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Sunday, February 14
 

3:00pm MST

REGISTRATION FOR FESTIVAL 48 in DENVER
Registration will happen at the hotel from 3-9. Come register for festival or pick up your badge, which will be your pass to all thing KCACTF. Please also check in for Ryans, Musical Theatre, Next Step et al
Sponsors
SR

Sunday February 14, 2016 3:00pm - 9:00pm MST
Rexford Room, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Registration, All Festival Participants
 
Monday, February 15
 

8:00am MST

Irene Ryan Organizational Meeting
For all Irene Ryan Participants and coaches. Mary Trotter, Ryan coordinator will explain the rules and the flow for the week.
Sponsors
MT

Monday February 15, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Organization Meeting, Irene Ryan Scholarship

8:00am MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Auditor, Respondent and Timer Organizational Meeting
Please meet in the hotel with Kelly Q- all Ryan Respondents and timers and auditors for an organizational meeting.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Organization Meeting, Irene Ryan Scholarship

8:00am MST

SDC Directing Scenes Organizational Meeting
A brief organizational meeting to go over the ground rules for the event. After the preliminary meeting, participating directors will have a very brief opportunity to familiarize themselves with the space (check sound, spacing, etc.).
Sponsors
RL

Monday February 15, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

8:00am MST

Festival Tickets!!!
Daily pick up for festival productions at the King Center on the Auaria Campus.

Tickets will be available for American Moor in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  

After 9:00 AM, tickets will be available in the festival office in the Rexford Room on the Embassy Suites third floor. 

 
Monday February 15, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Cripple Creek Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street, Denver, CO
  Tickets, Festival Production

9:00am MST

NPP Organizational Meeting
A mandatory meeting for all selected 10 Minute and John Cauble One Act playwrights, directors and faculty mentors. Information will be given on the specifics 10 Minute Play Auditions, casting, rehearsals, reading and NPP workshops throughout the festival week.
Sponsors
BG

Monday February 15, 2016 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Organization Meeting, National Playwriting Program

9:00am MST

IMPROV-ing the World with ASTEP
Improvising - ASTEP style! Are you interested in using your passion for improv to learn more about social justice? Come explore the lives and experiences of the people we serve around the world through improv and performance!
Volunteers
AG
Monday February 15, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

9:00am MST

Self-Awareness Is The Key
In order to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances, we must first know what the truth is. Self-Awareness is different than self-confidence. Self Awareness is not judgmental, it is seeks to reveal truth. Truth is fact. It has no right or wrong, but it is true. If we begin to understand our base colors, we can better choose the variations of hue within our artistic creations. In order to enliven a character, void of the prejudice of our own personal lens, we must force ourselves to become detectives, searching for the clues that lead us to become intimately familiar with our true selves. Vocal, Intellectual, Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual transparency of who we currently are: These are the keys that will unlock the doors to our futures. Wear comfortable clothing, and please come as you ARE...not as you one day hope to BECOME. The truth shall set you free. Please due to the soul-searching tasks and personal explorations that we will engage in during our
session-No observers. Only those who will actively participate are invited to attend.
Speakers
NH

Monday February 15, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

9:00am MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 1-3
Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.
Moderators
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
MT

Monday February 15, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

9:00am MST

SDC Directing Scenes Preliminary Round
Presentation of scenes from a pre-selected list of plays. Scenes for this round are limited to six minutes. Directors may choose which six minutes of their scene they wish to present. This is a closed round open only to directing candidates and their instructors. Other than for the scene in which they are performing, actors are not allowed in the room. The respondents will react to the directors’ work in front of the closed gathering of student directors.
Sponsors
RL

Monday February 15, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

10:00am MST

NPP Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play Auditions - Morning Session
This is an opportunity for students to audition to be cast in the 10-minute play or John Cauble One Act Staged Readings. Actors are encouraged to present a one-minute monologue for their audition.
Sponsors
BG

Monday February 15, 2016 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Auditions, National Playwriting Program

10:30am MST

Acting Through Burlesque
This workshop is for all actors as an exploration of acting through the physicality of Burlesque dance. No experience needed. The concepts of acting with your entire body, the five senses, storytelling, theatre movement, and musicality will be covered. Dress to move, but bring layers so you have something to take off!
Speakers
CD

Monday February 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

10:30am MST

Dramaturgy Intensive Seminar
This session, led by nationally celebrated dramaturg Heather Helinksy, provides the groundwork for dramaturgs participating in the Ten-Minute Play Festival.
Speakers
HH

Heather Helinksy

Heather is a dramaturg that playwrights have recognized as “especially adept at freeing energies in unexpected ways. She encourages discovery.” Nationally, her dramaturgical work has been seen at the American Repertory Theatre, Arizona Rep-ertory Theatre, Borderlands Theatre Company... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Mead Hunter

Mead Hunter

Associate Professor, University of Portland
Dramaturgy, Playwriting, History

Monday February 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Dramaturgy

10:30am MST

Teaching Theatre Technology in Scale
Explore options for teaching rigging and stage automation on a small scale with low-cost technology.
Speakers
avatar for Jerry Dougherty

Jerry Dougherty

Mentor, Theater
Jerald Dougherty is the Production Manager at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. He is a member of USITT, the Event Safety Alliance, and the Production Managers Forum. He is a commissioner for the City of Ellensburg Arts Commission and is an ETCP Certified Rigger.

Teaching Theatre Technology in Scale pdf
Rigging Worksheet pdf
Monday February 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Faculty Session

10:30am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Load-in
Display set-up time for all DTP participants.
Sponsors
DS
RR

Monday February 15, 2016 10:30am - 4:30pm MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

12:00pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Music Rehearsal
Rehearsal with accompanist for all Ryan nominees who are singing as part of their audition.
Sponsors
MT

Monday February 15, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

12:00pm MST

VIP Lunch
Box lunches available for respondents and festival VIPs.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
SR

Monday February 15, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites

12:00pm MST

Applied Theatre Initiative
The is the 2nd year of the Applied Theatre Initiative. Applied Theatre is about community, empowerment, shared investigation, reflection, and healing. This year, the theme we will be exploring is, "How does identity inform your art-making and the way you walk in the world? Why is it important to claim these identities as an artist?" As Rupaul says, "If you don't love yourself, How the hell are you gonna love somebody else?" This workshop will culminate in a showing of short pieces created by the participants..
Sponsors
avatar for Laurie Lynch

Laurie Lynch

Community College of Denver
RB

Volunteers
AG
GM
Monday February 15, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

12:00pm MST

Respondent Training
Responding to regional productions is one of the most important things we do. The region is looking for faculty and staff interested in responding to shows in our region and this is the first step; a training workshop. We will review the guidelines, attend at least one selected production, the National Team's response to that production (following morning 9-10:30 am), and you will have the opportunity to practice a mock response. Come learn what we do, brush up on your skills and get involved! Faculty and Staff only.
Speakers
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →
JN

Monday February 15, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Faculty Session

1:00pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 4-7
Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.
Moderators
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
MT

Monday February 15, 2016 1:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

1:00pm MST

SDC Directing Scenes Preliminary Round
Presentation of scenes from a pre-selected list of plays. Scenes for this round are limited to six minutes. Directors may choose which six minutes of their scene they wish to present. This is a closed round open only to directing candidates and their instructors. Other than for the scene in which they are performing, actors are not allowed in the room. The respondents will react to the directors’ work in front of the closed gathering of student directors.
Sponsors
RL

Monday February 15, 2016 1:00pm - 5:00pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

1:30pm MST

Alternative Avenues in the Entertainment Industry
This session will discuss the alternative design careers one can pursue other than traditional theatre. This workshop will explore the answers to the question "what do I do with a theatre design degree?" by looking at professional designer's work that will inspire you to think "outside the box" when it comes to picking a career path.
Speakers
JD

Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

How to Succeed in Musical Theatre Without Really Trying: A Practical Workshop for the Singing Actor
What would you do if you were walking down a street and suddenly the person beside you broke into song? You're just minding your own business and this weirdo next to you begins singing about how often he has walked this street before, but when he’s done it in the past, the pavement always stayed beneath his feet. Would you assume that this man was several stories high and walk faster? While trying to get away from this potentially dangerous weirdo, you turn a corner and come face to face with a malicious street gang whose members are armed with switchblades and zip guns. Most likely you would assume you had entered some alternative reality. The key word here is reality. You are still in reality; it's just that you have entered the reality of a musical. This workshop will help you understand the skills and techniques required to sing and act simultaneously within the musical theater song.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Making Portfolio Worthy Makeup Shots in Minutes With Your Cellphone in a Badly Lit Theatre Basement
Tips for photographing your makeup class, or your own makeup work (including selfies). Learn easy staging/costuming that frames the face. Learn the shooting angles that enhance different types of makeup, when to use zoom, flash, and laying your model on the floor. How to use dressing room mirrors for FX, and what the fun iPhone apps are for messing with your photos in post production.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Tara Maginnis

Dr. Tara Maginnis

Costume Designer / Instructor, Diablo Valley College Drama Department
Links to printable Handouts & PowerPoint Presentations for both my workshops are now at my website. You may want to ask me what is new at The Costumer's Manifesto http://costumes.org , why my costume class at DVC was making hats of food, when to go to Costume College in L.A. and why... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

RUINED: A Performance Archive
This workshop features Director Nick Garcia and the Cast of RUINED at Los Medanos College (MY BLOCK, Invited Production 2016; FENCES Invited Production 2014). The workshop explores the process of preparing audiences to engage with Lynne Nottage's Pulitzer prize winning play about the plight of women in the civil war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The workshop features vivid scenes from the play, and a discussion of how one student company brought this searing drama to life.
Speakers
avatar for Reid Davis

Reid Davis

Co-Director, The Artory
Reid Davis, Ph.D. (Co-Director, The Artory) The Artory (Oakland, CA) is an Education+Design+Performance company in Oakland CA, dedicated to education, empowerment, and healing through the arts. Currently on faculty at Studio A.C.T., SF State, and DVC, Reid directed KC/ACTF Region... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Something Out of Nothing: Devised Theatre Practices
Rough-and-tumble approaches for composition and tools for building devised theatre projects. Practices for using the body, voice, and text in generating new work.
Moderators
JR

Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Writing a Play Backwards: A Playwriting Workshop presented by Curious Theatre Company's Playwriting Program, Curious New Voices
Through a series of immersive writing exercises, you will begin a new play by starting at the end and working towards a beginning. Please bring paper and something to write with.
Speakers
DC

Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Playwriting

1:30pm MST

NPP Ten Minute Play and John Cauble One Act Play Auditions - Afternoon Session
This is an opportunity for students to audition to be cast in the 10-minute play or John Cauble One Act Staged Readings. Actors are encouraged to present a one-minute monologue for their audition.
Monday February 15, 2016 1:30pm - 5:30pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Auditions, National Playwriting Program

3:00pm MST

25 Approaches to Design - Tools for Creators
Using micro-plays (and several mini-projects) each participant will be introduced to 25 practical pathways that will unify your designs. Each participant will also walk away with a mini-workbook of projects to add to your designer's toolkit.

Perfect for all designers, directors, and educators.
Speakers
DL

Derek Lane

Scenographer/Production Manager, Humboldt State University

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Bard in the Backcountry: Documentary Film Screening
A film screening of the movie Bard in the Backcountry with a Q&A to follow. This film chronicles the Montana Shakespeare in the Parks touring company and is NOT a promotional video but an independent film made in conjunction with Montana PBS. The web site is: http://bardinthebackcountry.com
Speakers
avatar for Tom Watson

Tom Watson

Associate Professor - Film/ Theatre, Montana State University

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

3:00pm MST

Building a Stage Manager's Prompt Book
How can paperwork make such a huge difference in the efficiency of rehearsals, tech, and performances? How can one best use 'prep days' to maximize their ability to better manage time and take care of people during rehearsals? The start is in building an accessible, clean, and completed set of templates. Come share your quick tips, shortcuts, and personal preferences as we explore building a prompt script together.
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan D. Allsup

Jonathan D. Allsup

Stage Manager
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently Production Manager at Paramount Theatre outside Chicago. Jonathan was a freelance AEA stage manager most recently serving on stage management teams at Paramount Theatre, Curious Theatre, Lone Tree Arts Center, Denver Center, Arvada Center, and Colorado... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

3:00pm MST

Michael Chekhov Technique: Qualities of Movement
This workshop will introduce performers to Michael Chekhov's four qualities of movement (molding, floating, flying and radiating) and how to apply these qualities of movement to text.
Speakers
SG

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

3:00pm MST

Keith Hamilton Cobb AMERICAN MOOR
The intelligent, intuitive, indomitable, large, black, American male actor explores Shakespeare’s Othello, race, and America… not necessarily in that order.
American Moor is an 85 minute solo play written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, examining the experience and perspective of black men in America through the metaphor of William Shakespeare’s character, Othello.
It was conceived and written in the fall of 2012, and had its first reading in March of 2013. It was first publicly performed under the direction of Paul Kwame Johnson as an offering of the Humanities Institute at Westchester Community College in November of 2013, with funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. Its second public performance was on March 1st, 2014 in the theatre of the Yonkers Riverfront Library, Yonkers, NY, and it has since been performed for Luna Stage Company in West Orange, NJ, February/March, 20015, produced by Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Manhattan, April/May, 2015, and The Anacostia Playhouse, Anacostia, Washington D.C. July/August, 2015.
American Moor is not an “angry black man play.” Rather the widely diverse audiences that have experienced it echo the piece’s awareness that we see only what we want to see of one another, and that we all long to be wholly noticed and wholly embraced. It is a play about race in America, but it is also a play about who gets to make art, who gets to play Shakespeare, about the qualitative decline of the American theatre, about actors and acting, and about the nature of unadulterated love. It is an often funny, often heartbreaking examination of the pall of privileged perspective that is ultimately so injurious to us all.
See more at: http://keithhamiltoncobb.com

 Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.
Artists
KH

Keith Hamilton Cobb

Mr. Cobb is an actor who has spent the majority of his working life on stage and is readily recognized on the streets of New York for several unique character portrayals in television.  He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, whose regional theatre... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

3:00pm MST

Spontaneous Presence
This workshop will focus on freedom of expression, flexibility of response and the ability to recognize and trust impulse. Practical explorations of contemporary improvisational techniques, such as Viewpoints and Action Theatre ground students in body mind connections important to be a flexible, embodied performer. Practical investigations into using scene work with Viewpoints practice.
Speakers
avatar for Joan Bruemmer-Holden

Joan Bruemmer-Holden

Performer/Creator, The Catamounts and Band of Toughs
Joan Bruemmer-Holden has served as faculty at Naropa University. She recently served two years as interim Chair of the MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance program. She has an MFA from Naropa University. She is a company member of two Colorado based theater companies, Band of Toughs... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

4:30pm MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Expo Reception
Design, technology and management students are invited, and encouraged, to come and meet your design peers entered in the design Expo. Refreshments provided.
Sponsors
DS
RR

Monday February 15, 2016 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Colorado Reception Area, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Design & Technology

7:30pm MST

5th Annual Evening of Invitational Scenes
Jump start your festival experience Monday night with a celebration of the region's finest work by attending the Evening of Invitational Scenes! Now in our 5th year, this exciting event features scenes and songs, nominated by our KCACTF respondents, from our many outstanding Associate productions. A huge crowd pleaser, come and support your school and cheer on the many talents of Region VII!

