Spotlight May-June 2019

TEAMS Conference 2019
Early Bird Discount Ends June 29
Geoff Leonard-Robinson
Membership Director
The TEAMS Conference will return to the beautiful Hale Centre
Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 23-25, 2019. AACT is celebrating
the fourth year of this exciting educational conference by adding
a new track to this year’s offering. The conference was previously known
as the TEAM Conference, as it offered educational tracks in Technical
Theatre, Educational Programming, Artistic Vision Direction, and
Marketing/Development. AACT is very excited to rebrand the event
this year as the TEAMS Conference as we add a fifth educational track
focusing on Stage Management Skills.
Geoff Leonard-Robinson
One critical element of theatre production is the presence of an
effective Stage Manager who can oversee a plethora of tasks, including:
documenting rehearsals/blocking, spike marks, notating and calling
light and sound cues with production script, coordinating communications
between directors and cast members, and much more. This new
educational track will be appropriate and very beneficial for new and
experienced stage managers, those who are interested in taking on that
important role, as well as directors, producers, or volunteer coordinators
looking to establish or improve their theatre’s stage management
program.
Hale Centre Theatre, Salt Lake City/Sandy, Utah
Facilitators for TEAMS Conference 2019 will be as follows:
Technical Theatre, Bob Frame (Director of Theatre Operations, Cayuga
Community College, New York); Educational Programming, Allyson
Paris (Associate Director, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School
of Theatre Arts, Michigan); Artistic Vision Direction, Tim Jebsen
(Executive Director, Midland Community Theatre, Texas); Marketing/
Development, Lee Ann Bakros (Marketing & Public Relations Director,
Des Moines Community Playhouse, Iowa); and Stage Management
Skills, Amber Lewandowski (Head of BFA Stage Management
Program, University of Utah).
Geoff Leonard-Robinson
2018 TEAM Conference Marketing/Development Team led by Kristi Quinn
The Hilton Garden Inn (across the street from Hale Centre Theatre)
will once again serve as the official conference hotel. The special
group rate for TEAMS Conference attendees is just $129/night (double
occupancy; additional guests only $7/night) and includes breakfast.
For more details on the hotel and a link to receive the AACT discount,
visit aact.org/team.
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