TEMPE, ARIZ.: Theatre for Young Audiences USA (TYA/USA), in collaboration with Childsplay, will current the 2023 TYA/USA National Festival & Conference: Amplify, May 9-12 at three venues in Arizona: Childsplay Campus in Tempe, Tempe Center for the Arts, and the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. The occasion would be the largest convening of leaders, educators, artists, and organizations within the discipline of Theatre for Young Audiences. Register and discover out extra concerning the convention right here.
“The 2023 National Festival and Conference’s theme is Amplify,” mentioned TYA/USA government director Sara Morgulis in a press release, “as we seek to highlight TYA as a powerful catalyst to support and inspire multiple generations: our young audiences, families, and surrounding communities. We will showcase innovation in the immersive Write Now Workshops, examine new models of presenting and touring, and highlight groundbreaking arts in education practice, as we collectively envision a more sustainable and equitable future for our industry.”
Program highlights will embrace a keynote speech by Lincoln Center poet-in-residence Mahogany Browne (Vinyl Moon; Chlorine Sky; Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice and extra), 4 reside performances that includes tales of younger folks and their resilience by Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Glass Half Full Theatre, Manual Cinema, and Childsplay, in addition to a Song Slam cabaret that includes songs from quite a lot of new musicals for younger audiences, music directed by composer Deborah Wicks La Puma. The convention will host 18 breakout periods led by TYA leaders from throughout the nation, comparable to “Insights to Advancing Access: Disability Justice in TYA,” “TYA Advocacy in the Time of Book Banning,” “Power Sharing: Colaboración & Creating Comunidad in the Devising Process,” and “If You Build It: Creating New Platforms for a New Canon in TYA,” together with three new immersive theatre workshops hosted and showcased by Childsplay’s Write Now new work improvement program.
There will even be a Pre-Conference Training Program co-hosted by Childsplay and Arizona State University‘s Theatre for Youth and Community MFA Program. The free program will provide networking opportunities for students and emerging career professionals on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 9, featuring a master class led by Josh Streeter, assistant professor of Theatre Education at Emerson College, and a panel of TYA leaders including director of education & engagement at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Johamy Morales, and TYA/USA government director Sara Morgulis.
“Childsplay is proud to host the 2023 TYA USA National Conference at our Campus for Imagination and Wonder and at Tempe Center for the Arts,” mentioned Childsplay inventive director Dwayne Hartford in a press release. “We are honored to partner with TYA/USA in this venture. After three years of virtual conferences, we are excited to welcome TYA professionals, students, and educators from across the country to Arizona this May…Our field must figure out how to operate in a more inclusive and equitable way while adjusting to new financial challenges. We as a field must be willing to explore new ways of bringing theatre to young people. TYA/USA and Childsplay are both committed to this journey. We look forward to greeting our national colleagues in-person for what is sure to be a dynamic and engaging three days.”
Sponsors for the 2023 TYA/USA National Festival & Conference presently embrace National Endowment for the Arts, Children’s Theatre Foundation of America, Dramatic Publishing, and Tempe Center for the Arts.
Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (TYA/USA) is s a nationwide service group whose mission is to advertise the ability {of professional} theatre for younger audiences by means of excellence, collaboration, and innovation throughout cultural and worldwide boundaries. The group gives advocacy and assets in an effort to strengthen and diversify the sphere of theatre for younger audiences.
Founded in 1977, Childsplay is an expert theatre firm for younger audiences. Childsplay goals to respect kids’s intelligence and creativity by permitting younger folks to expertise difficult, thought-provoking theatre. As of, Childsplay had a finances of roughly $1.8 million.
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