Kiss Me Kate—Humbolt State University
Lysistrata—Casper College (Wyoming)
Into the Woods - Diablo Valley
Legacy of Light—University of Wyoming
The Performance Project—WSU College of Arts and Sciences
The Seagull—Southern Oregon University
Refer Madness—Chico State
These Shining Lives—Bellevue College
The 39 Steps—University of Colorado, Boulder
Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays—Adams State University
Avenue Q—Sacramento State
Cymbeline—University of Idaho

Alternates:
The Glass Menagerie—Idaho State University
Little Women—George Fox University 
Sponsors
MF

Monday February 15, 2016 7:30pm - 9:30pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, All Festival Participants

9:00pm MST

Hospitality Suite
Faculty and staff come have an adult beverage and snack. Chat is up with friends, old and new!
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 9:00pm - Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:00am MST
Room 828 & 829, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Faculty, Staff, and Festival Guests

9:30pm MST

NAPAT Reading Rehearsal
Rehearsal time for Turesday morning's reading of The Red Pen
Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 9:30pm - 11:00pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, National Playwriting Program

10:00pm MST

Scurvy on the High Seas
Ahoy, Matey! The Vengeful Barnacle sets sail on the high seas of the Mile High City. Wear your favorite pirate get-up and no live parrots, please!
Monday February 15, 2016 10:00pm - 11:45pm MST
Crystal Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, Student Party
 
Tuesday, February 16
 

7:00am MST

Load-In: Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0
University of Colorado- Boulder festival production load-in.
Tuesday February 16, 2016 7:00am - 1:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Load-In-Load-Out, Festival Production

8:00am MST

Festival Tickets!!!
Daily pick up for festival productions at the King Center on the Auaria Campus.

Tickets will be available for Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0 and It Goes Without Saying in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  

After 9:00 AM, tickets will be available in the festival office in the Rexford Room on the Embassy Suites third floor. 

Tuesday February 16, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Cripple Creek Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street, Denver, CO
  Tickets, Festival Production

9:00am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Stage Management
Stage management responses.
Moderators
avatar for Jonathan D. Allsup

Jonathan D. Allsup

Stage Manager
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently Production Manager at Paramount Theatre outside Chicago. Jonathan was a freelance AEA stage manager most recently serving on stage management teams at Paramount Theatre, Curious Theatre, Lone Tree Arts Center, Denver Center, Arvada Center, and Colorado... Read More →
avatar for Christopher Sadler

Christopher Sadler

respondent, University of Oklahoma
Christopher Sadler is a Professor at The University of Oklahoma, heading the stage management emphasis and teaching multiple courses in stage management and dramatic literature. A proud member of Actors' Equity Association, he has a successful freelancing career having worked on stage... Read More →

Sponsors
DS
RR

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Collaborative Theatre Challenge
An approach to new play development through design. This workshop will raise awareness of the collaborative process in theatre, utilizing new plays as a catalyst for creation and conversation. This year we will be working with EM Lewis'€™s new play Magellanica. To participate, designers should plan to read the play and the playwrights supporting statement about the work prior to arriving at the festival. These are available online through the KCACTF Region 7 website. You will then work with the playwright through a series of meetings during the festival culminating in the presentation of your design visualizations.
Speakers
DS

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Creating A Theater Company
This workshop will break down the steps necessary to create you're own theater company. Going step by step this workshop will explore the nuts and bolts of making a theater company successful for years to come. This includes but is not limited to: creation of a mission statement, how to hire people, financial planning, what type of plays to do, where to get help with what you don't know. It will strive to help participants have a general and full grasp of the Artistic and Administrative balance that must be struck.
Speakers
JR

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

9:00am MST

How to Succeed in Musical Theatre Without Really Trying: A Practical Workshop for the Singing Actor
What would you do if you were walking down a street and suddenly the person beside you broke into song? You're just minding your own business and this weirdo next to you begins singing about how often he has walked this street before, but when he’s done it in the past, the pavement always stayed beneath his feet. Would you assume that this man was several stories high and walk faster? While trying to get away from this potentially dangerous weirdo, you turn a corner and come face to face with a malicious street gang whose members are armed with switchblades and zip guns. Most likely you would assume you had entered some alternative reality. The key word here is reality. You are still in reality; it's just that you have entered the reality of a musical. This workshop will help you understand the skills and techniques required to sing and act simultaneously within the musical theater song.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

9:00am MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

9:00am MST

Owning your Artistic Identity
What are you passionate about? What are you good at? What could the world use more of? Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP) wants to help you locate the perfect intersection between your unique passion and the needs of your community. We’ll veer away from the straight-and-narrow to consider non-traditional career paths, and to help you find what resonates deepest with you in order to use it to shape your life, your art, and the world around you.
Volunteers
AG
Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

9:00am MST

Physical Partnering: Cooperative Competition through Objective/Obstacle & Listening
This will be a hands-on exploration of being the best hands-on scene partner, as well as a tactile metaphor for our larger acting principles. Specific activities include balancing directly oppositional physical objectives like pushing or restraining, Meisner-based touch-response activities, and other active exploration of that fine line between making your partner feel safe and making them feel complacent. Observers are welcome, but participation will be a physical endeavor; movement clothes are ideal.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Inouye

Kevin Inouye

Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
Kevin Inouye is an Assistant Professor of Acting, Movement, & Stage Combat at the University of Wyoming. He's also a Certified Teacher with both the Society of American Fight Directors and the National Michael Chekhov Association, a SAG-AFTRA performer, fight choreographer, and published... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

9:00am MST

The Actor's Power in Devising
This Viewpoints-based workshop digs into the tools we bring to any process, devised or traditional, outside of character and story. Heighten your awareness, trust your instincts, follow your impulses, and pursue your passion to create work that is physically dynamic and bold. Participants must be dressed to move as the workshop is very physical.
Speakers
avatar for Jessica Burr

Jessica Burr

Artistic Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →
avatar for Matt Opatrny

Matt Opatrny

Managing Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Devising

9:00am MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 8-10
Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.
Moderators
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
MT

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

9:00am MST

Full Length Play Award Rehearsal
Full length play ensembles have the chance to rehearse in the performance space.
Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, National Playwriting Program

9:00am MST

Jayme's Jedi Academy
The first half of the workshop will focus on using Yoga, Tai Chi, Jayme's ideas on the Force, and various input from different acting methods to explore ways to be more aware physically and mentally on stage. The second half of the workshop will culminate in using these new ideas in lightsaber training. Participants MUST be present for the first half of the workshop to attend the second half.
Speakers
avatar for Jayme C Green

Jayme C Green

Assistant Professor, Rocky Mountain College

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

9:00am MST

SDC Directing Scenes Semi-Final Round
Ten semi-finalists will present their full scene from round one. This is a closed round open only to directing candidates and their instructors. Other than for the scene in which they are performing, actors are not allowed in the room. The respondents will react to the directors’ work in front of the closed gathering of student directors. Continuation of Semi-Final Round of the SDC Directing Scenes.
Sponsors
RL

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

10:00am MST

Third Rail Project Experience
Tickets
The DCPA is the first regional theatre in the country to commission Third Rail Projects, hailed as one of the foremost companies creating site-specific, immersive, and experiential dance-theatre in the U.S. Together, our Theatre Company and Third Rail Projects will create a new immersive piece at an off-site location in Denver, premiering in May. Third Rail Projects is offering a studio showing of the new piece on Sunday, Feb 21, beginning at 10am. Entrances will be staggered. Ticket buyers will receive an email with their entry time.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

10:30am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Stage Management
Moderators
avatar for Jonathan D. Allsup

Jonathan D. Allsup

Stage Manager
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently Production Manager at Paramount Theatre outside Chicago. Jonathan was a freelance AEA stage manager most recently serving on stage management teams at Paramount Theatre, Curious Theatre, Lone Tree Arts Center, Denver Center, Arvada Center, and Colorado... Read More →
avatar for Christopher Sadler

Christopher Sadler

respondent, University of Oklahoma
Christopher Sadler is a Professor at The University of Oklahoma, heading the stage management emphasis and teaching multiple courses in stage management and dramatic literature. A proud member of Actors' Equity Association, he has a successful freelancing career having worked on stage... Read More →

Sponsors
DS
RR

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

National Partners of American Theatre (NAPAT) Award Nomination-Region VII Play Reading
A performance reading and response of this year's NAPAT award in region 7 -The Red Pen by Vinecia Coleman-University of Idaho
Speakers
MB

Mark Bly

Professor, Playwriting and Dramaturg, Fordham University
Mark Bly is the Resident Dramaturg at The Acting Company and an Adjunct Professor in the MFA Playwriting Program at Fordham/Primary Stages. He was the former Director of the MFA Playwriting Program at Hunter College and helped to coor-dinate the innovative Hunter Playwrights Festival... Read More →
EL

Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, National Playwriting Program

10:30am MST

Bad Luck Hamlet: Memory, Memes, & the High Art Status of William Shakespeare
In this workshop we will draw on concepts related to memory and revision, along with Web 2.0 platforms, to explore the reception, interpretation, and high art status of William Shakespeare. Participants should have at least a general familiarity with Hamlet and should bring some sort of Internet-capable device (smartphone, tablet, or laptop).
Speakers
PM

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

10:30am MST

Developing, Maintaining, and Presenting a Portfolio
A strong portfolio is essential while interviewing for potential jobs, internships, and graduate schools. A clear knowledge of developing, maintaining, and presenting a portfolio is necessary for a successful career in theatre. You will be introduced to a wide range of information covering portfolio development techniques and marketing yourself to future employers. Bring your current portfolio for feedback.
Speakers
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

From Academia to Professional Theatre: Diversity and Inclusion and Sustainability?
The Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Panel: Theatre faculty and professionals will explore the dynamics of diversity and inclusion. Discussion will include how participants are engaging with diversity and how they are thinking about casting through the lens of inclusion. As theatre student and artists, engaging with these kinds of discussions will help us navigate our artistic lives in academia and beyond.

This session will be recorded. 
Moderators
avatar for Laurie Lynch

Laurie Lynch

Community College of Denver

Speakers
DC
JR
ET

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

10:30am MST

The Viewpoints Before and After SITI Co: The Origin's and Intentions of Mary Overlie's Six Viewpoints
This workshop seeks to re-introduce Mary Overlie’s Viewpoints in their original form, and as subsequently applied within two innovative programs, New York University’s Experimental Theater Wing and Naropa University’s MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Program. The Viewpoints are much more than a composition language, or tool of deconstruction, they have served generations of students as a deeply personal laboratory to build acting technique based on transformative exploration of the body-mind and environment. We will identify the full pallet of the Six Viewpoints through mindfulness/awareness improvisation practice locating the intersection of meditation and action, with particular emphasis on emotion and storytelling.
Speakers
avatar for Wendell Beavers

Wendell Beavers

Associate Professor, Performance, Naropa University
Wendell Beavers, a dancer and educator, founded Naropa University's MFA Theatre: Contemporary Performance Program in 2004. He was a founding faculty member and Director (1984-1990) of The Experimental Theatre Wing (ETW) at NYU teaching there from 1979-2003 where he was involved in... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

10:30am MST

Writing with Design in Mind
The stage is a wondrous place, where theater-makers can create all kinds of magic. In this workshop for playwrights and designers, we'll be talking about how to work together to tell our stories for the stage in the most theatrical ways
Speakers
EL

Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Playwriting

12:00pm MST

VIP Lunch
Box lunches available for respondents and festival VIPs.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
SR

Tuesday February 16, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites

12:00pm MST

Helping Science “Make Believe”: Professional Opportunities in the Field of Simulation
The aim of this meeting is to raise awareness of professional opportunities for theatre makers (actors and craftsmen alike) in the burgeoning field of simulation. Participants will learn what constitutes simulation—i.e., what exactly are we talking about?—benefits of the work, how we as theatre artists are uniquely qualified to lead this diversifying industry, and lastly where to look, today and post graduation, for simulation related work.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Haley

Daniel Haley

Simulated Client Coordinator, Washington State University
Daniel Haley earned his BFA in Acting from the University of Idaho and MFA in Directing from the University of Montana. After several years working professionally for such companies as Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

12:00pm MST

Respondent Training
Responding to regional productions is one of the most important things we do. The region is looking for faculty and staff interested in responding to shows in our region and this is the first step; a training workshop. We will review the guidelines, attend at least one selected production, the National Team's response to that production (following morning 9-10:30 am), and you will have the opportunity to practice a mock response. Come learn what we do, brush up on your skills and get involved! Faculty and Staff only.
Speakers
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →
JN

Tuesday February 16, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Faculty Session

12:00pm MST

Musical Theatre Dance
Come learn dance choreography to one of your favorite musical theatre songs! Bring your friends or come alone and make new ones! Street clothes and street shoes are fine.
Speakers
AC

Tuesday February 16, 2016 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Musical Theatre

1:00pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 11-14
Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.
Moderators
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
MT

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

1:30pm MST

Applied Theatre Initiative
The is the 2nd year of the Applied Theatre Initiative. Applied Theatre is about community, empowerment, shared investigation, reflection, and healing. This year, the theme we will be exploring is, "How does identity inform your art-making and the way you walk in the world? Why is it important to claim these identities as an artist?" As Rupaul says, "If you don't love yourself, How the hell are you gonna love somebody else?" This workshop will culminate in a showing of short pieces created by the participants..
Sponsors
avatar for Laurie Lynch

Laurie Lynch

Community College of Denver
RB

Volunteers
AG
GM
Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Creative Differences: Improving Communication to Enhance Collaboration
How can we collaborate when conflict(s) arise? When your fellow designer insists on using the least flattering gel color? When your costar makes a pigsty of your shared makeup space? When that actor seemingly cannot, or simply will not, incorporate your director’s notes? Etcetera, etcetera… Argh!! Conflict is inevitable, but the result of our disagreements, whether destabilizing or constructive, is up to us! Simply put, this workshop will be a discussion on how we talk to one another. Participants will learn practical, evidence-based techniques for handling difficult conversations so that we can create more collaboratively and keep the drama where it belongs; on the stage.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Haley

Daniel Haley

Simulated Client Coordinator, Washington State University
Daniel Haley earned his BFA in Acting from the University of Idaho and MFA in Directing from the University of Montana. After several years working professionally for such companies as Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Droznin: An Introduction to Russian Movement
Actors require a methodical key to unlock their impulses. Through a series of rigorous physical exercises, students access physical freedom and are able to truthfully respond to their impulses. Students will be introduced to partner acrobatics and learn to connect with their scene partners on a purely physical level. In this one-hour workshop, students will be introduced to Russia's foremost movement technique, developed by Andrei Droznin, Professor of Stage Movement at the world renowned Moscow Art Theater. The National Theater Institute currently has an exclusive agreement with The Moscow Art Theater to offer the only semester-long program in Moscow for undergraduate students.
Speakers
BA

Brittany Ayers

Brittany Ayers is originally from South Carolina where she studied Theater Performance at North Greenville University and worked as a Teaching Artist with The Warehouse Theatre. She was most recently seen onstage as Mama in "Wiley and the Hairy Man" at Long Wharf Theatre, and as Catherine... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Integrating Levity: Clowning for Actors
Through engaging in a variety of lively activities, participants will experience clowning-based concepts and discover how these same principles can be applied to other styles of performance. Workshop participants need only be enthusiastic, willing to take risks, willing to laugh (at others and themselves), and ready to relish in the unpredictability of this art form.
Speakers
avatar for Troy Lescher

Troy Lescher

Assistant Professor, Humboldt State University
Acting, Clowning, Teaching, Baseball, and Being Generous.

