AATE 2025 National Conference: Schedule ForVenue: TBA @ 777 St Clair Ave NE, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

AATE 2025 National Conference

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12:00pm EDT

Master Class A: Viva La Puppet: The Art & Science of Puppetry! TBAMichelle Zamora

5:00pm EDT

Registration Open TBA

7:00pm EDT

New Guard Gathering TBASam Briggs

8:00am EDT

Registration Open TBA

8:30am EDT

Conference Orientation (First Timers & Returning Attendees) TBASam Briggs

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 TBAJenna Messina • Thomas Kazmierczak Making Connections Through Story Drama TBAMichelle Gram Giesen New Guard Panel 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

11:00am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open TBA

11:15am EDT

Affinity Groups/Group Check-Ins TBAMorganne Evans

1:00pm EDT

Master Class B: Theatre and Community Voices; Tackling ACES and Strengthening Communities Through Their Own Stories TBAJosé Cruz González • Eric Schmiedl

2:45pm EDT

Applied Theatre Network Meeting TBAQuenna Barrett College/University Network Meeting TBAMeriah Sage High School Network Meeting TBADakota Demato K-8 Network Meeting TBALaura Butchy Professional Theatre Network Meeting TBALee Mikeska Gardner • Elena Velasco

3:50pm EDT

Check Out Vendors TBA

4:15pm EDT

Welcome/Opening Keynote: Nina Domingue TBANina Domingue

6:00pm EDT

Exhibitor Meet & Greet/Meet the Leadership TBA Theatre Excursion: Ista and Her Garden TBA

8:00pm EDT

Playwriting Slam TBAJohn Newman

8:00am EDT

Past President/Chair Breakfast TBA

8:30am EDT

Registration Open TBA

9:00am EDT

New Guard Network Meeting TBASam Briggs Playwriting Network Meeting TBAJohn Newman Research/Scholarship Network Meeting TBA Youth Theatre Network Meeting TBADonna Seage

9:45am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open TBA

10:15am EDT

Becoming Change Agents and Community Builders TBASeth Laidlaw • Tia Powell Harris Change Your Practice, Change Your World: Artivism in Action TBAChristopher Totten • Jake Chen 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 • Megan Raab • Elyse Orecchio 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 Yardsticks: Defining Evaluation and Success TBASara Berliner

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 TBAElizabeth Brendel Horn • Nicole B. Adkins Sustaining Funding for School Programs and Retaining Teaching Artists TBARebecca Pogue Fields The Past Empowers the Present: Democracy and the Performing Arts TBAAlexandra López • Gloria Bond Clunie • Dr. Joan Lancourt • Rives Collins You're Not the Boss of Me!: Collaboration in the Classroom TBACyndi LaFrese • Dallas Thomas Master Class C: Breaking, Bridging, and Building: Uncovering Histories to Progress the Field TBAMeriah Sage • Shavonne Coleman

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 TBAJonathan P Jones Role Play for Change: Exploring Censorship in Education TBASam Briggs Scenes from the Revolution TBAJennifer Hersch Stories that Soar!: Creating Collaborative Partnerships to Transform Educational Communities TBACyndi LaFrese • Dallas Thomas • Steven James Higginbotham Whose Play Is It?: Culturally Specific Theatre in White Institutions TBAMateo Hernandez

4:00pm EDT

Games Exchange TBA Excursion: Playhouse Square Tour TBA

5:00pm EDT

Excursion: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame TBA

8:30am EDT

Youth Theatre Journal Meeting TBADana Edell Doyle Breakfast TBA

9:00am EDT

Exhibitor Hall Open TBA

9:30am EDT

Registration Open TBA

9:45am EDT

Performances: TaleSpinner Children’s Theater & Dobama Theatre & Cleveland Play House TBA

11:15am EDT

Check Out Vendors TBA

11:45am EDT

Annual Meeting TBAMitch Mattson • Alexis Truitt • Joel Jason Rodriguez • Jonathan P Jones • Michael Ávila • Morganne Evans • Elizabeth Dunn-Ruiz

1:15pm EDT

(Re) Imagining TYA From a BIPOC Perspective: Confronting Eurocentric Academic Scholarship TBAQuenna Barrett • Jose Casas • Gustave Weltsek • Shavonne Coleman • Tiffany Trent Eating Disorder Prevention in Theatre Education TBASara Berliner 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 TBASaya Jenks • Morganne Evans Theatre Teacher: Wellness in Warm-ups and Welcoming TBARandy Stewart When "Performing For" Becomes "Performing With": Teatro Vivo's Annual Pastorela TBAMateo Hernandez

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 TBAMaya Shed • Andrew 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 TBAJohn Newman • Carl Walton II • Ananias Dixon • Eric Coble Using Verbatim Performance to Disrupt Discrimination in Healthcare Delivery TBAJoe Salvatore Values and Legacy: The Story of You TBAAnna Lund

4:15pm EDT

Exhibitor Lotto TBA

5:00pm EDT

Affinity Groups/Group Check-Ins TBAMorganne Evans

6:45pm EDT

AATE Award's Ceremony TBA

8:30pm EDT

All Conference Party TBA

10:00am EDT

Board Meeting TBA

12:00pm EDT

Excursion: Join the workshop of The Throwaways and tour the campus of the Cleveland Play House TBA MASTER CLASS D: Accessibility Design: A Hands-on, Artistic Approach Toward a More Inclusive and Accessible Theatre TBAHeather C. Utsler-Smith