November 2022 President’s Message
November 2022 President’s Message
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
As the festive season begins and the American Theatre and Drama Society’s 35th Anniversary year draws to a close, I am reflecting on our organization’s commitment to fostering community, promoting creative and intellectual growth, and encouraging professional development across the field at large. I am especially grateful to you, our members, whose support enables our year-round programming. In the spirit of the season, I hope you will visit our website and consider an end-of-year donation of $35.00 to ATDS in honor of our 35th Anniversary, or any other amount that works in your budget.
I also encourage you to visit our website to give the gift of ATDS membership – to a friend, a colleague, a mentee, or even yourself!
Membership begins at the pay-what-you-can level and extends through the lifetime membership option,providing professional resources at every career stage. In addition to the support donations provide, every level of ATDS membership enables you to maintain and access resources including:
- Subscription to Theatre Annual:A Journal of Theatre and Performance of the Americas – this is your last chance to renew or become a member and receive the 2022 issue of Theatre Annual!
- Anti-racism programming – more sessions will be announced for 2023!
- ATDS professional development programming at ATHE and throughout the year
- ATDS’s popular First Book Bootcamp
- Guaranteed ATDS panels at the Modern Languages Association (MLA) and American Literature Association (ALA) conferences, as well as other national and international venues
- Opportunities to network, mentor, and be mentored at events for ATDS members and graduate students throughout the year and at ATHE
- Sponsorship of and the opportunity to apply for ATDS’s annual awards which honor career and scholarly excellence amongst our members, promote the creation of new scholarship, and fund graduate students, emerging scholars, and contingent colleagues
Thank you for including the American Theatre and Drama Society as part of your holiday giving. Your support of and active participation in ATDS is the lifeblood of our organization, and for that I am truly grateful.
Wishing you health and peace,
Jocelyn L. Buckner
ATDS President
November 28, 2022