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Rigging Instant Costume Changes for Magical Effects
Magic Quick-Change costumes will be demonstrated live and on video. Attendees can view and fondle the costumes up close to see to see sewing details of several types of quick rigging, and learn tips for multiple methods of magic costume changes.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Tara Maginnis

Dr. Tara Maginnis

Costume Designer / Instructor, Diablo Valley College Drama Department
Links to printable Handouts & PowerPoint Presentations for both my workshops are now at my website. You may want to ask me what is new at The Costumer's Manifesto http://costumes.org , why my costume class at DVC was making hats of food, when to go to Costume College in L.A. and why... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

Stage Managers' Roundtable
Join an Equity stage manager with over 25 years experience in professional theatre for an open question and answer session on the art and science of stage management.
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Sadler

Christopher Sadler

respondent, University of Oklahoma
Christopher Sadler is a Professor at The University of Oklahoma, heading the stage management emphasis and teaching multiple courses in stage management and dramatic literature. A proud member of Actors' Equity Association, he has a successful freelancing career having worked on stage... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

Full Length Play Award Reading: 'Smooth Smooth Jazz' by Teague Parker
Concert readings of selected full length plays. Feedback from NPP respondents immediately following
Moderators
MB

Mark Bly

Professor, Playwriting and Dramaturg, Fordham University
Mark Bly is the Resident Dramaturg at The Acting Company and an Adjunct Professor in the MFA Playwriting Program at Fordham/Primary Stages. He was the former Director of the MFA Playwriting Program at Hunter College and helped to coor-dinate the innovative Hunter Playwrights Festival... Read More →
EL

Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 4:00pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, National Playwriting Program

1:30pm MST

SDC Directing Scenes Semi-Final Round
Ten semi-finalists will present their full scene from round one. This is a closed round open only to directing candidates and their instructors. Other than for the scene in which they are performing, actors are not allowed in the room. The respondents will react to the directors’ work in front of the closed gathering of student directors. Continuation of Semi-Final Round of the SDC Directing Scenes.
Sponsors
RL

Tuesday February 16, 2016 1:30pm - 4:30pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

2:00pm MST

It Goes Without Saying
Join us for this fun and unflinching look at the life and mimes of Bill Bowers. It Goes Without Saying takes the audience on a scenic tour of Bill's life thus far: from growing up gay in the wilds of Montana, his outrageous jobs as a performer, studying with Marcel Marceau, and the whirlwind of working on Broadway. Bill observes the incredible power that silence can wield - whether on stage, between family members, among neighbors, or when we are alone. Bill talks (yes, talks) with sensitivity, precision, and constant humor about a life lived out loud.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  
Artists
avatar for Bill Bowers

Bill Bowers

free lance performing artist, BillBowersMime
An award-winning actor, Bowers has also performed in all 50 United States and Puerto Rico appearing on the stages of Broadway, The Kennedy Center, The White House, Steppenwolf, LaMaMa, Theatre for a New Audience, St. Anne’s Warehouse, Urban Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

2:00pm MST

Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0
Participating production from the University of Colorado - Boulder.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket. 
Tuesday February 16, 2016 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

3:00pm MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Lighting
Lighting design responses
Moderators
KH
avatar for Steve Shelley

Steve Shelley

Designer, Author, Field Template
Lighting design, production management, touring, touring overseas, touring with foreign companies, Vectorworks, Field Templates, SoftSymbols, "A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, 3rd Ed."

Sponsors
DS
RR

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Accent Acquisition - Ireland
An introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork and contemporary, free, digital accent resources. Students will learn how to find accent samples, analyze an accent, and acquire the sounds necessary to easily perform an accent. This workshop will focus on accents from Dublin, Ireland
Speakers
JP

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

3:00pm MST

Characterization of Costume Design Renderings
Too often costume designers use renderings that have a flat, paper-doll like quality. Breathe life into your rendering with advanced characterization! Workshop includes lessons in reading basic body language, how to draw a human figure with adjustable range of motion, and DO and DO-NOTs of active posing for costumers.
Speakers
LL

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Fundamentals of Puppetry: Design and Manipulation
In which several modes and styles are discussed. Develop a broad awareness of the many forms of puppeteering and discover simple shortcuts to presenting yourself as an experienced artist. Bring a friend, every performer needs a good spotter.
Speakers
CC

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

3:00pm MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

3:00pm MST

MTSA Audition Workshop
If you are participating in the MTAS audition, you must come to at least one of these workshops. Bring your music that you plan to sing at the audition.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

3:00pm MST

Theatre & Social Justice
This workshop will explore a variety of techniques to bring our skills as theatre artists into the community. This workshop will be a space for arts educators and students to explore new ways to use traditional and innovative theatre strategies to devise original work, address social justice issues, and create a safe and inclusive space for working; whether in schools or with community organizations. Come join this interactive dialogue!
Speakers
avatar for Courtney Helen Grile

Courtney Helen Grile

Director of Education & Engagement, Marin Theatre Co.
Courtney holds an MFA in Theatre, emphasis in Theatre for Young Audiences from the University of Central Florida and a BFA in Media in Performing Arts from the Savannah College of Art & Design. Since 2005, she has worked as a professional actor, singer, teaching artist, and facilitator... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Education & Career

4:00pm MST

NPP Playwright and Respondent Reception
Selected regional playwrights and NPP respondents meet and greet.
Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, National Playwriting Program

6:30pm MST

FADE World Premiere by Tanya Saracho
Tickets
In this true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a cutthroat TV studio. But as her friendship with the studio custodian grows, his stories start to blur with hers with unexpected consequences.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:30pm - 8:00pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

FADE World Premiere by Tanya Saracho
Tickets
In this true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a cutthroat TV studio. But as her friendship with the studio custodian grows, his stories start to blur with hers with unexpected consequences.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

The Nest By Theresa Rebeck
Tickets
When drinking at The Nest, no conversation is off-limits. That is, until a stranger walks in with a lucrative proposition. A new comedy from Theresa Rebeck, whose plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both).”
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Space Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

The Nest By Theresa Rebeck
Tickets
When drinking at The Nest, no conversation is off-limits. That is, until a stranger walks in with a lucrative proposition. A new comedy from Theresa Rebeck, whose plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both).”
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Space Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

All The Way By Robert Schenkan
Tickets
Called a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), this 2014 Best Play Tony-winner vividly portrays the groundbreaking steps taken by ambitious figures of the 1960s – President LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. – to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:30pm - 9:30pm MST
Stage Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

All The Way By Robert Schenkan
Tickets
Called a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), this 2014 Best Play Tony-winner vividly portrays the groundbreaking steps taken by ambitious figures of the 1960s – President LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. – to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:30pm - 9:30pm MST
Stage Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

7:00pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Preliminary Rounds 15-17
Ryan Nominees/Partners need to be in the staging area 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round.
Moderators
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Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
MT

Tuesday February 16, 2016 7:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

7:30pm MST

It Goes Without Saying
Join us for this fun and unflinching look at the life and mimes of Bill Bowers. It Goes Without Saying takes the audience on a scenic tour of Bill's life thus far: from growing up gay in the wilds of Montana, his outrageous jobs as a performer, studying with Marcel Marceau, and the whirlwind of working on Broadway. Bill observes the incredible power that silence can wield - whether on stage, between family members, among neighbors, or when we are alone. Bill talks (yes, talks) with sensitivity, precision, and constant humor about a life lived out loud.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  
Artists
avatar for Bill Bowers

Bill Bowers

free lance performing artist, BillBowersMime
An award-winning actor, Bowers has also performed in all 50 United States and Puerto Rico appearing on the stages of Broadway, The Kennedy Center, The White House, Steppenwolf, LaMaMa, Theatre for a New Audience, St. Anne’s Warehouse, Urban Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

7:30pm MST

Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0
Participating production from the University of Colorado - Boulder.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket. 
Moderators
AG
SH

Tuesday February 16, 2016 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

8:00pm MST

FADE World Premiere by Tanya Saracho
Tickets
In this true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a cutthroat TV studio. But as her friendship with the studio custodian grows, his stories start to blur with hers with unexpected consequences.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 8:00pm - 9:30pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

8:00pm MST

The Nest By Theresa Rebeck
Tickets
When drinking at The Nest, no conversation is off-limits. That is, until a stranger walks in with a lucrative proposition. A new comedy from Theresa Rebeck, whose plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both).”
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Space Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

8:00pm MST

All The Way By Robert Schenkan
Tickets
Called a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), this 2014 Best Play Tony-winner vividly portrays the groundbreaking steps taken by ambitious figures of the 1960s – President LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. – to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 8:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Stage Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

9:00pm MST

Load-Out: Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0
University of Colorado- Boulder festival production load-out.
Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00pm - 11:45pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Load-In-Load-Out, Festival Production

9:00pm MST

Hospitality Suite
Faculty and staff come have an adult beverage and snack. Chat is up with friends, old and new!
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:00pm - Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:00am MST
Room 828 & 829, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Faculty, Staff, and Festival Guests

9:30pm MST

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie presented by Vandal Theatre lab
A site specific performance of this classic American Play. It is rumored Williams finished the play while sitting at a corner table at the Atlantic House pub in Provincetown, MA. This production explores the memory of this play in a similar setting. The production opened in Fall of 2015 at the Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival and will perform at the Moscow Art Theatre School’s American Studio in June of 2016.
Speakers
avatar for Matt Foss

Matt Foss

Matt Foss is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho. He received an MFA in Acting from Roosevelt University in Chicago and a PhD in Theatre Studies and Directing from Wayne State University in Detroit. Recent credits include: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Montana Shakespeare... Read More →

Tuesday February 16, 2016 9:30pm - 11:30pm MST
4th Floor Artium, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, All Festival Participants

10:00pm MST

Red Carpet
Dress up as your favorite movie character or celebrity and join on the Red Carpet for Groovy Tunes!
Tuesday February 16, 2016 10:00pm - 11:45pm MST
Crystal Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, Student Party

11:00pm MST

The Sea is a Restless Whore
Five pirates aboard a ship. Each harbors a dirty little secret, and each sings a dirty little song about it. It’s South Park meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets pirates.
Tuesday February 16, 2016 11:00pm - Wednesday February 17, 2016 12:00am MST
Voodoo Comedy Playhouse 1260 22nd Street, Denver, CO 80205
  Performance, Festival Production
 
Wednesday, February 17
 

7:00am MST

Load-In: My Block
Los Medanos College festival production load-in.
Wednesday February 17, 2016 7:00am - 1:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Load-In-Load-Out, Festival Production

8:00am MST

USITT Meet and Greet
Come and meet the other designers, technicians, craftspeople and scholars from your region in an informal setting.  Acquaint yourself with the activities of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the regional sections.  For members and those interested in the organization.
Sponsors
avatar for Christina Barrigan

Christina Barrigan

Chair, Theatre Arts, Central Washington University
Christina Barrigan is Department Chair and Professor of Lighting Design and Technology at Central Washington University. Her artistic practice includes lighting, scenery, and video for small professional theatres, new works, and dance.

Wednesday February 17, 2016 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Colorado Reception Area, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Design & Technology

8:00am MST

MTSA Warm-ups
Time to warm up for the morning audition slots
Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Wednesday February 17, 2016 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

8:00am MST

MTSA Judges Meeting
Meeting with the MTSA judges
Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Wednesday February 17, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Organization Meeting, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

8:00am MST

Festival Tickets!!!
Daily pick up for festival productions at the King Center on the Auaria Campus.

Tickets will be available for My Block in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  

After 9:00 AM, tickets will be available in the festival office in the Rexford Room on the Embassy Suites third floor. 

Wednesday February 17, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Cripple Creek Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street, Denver, CO
  Tickets, Festival Production

8:00am MST

Next Step Auditions
Acting Auditions for pre-registered students (before the festival) for professional theatre companies offering jobs and internships, as well as BFA, MFA and summer training programs.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
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Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 8:00am - 6:00pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Auditions

9:00am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Allied Crafts
Allied crafts responses
Moderators
RP
avatar for Monique Walker

Monique Walker

Prop Master, Village Theatre
I am a founding member of SPAM, Society of Property Artisan Managers and looking forward to talking to all students about getting in to the business. I have 30 years for doing props from coast to coast. I have been in the Seattle area for 3 years.

