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2008 Conference

ATHE's 2008 Conference
July 31 - August 3, 2008
Grand Hyatt Hotel - Denver, CO

Denver skyline with buildings, mountains, tress


Difficult Dialogues: Theatre and The Art of Engagement


Dear ATHE Conference Attendees:

In an effort to provide ATHE Conference attendees with a preview of what's happening at the conference, ATHE is pleased to post the entire ATHE Denver Conference Program Book online for the first time. You can get a head start on your planning for how you'll spend each day at the conference - the "must-see" events and panels, the Focus Group business meetings, the workshops and performances. That way, you can hit the halls running from your first moment at the conference!


See you in Denver!

 

ATHE Conference 2008
Program

View the latest changes and corrections in the ADDENDUM to the
2008 Conference Program.
(.pdf, 116 KB)

Welcome Letters from the President and Vice President for Conference 2008
(.pdf, 1.2 MB)

ATHE's Mission, Program Table of Contents, ATHE Governing Council
& Focus Group Representatives and Conference Planners
(.pdf 1.1 MB)

ATHE Leadership Institute
(.pdf, 1.2 MB)

What's New at the 2008 Conference?
(.pdf, 196.4 KB)

Announcing the ATHE microFringe Festival, New This Year
View the schedule of performances.


Recommendations for First-Time Attendees
(.pdf, 226.8 KB)

Keynote Address
(.pdf, 196.6 KB)

Announcing the ATHE 2009 Conference...
(.pdf, 239.4 KB)

ATHE Awards
(.pdf, 2.1 MB)

Featured Seminar, Plenary Session and Annual Membership Meeting
(.pdf, 639.5 KB)

The 2008 Plenary Session is titled
"Elephants in the Room?: Manifestos on Subjects We Don't Want to Talk About"
If you want to read the manifestos before the plenary session,
click on any of the files below.

Interdisciplinarity & Difficult Dialogues
Suzanne Burgoyne
Read Manifesto
Why Are Our Students Unhappy?
Jill Dolan
Read
Manifesto

We Must Change: What We Teach, How We Teach, Who We Teach, and Our Purpose
Mark Heckler

Read Manifesto
The Power of Regional Theatre Artistic Directors
Jorge Huerta		 Read Manifesto

A Manifeso to the U.S. Theatre and ATHE's Role in Making It
Doug Paterson

Read Manifesto
American Theatre History: A Segregated and Untruthful Affair
Sandra Shannon
Read Manifesto

 

The 2008 Seminar is titled
"What’s That I Smell in the Air?....The Musical and the American Dream."
Mary Jo Lodge is the convener of the seminar and will lead the scholars in an
intriguing discussion about the relationship between the musical and the American dream. If you want to read the scholar's papers before the seminar,
click on any of the files below.

Mechanized Metaphors: Two Musicals
and the American Dream
Brian T. Carney
 Read Paper

’There’s A Place for Us’ – Are GLBT People Included in ‘Us’?
Bud Coleman

Read Paper
Miss Saigon: An Insider's Perspective of the American Dream
Mirla Criste
 Read Paper
"Pack Up Your Troubles:" The American Mood Reflected in Two World War I Musicals by Rida Johnson Young
Sherry Engle
 Read Paper
“Being Good Isn’t Good Enough:" Broadway and the Underdog
Stephen Farrow
 Read Paper
From Rags to Riches: Ragtime and the Jewish American Dream
Jessica Hillman
 Read Paper
“Does Anybody See What I See?!:” 1776 and Hair Re-examine the American Dream
Laura MacDonald
Read Paper
The American Dream and the Castles of Gold
Michael J. Meindl
 Read Paper
Villains and Virtuosity: Greed Was Never so Hummable
Julie A. Noonan
 Read Paper
Even Better Eddie: The Princess Musicals, the Professional Managerial Class, and the American Dream
Michael Schwartz		 Read Paper
Lucid Dreaming: Waking up to the Influence of “The American Dream”
in Musical Theatre Studies
Jennifer Worth
 Read Paper

 


Exhibit Hall Hours, Raffles and Signing Events
(.pdf, 240.1 KB)

Exhibitors & Exhibit Hall Floor Plan
(.pdf, 366.5 KB)

Performances, Entertainment and Workshops
(.pdf, 440.2 KB)

Advertisers
(.pdf, 178.7 KB)

Hotel Layout
(.pdf, 321.7 KB)

ATHE Meeting Schedule At-A-Glance
(.pdf, 301.5 KB)

All-Conference Schedule
(.pdf, 1.9 MB)

Concurrent Sessions - Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
(.pdf, 706.0 KB)

Concurrent Sessions - Thursday
(.pdf, 1.2 MB)

Concurrent Sessions - Friday
(.pdf, 3.0 MB)

Concurrent Sessions - Saturday
(.pdf, 2.2 MB)

Concurrent Sessions - Sunday
(.pdf, 1.5 MB)

Index of Speakers
(.pdf, 1.1 MB)


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