2010 Great Plains Theatre Conference Schedule

Evening Performance Series

Writer's Workshop Schedule

Saturday, May 29
	8:00 am - 8:00 pm	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
	9:00 - 10:30 am	Welcome and Orientation	FOC 10 136
	10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Writer's Workshop	Email Scott Working to register for a workshop
		Writing in the Moment (Congdon)	FOC 10 110
		Starting with the Start (Wochner)	FOC 10 124
		Plays on Props and Plays on Sleepers Dr. Vidivel Arumagham	FOC 10 112
		Grant Writing Insight (Skomal)	FOC 10 136B-D
		Discovering Playable Action (Christopher)	FOC 10 117
		Movement/Improv (Iveson)	FOC 7 107
	12:00 - 12:30 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	12:30 - 1:15 pm	Panel: Theatre and Community in India A conversation with Dr. V. Arumugham from Pondicherry University, Pondicherry India	FOC 10 136
		Concurrent Playlabs	FOC 10 136 & 110 & FOC 7 107
	1:30–3:30 p.m.	If Spiders Made Honey (Tucker) Directed by Derrick Crawford	FOC 10 136
		Heteronormativity (Graber) Directed by Julia Hinson	FOC 10 110
		TNB (Riccio) Directed by Greg Jaxies	FOC 7 107
	3:30–5:30 p.m	Speed Dating (Lord) Directed by Roxanne Wach	FOC 10 136
		Ricochet (Hart) Directed by Ben Beck	FOC 10 110

	5:30 - 6:30 pm	All Conference Welcome Reception	FOC 10 136
	6:30 - 8:00 pm	Playlab Panelist Orientation Dinner (Invitation Only)
	9:00 pm	Evening Performance Series: Performance of Crime or Emergency by Sibyl Kempson	UNO Theatre The Weber Fine Arts Building 6001 Dodge Street (west side of campus)