Sponsors
DS
RR

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Response: Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0
Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.
Moderators
AG
SH

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Response, Festival Production

9:00am MST

A Career in Theatre: The Role of Actors' Equity and a Practical Guide to the Business
Equity protects and secures the rights of Actors and Stage Managers. The workshop explains how and when to join and the benefits of membership. It will offer pragmatic insight into balancing artistic and business mindsets and provide tips on negotiating, record keeping, networking, and more. The session is Q & A driven and is designed to ease the transition from an academic environment to a professional career.
Speakers
avatar for Tom Miller

Tom Miller

Director of Education & Outreach, VIP
Prior to joining the staff of Actors' Equity Association, Tom was an Actor for over 25 years, performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off Broadway, with the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Florida, Carl Radcliff Dance Theatre, at Opryland USA, and in Europe. Tom is a graduate of Indiana... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

9:00am MST

Assessing Production Risk
Learn how to employ risk management tools to create a safer workplace for cast and crew alike.

Workshop resourses are available at: http://www.cwu.edu/~dougherj/usitt/safety.htm
 
Speakers
avatar for Jerry Dougherty

Jerry Dougherty

Mentor, Theater
Jerald Dougherty is the Production Manager at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. He is a member of USITT, the Event Safety Alliance, and the Production Managers Forum. He is a commissioner for the City of Ellensburg Arts Commission and is an ETCP Certified Rigger.

SafetyInspection101 pptx
Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

9:00am MST

The Actor's Power in Devising
This Viewpoints-based workshop digs into the tools we bring to any process, devised or traditional, outside of character and story. Heighten your awareness, trust your instincts, follow your impulses, and pursue your passion to create work that is physically dynamic and bold. Participants must be dressed to move as the workshop is very physical.
Speakers
avatar for Jessica Burr

Jessica Burr

Artistic Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →
avatar for Matt Opatrny

Matt Opatrny

Managing Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Devising

9:00am MST

John Cauble One Act Rehearsals
One Act Rehearsals in performance space.
Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, National Playwriting Program

9:00am MST

MTSA Preliminary Rounds 1-3
Preliminary musical theatre scholarship audition rounds.
Moderators
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

9:00am MST

SDC Directing Scenes Interview Round
The ten semi-finalists will attend individual interviews with the respondents (fifteen minutes each). At this time, the director's book, preparation and approach will be discussed. No teachers/mentors or actors are allowed to participate in this phase of the event. After the interviews, the respondents will select 6 finalists.
Sponsors
RL

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

9:00am MST

Bly's Kafka's Train Exercise
This unique playwriting exercise is inspired by Franz Kafka's hilarious journal entry "The First Train Journey" in which he recounts isolating himself from his fellow travelers. The exercise asks the workshop writers to imagine themselves embarking on a familiar late night train ride where they fall asleep and upon awakening discover an unexpected train world never before encountered in their travels. Deploying only a few facts and parameters given by Bly the playwrights will write a 5-10 minute play based on a magical "what if" that each writer will generate ranging freely in creating their own characters, plot, acting vocabulary, and stage event and world. After writing the play we will read each play aloud and respond to the newly written play.
Speakers
MB

Mark Bly

Professor, Playwriting and Dramaturg, Fordham University
Mark Bly is the Resident Dramaturg at The Acting Company and an Adjunct Professor in the MFA Playwriting Program at Fordham/Primary Stages. He was the former Director of the MFA Playwriting Program at Hunter College and helped to coor-dinate the innovative Hunter Playwrights Festival... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Playwriting

10:30am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Allied Crafts
Allied crafts responses
Moderators
RP
avatar for Monique Walker

Monique Walker

Prop Master, Village Theatre
I am a founding member of SPAM, Society of Property Artisan Managers and looking forward to talking to all students about getting in to the business. I have 30 years for doing props from coast to coast. I have been in the Seattle area for 3 years.

Sponsors
DS
RR

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

Ask Me Anything About Commissioning and Developing New Plays!
Julie Felise Dubiner of Oregon Shakespeare Festival gives you a peek into the wildly successful 10-year, 37-play cycle called American Revolutions. What does it take to start a commissioning program and build partnerships toward development of the work? What should writers, directors, dramaturgs, and administrators know about creating and maintaining a hothouse for original theater? Julie has the right questions as well as their answers. All theater are welcome!
Speakers
JF

Julie Felise Dubiner

Julie’s artistic home is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where she is Associate Director of a commissioning and development program called American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. She has served as drama-turg on many OSF productions, including The... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Mead Hunter

Mead Hunter

Associate Professor, University of Portland
Dramaturgy, Playwriting, History

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Dramaturgy

10:30am MST

Beyond the BA/BFA/BS - is Graduate School Next?
What's after the first degree? FIRST??!! Come to an informal discussion about Graduate School, and why it may be the critical next step for undergraduate theatre students. The session will discuss what IS an MFA, how URTA auditions work, design portfolio preparations, working with advisers, interviews, and much more. Students and teachers in all areas of theatre are invited to attend. Bring your questions.
Speakers
avatar for Sara Falconer

Sara Falconer

Director of Membership Services, University/Resident Theatre Association
Since 1997, Sara Falconer has worked for the University/Resident Theatre Association, currently serving as the Director of Membership Services. Each year, she organizes the annual Auditions/Interviews for the 40 member schools of URTA and numerous guest participants. The event is... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

10:30am MST

Ensemble and connection with Suzuki technique
Jedi training!!!! This workshop will be an introduction to grounding, discipline, and creation of ensemble through Tadashi Suzuki's movement technique. If you are interested in devising you own work, directing, or working with an ensemble, this workshop offers great ways to begin.
Speakers
SH

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

10:30am MST

Mime and Physical Theatre
An introduction to Mime and Physical Theatre, which includes a brief contextual history, physical warm up, and movement improvisation. Students will gain an awareness of how mime can augment and inform their work as actors. Dress comfortably and be prepared to move.
Speakers
avatar for Bill Bowers

Bill Bowers

free lance performing artist, BillBowersMime
An award-winning actor, Bowers has also performed in all 50 United States and Puerto Rico appearing on the stages of Broadway, The Kennedy Center, The White House, Steppenwolf, LaMaMa, Theatre for a New Audience, St. Anne’s Warehouse, Urban Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

10:30am MST

Stage Management: The Psychology of Paperwork
Stage managers create a TON of forms, spreadsheets, and reports as they work, but have you thought about how the design of your paperwork helps or hinders the reader? Come join an exploration of paperwork styles, typography, and communication.
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Sadler

Christopher Sadler

respondent, University of Oklahoma
Christopher Sadler is a Professor at The University of Oklahoma, heading the stage management emphasis and teaching multiple courses in stage management and dramatic literature. A proud member of Actors' Equity Association, he has a successful freelancing career having worked on stage... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

Stand-up Comedy101
Stand-up Comedy101 is a comedy workshop that teaches the basics of stand-up comedy. Students learn to write, create and perform original comedy material. Course Outcomes After successfully completing this course students will be able to:  Write and perform original comedy routines  Improve the quality of jokes to get A-list laughs.  Effectively perform comedy routines at auditions and comedy showcases. Expectations and Goals The best students for this course have a strong desire to perform original, artistic stand-up comedy on stage. Ideal students share a goal of using this workshop to create authentic comedy routines that reflect their artistic core.
Speakers
avatar for Chuck Roy

Chuck Roy

Instructor, Comedy101.ChuckRoy.com
Hi! I'm Chuck Roy, stand-up comedian and teacher of comedy at the Community College of Denver. I'm excited to be part of KCACTF7! Please ask me about where to get beer, pizza or about my Stand-up Comedy101 workshop. This workshop comes with a brand new, FREE ONLINE COURSE to prepare... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

12:00pm MST

MTSA Warm-ups
Time to warm up for the afternoon audition slots.
Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Wednesday February 17, 2016 12:00pm - 12:50pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

12:00pm MST

VIP Lunch
Box lunches available for respondents and festival VIPs.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
SR

Wednesday February 17, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites

12:00pm MST

Hip Hop Dance
Come learn dance choreography in the style of music video jazz. Bring your friends or come alone and make new ones! Street clothes and street shoes are fine.
Speakers
AC

Wednesday February 17, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Musical Theatre

12:00pm MST

Respondent Training
Responding to regional productions is one of the most important things we do. The region is looking for faculty and staff interested in responding to shows in our region and this is the first step; a training workshop. We will review the guidelines, attend at least one selected production, the National Team's response to that production (following morning 9-10:30 am), and you will have the opportunity to practice a mock response. Come learn what we do, brush up on your skills and get involved! Faculty and Staff only.
Speakers
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →
JN

Wednesday February 17, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Faculty Session

12:00pm MST

The Three Be's of a Successful Career

Make yourself more hirable. Explore training and experience options outside of a traditional setting that enable you to develop as theatre collaborators and practitioners in all aspects of design and technology. Knowing that you are the sum of your experiences how can you expand you base, adopt the skill of daring to do, venture beyond your comfort zones, and learn to see. And understand that the answer is always YES!

Speakers
avatar for Jane Childs

Jane Childs

DTM Guest Artist, Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas
Best known as half of the team of "Don and Jane" and continuing The Legacy of Don at SILV developing better ways to train students on cutting edge technology and to be the best humans they can be. In addition to being Don's partner in all life brought, Jane has done simultaneous translation... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

1:00pm MST

MTSA Preliminary Rounds 4-7
Preliminary musical theatre scholarship audition rounds.
Moderators
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →
CH

Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

1:30pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Discussion
Faculty, Students, All! Please join Mary Trotter Gonzales, our Ryan Coordinator and Kelly Quinnett our Chair for an open discussion about the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Process! What's working, what's not, helpful suggestions welcome!
Speakers
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
MT

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Lighting
Lighting design responses
Moderators
avatar for Steve Shelley

Steve Shelley

Designer, Author, Field Template
Lighting design, production management, touring, touring overseas, touring with foreign companies, Vectorworks, Field Templates, SoftSymbols, "A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, 3rd Ed."
avatar for Monique Walker

Monique Walker

Prop Master, Village Theatre
I am a founding member of SPAM, Society of Property Artisan Managers and looking forward to talking to all students about getting in to the business. I have 30 years for doing props from coast to coast. I have been in the Seattle area for 3 years.

Sponsors
DS
RR

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

Applied Theatre Initiative
The is the 2nd year of the Applied Theatre Initiative. Applied Theatre is about community, empowerment, shared investigation, reflection, and healing. This year, the theme we will be exploring is, "How does identity inform your art-making and the way you walk in the world? Why is it important to claim these identities as an artist?" As Rupaul says, "If you don't love yourself, How the hell are you gonna love somebody else?" This workshop will culminate in a showing of short pieces created by the participants..
Sponsors
avatar for Laurie Lynch

Laurie Lynch

Community College of Denver
RB

Volunteers
AG
GM
Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Directing Actors
Sure, you know what you want, but how do you get your actors to do it? We'll explore some simple techniques to get you working more effectively--fast.
Speakers
avatar for Jackie Apodaca

Jackie Apodaca

Professor, Southern Oregon University
Jackie Apodaca is a professor of theatre at Southern Oregon University with an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory. She has worked as an actor, director, and producer in theatre, film, and media, with companies such as the Roundabout, Denver Center, National Geographic, filmscience... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Directing

1:30pm MST

Michael Chekhov's Psychological Gesture
Nowhere is the objective made more playable and corporeal than through the Psychological Gesture work of Stanislavski's star student and actor Michael Chekhov. We'll explore how to use this concept to create a psychophysical subtext, strong playable actions, and compelling scenes with our partners.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Inouye

Kevin Inouye

Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
Kevin Inouye is an Assistant Professor of Acting, Movement, & Stage Combat at the University of Wyoming. He's also a Certified Teacher with both the Society of American Fight Directors and the National Michael Chekhov Association, a SAG-AFTRA performer, fight choreographer, and published... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Multi-Media in the Theatre : A Discussion
Using the productions of The Tempest and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom faculty and student designers and engineers will share information about concept development, design choices, and examples of incorporating video and sound into the visual elements of theatrical productions. We will feature examples of editing and cueing used to develop these elements using Adobe Premiere, VideoBlocks and Q-Lab.
Speakers
TM

Ty Marshall

Scenic and Lighting Designer, Linfield College

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

Perfect Seasoning
Oregon Shakespeare is the largest regional theater in the country that still performs in true rep, and it can boast of having the largest standing acting company as well. OSF Dramaturg par excellence Julie Felise Dubiner walks you through season planning in Ashland and beyond. As participants we will also look at the missions and programming of other major theaters' and build seasons of our own.
Speakers
JF

Julie Felise Dubiner

Julie’s artistic home is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where she is Associate Director of a commissioning and development program called American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. She has served as drama-turg on many OSF productions, including The... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Mead Hunter

Mead Hunter

Associate Professor, University of Portland
Dramaturgy, Playwriting, History

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Dramaturgy

1:30pm MST

The 'arc' of Directing
Borrowing from the film technique, "Montage", the workshop participants will learn how to put together images to create an expressive story with a clear arc.
Speakers
CJ

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Devising Initiative
Original twenty-minute devised works presented by eight institutions from across the region. Each piece is followed by a response to the devisers from our guest artists.
Moderators
avatar for Jessica Burr

Jessica Burr

Artistic Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →
avatar for Matt Opatrny

Matt Opatrny

Managing Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →

Sponsors
RB

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 3:30pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Devising Initiative

1:30pm MST

John Cauble One Act Semi-Finalist Award Readings
Selected regional John Cauble One Act Play Readings followed by feedback from NPP respondents. Rolex by Megan Fevurly - University of Idaho, Whatever Was In God’s Diary by James Campbell - Washington State University, The Flock by Jennifer Loschen - Bellevue College
Moderators
MB

Mark Bly

Professor, Playwriting and Dramaturg, Fordham University
Mark Bly is the Resident Dramaturg at The Acting Company and an Adjunct Professor in the MFA Playwriting Program at Fordham/Primary Stages. He was the former Director of the MFA Playwriting Program at Hunter College and helped to coor-dinate the innovative Hunter Playwrights Festival... Read More →
EL

Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 1:30pm - 4:30pm MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, National Playwriting Program

2:00pm MST

My Block
Participating production from Los Medanos College

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  
Wednesday February 17, 2016 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

3:00pm MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Costume
Costume design responses
Moderators
PT
avatar for Monique Walker

Monique Walker

Prop Master, Village Theatre
I am a founding member of SPAM, Society of Property Artisan Managers and looking forward to talking to all students about getting in to the business. I have 30 years for doing props from coast to coast. I have been in the Seattle area for 3 years.

