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Please note: All meetings are open to SETC convention attendees.
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7:30AM-7:00PM Grand Salon A,B&C,Henry |
Undergraduate School Auditions
Presiders: Donna White and Steve Bayless (Gibbs Senior HS)
| 7:30AM |
Student Check-In |
| 7:30AM-8:00AM |
Student Auditionee Warm-Up |
| 8:00AM |
Student Rep Check-In |
| 8:00AM-8:30AM |
Professor Briefing & COFFEE |
| 8:30AM-9:00AM |
Student Mandatory Briefing |
| 9:00AM-1:00PM |
Auditions
Callback Posting for actors (juniors)
Callback Audition Interviews |
| 1:00PM-1:45PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00PM-6:00PM |
Auditions Continue |
| 2:00PM-7:00PM |
Callback Interviews |
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8:00AM-3:30PM Baldwin Burroughs Theatre at Spelman College |
Community Theatre Play Festival
Presiders: Steven Lloyd (HART Theatre), Murray Chase (Venice Stage)
Adjudicators: Jerry Sipp , Suzanne Tinsley, John Viars
| Performances: |
| 10:00AM-11:30AM |
South Carolina |
| 12:30PM-2:00PM |
Kentucky |
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8:00AM-NOON 1st Floor Lobby |
Registration, Pre-Registration and Check-In
Presiders: Hardy Koenig, Nanette Harbuck and Christopher Chandler
(SETC Central Office), Beth Harvey (Florida Community College at Jacksonville), Sam Sparks (New Stage Theatre)
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8:00AM-NOON 2nd Floor Lobby |
Information Hub and Message Board
Presiders: Al and Ginger Curl (Metrolina Theatre Association)
Come here to find information ranging from schedule changes, locations and other pertinent information.
Also -- lost & found, and leave messages for people you need to reach.
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8:00AM-8:50AM Grand Salon D |
Actor Warm-Up
Presenters: Jennifer Mizenko (U of Mississippi) and Rinda Frye (U of Louisville)
A combined voice and movement warm-up for the actor. Connect to breath, enliven the resonators and, work
articulators. Connect to your center and core to find balance and release muscular tension.
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9:00AM-7:00PM Galleria Hall |
Interview Lounge
High School student Design/Tech Display. Senior & College Transfer
Call boards. Interviews on-site until 7:00PM.
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9:00AM-6:00PM
Grand Ballroom West |
Spring Professional Auditions
Presiders: Melissa R. Tillery (SETC Auditions Director),
Jon Moses (Riverside Theatre), Mike Murphy (Marshall U)
| Schedule: |
| 9:00-9:30AM |
Mandatory Auditionee Briefing, 551 - 815 |
| 9:30-10:00AM |
Actor-Tech Walk-Through |
| 10:00AM-1:00PM |
Acting and Singing Auditions |
| 1:00-2:00PM |
Lunch Break |
| 2:00-5:30PM |
Acting and Singing Auditions |
| 6:00-8:00PM |
Dance Call |
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| 8:30AM-6:30PM |
Audition Warm-Up Room (Fulton) |
| 8:30AM-6:30PM |
Audition Holding Room (Walton) |
| 9:00AM-10:30PM |
Audition Callback Posting (Douglas & Paulding)
Look for your audition number to see who called you back. |
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9:00AM-NOON Galleria Hall |
Job Contact Service
Presiders: April J'C Marshall (SETC Central Office),
Constance Smith (U of South Alabama)
Employees meet and interview for off-stage jobs.
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9:00AM-11:50AM Dekalb |
Conversation with Artistic Directors
Presider: David Thompson (SETC President Elect, Agnes Scott College)
Particpants: Lisa Adler (Horizon Theatre), Robert J. Farley (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Richard Garner
(Georgia Shakespeare), Rachel May (Synchronicity Performance Group), Anthony Rodriguez (Aurora Theatre), Kate Warner
(Dad's Garage), Jeff Watkins (Atlanta Shakespeare Company), Palmer Wells (Theatre in the Square)
Leaders from a cross-section of Atlanta's best theatre companies discuss their work and share the lessons
they have learned at the helm.