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Sunday, May 30
	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
		Concurrent Playlabs	FOC 10 136 & 110 & FOC 7 107
	9:00 –11:00 a.m.		FOC 10 136
		My Occasion of Sin (Bauer) Directed by Anthony Clark-Kaczmarek	FOC 10 110
		Accident Reports (Marlow) Directed by Mark Manhart	FOC 7 107
	11:00 a.m.–12:30	The Minute Hand (Ellison) Directed by Matt Mason	FOC 10 136
		No Saint (Miller) Directed by Haley Haas	FOC 10 110
		Strychnine (Gasper) Directed by Gavin Price	FOC 7 107
	12:30 - 1:00 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:00 - 1:45 pm	Panel: Ensemble Generated Work A conversation with Sibyl Kempson, Mike Iveson, and Kip Fagan	FOC 10 136
		Concurrent Playlabs
	2:00–4:00 p.m.	Attachment Disorder (Kakacek) Directed by Ryan Kathman	FOC 10 136
		Chloe Nelson and the Remarkable, Unusual, Foolproof Retirement Plan (Bauske) Directed by Bonnie Gill	FOC 10 110
		Fortune’s Child (Scharf) Directed by Jim Fritzler	FOC 7 107
	4:00–5:30 p.m.	Tremble (Skoff) Directed by Teri Fender	FOC 10 136
		The Seventh Chakra (McGuire) Directed by Lorie Obradovich	FOC 10 110
		After All (Berry) Directed by Deanna Schweiger	FOC 7 107
	5:30-7:30 pm	Playlab Playwrights Picnic Dinner (Invite only)	Picnic Pavillion, west side of bldg. 10
	7:30 pm	Evening Performance Series Performance of Waaxe's Law by Mary Nagle Director - D. Scott Glasser	Fort Omaha Neihardt Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden 30th and Fort Street (northwest corner of campus)
		After theatre reception following
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Monday, May 31
	8:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
		Concurrent Playlabs
	9:00–11:00 a.m.	Apogee +26 (Hirsch) Directed by Gary Planck	FOC 10 136
		Leave (Everett) Directed by Marty Marchitto	FOC 10 110
		The Yip (Silberman) Directed by Scott Working	FOC 7 107
		Writer's Workshop	Email Scott Working to register for a workshop
	11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Writing in the Moment (Congdon)	FOC 10 114
		Re-Mix Reality (Riccio)	FOC 10 124
		Writing on the Right Side of the Brain (Kempson)	FOC 10 112
		Generating Material through Music/The Unrestricted Use of Music (Iveson)	FOC 10 136
		Auditioning for Musical Theater (Gambino)	FOC 10 117
		Discovering Playable Action (Christopher)	FOC 7 107
	12:30 - 1:00 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:00 - 1:45 pm	Panel: Beginning in American Theatre A conversation with the members of the new theatre company, St. Fortune Production Co.	FOC 10 136
		Concurrent Playlabs
	2:00–4:00 p.m.	Advanced Women (Kushner) Directed by Judith K. Hart	FOC 10 136
		American Muse (Kuracina) Directed by Emily Neve	FOC 10 110
	2:00–4:30 p.m.	Intelligentsia (Zavitz) Directed by Scott Kurz	FOC 7 107
	4:00–5:30 p.m.	Mule Food & The Immolation of Ruthie (Vaught) Directed by Andrew Yolland	FOC 10 136
	4:00–5:30 p.m.	I Wouldn’t Piss Down Your Throat if Your Lungs Were on Fire (Frederick) Directed by Kari Mote	FOC 10 110
	4:30–5:30 p.m.	Whistleblower (Kras) Directed by M. Michele Phillips	FOC 7 107
	7:30 pm	Evening Performance Series Performance of Mountain Head: Short plays by Constance Congdon and Erik Ehn Directors: Sonia Keffer and Hughston Walkinshaw	KANEKO 1111 Jones Street (In the Old Market)
		After theatre reception following
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Tuesday, June 1
	8:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
		Concurrent Playlabs
	9:00–10:30 a.m.	Frost (LeGault) Directed by Ivan Fuller	FOC 10 136
		Monsters (Barnes) Directed by Doug Blackburn	FOC 10 110
		Same Only Different (Hanson) Directed by Andrew McGreevy	FOC 7 107
	11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Irrational Exuberance (Graham) Directed by Joel Egger	FOC 10 136
		The German Lesson (Fowkes) Directed by Sandra Hosking	FOC 10 110
		Frequency of Stars and Other Matter (Palmquist) Directed by Athena Ramos	FOC 7 107
	12:30 - 1:00 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:00 - 2:15 pm	Panel: African Journeys A conversation with Erik Ehn and Tom Riccio about their work in Africa	FOC 10 136
	2:30 - 5:00 pm	Mainstage Series Pigcat by Steven Bogart Directed by Judith K. Hart Panelists: David Lindsay-Abaire, Constance Congdon, Erik Ehn and Marshall Mason	FOC 7 107
	7:30 p.m.	Evening Performance Series Turpentine Jake by James E. Hurd Jr. and Linda Bannister Director: Denise Chapman	Omaha Community Playhouse 6915 Cass Street
		After theatre reception following
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Wednesday, June 2
	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
	9:00 - 11:30 am	Free Morning
	11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Writer's Workshop	Email Scott Working to register for a workshop
		Start to Finish (Ehn)	FOC 10 114
		The Deeper Truth (Wochner)	FOC 10 117