Sponsors
DS
RR

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Audience Talkbacks: Structure, Topics, and Guiding the Discussion
Audience talkbacks can be frustrating and are often difficult to structure/control. Do you attempt lecture and enforce strict topics of discussion (and risk boring the audience to tears) or do you give the audience agency to pursue their own questions and responses (and risk a “hijacked” and less than relevant talkback)? What do you want the audience to get out of it? The cast and crew? In this session, we will explore a range of approaches to restructuring talk backs and encouraging productive engagement on the part of all involved. Students and faculty welcome.
Speakers
PM

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

3:00pm MST

Broadway Bootcamp: Dance
Broadway Bootcamp: Dance Work with Broadway’s James Gray (The Producers, Bullets Over Broadway) and learn tips and techniques to booking the gig on Broadway. Learn a dance combination from a Broadway show. All Levels welcome.
Speakers
avatar for James Gray

James Gray

Open Jar Institute
Choreographed the Emmy Award Winning  Mel Brooks AFI Lifetime Achievement TV Special in Hollywood, Directed and Choreographed Peg O My Heart The Musical (MITF Best Musical),Currently the Associate Choreographer and Resident For the  Hal Prince  production of Prince Of Broadway. Resident... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Musical Theatre

3:00pm MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

3:00pm MST

It's not a rock show! Using LED lighting in theatre.
LED lighting is fun, cool and the latest craze in stage lighting. But it can be a challenge to work LED’s into your average non-musical drama production. We will explore the fixtures, colors theories, and techniques that will help you be successful in integrating LED’s into all types of productions
Speakers
RC

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Physical Directing
An exploration of the valuable facets of using physical techniques to ignite the rehearsal process with actors. This workshop will explore the use of Viewpoints, Suzuki, Biomechanics, and Commedia Dell'arte as rehearsal and staging tools.
Speakers
JR

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Directing

3:00pm MST

Stage Managers: A guide for directors, designers, actors, producers, and those who love stage managers
We love working with great stage managers, but what exactly makes them great? How do great stage managers relate to other members of the artistic and technical teams? Let’s explore how we all work together with stage manager at center of conversation. Let’s explore how supporting and trusting stage managers can make everyone’s production happier and healthier – including the stage manager. Let’s explore how stage managers can support others in a healthy and well-balanced manner.
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan D. Allsup

Jonathan D. Allsup

Stage Manager
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently Production Manager at Paramount Theatre outside Chicago. Jonathan was a freelance AEA stage manager most recently serving on stage management teams at Paramount Theatre, Curious Theatre, Lone Tree Arts Center, Denver Center, Arvada Center, and Colorado... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

The Art of Acting Studio/ Stella Adler Studio of Acting Scene Study Workshop
This workshop aims to give students a taste of the core principles and techniques taught at both the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles and our parent school, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting New York City. The workshop is fully self-enclosed and requires that students bring only themselves and their imagination to participate. The students will write and perform scripts created in class. Through these scripts concepts on imagination, action, creative flexibility, character and relationship are explored. This is a full participation workshop for all participants
Speakers
DW

Wednesday February 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

4:45pm MST

Vigils by Noah Haidle- a show in a hotel conference space
Kadin McGreevy, 2015 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National SDC Scholarship Recipient shares his showcased production of "Vigils" by Noah Haidle with support of Vandal Theatre Lab. Come experience this wonderful piece which started out as an SDC scene project and then developed into a full production for Kadin's community. Join in a conversation after the show about developing your work form festival at your home institution or community.
Speakers
KM

Wednesday February 17, 2016 4:45pm - 6:45pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, All Festival Participants

5:00pm MST

Collaborative Theatre Challenge
An approach to new play development through design. This workshop will raise awareness of the collaborative process in theatre, utilizing new plays as a catalyst for creation and conversation. This year we will be working with EM Lewis'€™s new play Magellanica. To participate, designers should plan to read the play and the playwrights supporting statement about the work prior to arriving at the festival. These are available online through the KCACTF Region 7 website. You will then work with the playwright through a series of meetings during the festival culminating in the presentation of your design visualizations.
Speakers
DS

Wednesday February 17, 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

6:00pm MST

Open Jar Dance Audition
Open Jar Institute scholarship dance audition.
Speakers
avatar for James Gray

James Gray

Open Jar Institute
Choreographed the Emmy Award Winning  Mel Brooks AFI Lifetime Achievement TV Special in Hollywood, Directed and Choreographed Peg O My Heart The Musical (MITF Best Musical),Currently the Associate Choreographer and Resident For the  Hal Prince  production of Prince Of Broadway. Resident... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 6:00pm - 8:00pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Auditions, Musical Theatre

6:00pm MST

Next Step Call Back Space
Call back space for companies and schools.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 6:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Auditions

6:00pm MST

Next Step Call Back Space
Call back space for companies and schools.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 6:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Auditions

6:00pm MST

Next Step Call Back Space
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 6:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Auditions

6:00pm MST

Next Step Call Back Space
Call back space for companies and schools.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 6:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Auditions

6:00pm MST

Next Step Call Back Space
Call back space for companies and schools.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 6:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Next Step, Auditions

7:30pm MST

My Block
Participating production from Los Medanos College

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  
Moderators
avatar for Jeanette Farr

Jeanette Farr

Chair of Theatre Arts, Glendale Community College
Jeanette Farr is a playwright, producer and director of new plays, and holds an MFA in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her plays have been produced both domestically and abroad including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland... Read More →
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

7:30pm MST

Next Step Call Back Space
Call back space for companies and schools.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 7:30pm - 10:00pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Auditions

7:30pm MST

The Magic Play
A good magician is always in control of his show. The rest of his life might be a little bit messier. In The Magic Play, Andrew Hinderaker creates a world in which real life and magic collide—and the result is a theatrical event that’s as affecting as it is astonishing. *The Magic Play was co-commissioned by Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and the Roundabout in New York. Playwright Andrew Hinderaker and magician/actor Brett Schneider have been developing the play since 2013, with support from the Goodman’s New Stages and Playwrights’ Unit programs.
Artists
AH

Andrew Hinderaker

ANDREW HINDERAKER is an ensemble member of the Gift Theatre in Chicago. His plays include I Am Going to Change the World, Dirty, Kingsville, and Suicide, Incorporated, which premiered at the Gift and was subsequently produced Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre. Hinderaker’s... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 7:30pm - 10:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

9:00pm MST

Load-Out: My Block
Los Medanos College festival production load-out.
Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00pm - 11:45pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Load-In-Load-Out, Festival Production

9:00pm MST

Hospitality Suite
Faculty and staff come have an adult beverage and snack. Chat is up with friends, old and new!
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Wednesday February 17, 2016 9:00pm - Thursday February 18, 2016 1:00am MST
Room 828 & 829, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Faculty, Staff, and Festival Guests

10:00pm MST

Improv Night

Come join the fun as college improv groups from across our region showcase their stuff! Participating groups will have a 12-15 minute slot to do with what they will; longform, shortform, freeform, or any other form you could think of.

Speakers
DL

Derek Lane

Scenographer/Production Manager, Humboldt State University

Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:00pm - 11:30pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, All Festival Participants

10:00pm MST

Oreo Karaoke
Special Denver guest Spaceman Mike for a fun-filled karaoke night. Dress up as your favorite movie character! Dress in all black or all white!
Wednesday February 17, 2016 10:00pm - 11:45pm MST
Crystal Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, Student Party

11:00pm MST

The Sea is a Restless Whore
Five pirates aboard a ship. Each harbors a dirty little secret, and each sings a dirty little song about it. It’s South Park meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets pirates.
Wednesday February 17, 2016 11:00pm - Thursday February 18, 2016 12:00am MST
Voodoo Comedy Playhouse 1260 22nd Street, Denver, CO 80205
  Performance, Festival Production
 
Thursday, February 18
 

7:00am MST

Load-In: Prelude to a Kiss
Yakima Valley Community College showcase festival production load-in.
Thursday February 18, 2016 7:00am - 1:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Load-In-Load-Out, Festival Production

8:00am MST

Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Rehearsal
This is an opportunity to check out the space for both pieces and do a walk-through of entrances, exits, etc. (No time for complete runs) All nominees, partners, and accompanists should be present. Please be prompt so that we can give one general briefing of procedures prior to walkthrough.
Sponsors
MT

Thursday February 18, 2016 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, Irene Ryan Scholarship

8:00am MST

Collaborative Theatre Challenge
An approach to new play development through design. This workshop will raise awareness of the collaborative process in theatre, utilizing new plays as a catalyst for creation and conversation. This year we will be working with EM Lewis'€™s new play Magellanica. To participate, designers should plan to read the play and the playwrights supporting statement about the work prior to arriving at the festival. These are available online through the KCACTF Region 7 website. You will then work with the playwright through a series of meetings during the festival culminating in the presentation of your design visualizations.
Speakers
DS

Thursday February 18, 2016 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

8:00am MST

Creating an inclusive theatre classroom
People with disabilities are an often forgotten population in the performing arts. Only in the last 20 years, with the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act have students with disabilities been a consideration for arts programs. Now, the inherent value of people with disabilities in the arts on programs, and on individuals, has become a well known fact. Learn how you can make your classrooms and stages accessible for people with any disability. Come with questions, concerns, and a passion for good art.
Speakers
avatar for Bryce Alexander

Bryce Alexander

Artistic Director, Phamaly Theatre Compay

Thursday February 18, 2016 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Education & Career

8:00am MST

Festival Tickets!!!
Daily pick up for festival productions at the King Center on the Auaria Campus.

Tickets will be available for Prelude to a Kiss in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  

After 9:00 AM, tickets will be available in the festival office in the Rexford Room on the Embassy Suites third floor. 

Thursday February 18, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Cripple Creek Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street, Denver, CO
  Tickets, Festival Production

8:00am MST

Next Step Design and Production Interviews
Interviews for pre-registered students seeking work/study positions with professional theatre companies, internships, BFA, MFA and summer training programs.
Sponsors
avatar for Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

DTM Vice-Chair, Gonzaga University
COURTNEY SMITH completed his degree at the University of Idaho. He has taught design and technical theatre at Gonzaga University since 2015. His professional credits include the English National Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Mount... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 8:00am - 12:30pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Next Step, Interviews

9:00am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Scenery
Scenery design responses
Moderators
JG
avatar for Michelle Ney

Michelle Ney

Professor, Texas State University
Michelle Ney is a scenic/costume designer and Professor of Design for the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University. She is honored to have served as a past Chair of KCACTF Region 6. Her design work has been exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial Design Exhibit, Costume... Read More →

Sponsors
DS
RR

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Response: My Block
Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.
Moderators
avatar for Jeanette Farr

Jeanette Farr

Chair of Theatre Arts, Glendale Community College
Jeanette Farr is a playwright, producer and director of new plays, and holds an MFA in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her plays have been produced both domestically and abroad including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland... Read More →
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Response, Festival Production

9:00am MST

Response: The Sea is a Restless Whore
Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.
Moderators
BA

Brittany Ayers

Brittany Ayers is originally from South Carolina where she studied Theater Performance at North Greenville University and worked as a Teaching Artist with The Warehouse Theatre. She was most recently seen onstage as Mama in "Wiley and the Hairy Man" at Long Wharf Theatre, and as Catherine... Read More →
avatar for Tara Wibrew

Tara Wibrew

Associate Producer, Oregon Contemporary Theatre
Tara holds a graduate degree in Arts Management from the University of Oregon. She has a background in theatre performance, directing, administration, costume design, and stage management, including training at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts’ Atlantic Theatre School. Tara’s... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Response, Festival Production

9:00am MST

Broadway Bootcamp: Dance
Broadway Bootcamp: Dance Work with Broadway’s James Gray (The Producers, Bullets Over Broadway) and learn tips and techniques to booking the gig on Broadway. Learn a dance combination from a Broadway show. All Levels welcome.
Speakers
avatar for James Gray

James Gray

Open Jar Institute
Choreographed the Emmy Award Winning  Mel Brooks AFI Lifetime Achievement TV Special in Hollywood, Directed and Choreographed Peg O My Heart The Musical (MITF Best Musical),Currently the Associate Choreographer and Resident For the  Hal Prince  production of Prince Of Broadway. Resident... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Musical Theatre

9:00am MST

Creative Differences: Improving Communication to Enhance Collaboration
How can we collaborate when conflict(s) arise? When your fellow designer insists on using the least flattering gel color? When your costar makes a pigsty of your shared makeup space? When that actor seemingly cannot, or simply will not, incorporate your director’s notes? Etcetera, etcetera… Argh!! Conflict is inevitable, but the result of our disagreements, whether destabilizing or constructive, is up to us! Simply put, this workshop will be a discussion on how we talk to one another. Participants will learn practical, evidence-based techniques for handling difficult conversations so that we can create more collaboratively and keep the drama where it belongs; on the stage.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Haley

Daniel Haley

Simulated Client Coordinator, Washington State University
Daniel Haley earned his BFA in Acting from the University of Idaho and MFA in Directing from the University of Montana. After several years working professionally for such companies as Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

9:00am MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

9:00am MST

Naked Playwriting
In this workshop playwrights learn several important techniques needed for writing powerful plays and interesting dialogue. NNPN playwright William Missouri Downs, author of the book Naked Playwriting, will also share his insights on how to get your play read and produced.
Speakers
avatar for William Missouri Downs

William Missouri Downs

William Missouri Downs has won two Rolling Premieres from the National New Play Network (The Exit Interview and Women Playing Hamlet), won numerous playwriting awards, and been a finalist at the Eugene O’Neill twice (Mad Gravity & How To Steal A Picasso). He has published four... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Playwriting

9:00am MST

Stage Managers Role in Maintaining the Show: Advocating for the Absent
Maintaining a show is a function stage managers don't often learn in school, but it requires finely tuned skills. As advocate for director, producer, designers, actors, and sustainability of production, the stage manager is integral in maintaining the artistic product. How can one begin to learn those skills in the educational environment? How can one successfully note peers those who are older? How does one balance advocating for all individuals involved?
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan D. Allsup

Jonathan D. Allsup

Stage Manager
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently Production Manager at Paramount Theatre outside Chicago. Jonathan was a freelance AEA stage manager most recently serving on stage management teams at Paramount Theatre, Curious Theatre, Lone Tree Arts Center, Denver Center, Arvada Center, and Colorado... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

John Cauble One Act Rehearsals
One Act Rehearsals in performance space.
Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, National Playwriting Program