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9:00AM-11:50AM Council & Cabinet |
Voice and Speech Trainers Core Issues
Presider: Marlene Johnson (U of Alabama, Birmingham)
Discussion and Exchange for Voice Trainers
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9:00AM-10:20AM Clayton |
Brian Friel & Irish Dialects
Presenter: Daydrie Hague (Auburn U)
This workshop will explore the dialects of the North of Ireland, which has its own distinctive music, through
characters with some of Brian Friel's most famous plays including Dancing at Lughnasa,
Lovers and Translations.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Newton |
Clowning for Actors: Techniques For Actors Who are Playing Clown Roles
Presenter: Ken Otos (Elon U)
This workshop introduces participants to elements of clowning in a way that integrates with contemporary acting
technique and is easy to apply in conventional theatre.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Jefferson |
Icebreakers
Presenter: Rochelle Kinzel (Barry U)
A participatory workshop for teachers, directors, and actors featuring techniques to alleviate tension, release
inhibitions and develop spontaneity and trust with fellow actors.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Crystal Ballroom |
Laban Movement Analysis and Modern Acting Techniques what's the connection?
Presenter: Jennifer Mizenko (U of Mississippi)
What does Laban Movement Analysis have to do with acting? How are the basic concepts of acting incorporated into
LMA? Concepts explored will be objective, tactic, motivation and psychological gesture.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Carter & Jackson |
Makeup Basics: Hands-on Workshop for Anyone Wanting to Know More
About Theatrical Makeup Techniques
Presenter: Lori Gann-Smith (DEZL Design-freelance studio,
Middle Tennessee State U)
The workshop will offer hands-on instruction in basic stage makeup, using Ben Nye products, introduce techniques,
tools and offer participants individual help with questions and concerns about makeup for the stage.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Monroe & Roosevelt |
New York City Dialect Workshop (Popular Reprise)
Presenter: Robin Aronson (U of Southern Mississippi)
This is a reprise of the popular "how to" workshop that demonstrates the "recipe" for the development and use
of the accurate New York Dialect for plays and movies.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Forsythe |
Simple Felt Animal Masks and Headpieces for Youth Theatre
Presenters: Sherry Harper-McCombs and Abeo Jackson (Dickinson College U)
Felt, headbands, paint -- what could be simpler? Presiders present an easy, clever, sturdy, and inexpensive way
to create animals for children's theatre productions.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Grand Salon D |
Stage Combat for High Schools
Presider: Gus Gillette (University School of Nashville)
The basics of combat techniques and stage choreography geared toward secondary students and teachers.
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9:00AM-10:20PM Madison |
Theatre Symposium Highlights
Presider: Scott Phillips (Auburn U)
Presenters: David Carlyon (Independent Scholar) "William Dunlap, Father of American Theatre—and of American
Antitheatricality."
Roger Freeman (Rochester Institute of Technology) "Solving the LARAMIE Problem, or Projecting on to LARAMIE."
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9:00AM-10:20AM State & Club |
Viola Spolin's Theatre Games Workshop for Educators
Presenter: Max Schafer (New Young Actors Company)
This fun, fast paced, highly-rated workshop presents games to teach acting skills or enhance your
stage productions. Includes a raffle and technology links.
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9:00AM-10:20AM Cherokee |
Words, Words, Words
Presenters: Tee Quillin and Kyle Zimmerman (Middle Tennessee State U)
A brief intro to Shakespearean scansion: If you love the Bard, but have always been intimidated by the language,
we can help you tame those fears! Bring pencil, paper & monologue of choice (not required).
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10:00AM-1:00PM Galleria Hall |
Commercial Exhibits
Presider: Ginger Willis (Barbizon Lighting Co.)
Commercial exhibits open.
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10:00AM-1:00PM Galleria Hall |
Education Expo
Presider: Ginger Willis (Barbizon Lighting Co.)
University displays open. Undergraduate callback interviews continue until 7:00PM.
