States/Stages of Emergency: An ATDS Pre-Conference Tuesday, July 30, 2024 over Zoom Proposals to participate as a panelist due: June 15, 2024 This is an emergency. From neoliberal capitalism and censorship of our stages and our syllabi to physical assaults on our students and legislated attacks on anti-racist programming and queer, trans, and nonbinary people, […]
ATDS First Book Bootcamp 2024 Can you write your first book? Yes, you can!The annual First Book Bootcamp pairs contingent and tenure-stream faculty with experienced faculty mentors to develop book proposals. Mentoring faculty will read participants’ materials in advance and meet during the Bootcamp in one-on-one sessions for targeted feedback. In addition to these one-on-one mentoring […]
ATDS held two sponsored panels at this year’s annual conference for the Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first panel was “Theater in or of Joy and Sorrow: Representation of Marginalized Communities in the Americans.” This panel, chaired by Bess Rowen, featured work by Christina Baker (Temple University) about a performance that revolves around […]
Welcome to Peter Reed, the new lead Editor of Theatre Annual, and to Michael Lueger, the new Book Review Editor! Consider submitting your work for the 2024 issue: https://www.atds.org/theatre-annual-2024/.