9:00am MST

Make Theatre Now: Ensemble Devising
In this workshop we will build original pieces ready to show to an audience. Actors will be challenged to quickly create cohesive ensemble, and make bold and intuitive choices. We will compose original material through a process that inspires artists to passionately pursue their own interests while rigorously serving and supporting the group. Participants must be dressed to move as the workshop is very physical.
Speakers
avatar for Jessica Burr

Jessica Burr

Artistic Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →
avatar for Matt Opatrny

Matt Opatrny

Managing Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Devising

9:00am MST

Meet & Greet Set Up
Designated set-up time for school representatives.
Sponsors
GC
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Crystal Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Setup

9:00am MST

Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round
Moderators
SH
GH
DW

Sponsors
MT

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00am - 12:30pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

10:30am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Scenery
Scenery design responses
Moderators
JG
avatar for Michelle Ney

Michelle Ney

Professor, Texas State University
Michelle Ney is a scenic/costume designer and Professor of Design for the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University. She is honored to have served as a past Chair of KCACTF Region 6. Her design work has been exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial Design Exhibit, Costume... Read More →

Sponsors
DS
RR

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

How to Jump-start a New Play Process
We hear a lot about devising original work in a group setting, but where do you begin? Julie Felise Dubiner of Oregon Shakespeare Festival has some tricks for generating new ideas from scratch. Artists of all disciplines who are interested in creating original work are warmly invited.
Speakers
JF

Julie Felise Dubiner

Julie’s artistic home is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where she is Associate Director of a commissioning and development program called American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. She has served as drama-turg on many OSF productions, including The... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Mead Hunter

Mead Hunter

Associate Professor, University of Portland
Dramaturgy, Playwriting, History

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Dramaturgy

10:30am MST

Physical Theatre Explosion! (WAY beyond the psychological)
Join us for this very physical exploration of what is possible for the actor! Actors, devised-theatre makers, dancers, directors: all are welcome. The performer must be: Aware! Available! Responsive! Be prepared to move, laugh, and see. This workshop is grounded in the perspectives of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
Speakers
avatar for Matt Chapman

Matt Chapman

Dell\'Arte International School of Physical Theatre
Matt Chapman is a performer, director, and teacher of physical theatre and clown. He is Co-Artistic Director of Under the Table, a physical comedy ensemble founded in 2001. Matt spent three years on Faculty at Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, and has taught clown... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

10:30am MST

Speaking Without Words
How do we communicate with our audience? There is a language that we all learn early on in life that actors, directors, choreographers and even designers can use to tell their audiences a story without ever speaking -- using the basic elements of design!
Speakers
TS

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

The Stage Manager is Your Best Friend: Communication is the Key to Collaboration
The Director and the Stage Manager each play a crucial role in the life of any production. Ideally theirs is a relationship marked by collaboration and mutual respect. But while many directors have an acting background, and are thus sensitive to the needs of the actor, few have ever worn the hat of the stage manager. The result is an all-too-frequent failure to appreciate the stage manager's needs and duties. Having worked as a professional stage manger as well as a director, workshop leader Brian Guerrero will help directors understand the inadvertent ways they may be blocking, disrespecting or limiting the person who should be their closest collaborator. Participants will learn, create and share strategies for cultivating this relationship. A productive director/stage manager relationship will have immense benefits for both parties and for the production as a whole. Though this workshop is geared towards Directors, students interested in Stage Management are encouraged to participate.
Speakers
BG

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Directing

10:30am MST

Theatremaking at the University of Idaho
An introduction to the practice and process of theatremaking at the University of Idaho in projects like the Vandal Theatre Lab’s “Glass Menagerie” or Noah Haidle’s “Vigils” as well as information on how we tour these places both around the country and as a part of our yearly trips to train and perform at the Moscow Art Theatre School’s American Studio.
Speakers
avatar for Matt Foss

Matt Foss

Matt Foss is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho. He received an MFA in Acting from Roosevelt University in Chicago and a PhD in Theatre Studies and Directing from Wayne State University in Detroit. Recent credits include: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Montana Shakespeare... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

10:30am MST

WRITING WITH GESTURE - An Active Workshop for Writers
Writing a play or monologue does not have to be a lonely or stagnant process. Let's get physical in this workshop that brings movement and action to your new works process. Connect with your characters on a visceral level and explore a different way to unlock your creative impulses.
Speakers
JF

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Playwriting

10:30am MST

SongSpotting: Writing for Music Theater
Everyone has the ability to write a song and this workshop will help you find your inner lyricist. In this workshop, students will study the basic AABA song structure in classic music theater songs, as well as contemporary pop songs. In analyzing the songs, students recognize how a song functions in the greater arc of a story. The second half of the workshop is spent writing the lyrics for a song inspired by dramatic text. Students walk away with a sense of empowerment about their own song-writing abilities.
Speakers
BA

Brittany Ayers

Brittany Ayers is originally from South Carolina where she studied Theater Performance at North Greenville University and worked as a Teaching Artist with The Warehouse Theatre. She was most recently seen onstage as Mama in "Wiley and the Hairy Man" at Long Wharf Theatre, and as Catherine... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:30am - Friday February 16, 2018 11:50am MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Playwriting

12:00pm MST

VIP Lunch
Box lunches available for respondents and festival VIPs.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
SR

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites

12:00pm MST

Changing Lives with Broadway Cares
Join Sarah Mitchel, Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, to learn how you can change people's lives through theatre! We'll talk about how you can create your own Broadway Cares fundraiser and how the money you raise comes right back to the people living in your community.
Speakers
SM

Sarah Mitchel

Sarah Mitchel is the Director of Education and Outreach at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit and grant-making organization that utilizes the unique abilities of the theatre community to provide aid to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

12:00pm MST

Helping Science “Make Believe”: Professional Opportunities in the Field of Simulation
The aim of this meeting is to raise awareness of professional opportunities for theatre makers (actors and craftsmen alike) in the burgeoning field of simulation. Participants will learn what constitutes simulation—i.e., what exactly are we talking about?—benefits of the work, how we as theatre artists are uniquely qualified to lead this diversifying industry, and lastly where to look, today and post graduation, for simulation related work.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Haley

Daniel Haley

Simulated Client Coordinator, Washington State University
Daniel Haley earned his BFA in Acting from the University of Idaho and MFA in Directing from the University of Montana. After several years working professionally for such companies as Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

12:00pm MST

Meet & Greet for Two-Year, Transfer Students and Graduate Interviews
An informal gathering of students seeking information about the next step in their theatre education and training. Meet representatives from various programs from around the region! Sponsored by KCACTF VII
Sponsors
GC
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

12:00pm MST

Respondent Training
Responding to regional productions is one of the most important things we do. The region is looking for faculty and staff interested in responding to shows in our region and this is the first step; a training workshop. We will review the guidelines, attend at least one selected production, the National Team's response to that production (following morning 9-10:30 am), and you will have the opportunity to practice a mock response. Come learn what we do, brush up on your skills and get involved! Faculty and Staff only.
Speakers
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →
JN

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Faculty Session

12:30pm MST

MTSA Final Judges Meeting
Meeting for the MTSA judging meeting
Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:30pm - 12:50pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Organization Meeting, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

12:30pm MST

MTSA Final Warm-Up
Warm-up for the finalists in the MTSA audition
Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Thursday February 18, 2016 12:30pm - 1:20pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Rehearsal, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

1:30pm MST

secretBox: a game space for creative empowerment
secretBox creator Reid Davis (The Artory) and educator Bradley Lorio (U Idaho/DVC) present a game space for creative expression, relationship building, and intentional living. Participants will learn the "rules of play" for three secretBox gifting games, and then practice/beta test the game. secretBox is a social media gifting game created and developed at The Artory (Oakland, CA).
Speakers
avatar for Reid Davis

Reid Davis

Co-Director, The Artory
Reid Davis, Ph.D. (Co-Director, The Artory) The Artory (Oakland, CA) is an Education+Design+Performance company in Oakland CA, dedicated to education, empowerment, and healing through the arts. Currently on faculty at Studio A.C.T., SF State, and DVC, Reid directed KC/ACTF Region... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Shortcut for Frock Coats and Tailcoats
Learn how to take a regular suit (matching slacks and jacket) and recut into a tailcoat or frock coat. Great for costumers who have to dress a chorus quickly on a limited budget.
Speakers
avatar for Richard Stephens

Richard Stephens

Resident Costume Designer, Peninsula College
I have been working on stage all my life and have been fortunate to have the opportunity to study and practice my craft both as an actor and director as well as a scenic and costume designer. I love creating magic on stage - to transform an actor with a costume, to transform a blank... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Sound
Sound design responses
Moderators
JG
KH
avatar for Steve Shelley

Steve Shelley

Designer, Author, Field Template
Lighting design, production management, touring, touring overseas, touring with foreign companies, Vectorworks, Field Templates, SoftSymbols, "A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, 3rd Ed."

Sponsors
DS
RR

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

1:30pm MST

Bard in the Backcountry: Documentary Film Screening
A film screening of the movie Bard in the Backcountry with a Q&A to follow. This film chronicles the Montana Shakespeare in the Parks touring company and is NOT a promotional video but an independent film made in conjunction with Montana PBS. The web site is: http://bardinthebackcountry.com
Speakers
avatar for Tom Watson

Tom Watson

Associate Professor - Film/ Theatre, Montana State University

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

1:30pm MST

Bringing Focus to the World of the Play
We'll talk about one way a director can focus their conceptual approach to any play and answer many questions, such as: How is behavior motivated in the world of this play? What kind of pressures does this world put on the characters? Are characters motivated by the external or internal in this play? What is the point of view regarding the individual and society? Are we primarily looking at individuals or a society? You'll be introduced to the "values compass", which has proven to be a useful tool to many directors in approaching these questions, and will help you work with both actors and designers, as well as clarify and unify your own thinking.
Speakers
AG

Andrew Golla

University of Portland
Andrew Golla is an Associate Professor of Theater at the University of Portland and Head of the M.F.A. in Directing program. He has a M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Iowa, is the Artistic Director of Portland Theatre Works (which develops new plays), and is a founding committee... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Directing

1:30pm MST

Dramaturgy Response Session
In this session, people who submitted materials in consideration for the Dramaturgy Prize receive feedback on their presentation, content and dramaturgical approach. Respondents include Julie Felise Dubiner of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mead K Hunter from The New Harmony Project, and possibly surprise guests.
Moderators
JF

Julie Felise Dubiner

Julie’s artistic home is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where she is Associate Director of a commissioning and development program called American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. She has served as drama-turg on many OSF productions, including The... Read More →
avatar for Mead Hunter

Mead Hunter

Associate Professor, University of Portland
Dramaturgy, Playwriting, History

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Dramaturgy

1:30pm MST

Tap Dance
Come learn dance choreography to one of your favorite Broadway tunes! Tap shoes are encouraged, but not required.
Speakers
AC

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Musical Theatre

1:30pm MST

Theatrical Firearms Primer
An introduction into the skills an actor should have to both safely and convincingly handle prop firearms in the theatre, including handling & staging, grip, stance, 'business', and playable actions. The focus here will be on actor skills, but information presented could also be of interest to directors, stage managers, and others.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Inouye

Kevin Inouye

Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
Kevin Inouye is an Assistant Professor of Acting, Movement, & Stage Combat at the University of Wyoming. He's also a Certified Teacher with both the Society of American Fight Directors and the National Michael Chekhov Association, a SAG-AFTRA performer, fight choreographer, and published... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Via Negativa: Resistance Training for the Performer
An exhilarating training session focused on the discovery of the performer's full vocal, physical, emotional, and imaginative potential. This highly physical workshop—based on the training methodologies of Double Edge Theatre (USA), Studio Matejka (Poland), and the Grotowski Institute (Poland)—explores a variety of methods for transcending individual barriers in performance, creating new work, and promoting ensemble-based collaboration. Please bring a water bottle and dress to move.
Speakers
avatar for Charlie Pepiton

Charlie Pepiton

Associate Professor of Theatre & Dance, Gonzaga University
Charlie Pepiton serves as Associate Professor of Theatre & Dance at Gonzaga University. He teaches courses on acting, directing, voice & movement, and theatre for young audiences. As a stage director, his interests revolve around creating new work and exploring the potential for theatre... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Voice for the Stage - Power, Sound and Speech
In this workshop we will explore the fundamental components necessary for voice work on stage. Workshop leader will utilize the heightened poetry of William Shakespeare and a launching point.
Speakers
TM

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 2:50pm MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

1:30pm MST

Devising Initiative and Applied Theatre Project
Original twenty-minute devised works presented by eight institutions from across the region. Each piece is followed by a response to the devisers from our guest artists. This session concludes with the showing from the second year of the Applied Theatre Initiative.
Moderators
avatar for Jessica Burr

Jessica Burr

Artistic Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →
avatar for Matt Chapman

Matt Chapman

Dell\'Arte International School of Physical Theatre
Matt Chapman is a performer, director, and teacher of physical theatre and clown. He is Co-Artistic Director of Under the Table, a physical comedy ensemble founded in 2001. Matt spent three years on Faculty at Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, and has taught clown... Read More →
avatar for Matt Opatrny

Matt Opatrny

Managing Director & Founder, Blessed Unrest
Jessica Burr and Matt Opatrny are the directors of Blessed Unrest, an experimental physical theatre ensemble in New York City generating original plays and touring internationally since 1999. Among their awards are four NY Innovative Theatre Awards (including the Cino Fellowship for... Read More →

Sponsors
RB

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 4:30pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Devising Initiative

1:30pm MST

John Cauble One Act Semi-Finalist Award Readings
Selected regional John Cauble One Act Play Readings followed by feedback from NPP respondents. But What Am I? By Vinecia Coleman - University of Idaho, While We Watched by Sylvie Pederson - University of Oregon, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Lamb by Nara Dahlbacka - San Francisco State University
Moderators
MB

Mark Bly

Professor, Playwriting and Dramaturg, Fordham University
Mark Bly is the Resident Dramaturg at The Acting Company and an Adjunct Professor in the MFA Playwriting Program at Fordham/Primary Stages. He was the former Director of the MFA Playwriting Program at Hunter College and helped to coor-dinate the innovative Hunter Playwrights Festival... Read More →
avatar for Jeanette Farr

Jeanette Farr

Chair of Theatre Arts, Glendale Community College
Jeanette Farr is a playwright, producer and director of new plays, and holds an MFA in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her plays have been produced both domestically and abroad including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Nancy Lee-Painter