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10:30AM-12:50AM Forsythe |
Design/Tech Committee Meeting
Presiders: Troy Snyder (Fairmont State College), Elizabeth Hopper
(Virginia Commonwealth U)
The Design/Tech Committee members yearly meeting. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Monroe & Roosevelt |
Acting on Impulse: Exercises for Spontaneity in Acting
Presenter: Sarah Barker (U of South Carolina), Jennifer Mizenko
(U of Mississippi), Alana Ghent (Thomas More U)
Learn to respond spontaneously and feelingly to an acting partner with full voice and body. A variety of exercises
will guide you in developing an active expressive connection to other actors.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Cobb |
Challenges and Benefits of Producing Racially Provocative Theatre in
Southern Secondary Schools
Presenters: Leigh Jansson (American Alliance for Theatre and Education),
Brian Kimmel, Nils Jansson and Marty Aikens (North Springs HS)
Discussion of challenges of and strategies for producing racially provocative theatre in secondary schools, beginning
with a panel and screening of a student documentary from North Springs High School.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Jefferson |
The Darker Side of Improv: An Exploration of Dramatic Improvisation
Presenters: John Payne, Lauren Fajerski and Victoria Hahl
(U of Central Florida)
Through a brief lecture on the history of dramatic improv and hands on interaction, participants will experience a
less customary application of improvisational techniques.
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10:30AM-11:50PM Newton |
Domenico Angelo's Influence on Contemporary Smallsword for the Stage
Presenters: Michael Kirkland (Regent U), Greg Lloyd (Christopher Newport U)
Domenico Angelo opened a popular fencing salle in London and published L'Ecole des Armes in 1763. This
workshop will make use of the 1787 reprint as inspiration for 18th century smallsword for the stage.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Carter & Jackson |
Fantasy Makeup for the Stage: An Introduction to Tools, Supplies and Techniques
Presenter: Lori Gann-Smith (DEZLDesign freelance studio, Middle
Tennessee State U)
The workshop will introduce participants to products and tools to achieve fantasy/animal/non-realistic
looks for theatre productions.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Crystal Ballroom |
Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Body
Presenters: Aaron Anderson, David Leong and Patti
D'Beck (Virginia Commonwealth U)
Leong and D'Beck, Master Class presenters from previous conventions, team up with Anderson for this workshop.
Trouble finding emotional truth on stage? An exploration of psycho-physical exercises to stop "thinking too much"
and learn to "be" and "feel" in the moment.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Clayton |
High School New Play Contest Staged Reading & Critique
Presider: Katie Watts (The Walker School)
Staged reading of SETC's High School New Play contest winner. There will be a response afterwards to give
the playwright opportunity to share the creative process and receive response to this new work by our panel.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Madison |
Interviewing the Dead (Among Others): Approaches to
Historical/Historiographical Research
Presenters: Steven Burch (U of Alabama), Sara Freeman
(Illinois Wesleyan U), Paulette Marty (Appalachian State U), Peach Pittenger (U of Georgia), Anne
Swedberg (Independent Scholar)
A panel/audience discussion on such concerns as biographical subjectivity, unreliable sources, conflicting
accounts, inaccurate reporting, inaccessible collections, and papers yet to be archived.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Fayette |
Outdoor Drama Survival Skills
Presenters: Tim Davis (Bluegrass Community and Technical
College, Kentucky Theatre Association), Darren Michael (Union U), Rick St Peter (Actor's Guild of Lexington)
This informative session highlights what young actors and technicians should expect when they sign on to an
outdoor drama, from the rigors of long, physical rehearsals to living conditions.
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10:30AM-11:50PM Rockdale |
Patterns and Construction Through Historical Research: Sharing Research
in Costume Design/Technology
Presenter: Freddy Clements (Jacksonville State U)
This panel is intended to provide an avenue in which those involved in research may share useful
information and findings pertaining to historic fabrics, patterns and/or construction techniques.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Cherokee |
Professional and Educational Theatre Exchange
Presenters: Brenda May Ito (Columbus State U), Larry Snipes, Vivian
Snipes (Lexington Children's Theatre), Teresa Lee (Appalachian State U)
Theatre professionals and educators share a recent children's theatre production through visuals, discuss
any problems encountered and how it was solved.
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10:30AM-11:50AM Legislative |
Student-Teacher Fraternization: Walking a Fine Line
Presenter: LeVonne Lindsay (Valdosta State U)
Panel discussion of the pros and cons of theatre professors navigating the fine line between mentor and friend
that becomes virtually invisible until crossed.
