Conferences

The content in this section includes video or transcripts of conference events and reports from field gatherings. We regularly livestream conferences from the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA), IETM, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), the National Performance Network (NPN), On the Move, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and more.

The Latest

Essay

Our Theatres Are Facing Backlash. Here Are Ten Ways to Respond.

by Mariló Núñez, Marlis Schweitzer

27 April 2026

Essay

Annalisa Dias and Madeline Sayet on Ecologies of Time and Change

by Annalisa Dias, Madeline Sayet

7 April 2025

Podcast

Preserving and Transmitting American Ensemble-Based Theatre Part One: Participant Perspectives

by Jeffrey Mosser, HANSEL TAN, Robi Arce Martinez, Michelle Hayford, JD Stokely, Johanna Kasimow, Nisi Sturgis, Sacha Vega, Yizhou Huang, Brittney S. Harris, Leslie Elkins

17 October 2024

Noe

Montez

Essay

Dreams of Resistance, Action, and Empowerment at ATHE 2014

7 August 2014

Association for Theatre in Higher Education pre-conference attendees made their way to Scottsdale, Arizona via bus, through a carefully planned route that covered important sites connected to SB 1070, labor history, and immigration. Through this tour, participants acquired a richer understanding of contemporary Arizona immigration policy and its implementation.

Guillermo

Aviles-Rodriguez

Essay

A Colored Conundrum

30 June 2014

Director Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez discusses his thoughts about the identity affinity groups at the 2014 TCG Conference, questioning how safe is a segregated space?

GPTC

Video

A Conversation with Playwright Kia Corthron

Wednesday 28 May 2014

Omaha, NB, United States

Great Plains Theatre Conference presented A Conversation with Playwright Kia Corthron livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 28 May at 10:30 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 17:30 GMT. Moderated by Andrea Lang. In Twitter use #GPTC and #howlround to participate in conversation.

GPTC

Video

Panel on Using Source Material Unoriginal Ideas

Tuesday, May 27 2014

Omaha, NB, United States

The Great Plains Theatre Conference presented a panel on using source material: Unoriginal Ideas livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 17:30 GMT. In Twitter use #GPTC and #howlround.

GPTC

Video

Panel on Immersion Theater Found Spaces and Then Some

Saturday 24 May 2014

Omaha, NB, United States

You’re invited to join the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, Nebraska for the panel discussion Found Spaces and Then Some livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 24 May at 11 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 1 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 2 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 18:00 GMT. Use #GPTC and #howlround in Twitter to participate in conversation.

Jonathan

Mandell

Essay

10 Lessons for Theater, from TEDxBroadway 2014

26 February 2014

The question from TEDxBroadway 2014: How do you make the magic of theatre?

Courtney

Sale

Essay

Choosing the Kiddie Table

7 August 2013

Courtney Sale offers an overview of the new play development conference, Write Now.

GPTC

Video

Great Plains Theatre Conference

Saturday 25 May 2013

Omaha, NB, United States

Metropolitan Community College presented the Great Plains Theatre Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 25 May 2013 at 10:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Omaha) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:30 GMT. Convert into your local time.

National Performance Network

Video

Ten Performances & One Panel from National Performance Network's Annual Meeting

Friday 14 December and Saturday 15 December 2012.

Philadelphia, PA, United States

National Performance Network presented ten performances and one panel from their Annual Meeting in Philadelphia livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 14 December and Saturday 15 December 2012.

CIty Theatre

Video

CityWrights Symposium for Playwrights at City Theatre

Friday 15 June and Saturday 16 June 2012

Miami, FL, United States

City Theatre presented the CityWrights Symposium for Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 June and Saturday 16 June 2012.

The Lab at Georgetown

Video

Convening on Global Performance at Georgetown University Theater

Thursday 14 June - Saturday 16 June 2012

Washington, D.C., United States

The Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program hosted an invited convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 14 June - Saturday 16 June 2012.

Erin

Washington

Essay

Creating Waves

TEDxHarlem 2012

30 March 2012

Erin Washington describes the innovation of thought shown by artists in TEDxHarlem and how the vitalizes her hope for the future of the community.

A set of sheets with projections onstage.

Essay

Our Theatres Are Facing Backlash. Here Are Ten Ways to Respond.

27 April 2026

Facing Backlash: Performance in the Age of Reactionary Politics gathered Canadian artists and academics to contend with the backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Mariló Núñez and Marlis Schweitzer distill the two-day symposium into ten actions theatremakers can take into their own work.

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