Nancy Lee-Painter

Professor, Lewis-Clark State College
Nancy Lee-Painter is former NPP chair in region VII and teaches and directs at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She is avidly devoted to new plays and student playwrights. As a professional actor she has worked with, Vandal Lab, the Idaho Repertory Theatre, the Oregon... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 4:30pm MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, National Playwriting Program

1:30pm MST

MTSA Final Round
Final Round of the Musical Theatre Audition
Moderators
avatar for James Gray

James Gray

Open Jar Institute
Choreographed the Emmy Award Winning  Mel Brooks AFI Lifetime Achievement TV Special in Hollywood, Directed and Choreographed Peg O My Heart The Musical (MITF Best Musical),Currently the Associate Choreographer and Resident For the  Hal Prince  production of Prince Of Broadway. Resident... Read More →
avatar for Tom Miller

Tom Miller

Director of Education & Outreach, VIP
Prior to joining the staff of Actors' Equity Association, Tom was an Actor for over 25 years, performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off Broadway, with the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Florida, Carl Radcliff Dance Theatre, at Opryland USA, and in Europe. Tom is a graduate of Indiana... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Thursday February 18, 2016 1:30pm - 5:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

2:00pm MST

Prelude to a Kiss
Lottery showcase production from Yakima Valley Community College.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  
Thursday February 18, 2016 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

3:00pm MST

Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Response
Moderators
SH
GH
DW

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

3:00pm MST

USITT Technical Keynote
Paul Tazewell (Costume Design) NBC’s The Wiz! Live. Broadway: Hamilton; Dr. Zhivago; Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire (Tony nom); Magic/Bird; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lombardi; Memphis (Tony nom); Guys and Dolls; In The Heights (Tony nom); The Color Purple (Tony nom); Hot Feet; Caroline, or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Drowning Crow; Bring in 'da Noise... (Tony nom); Elaine Stritch at Liberty; On the Town; Fascinating Rhythm; Def Poetry Jam. Regional: Side Show (La Jolla Playhouse), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Arena Stage). Off- Broadway: Ruined, In the Heights, McReele, Flesh and Blood, Fame, Boston Marriage, Harlem Song. Opera: The Met, English National Opera, Washington Opera, Chicago Lyric, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, NYC Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Chicago Lyric. Three Helen Hayes Awards, Lucille Lortel, Jefferson, Princess Grace, and Irene Sharaff awards.
Speakers
PT

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, Design & Technology

3:00pm MST

Acting Through Choreography
Don't just learn choreography, learn how to play through it in this experiential movement workshop. Actors too often approach learned steps merely hoping to execute them; we'll explore how to approach movements as actions and find verbs to play within a given phrase. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of choreography as another text to make choices about.
Speakers
avatar for Jessica Wallenfels

Jessica Wallenfels

MFA Candidate, University of Portland
Put on your movement clothes and come ready to take risks and have fun. Jessica Wallenfels is a director/choreographer and educator whose credits include the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, Portland Center Stage and Artists Repertory Theatre. She has presented new works... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 2, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

3:00pm MST

Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprenticeship Info Session
The Apprenticeship at Actors is a full-immersion training program focused on practical, experiential training and designed to help young artists transition from an academic degree to a real-world career. Now in its 40th year, it's one of the oldest continuing pre-professional training companies and a practical alternative to graduate school. While learning the skills needed to create and maintain a professional career, Apprentices perform in their own 5-show season. Special emphasis is placed on cultivating audition skills and learning methods for generating original work. No tuition is charged and apprentices receive a generous stipend for the season.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Cripple Creek Ballroom 1, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

3:00pm MST

Creating A Theater Company
This workshop will break down the steps necessary to create you're own theater company. Going step by step this workshop will explore the nuts and bolts of making a theater company successful for years to come. This includes but is not limited to: creation of a mission statement, how to hire people, financial planning, what type of plays to do, where to get help with what you don't know. It will strive to help participants have a general and full grasp of the Artistic and Administrative balance that must be struck.
Speakers
JR

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

3:00pm MST

Eye to Eye
Teaching stage combat fundamentals to ready or introduce the performer with the basic combat skills most often seen and used on stage.
Speakers
avatar for Seth Hollen

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

3:00pm MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

4:30pm MST

CWU Chat and Chew
Join us for a special event designed exclusively for two-year college students and faculty interested in transfer opportunities at Central Washington University. Come on over, grab a bite and talk with us about your interests and future goals. We want to know about your plans, and share what we have to offer. We hope that CWU will be your choice for life-long success! Find out more about programs and student life at CWU! There will be students from CWU Theatre Arts representing Design, Performance, Musical Theatre, Theatre Studies, many of whom are transfer students themselves. Faculty from CWU Theatre Arts (BFA and BA Programs) will also be available A college education is the biggest investment in your future you can make. Let us give you all the information you need to make the right decision. Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsors
SR

Thursday February 18, 2016 4:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Crystal Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, Meeting

5:00pm MST

MTSA Final Judges Meeting
Meeting for the MTSA judging meeting
Sponsors
avatar for Chris Will

Chris Will

Author, How to succeed in musical theater without really trying
MTSA Coordinator

Thursday February 18, 2016 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Organization Meeting, Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition

5:00pm MST

President's Reception for Region 7 Faculty and Guests
Thursday February 18, 2016 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, Faculty, Staff, and Festival Guests

6:30pm MST

FADE World Premiere by Tanya Saracho
Tickets
In this true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a cutthroat TV studio. But as her friendship with the studio custodian grows, his stories start to blur with hers with unexpected consequences.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 6:30pm - 8:00pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

The Nest By Theresa Rebeck
Tickets
When drinking at The Nest, no conversation is off-limits. That is, until a stranger walks in with a lucrative proposition. A new comedy from Theresa Rebeck, whose plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both).”
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 6:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Space Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

6:30pm MST

All The Way By Robert Schenkan
Tickets
Called a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), this 2014 Best Play Tony-winner vividly portrays the groundbreaking steps taken by ambitious figures of the 1960s – President LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. – to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 6:30pm - 9:30pm MST
Stage Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

7:00pm MST

Dialogue on Dialogue Roundtable hosted by Matthew Lopez
Tickets
Join playwright Matthew Lopez and some of our acclaimed commissioned writers for a roundtable discussion about their writing processes, favorite first scenes, and more. After live scene readings, playwrights will give a glimpse inside the inspiration, frustration and “ah-ha!” moments of writing a script. Playwrights include: Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan (All the Way, The 12, The Kentucky Cycle); Anne Garcia-Romero (Santa Concepción, Paloma); and Susan Smith Blackburn nominee Lauren Yee (Samsara, in a word, The Hatmaker’s Wife).
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST
The Jones Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

7:00pm MST

SDC Final Rehearsal in Space for Finalists
Each of the SDC finalists will have thirty minutes to rehearse their scene in the space prior to the final round.
Sponsors
RL

Thursday February 18, 2016 7:00pm - 10:00pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

7:30pm MST

Prelude to a Kiss
Lottery showcase production from Yakima Valley Community College.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  
Moderators
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

7:45pm MST

HYPE MAN - reading of a new play in progress by IDRIS GOODWIN
HYPE MAN: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin A controversial police shooting causes tensions between an interracial hip hop trio. HYPE MAN is a rhythmically woven drama exploring race, representation, fame and friendship.
Artists
avatar for Idris Goodwin

Idris Goodwin

Idris Goodwin is a playwright, rapper and essayist. His plays include How We Got On, This Is Modern Art, and Bars and Measures. He's had work produced and/or developed with Steppenwolf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, Berkeley... Read More →
JB

James Brunt

James Brunt is 22 and currently a student at Metropolitan State University, studying theatre. He has been doing theatre for 8 years. He enjoys both acting and dancing he just got finished with a production of I Miss My MTV at the Denver Center of performing arts. He strives to grow... Read More →
JJ

John Jurcheck

John Jurcheck has been treading the boards of Colorado stages for over a decade. An Artistic Company member at Curious Theatre Company since 2007, John currently serves as Associate Producer and helped launch the Curious New Voices National Collective in 2014. Curious acting credits... Read More →
SC

Satya Chavez

Satya Chavez is an actress, musician, voice and acting coach with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theater Performance from The University of Colorado, Boulder.  She is the 2014 national winner of The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 7:45pm - 9:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Performance, All Festival Participants

9:00pm MST

WHO'S PLAYING WHO? A panel with Keith Hamilton Cobb, Jeanette Farr, Idris Goodwin, Gregg Henry, and Andrew Hinderaker
Who’s playin who?: Racial and Cultural representations in theater A group of theater artists discuss the constantly evolving state of racial diversity on the American stage. Questions of color blind casting, diversity on and off the stage, and the theater’s role in addressing/confronting issues of inequality and will be explored.
Speakers
KH

Keith Hamilton Cobb

Mr. Cobb is an actor who has spent the majority of his working life on stage and is readily recognized on the streets of New York for several unique character portrayals in television.  He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, whose regional theatre... Read More →
JF
avatar for Idris Goodwin

Idris Goodwin

Idris Goodwin is a playwright, rapper and essayist. His plays include How We Got On, This Is Modern Art, and Bars and Measures. He's had work produced and/or developed with Steppenwolf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, Berkeley... Read More →
GH
AH

Andrew Hinderaker

ANDREW HINDERAKER is an ensemble member of the Gift Theatre in Chicago. His plays include I Am Going to Change the World, Dirty, Kingsville, and Suicide, Incorporated, which premiered at the Gift and was subsequently produced Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre. Hinderaker’s... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Response, All Festival Participants

9:00pm MST

Load-Out: Prelude to a Kiss
Yakima Valley Community College showcase festival production load-out.
Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00pm - 11:45pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Load-In-Load-Out, Festival Production

9:00pm MST

Hospitality Suite
Faculty and staff come have an adult beverage and snack. Chat is up with friends, old and new!
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:00pm - Friday February 19, 2016 1:00am MST
Room 828 & 829, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Faculty, Staff, and Festival Guests

10:00pm MST

Tech Olympics
The Northwest section of USITT invites you to participate in the Eleventh Annual Technical Olympics! The Tech Olympics are designed to test and show the abilities of technical students from Region 7.  Teams of five students are encouraged to compete for their school’s glory and the perpetual trophy. Events are available for carpenters, costumers, stage managers, and electricians. Participation can be on an individual or team basis. Each school that wishes to build a team should include carpenters, costumers, stage managers, and electricians.

For Event Descriptions, Rules, and Sign up go to www.nwusitt.org 
Speakers
avatar for Christina Barrigan

Christina Barrigan

Chair, Theatre Arts, Central Washington University
Christina Barrigan is Department Chair and Professor of Lighting Design and Technology at Central Washington University. Her artistic practice includes lighting, scenery, and video for small professional theatres, new works, and dance.

Thursday February 18, 2016 10:00pm - 11:50pm MST
Crystal Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Tech Olympics, All Festival Participants

11:00pm MST

The Sea is a Restless Whore
Five pirates aboard a ship. Each harbors a dirty little secret, and each sings a dirty little song about it. It’s South Park meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets pirates.
Thursday February 18, 2016 11:00pm - Friday February 19, 2016 12:00am MST
Voodoo Comedy Playhouse 1260 22nd Street, Denver, CO 80205
  Performance, Festival Production
 
Friday, February 19
 

7:30am MST

Ten Minute Play Rehearsal
This is an opportunity for Director's of the Ten-Minute Play to run their staged readings in the performance space before the festival.
Sponsors
BG

Friday February 19, 2016 7:30am - 9:30am MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Ten Minute Play Festival, National Playwriting Program

8:00am MST

Festival Tickets!!!
Daily pick up for festival productions at the King Center on the Auaria Campus.

Tickets will be available for American Moor in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.  

After 9:00 AM, tickets will be available in the festival office in the Rexford Room on the Embassy Suites third floor. 

Friday February 19, 2016 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Cripple Creek Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street, Denver, CO
  Tickets, Festival Production

9:00am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Allied Crafts and Costumes
Allied crafts responses
Moderators
JG
PT

Sponsors
DS
RR

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Response: Prelude to a Kiss
Responses are open sessions, observers are welcome.
Moderators
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Response, Festival Production

9:00am MST

Connecting Weird Dots: Theatre and Popular Culture
In which we figure out why 12,000 people will lose their minds at a sports event while some LORT A theatre companies lose patrons in a 2.000 seat house. Learn devious fundraising tactics and thrifty methods of production for small outfit companies.
Speakers
CC

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

9:00am MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

9:00am MST

Model Making Workshop - From 2-D to 3-D
Using various media (colored pencils, markers, watercolors, chalk, pastels, crayons) each participant will create a full-color illustration board model that folds flat for easy transportation home - all within the time frame of the class!