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10:30AM-11:50AM State & Club |
Yo Homey, Let's Go Check Out Jesus
Presenter: Kimeche Carmichael (U Central Florida)
Within the duration of this workshop, participants, will gain knowledge on how to manipulate creative drama to
teach teens and young adults about Christ, Salvation, and the Word of God.
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10:30AM-11:30AM Grand Ballroom East |
Fringe Festival: The True Chronicle History of Hip Hop Lear
(or the King of Blingland and his three daughters) by OyamO
Presenters: Alliance Theatre
Director Rosemary Newcott presents the latest installment of the unique Collision Project, allowing students to
"collide" with a classic text and work with a talented team of professionals. A discussion of the process
including development, collaborations, student-professional interactions and touring will follow in Dekalb
and Gwinnett at noon.
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NOON-1:45PM Grand Ballroom East |
Fringe Festival Finale: South Africa…Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Created and performed by Tri-Cities High School Visual and Performing
Arts Magnet Program under the direction of David Kote.
Original musical developed collaboratively by students and teachers.
The company will present a "how-to" discussion immediately following the performance.
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NOON-12:50PM Fayette |
About AATE: The National Voice for Theatre and Education. How Can You
Be Heard?
Presenters: Leigh Jansson (American Alliance for Theatre and Education),
AATE Board Member
AATE provides many resources for educators and theatre artists serving youth. We will discuss the resources
currently available and glean feedback on what resources are still needed in the field.
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NOON-12:50PM Cobb |
Agents! Do I Really Need an Agent?
Presenters: Kyle Zimmerman, Jaquie Holmes, John Mauldin, Tee Quillin
(Middle Tennessee State U)
A panel of working actor educators will discuss issues dealing with agents and managers.
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NOON-12:50PM Newton |
Cold Readings Chekhov Style: Using "Outside-in" Techniques for
Creating Interesting Cold Reads
Presenter: Julie Phillips (Virginia Commonwealth U)
Using techniques for building characters, based on the work of Michael Chekhov, Laban, and Susannah Bloch,
this workshop will help students begin to enjoy cold reading, from the outside-in.
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NOON-12:50PM Council & Cabinet |
Legal Issues for the Theatre
Presider: Daniel Ellison, Attorney at Law
An overview of many of the legal issues facing theatres, performers, playwrights, directors and any others
working in the theatre. Issues include: contracts, copyright (including issues about director's rights),
Americans With Disabilities Act, Race/Sex/Age Discrimination, personal injury liability, non-profit board
responsibilities, rights of publicity, and many others. Ample time will be allowed for Q&A.
Dan Ellison writes the legal issues column for the SETC Newsletter. He has a private legal practice in Durham,
NC, concentrating in arts and museum law. He is also the Executive Director of the NC Volunteer Lawyers for the
Arts. He advises numerous theatres, dance troupes performers, writers and visual artists and is a frequent
speaker on a variety of arts law topics. He also developed Durham Arts Place, which recently celebrated its
tenth anniversary of providing affordable artist studio spaces.
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NOON-12:50PM Grand Salon D |
The Collaborative Effort; Whose Idea Was That Anyway?
Presider: Jamie Bullins (Kennesaw State U)
We speak of the collaboration creature often, but how much is lip service? Do we realize deep down that
the process and product benefit immeasurably from strong communication of thought and idea?
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NOON-12:50PM Dekalb & Gwinnett |
The Collision Project: Educational-Professional Collaborations
Presenters: Rosemary Newcott (Alliance Theatre),
Cast of The True Chronicle History of Hip Hop Lear
Following the performance in the Fringe Festival, a discussion of a unique collaboration between theatre
professionals, secondary students, college students and theatre educators.
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NOON-12:50PM Cherokee |
Concept to Solution: Dynamic Use of Graphic Design and Photography
for Theatre Productions
Presenter: Robb Fladry (Austin Peay State U)
Workshop shows organizations how to use professional graphic design and photography effectively to their
advantage and help expand their audience base.
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NOON-12:50PM Rockdale |
Experiments in Shadow Puppetry
Presenter: Jeanine Henry (Titusville Playhouse)
Shadow puppets are simple and magical! Come explore this fascinating form of puppetry. We will make black paper
puppets as well as colorful puppets on clear plastic. Create puppet shows of your own.
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