educators: Revisiting Learning to Teach Drama - A Case Narrative Approach TBA Role Play for Change: Exploring Censorship in Education TBA Scenes from the Revolution TBAJennifer Hersch Stories that Soar!: Creating Collaborative Partnerships to Transform Educational Communities TBACecilia Abarca • Steven James Higginbotham • Dallas Thomas Values and Legacy: The Story of You TBAAnna Lund Whose Play Is It?: Culturally Specific Theatre in White Institutions TBA

1:15pm EDT

(Re) Imagining TYA From a BIPOC Perspective: Confronting Eurocentric Academic Scholarship TBAQuenna Barrett • Jose Casas • Shavonne Coleman • Tiffany Trent • Gustave Weltsek Envisioning the Future of Trans Identity on Stage TBAJo Beth Gonzalez • Genevieve Simon From Breaking to Blooming: Unearthing Hope to Enable Rebuilding TBAMadi Palomo From Stage to Change: Reimagining Theater Education with SEL TBASam Leopold • Camille Simone Thomas Reimagining Technique: Teaching Theatre Skills in a Changing World TBA So, Your Music Director Bailed... Music Directing for Non-Musicians TBALauren Neuwirth Supporting Early Career Theatre Professionals: Enriching Workforce Development with Theatre Practices TBAMorganne Evans • Saya Jenks Theatre Teacher: Wellness in Warm-ups and Welcoming TBARandy Stewart When "Performing For" Becomes "Performing With": Teatro Vivo's Annual Pastorela TBA Yardsticks: Defining Evaluation and Success TBASara Berliner

2:45pm EDT

Case Making for the Arts: How to Lead in Tumultuous Times TBAShelby Newport • Matthew Tibbs Cultivating Growth: Nurturing Community Roots with Applied Theatre TBAAndrew Aaron Valdez Devised Theater Process for and with Youth in Foster Care TBA Exploring Theatrical Interpreting - Creating Equivalent Experiences TBAKristie Farr • Michelle Smiley Teacher Leader Cohort (TLC): Creating Growth & Change through Deep Examination of Practice TBAJeri Hammond • Anika Nayak The Universal Design for Learning: Individualized Education Strategies Unpacked TBARebecca Burcher • Will Potts Theatre Games for Technical Theatre TBADonna Seage Tradition of Youth Playwriting at Cleveland School of the Arts TBAEric Coble • Ananias Dixon • Carl Walton II • John Newman Using Verbatim Performance to Disrupt Discrimination in Healthcare Delivery TBAJoe Salvatore

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