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DAY/TIME
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EVENT
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WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024
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12-3pm
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6pm
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Master Class A:
Devising Theater From True Stories
&
Performance
(Pre-purchase is required)
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8-10pm
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Welcome to Chicago and
New Guard Gathering!
Sponsored by Dramatic Publishing
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THURSDAY, July 18, 2024
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8am
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Exhibits Set-Up
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8:30-9:30am
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Conference Orientation for First Time Attendees
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9:45-11am
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Session Block #1
(Open to Everyone)
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11:15am-12:15pm
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Affinity Groups/Group Check-Ins
(Open to Everyone)
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12:30-2:30pm
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Lunch (Dine Around)
(Sign up Required)
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1-4pm
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Master Class B:
Theatrical Tools for Justice: Using Theater of the Oppressed (T.O.) as a Viable Tool for Change
(Pre-purchase is required)
Sponsored by
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2:45-4pm
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Session Block #2
(Open to Everyone)
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4:15-5:45pm
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Welcome/Opening Keynote
Freestreet Theater's Youth Ensemble
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6:00-7:00pm
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Exhibitor Meet & Greet
Meet the Leadership
(Open to Everyone)
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6:00pm
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Theatre Excursion:
Port of Entry
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8-10pm
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Storytelling Slam |
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FRIDAY, July 19, 2024
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8am-8:45am
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Past President/Chair Breakfast
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9am-10:15am
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Session Block #3
(Open to Everyone)
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10:30-11:30am
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Network Meetings
Applied Theatre
College/University
Early Childhood
K-8
Playwrights
(Open to Everyone)
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11:45am-12:15pm
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Poster Sessions
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1-2:15pm
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Session Block #4
(Open to Everyone)
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2:30-3:30pm
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Network Meetings
High School
Professional Theatre
Research/Scholarship
Youth Theatre
(Open to Everyone)
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3:30-6:30pm
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Master Class C
From Theory to Practice to Play! Anti-Adultism
at Filament Theatre
(Pre-purchase is required)
Sponsored by Easy-Ware Corp
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3:45-5pm
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Session Block #5
(Open to Everyone)
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5:15-6:30pm
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Session Block #6
(Open to Everyone)
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6:45-8pm
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Dinner (Dine Arounds)
(Sign Up Required)
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SATURDAY, July 20, 2024
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8:30-9:30am
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Doyle Breakfast
(For Doyle Fellows)
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8:30-9:30am
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Youth Theatre Journal Meeting
(Open to All)
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9:45-11am
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Keynote #2
Teen Agency within Arts Institutions
featuring the Steppenwolf Young Adult Council
Including a performance of Slam Poetry
by Students from Adlai E. Stevenson High School
(Open to Everyone)
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11:15-11:30 am
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Check Out Our Vendors
(Open to Everyone)
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11:45am-1pm
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Annual Meeting
(Open to Everyone)
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1:15-2:30pm
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Session Block #7
(Open to Everyone)
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2:45-4pm
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Sesison Block #8
(Open to Everyone)
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4:15pm-4:45pm
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Exhibitor Raffle
(Open to Everyone)
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5-6 pm
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Affinity Group #2/Group Check-Ins
(Open to Everyone)
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6:45-8:15pm
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AATE Award's Ceremony
Featuring the
August Wilson New Voices Competition Winners
(Open to Everyone)
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8:30-10:30pm
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All Conference Party
Featuring Live Music by Six on Friday
(Open to Everyone)
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SUNDAY, July 21, 2024
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10-11am
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Board Meeting
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