2019 AATE National Conference
August 1-5, 2019

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Dates and Times

Wednesday, July 31, 2019,  5pm-7pm Kick-Off event
Highlights:

• viBe Theater Experience performances
• Conversations With Young Artists
• Wine & Cheese Reception

Optional Add-On Excursion with the Roundabout Theatre Company 7:30pm

• TONI STONE by Lydia Diamond (If you would like to add-on this event, please remember to do so while registering)

Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019,  9am-7pm Workshops, Paper presentations, Research performances, Roundtables (See Description for examples)

Location:

Description:

$165

 Our symposium emerges from an ongoing research project which considers the intersection between theatre companies and their work in communities around the world. The pre-conference symposium will feature contributions from teaching artists, theatre education researchers, and those theatre makers and educationalists that work with theatre companies in the development of programs. We are happy to welcome Helen Nicholson, our distinguished keynote presenter, who is a professor, researcher, and practitioner at the forefront of Applied Theatre in the United Kingdom and around the world. In addition, the August 1st sessions will allow attendees to learn about current best practices through breakout sessions which include roundtable discussions, practical workshops, research performances, and presentations of papers.

Some of our sessions on offer:

This symposium will be of interest to professionals and academics engaged in theatre education, theatre making, applied drama and theatre and arts administration and policy development. It will have an international focus and reach and we invite colleagues from around the world to join us to create new connections and conversations!

To register for the pre-conference or add it on to your regular conference registration, please email Alexis Truitt ([email protected]).

Chairs & Committee: 

Michael Anderson, PhD; Professor at University of Sydney

Michael Finneran, PhD; Head, Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Limerick

Lindsey Buller Maliekel, Director of Education / Public Engagement and Courtney Boddie, Director of Education/School Engagement at The New Victory Theater

John Saunders, Director of Education and Community Partnerships at Sydney Theatre Company

Jennifer DiBella, Director of Education and Mitch Mattson, Director of Career Training at Roundabout Theatre Company

Nicole Marino, Theatre Educator at NYC DOE

Keynote: Helen Nicholson, PhD, Professor of Theatre and Performance, Royal Holloway, University of London

Literacy and Language On Your Feet: Dramatizing Graphic Novels with English Language Learners 

Date and Time

Thursday, August 1, 2019, 12:00-6:00pm

Location: 

Description:

$135

 Lincoln Center Theater’s Education Department invites AATE conference attendees to a pre-conference event on using drama strategies with English Language Learners 

 ABOUT LCT’S WORK WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

 In 2004, Lincoln Center Theater (LCT) launched the Learning English and Drama Project (LEAD), a collaborative in-school residency program involving classroom teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) and theater teaching artists. In LEAD, ELL classroom content serves as a springboard for theatrical exploration and each residency culminates in the performance of a selected text. LEAD teaching artists use theater to support and reinforce curricular content and build student speaking skills. By engaging with the text using their bodies and voices, students are able to develop a deeper understanding of the material, as well as to become more confident and skillful English speakers.

  WHY GRAPHIC NOVELS

 Over the years, LEAD has staged texts ranging from the classic, such as A RAISIN IN THE SUN, to the contemporary, such as THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN. Recently, LEAD has explored using graphic novels as a way of tapping ELL’s creativity and building their literacy skills. 

 Graphic novels… 

•  motivate students to read, since they are less daunted by the material.
•  support literacy, since images provide clues about character, plot and vocabulary.
•  help with context comprehension, as students can visualize, and may better understand the world of the story as it unfolds. 

 Some of the graphic novels that LEAD has used over the past two years include: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, BOXERS AND SAINTS, MAUS, MARCH, and MS. MARVEL. 

 THE PRE-CONFERENCE

 LCT invites you to experience some of the best practices developed over the course of our 14 years of doing theater with ELLs. Together, we will reflect on how best to use theater to serve the diverse populations of ELLs in our schools. 

Pre-conference participants will first be introduced to the language acquisition and cognitive development theories that form the basis for LCT’s work with ELLs. Then, participants will take part in excerpts from LEAD’s MS. MARVEL curriculum, showcasing best practices for planning, facilitating, and assessing theater work with ELLs. 

 During the workshop, participants will hear from:

• LEAD staff and teaching artists
• Teachers on how theater strategies have supported literacy instruction and their lessons learned from collaborating with a teaching artist. 
• ELL students, via videotaped interviews, about their learning needs and what they’ve gained from the experience of engaging in theater for building language and SEL skills. 

 Video examples of classroom work will ground discussion. 

 All lesson plans, handouts and PowerPoint presentations will be made available to participants