FRIDAY IN-PERSON OPTION #1 Metro Vancouver Conference HUB - Friday Oct 21st - Richmond Gateway Theatre Keynote:
Musical Theatre Directing with Barbara Tomasic (8:45 to 9:45am)
Workshop Options to choose from: Workshop Session 1 - 10 to 11:20am
Acting for the Camera with Geoff Gunderson (VAS)
Thespian Festivals & Troupe Development with Craig Wrotniak (EdTA Canada)
Lighting Design - Hands On! with Glen Pope (BC Thespians)
Commedia Del'arte with Susan Bertoia
Workshop Session 2 - 12:15 to 1:35pm
Projection and Video for theatre productions with Branden Charlton (Christie Lites)
Stage Combat with Marco Walker Ng
Meisner Acting Technique with Sara Leone (NYCDA)
Douglas College Acting Workshop with Faculty TBA (DC)
Workshop Session 3 - 1:40 to 3pm
Improv with Shawn Norman (CIG)
Chekhov Acting Techniques with Philip Granger (NIC)
The Art of Ensemble with Jeany Snider (RSA)
Directing Theatre with Stephen Heatley (UBC)
THEN SPECIAL EVENING with Don Zolidis (Virtual Evening session)
FRIDAY IN-PERSON OPTION #2 Victoria Conference HUB - Friday Oct 21st - Lambrick Park Secondary School Keynote:
Innovation & Inspiration Keynote with Matthew Payne (Theatre SKAM) 8:45 to 9:45am
Workshop Roster:
Workshop Session 1 from 10 to 11:20am - Stage Combat or Commedia with Caleb Marshall (CCPA)
Workshop Session 2 from 12:15 to 1:35pm - Stage Lighting with Phil Schulze (IATSE)
Workshop Session 3 from 1:40 to 3pm - Shakespeare with Talia Puri
Workshop Session 4 from 3:05 to 4:25pm - Teaching students Improv with Dave Morris
Don Zolidis (Virtual Evening session)
FRIDAY IN-PERSON OPTION #3 Central Canada HUB in Montreal - October 21st
Mask & Character Acting with Anana Rydvald (John Abbott College Theatre)
Physical Theatre with Colin Heath (Cirque du Soleil)
Clowning 101 with Naomi Krajden (Dr. Clown)
Tetsuro Shigematsu (Keynote)
Don Zolidis (Virtual Evening session)
FRIDAY IN-PERSON OPTION #4 Atlantic Canada HUB in Rothesay New Brunswick - October 21st
Stand and unfold yourself: Making Shakespeare Accessible with Sandra Bell (UNB)
Safety, Story, Style! Stage Combat with Jean Michel Cliche (Theatre NB)
Tech Theatre & Stagecraft with IATSE Canada
TBA Performance Workshop
Tetsuro Shigematsu (Keynote)
Don Zolidis (Virtual Evening session)
FRIDAY LIVE ZOOM OPTION - Zoom Across Canada - Oct. 21st Keynotes, Q & A's and Special Events:
Jonathan Rand
Don Zolidis
Tetsuro Shigematsu
Drew Hayden Taylor
Friday Zoom Workshop Options to choose from (in no particular order):
Building a concent-based space with Jessica Nelson
Costume Inventory with Margaret Messick
Vocal Dialects with Adam Michael Rose
Writting the Vignette Play with Jonathan Dorf
Theatre for Special Needs Students with Susanna Uchatius
Expanding Student Expression in the Classroom: Laban’s Eight Efforts with Paul Hurley
Brainstorming Comedy with Brooklin Green
Puppetry Playshop with Aretta Baumgartner
Clown with Dayna Hoffmann
Help your students ace any audition with Gai Jones
The Canadian Improv Games, Improv with Spencer Dunn
Drama to teach French as a Second Language with Ingrid Griotte des Îles
The Development of Indigenous Literature for Educational Theatre with Drew Hayden Taylor
Impulses Through Viewpoints with Erin Carr
Creativity & Inspiration for our teachers with Q &A plus teachers can give concept pitches to encourage Don to write your next play with Don Zolidis
THEN ON SATURDAY - Zoom Across BC/Canada - October 22nd - An option for anyone interested in more Pro-D in theatre education Keynotes, Q & A's and Special Events:
Catherine Lough Haggquist
Brian Curl (TAA Trivia & Fun Social with Prizes)
Saturday Zoom Workshop Options to choose from (in no particular order):
Stage Management with Kristi Ross-Clausen
Playwriting with Maria McConville
Directing with Seamus Fera
Theatre Advocacy with Dana Ebtekar
Oral Traditions through Storytelling in Aboriginal Culture with Allison Green
Chekhov Movement with Phillip Granger (NIC)
Teaching your stagecraft students Design/Tech with Derek Lane
Troupe Development with Hans Weichhart
Helping Students Overcome Stage Fright with Linda Brennan (AADA)
Acting for the Camera with Geoff Gunderson (VAS)
Find your Voices with Rosebud School of the Arts
Working with Color in Stage Lighting with Alan Brodie
Thespy Prep session with Mark Rossiter
Tools for Teaching the Meisner Acting Technique with Sara Leone NYCDA
Assessment for Drama with Cory Wilkerson
The Broadway Dozen with Brian Curl
Teaching Uta Haggen's Method of Acting with Brian Mulligan from HB Studio
Learn How to Think Like a Commercial Producer with Colleen McCormack
