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TYA/USA Professional Development Presents: Innovative Pre- and Post-Show Engagement Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CENTRAL This we
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 Photo by Greg Mooney, Alliance Theatre |
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TYA/USA Professional Development Presents:
Innovative Pre- and Post-Show Engagement
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CENTRAL
This webinar explores dynamic and innovative practices for engaging theatre audiences of all ages before and after seeing a production. Panelists will discuss and take questions about making your theatre lobby interactive and playful, what it means to prepare audiences for a production, creating a meaningful theatre experience for ALL ages, and how to get the most out of post-show discussions and reflections.
By attending this webinar, participants will be able to….
▪ Identify new strategies to engage audiences of all ages around theatre productions;
▪ Learn from the successes and challenges that other theatre artists and administrators encounter when creating pre and post-show engagements;
▪ Get inspired and brainstorm new ways to engage audiences around productions at their home theatres.
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Olivia Aston Bosworth, an Atlanta native, spent her youngest years dressing up, creating characters, and singing to anyone who would listen (and those who didn’t). Her dream job at the age of four was to be a cartoon. In pursuit of this dream, Olivia entered the world of theatre performance. Olivia is delighted to serve as the Family Programs Manager for the Alliance theatre with the charge of creating interactive experiences for early learners and families to find their own voice. For the past 5 years, she has served as the Theatre for the Very Young (TVY) Coordinator stage managing, performing, and managing educational programs and sales for the TVY production seasons. Inspired by her experiences at TYA/USA’s One Theatre World Conference 2013 (Cleveland, OH), Olivia dreamed up Toddler Takeover: An Arts Festival for the Very Young, which debuted at the Woodruff Arts Center in May 2014. Olivia leads the charge in managing this event by mounting 6 TVY productions, drama classes, and coordinating with the other artistic divisions of the Woodruff Arts Center to provide a well-rounded arts experience for our youngest patrons. When she is not in production, Olivia works with students and teachers through Wolf Trap Baby ArtsPlay residencies in inclusion model schools, as well as on-site acting classes for children as young as 18 months old. Olivia holds Bachelor’s of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies from Kennesaw State University with a concentration in Acting. |
Lindsey Buller-Maliekel is the Director of Education / Public Engagement for the New Victory Theater (American for the Arts Education Award recipient, 2008) and oversees all programs and content for family audiences as well as the theater's youth development programs. She manages a roster of 50 teaching artists, as well as continuing to teach in the schools and family programs throughout the year. Prior to joining the New Victory Theater in 2004, she created and taught curricula for the Creative Arts Team. As the Associate Director of Summer Theater Institute, she worked with youth from around the world to devise original theater. Lindsey has been a consultant, curriculum writer and Master Teaching Artist for such organizations as Girls Leadership Institute, TheatreWorks: Silicon Valley, and StageWrite. She is also a Thesis Advisor for the first American Masters program in Applied Theatre at City University of New York and on the National Advisory Board for Teaching Artists Guild. In 2014, under her oversight, the New Victory Usher Corps program won the National Arts and Humanities award, given by Michelle Obama for outstanding programs in creative youth development. She received her Masters degree from the Gallatin School at New York University focusing on Theater as a Tool for Communication and Learning. |
Teresa A. Fisher, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Bronx Community College. Teresa’s research interests include post-show discussions, new play development, bodies and weight, and theatre for health. She produces New Plays for Young Audiences at NYU and is an Artistic Associate with the New Visions/New Voices Play Festival at the Kennedy Center. She is the author of Post-Show Discussions in New Play Development (2014, Palgrave). She is also the Reviews Editor for The Journal of Applied Arts and Health(Intellect). |
Meredyth Pederson serves as the Associate Education Director at Lexington Children’s Theatre in Kentucky. As a teaching artist and theatre-maker Meredyth is inspired by the capacity of the arts to develop empathy, deepen critical thinking and enhance the creative engagement of people of all ages. Her recent theatre-making projects include Baba Yaga and Vasilisa, an interactive, immersive theatre piece created with and for young people; community engagement coordination for Esperanza Rising at UT Austin, and Jamie Doesn’t Want to Take a Bath, a piece for very young audiences produced by Trike Theatre in Arkansas. In 2014 Meredyth was named the Winifred Ward Scholar by The American Alliance for Theatre and Education. Meredyth has her MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from the University of Texas at Austin. |
 Photo: Meredyth Pederson, Esperanza Rising at the University of Texas at Austin |
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