Great for anyone interested in design.
Speakers
DL

Derek Lane

Scenographer/Production Manager, Humboldt State University

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

9:00am MST

Violent Exposition: Style and Character through Stage Combat
After learning a brief, very basic phrase of unarmed stage combat choreography, we'll explore the ways in which we can apply our design, dramaturgy, and character work to the scene. This will include exploring martial choices, the given circumstances of the scene, the effect we want to have on our audience, alternate stagings, and what we want our audience to learn about our characters through this encounter.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Inouye

Kevin Inouye

Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
Kevin Inouye is an Assistant Professor of Acting, Movement, & Stage Combat at the University of Wyoming. He's also a Certified Teacher with both the Society of American Fight Directors and the National Michael Chekhov Association, a SAG-AFTRA performer, fight choreographer, and published... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:20am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

9:00am MST

Master Class in Margolis Method
An introduction to Margolis Method's integrated approach to creating theatre on your feet. Ideal for actors, directors and playwrights interested in devising and physical theatre. Using a laboratory format, students can explore Margolis Method principles and acquire new technical skills. This class will expand the student's theatrical vocabulary and their ability to articulate what they see in others and want to communicate in themselves. Technique, theory and structured improvisation are built into small creative projects and scene work throughout the workshop. www.margolismethod.org
Speakers
avatar for Ian Bivins

Ian Bivins

Faculty, Margolis Method Center International
Ian is a certified Margolis Method faculty member with over a decade of experience teaching and creating with the internationally recognized MB Adaptors Company. He is a proud graduate of Region 7's Western Washington University and teaches regularly in Bellingham, WA. He spends... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom C, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

9:00am MST

SDC Directing Scenes Final Round
The six student directing finalists will present their scenes to the public. A response session will follow the final round, and will include the scene directors, and may include teacher/mentors, actors and audience.
Moderators
AF
GH
MR

Sponsors
RL

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00am - 12:30pm MST
UCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  SDC Directing Initiative, Directing

10:00am MST

Ten Minute Play Festival
The 10-minute play festival features staged readings of the top six student written 10-minute plays from our region. Under the Bed by Charlie Schuster - Bellevue College, Semi Sweet by Kayla Fehringer - University of Wyoming, Scales by Benjamin Pressnall - Western State Colorado University, Roger by Nicholas J. Maurer - University of Oregon, Lean In With Liz by Rachel Bublitz - San Francisco State University, Lorax by Katherine Gee Perrone - Lesley University (Also the Region VII Planet Earth Arts Award)
Moderators
MB

Mark Bly

Professor, Playwriting and Dramaturg, Fordham University
Mark Bly is the Resident Dramaturg at The Acting Company and an Adjunct Professor in the MFA Playwriting Program at Fordham/Primary Stages. He was the former Director of the MFA Playwriting Program at Hunter College and helped to coor-dinate the innovative Hunter Playwrights Festival... Read More →

Sponsors
BG

Friday February 19, 2016 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
CCD Production Studio, Kenneth King Center 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, National Playwriting Program

10:30am MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Costume
Costume design responses
Moderators
JG
PT

Sponsors
DS
RR

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

Creative Stage Management: Caring for the Production & the People
Focusing on application of general stage management skills to individual situations of the participants. Prioritizing rapport and relationship as keys to a healthy process and strong product, we will discuss the tools of the stage manager.
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan D. Allsup

Jonathan D. Allsup

Stage Manager
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently Production Manager at Paramount Theatre outside Chicago. Jonathan was a freelance AEA stage manager most recently serving on stage management teams at Paramount Theatre, Curious Theatre, Lone Tree Arts Center, Denver Center, Arvada Center, and Colorado... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

10:30am MST

Heightened Language: Sound, Body, and Resonance
This workshop explores physical and vocal tools that allow actors to approach heightened language such as Shakespeare with an experiential, full-bodied command of the text. This is a playful, interactive and physical workshop for actors that seeks to create a powerful connection to sound and language by exploring: 1) the speech sounds that make up the text, 2) the actors’ use of their body in creating sound, 3) and our experience of resonance in the sound and text. Dress for light movement. No preparation is necessary, though actors may bring a brief selection of Shakespeare or other heightened text.
Speakers
EM

Evan Mueller

Assistant Professor of Voice/Acting, Western Washington University
Assistant Professor of Voice/Acting, Western Washington University.   Evan is an Acting teacher with a specialization in Voice & Speech for Actors.  This is his first year in the Pacific Northwest: Prior to arriving at Western, he was teaching at New York University and working... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crystal Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

10:30am MST

Inspiring Interest in Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism
This roundtable discussion will focus on sharing ideas, strategies, and experiments in encouraging student interest and engagement with “drier” courses in the theatre curriculum. Participants are encouraged to bring handouts and/or examples. While this roundtable is aimed toward faculty participants, students are welcome to observe and contribute.
Speakers
PM

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Faculty Session

10:30am MST

Intentional Directing: An Experiential Workshop
In this workshop, Reid Davis (The Artory) and Maiya Corall, Bradley Lorio, Lillia Shannon and Jeremy Dorado (U Idaho/DVC) lead participants in a series of exercises designed to reimagine the director’s role in the studio and classroom.   Facilitator Reid Davis will lead a series of games and exercises in the 4 i’s of Intentional Directing: Immersion, Immediacy, Intentionality, and Impact.  Maiya Corall, Bradley Lorio, Lillia Shannon, and Jeremy Dorado will share their applications of the process, including the director-actor-designer relationships in developing KCACTF’s national-award winning 2015 production of THE PILLOWMAN.  
Speakers
avatar for Reid Davis

Reid Davis

Co-Director, The Artory
Reid Davis, Ph.D. (Co-Director, The Artory) The Artory (Oakland, CA) is an Education+Design+Performance company in Oakland CA, dedicated to education, empowerment, and healing through the arts. Currently on faculty at Studio A.C.T., SF State, and DVC, Reid directed KC/ACTF Region... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, All Festival Participants

10:30am MST

Playing the Long Game - How to be Successful as a Professional Actor
So you’ve decided to try to make a living as an actor. What are the next steps? How do you define success in this industry? Actually how competitive is the business? Learn strategies for surviving the years it takes to establish yourself as a professional actor and ways to maintain your focus and mental health along the way.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Legg

Michael Legg

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Michael Legg is the Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company. Legg is in his ninth season at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he’s directed world premieres of plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Laura Jacqmin, Dan Dietz, Kyle John Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Carmen Herlihy, Jennifer Haley... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Crestone Ballroom B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Actors

10:30am MST

The Mechanics of Corsetry
We will discuss theatrical patterning, construction and fitting of corsets. We will look at theatrically produced corsets from a variety of styles from 1630 - 1920 and the patterns and supplies required to produce them.
Speakers
TS

Friday February 19, 2016 10:30am - 11:50am MST
Aspen B, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Workshop, Design & Technology

11:30am MST

Two Degrees By Tira Palmquist
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - When research scientist Emma is invited to the nation’s capital to share her findings on climate change with the Senate, she must overcome her tumultuous inner struggle so ‭she can make a difference in the world at large.
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 11:30am - 1:00pm MST
The Jones Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

11:30am MST

Two Degrees By Tira Palmquist
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - When research scientist Emma is invited to the nation’s capital to share her findings on climate change with the Senate, she must overcome her tumultuous inner struggle so ‭she can make a difference in the world at large.
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 11:30am - 1:00pm MST
The Jones Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

11:30am MST

American Mariachi By José Cruz González
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - Lucha and Bolie are ready to start their own all-female mariachi band. The only things standing in their way are a male-dominated music scene, patriarchical pressure from inside their families and finding the right women to fill out their sound.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 11:30am - 1:45pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

11:30am MST

American Mariachi By José Cruz González
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - Lucha and Bolie are ready to start their own all-female mariachi band. The only things standing in their way are a male-dominated music scene, patriarchical pressure from inside their families and finding the right women to fill out their sound.
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 11:30am - 1:45pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

12:00pm MST

Town Hall Meeting
COME SHARE HOW AWESOME FESTIVAL WAS FOR YOU OR HELPFUL WAYS TO IMPROVE THIS ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Aspen A, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Meeting, Faculty Session

12:00pm MST

VIP Lunch
Box lunches available for respondents and festival VIPs.
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
SR

Friday February 19, 2016 12:00pm - 1:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites

12:00pm MST

Design, Technology, and Management Expo - Strike
All participants must remover their materials at this time.
Friday February 19, 2016 12:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Crestone Foyer, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  DTM Expo, Design & Technology

12:30pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Finals - Rehearsal
This is an opportunity to check out the space one final time, set levels, etc., and do a walk-through of entrances, exits, etc. (No time for complete runs.) All Nominees, partners, and accompanists should be present. Please be prompt so that we can give one general briefing of procedures prior to walkthrough.
Sponsors
MT

Friday February 19, 2016 12:30pm - 2:30pm MST
King Center Concert Hall 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

1:00pm MST

Keith Hamilton Cobb AMERICAN MOOR
The intelligent, intuitive, indomitable, large, black, American male actor explores Shakespeare’s Othello, race, and America… not necessarily in that order.
American Moor is an 85 minute solo play written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, examining the experience and perspective of black men in America through the metaphor of William Shakespeare’s character, Othello.
It was conceived and written in the fall of 2012, and had its first reading in March of 2013. It was first publicly performed under the direction of Paul Kwame Johnson as an offering of the Humanities Institute at Westchester Community College in November of 2013, with funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. Its second public performance was on March 1st, 2014 in the theatre of the Yonkers Riverfront Library, Yonkers, NY, and it has since been performed for Luna Stage Company in West Orange, NJ, February/March, 20015, produced by Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Manhattan, April/May, 2015, and The Anacostia Playhouse, Anacostia, Washington D.C. July/August, 2015.
American Moor is not an “angry black man play.” Rather the widely diverse audiences that have experienced it echo the piece’s awareness that we see only what we want to see of one another, and that we all long to be wholly noticed and wholly embraced. It is a play about race in America, but it is also a play about who gets to make art, who gets to play Shakespeare, about the qualitative decline of the American theatre, about actors and acting, and about the nature of unadulterated love. It is an often funny, often heartbreaking examination of the pall of privileged perspective that is ultimately so injurious to us all.
See more at: http://keithhamiltoncobb.com

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.   
Artists
KH

Keith Hamilton Cobb

Mr. Cobb is an actor who has spent the majority of his working life on stage and is readily recognized on the streets of New York for several unique character portrayals in television.  He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, whose regional theatre... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Performance, Festival Production

1:30pm MST

FADE World Premiere by Tanya Saracho
Tickets
In this true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a cutthroat TV studio. But as her friendship with the studio custodian grows, his stories start to blur with hers with unexpected consequences.
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 1:30pm - 3:00pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

1:30pm MST

The Nest By Theresa Rebeck
Tickets
When drinking at The Nest, no conversation is off-limits. That is, until a stranger walks in with a lucrative proposition. A new comedy from Theresa Rebeck, whose plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both).”
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 1:30pm - 3:30pm MST
Space Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

1:30pm MST

All The Way By Robert Schenkan
Tickets
Called a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), this 2014 Best Play Tony-winner vividly portrays the groundbreaking steps taken by ambitious figures of the 1960s – President LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. – to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 1:30pm - 4:30pm MST
Stage Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

3:00pm MST

Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
The Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy provides the opportunity for student writers to explore various modes of theatre journalism (reviews, previews, blogs, advocacy articles, etc.). Participants must be available to attend daily workshops.
Moderators
avatar for Andy Propst

Andy Propst

Andy Propst, founder of AmericanTheaterWeb.com, has written for such diverse publications the Village Voice, TimeOut NY, and Backstage. Andy has served three terms as judge for the Voice's Obie Awards and four terms as nominator for the Drama Desk Awards and spent seven years as a... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 3:00pm - 4:20pm MST
Quartz Boardroom, Embassy Suites
  Workshop, Journalism and Theatre Advocacy

3:00pm MST

The Book of Will By Lauren Gunderson
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - After the death of Shakespeare, two actors set out to find and reassemble his scripts to create the first Folio. Their resourcefulness, dedication and friendship shape the world of ‭theatre by preserving the words of their mentor. ‬
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 3:00pm - 5:15pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

3:00pm MST

The Book of Will By Lauren Gunderson
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - After the death of Shakespeare, two actors set out to find and reassemble his scripts to create the first Folio. Their resourcefulness, dedication and friendship shape the world of ‭theatre by preserving the words of their mentor. ‬
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 3:00pm - 5:15pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

3:00pm MST

Midwinter By Mat Smart
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - Nothing is simple about romance at McMurdo Station, Antarctica — a small community made even smaller during the shut-in winter months. Helen loves Dmitri, Dmitri loves ‭Hillary, and Hillary loves Tamara (who just might love her back).‬
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 3:00pm - 5:30pm MST
The Jones Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

3:00pm MST

Midwinter By Mat Smart
Tickets
Summit New Play Reading - Nothing is simple about romance at McMurdo Station, Antarctica — a small community made even smaller during the shut-in winter months. Helen loves Dmitri, Dmitri loves ‭Hillary, and Hillary loves Tamara (who just might love her back).‬
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 3:00pm - 5:30pm MST
The Jones Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

3:00pm MST

Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Finals
Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition final and Musical Theatre Scholarship Audition performance.

House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets will be available for this performance in the Cripple Creek Foyer at 8:00 AM on the day of the show. Tickets are first come first serves and you must be present with your festival lanyard to receive a ticket.   
Friday February 19, 2016 3:00pm - 5:30pm MST
King Center Concert Hall 855 Lawrence Way Denver, CO
  Irene Ryan Scholarship

7:30pm MST

Awards Ceremony
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Dizney

Patrick Dizney

Chair, KCACTF Region VII
Incoming Chair of Region VII, Professor of Performance at Central Washington University, Respondent Coordinator, Next Step Coordinator, and CoHost for the Regional Festival. Please feel free to contact me about anything Festival related. We are excited for you to be here and work... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Silverton Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Special Event, All Festival Participants

8:00pm MST

FADE World Premiere by Tanya Saracho
Tickets
In this true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a cutthroat TV studio. But as her friendship with the studio custodian grows, his stories start to blur with hers with unexpected consequences.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 8:00pm - 9:30pm MST
Ricketson Theatre
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

8:00pm MST

The Nest By Theresa Rebeck
Tickets
When drinking at The Nest, no conversation is off-limits. That is, until a stranger walks in with a lucrative proposition. A new comedy from Theresa Rebeck, whose plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both).”
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Space Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

8:00pm MST

All The Way By Robert Schenkan
Tickets
Called a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), this 2014 Best Play Tony-winner vividly portrays the groundbreaking steps taken by ambitious figures of the 1960s – President LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. – to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors
avatar for Colorado New Play Summit

Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 8:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Stage Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company

9:00pm MST

Turn Down For What???
Join us for a raucous party on the last night of the conference! We’ve got glow sticks, snacks, and tunes. You bring the posse and twerk away.
Friday February 19, 2016 9:00pm - Saturday February 20, 2016 12:00am MST
Crystal Ballroom, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO

9:00pm MST

Hospitality Suite
Faculty and staff come have an adult beverage and snack. Chat is up with friends, old and new!
Sponsors
avatar for Kelly Quinnett

Kelly Quinnett

Region 7 Chair, KCACTF
Kelly Quinnett-currently Past Chair of region 7, KCACTF and Head of Performance at the University of Idaho. In 1990, she was the recipient of the National Irene Ryan Scholarship, which led to her being placed under a development contract with ABC. She appeared on ALL MY CHILDREN as... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 9:00pm - Saturday February 20, 2016 1:00am MST
Room 828 & 829, Embassy Suites 1400 Stout Street Denver, CO
  Reception, Faculty, Staff, and Festival Guests

9:30pm MST

Late Night Playwrights' Slam
Tickets
An informal and fun evening where DCPA commissioned writers will share their brand-new works-in-progress in front of a live audience. Free. Ticket required.
Sponsors
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Colorado New Play Summit

Join the Theatre Company at the 11th annual Colorado New Play Summit, a premier showcase and celebration of new plays. Over the past decade, we’ve introduced 44 new plays at the Summit, over half of which returned to our stages as full Theatre Company productions. Recent Summit... Read More →

Friday February 19, 2016 9:30pm - 11:30pm MST
The Jones Theatre 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204
  Colorado New Play Summit, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company
 
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