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2010 Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule as of October 21, 2009.
Saturday, May 15
9:00 a.m.
Registration begins and continues daily in the foyer of the Civic Center.
Sunday, May 16
9:00 9:55 p.m.
Theatre Co nference Orientation Panel with Erma Duricko, Barclay Kopchak, Dawson Moore, and Gregory Pulver.
10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Room A: Acting in the Play Lab with Carrie Baker, Bostin Christopher, and Jayne Wenger.
Room B: How to Direct a Reading of Your Own Play with Erma Duricko
Noon 12:45 p.m.
Lunch served.
12:45 3:30 p.m.
Room A: Class, Monologue workshop with Laura Gardner and Frank Collison. Participants will have the opportunity to explore and perform a monologue written by playwrights in attendance at the Conference. Session one: preliminary work and exploration of the chosen monologues.
12:45 1:55 p.m.
Room B: Playwriting Class
Room C: Directing Class
2:00 3:25 p.m.
Room B: Playwriting Class
Room C: Directing Class
3:30 5:00 p.m.
Room A: Playwriting Class
Room B: Actors Vocal Preparation with Carrie Baker. An introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework for actors. This technique uses modified yoga positions to open and access breath and helps the actor gain vocal power, control, and expression. Actors should wear workout clothes.
5:00 -7:25 p.m.
Welcome Reception & Fish Fry on the Civic Center lawn for Conference participants.
7:30 p.m.
Edgar Allan Poe at the Valdez Civic Center, a play by Bryan Willis based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, presented by Cyranos Theatre Company, followed by a reception in the Civic Center Foyer.
9:30 p.m.
Fringe Festival Kick-Off performance on the Civic Center stage.
Monday, May 17
8:00 8:55 a.m.
Room C: Morning Warm-Up Yoga with Meg McKinney.
9:00 10:10 a.m. Play Lab (45 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
Lunch Room: Room A: Monologue Workshop (by appointment)
10:15 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Room A: Class
Room B: Class
Noon - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch Served.
1:00 -2:25 p.m. Play Lab (60 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
2:30 5:00 p.m. Play Lab (120 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
5:00 7:25 p.m.
Dinner Break.
7:30 p.m.
An Evening with our Featured Playwrights, featuring the authors reading from their work. Directed by Erma Duricko.
10:00 p.m.
Fringe Festival.
Tuesday, May 18
8:00 8:55 a.m.
Room C: Morning Warm-Up Yoga with Meg McKinney.
9:00 9:55 a.m. Play Lab (30 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
Lunch Room: Monologue Workshop (by appointment)
10:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Play Lab (105 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
12:15 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Served.
1:00 2:25 p.m. Play Lab (60 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
2:30 3:25 p.m. Play Lab (30 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
3:30 5:15 p.m. Play Lab (75 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
5:15 7:25 p.m.
Dinner Break.
7:30 p.m.
A reading of a previous Play Lab play, directed by Bostin Christopher.
10:00 p.m.
Fringe Festival.
Wednesday, May 19
9:00 9:55 a.m.
Room C: Morning Warm-Up Yoga with Meg McKinney
9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Room A: Monologue Workshop, part two
Room B: Playwriting Class
Noon 12:55 p.m.
Lunch Break.
1:00 1:40 p.m. Play Lab (20 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
1:45 2:25 p.m. Play Lab (20 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
2:30 5:00 p.m. Play Lab (120 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
5:00 7:25 p.m.
Dinner Break.
7:30 p.m.
Richard Dressers Rounding Third, presented by Out North Theatre Company, directed by Schatzie Schaefers and starring Mark Robokoff and Aaron Wiseman, followed by a reception at the Valdez Museum.
Late Night Programming
10:00 p.m.
Fringe Festival.
Thursday, May 20
8:00 8:55 a.m.
Room C: Morning Warm-Up Yoga with Meg McKinney.
9:00 9:55 a.m. Play Lab (30 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
10:00 -12:00 p.m. Play Lab (90 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
Noon 12:45 p.m.
Lunch Served.
12:50 1:25 p.m.
Room A: Acting Class
Room B: Playwriting Class
Room C: Directing Class
1:30 2:10 p.m. Play Lab (20 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
2:15 3:10 p.m. Play Lab (30 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
3:15 5:00p.m. Play Lab (75 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
5:15 7:25 p.m.
Dinner Break.
7:30 p.m.
P. Shane Mitchells The Courtship of Zack and Ada, presented by Cyranos Theatre Company.
Late Night Programming
10:00 p.m.
Fringe Festival.
Friday, May 21
8:00 8:55 a.m.
Room C: Morning Warm-Up Yoga with Meg McKinney.
9:00 9:55 a.m. Play Lab (20 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
Lunch Room: Room A: Monologue Workshop (by appointment)
10:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Play Lab (105 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
12:15 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Served.
1:00 -2:10 p.m.
Room A: Writing the two-person play with Richard Dresser, author of Thursday nights Rounding Third. Techniques and tips for keeping the drama active and fresh with only two characters.
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
2:15 4:45 p.m. Play Lab (120 min.)
Room A: Play
Room B: Play
Room C: Play
5:00 7:25 p.m.
Dinner Break.
7:30 p.m.
An Evening of One-Act Plays from the Play Lab, presented by TBA Theatre, followed by a two-hour cruise on Stan Stephens Cruises to Shoup Glacier.
Saturday, May 22
10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m.
Ten-Minute Play Slam.
1:30 3:30 p.m.
Monologue Workshop Final Presentation. Performance of the monologues from class.
5:00 p.m.
Champagne Reception on the Civic Center lawn. Class and Cast Photos.
6:30 p.m.
Gala dinner, emceed by Wayne Mitchell. Musical performance, plus the presentation of the Jerry Harper Service Award.
Sunday, May 23
9:00 10:45 a.m.
Brunch and wrap up discussion. Open to all participants.
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