The power of leadership
Join us in Anaheim, California, September 10–13 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel and the Sheraton Park Hotel. "The Power of Leadership" will focus on shaping the future of theatre education.
Featured keynote speakers:
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Richard Burrows was the director of arts education at Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for nine years. During that time he designed and implemented LAUSD’s ten-year Arts Education Plan, a district-wide effort to reinstate dance, music, theatre, and visual arts instruction for all students, at all grade levels, in all schools, in all four art forms, by 2010.
Prior to joining LAUSD, Burrows was executive director and president of the board of the Institute for Arts Education in San Diego, where he implemented aesthetic education programs in 39 school districts in San Diego County. He was the consultant for the development of the Model Arts Program Network with the California Department of Education and is a California delegate of the national CCSSO/SCASS Arts Assessment projects. He currently works as an independent arts education consultant.
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Jason Alexander is best known for his nine-year, award-winning stint as George Costanza on Seinfeld, but his background as an actor, director, producer, and writer extends far beyond that hit show. Alexander starred on Broadway in the original companies of Merrily We Roll Along; The Rink; Broadway Bound; Accomplice; and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, for which he won the Tony, Outer Critics, and Drama Desk awards as Best Actor in a Musical. He directed the films For Better or Worse and Just Looking, and he produced the films Agent Cody Banks and its sequel, as well as the television special Ultimate Trek. He’s currently artistic director of the Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles, where he recently directed The Fantasticks.
Corporate audiences have discovered Alexander in a one-man show featuring his alter ego, the horribly inadequate motivational guru Donny Clay, who has lately taken his not-so-inspiring act on an East Coast theatre tour. Alexander is also a children’s book author (Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy?), a noted player on the celebrity poker circuit, and a pretty good magician. He lives in L.A. with his wife, Daena, and their two sons.
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Panel discussion
This year we will host a special panel discussion on diversity in the classroom. More information will be posted as soon as it is available.
PDIs
The conference will feature eight full-day pre- and post-conference Professional Development Institute seminars, including sessions on using authentic assessment, curriculum planning, Michael Chekhov acting methods, and more.
Graduate credits
Earn graduate credit throughout the entire Conference and stay current with your continuing education requirements. This year, you can earn up to 3 graduate credits (1 credit for Conference itself and up to 2 credits for the two PDI sessions) for your work at Conference.
Contact Conference manager Diane Carr for more details at dcarr edta.org. (You will need to type this e-mail address into your message’s “To” field; to help protect against spam, this address is not a link.)
Workshops
More than fifty workshops are scheduled, on subjects such as improvisation, playwriting, costume design, portfolio design, tech theatre safety, and musical theatre auditions. Other featured events include the Theatre Expo (an exhibitor showcase).
Special Friday evening activity
Want to see some theatre while you are in California for the Conference? For only $120, you can enjoy dinner at the Founders Room of the Music Center in Los Angeles and then see August: Osage County, with Estelle Parsons. Transportation to and from Anaheim is included, as is a postshow talkback. For more information, see the August: Osage County theatre flier. If you are interested in attending, see Section C of the registration form.
Hall of Fame dinner
Join us for a special recognition evening on Saturday, September 12: the Hall of Fame dinner, when we celebrate all who have helped to make EdTA what it is today. The event takes place at the Anaheim White House. Tickets are $45 and are required in advance of the event.
Fees
If you are a current member of either EdTA or CETA (California Educational Theatre Association), you may register at the member rate of $375. Included in this fee is admission to the general event, all workshops, two full breakfasts, and one lunch. Specifics about other options (nonmember rate, one-day rates, PDIs, etc.) are available on the registration form.
A late registration fee of $55 will be in effect beginning August 27, and after September 3 registration will be onsite only, with an onsite late fee of $65.
Hotel information
The host hotel for this event is the Anaheim Marriott. Update: hotel rates at both the Marriott and Sheraton have been reduced to $109 per night, for singles, doubles, triples, and quads. (The deadline is August 19 for this rate.)
The Anaheim Marriott and the Sheraton Anaheim are the only official EdTA/CETA hotels for the 2009 EdTA Annual Conference. Other hotels featured on sponsored website links on search engine results pages (or unsolicited e-mail messages) are not, despite any claims to the contrary.
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