		Generative Theatre: Collage and Choreography (Fagan)	FOC 10 124
		Improv in Rehearsal (Mason)	FOC 10 112
		Psychology-Free Performing: Got Room? (Kempson)	FOC 7 107
	1:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:30 - 2:15 pm	Panel: Aristotle’s Dark Dream A conversation with Sibyl Kempson, Kip Fagan, Constance Congdon, and Erik Ehn about new ways of writing for the theatre	FOC 10 136
	2:30 - 5:00 pm	Mainstage Series Fight by Kimber Lee Director: Carl Beck Panelists: David Lindsay-Abaire, Constance Congdon, Erik Ehn and Marshall Mason	FOC 7 107
	7:30 pm	Evening Performance Series The Writer’s Voice Readings by David Lindsay-Abaire, Constance Congdon and Erik Ehn	Omaha Community Playhouse 6915 Cass Street
		After theatre reception following
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Thursday, June 3
	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
		Concurrent Playlabs
	9:00–10:30 a.m.	Breadcrumb Sins (Gossett) Directed by Bethany West	FOC 10 136
	9:00–11:00 a.m.	Dr. Anonymous (Glass) Directed by Moira Mangiameli	FOC 10 110
	9:00-11:00 p.m.	The Victims (Kaissar) Directed by Ron Zank	FOC 7 107
	10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Carry Me (Davis) Directed by Michael O'Rourke	FOC 10 136
	11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Familium Vulgare (Tien) Directed by Ron West	FOC 10 110
		Great Eastern (Moench) Jenni Lou Russi	FOC 7 107
	1:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:30 - 2:15 pm	Panel: Education and The New American Playwright A conversation with Constance Congdon, Erik Ehn, Tom Riccio, Kip Fagan, and Sibyl Kempson about educating a new generation of playwrights	FOC 10 136
	2:30 - 5:00 pm	Mainstage Series Lost Sharks by Kevin Artigue Directed by Kari Mote Panelists: David Lindsay-Abaire, Constance Congdon, Erik Ehn and Marshall Mason	FOC 7 107
	7:30 pm	Evening Performance Series The Brigit St. Brigit Theatre's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers; introduction and after-performance talkback with honored playwright Lindsay-Abaire Director: Cathy Kurz Brigit St. Brigit Theatre	Lied Education Center for the Arts Creighton University 2500 California Plaza
		After theatre reception following
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Friday, June 4
	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
		Concurrent Playlabs
	9:00–11:30 a.m.	Soul of the City (Kaplan) Directed by Samantha Seerman	FOC 10 136
		Germinous Seeds (Rush Directed by Hughston Walkinshaw	FOC 10 110
		A Most Dangerous Woman! (Tempelsman) Directed by Ivan Fuller	FOC 7 107
	11:30 - 1:00 pm	Writer's Workshop	Email Scott Working to register for a workshop
		Start to Finish (Ehn)	FOC 10 114
		Subliminal (Riccio)	FOC 10 124
		Locating the Tone: Directing and Acting “Adventurous” Contemporary Plays (Fagan)	FOC 10 110
		Auditioning for Musical Theater (Gambino)	FOC 10 117
		Writing on the Right Side of the Brain (Kempson)	FOC 7 107
	1:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:30 - 2:15 pm	Panel: Working Genres A conversation with David Lindsay-Abaire about working in multiple genres	FOC 10 136
	2:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Mainstage Series Cassius Sargent's Chicken Bones by Asher Wyndham Directed by Kevin Ehrhart Panelists: David Lindsay-Abaire, Constance Congdon, Erik Ehn and Marshall Mason	FOC 7 107
	7:30 p.m.	Evening Performance Series The BlueBarn Theatre production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole; introduction and after-performance talkback with honored playwright Lindsay-Abaire Director: Susan Clement-Toberer The Blue Barn Theatre After theatre reception following.	Lied Education Center for the Arts Creighton University 2500 California Plaza
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Saturday, June 5
	8:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration and conference check-in	FOC 10 Lobby
	10:30 am – 1:00 pm	Mainstage Series Distant Music by James McLindon Directed by Cathy Kurz Panelists: David Lindsay-Abaire, Constance Congdon, Marshall Mason, and Erik Ehn	FOC 7 107
	1:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	FOC 10 136
	1:30 - 2:15 pm	Poetry Slam A vibrant performance by the Omaha Slam Poets, hosted by Matt Mason	FOC 10 136
	2:30 - 4:00 pm	Play Slam	FOC 7 107
	6:00 - 9:00 pm	Gala Reception Gala Evening honoring David Lindsay-Abaire with presentation of the 2010 Great Plains Playwright Award Presentation of Mainstage Awards	Joy & Merle Swanson Conference Center Fort Omaha 30th and Fort Street (south side of campus) (FOC 22)
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Conference schedule is subject to change. Continue to monitor the web site for more updates.

2010 Great Plains Theatre Conference Schedule

Saturday, May 29

Sunday, May 30

Monday, May 31

Tuesday, June 1

Wednesday, June 2

Thursday, June 3

Friday, June 4

Saturday, June 5