N ETWO R K S
NEW AATE NETWORK STRUCTURE
AATE Members can now participate in one of eight refocused networks, working more closely with others in their specialty,
creating local and national projects, sharing vital resources, and collaborating. The eight networks are:
• The APPLIED THEATRE Network:
Chair: Wendy Lement
Individuals who use alternative theatre and/or drama practices
with a wide variety of populations, often working in non-traditional
performance settings and seeking to help others.
• The COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY/RESEARCH Network:
Chairs: Johanna Smith and Andrew Ryder
Comprised of higher-education faculty members, independent
scholars, and other individuals who teach at the post-secondary
level and / or produce scholarship related to drama and theatre
education.
• The PROFESSIONAL THEATRE Network:
Chairs: Rachel Hull and Ali Oliver-Krueger
Artistic, administrative, education and / or community engagement
staff members of organizations that focus on professionally
produced theatrical experiences for a variety of ages.
• The GRADES PREK-8 Network:
Chair: Rachel Jamieson
Members who primarily teach drama to primary, intermediate, and
middle school / junior high students including drama specialists,
elementary teachers, theatre directors, and teaching artists.
• The HIGH SCHOOL Network:
Chairs: Alicia Sanders and Steven Barker
Secondary school teachers and others committed to providing
for adolescent audiences, as well as resources like lesson plans,
support for innovative classroom ideas, and theatre productions.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
International Special Interest Group
Thursday, July 31
9:45-11 a.m.
Location: Atrium 2nd-Pikes Peak
Theatre for the Very Young Special Interest Group
Thursday, July 31
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: Atrium 2nd-Pikes Peak
Professional Development Special Interest Group
Thursday, July 31
2-3:15 p.m.
Location: Atrium 2nd-Pikes Peak
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• The PLAYWRITING Network:
Chairs: John Newman and D.W. Gregory
Playwrights who write plays for young people, and maintain a
directory of plays by member writers, as well as producing the
Unpublished Play Project and the Playwrights in Our Schools
residencies.
• The YOUTH THEATRE Network:
Chairs: Wendy Maples and Nick Bazo
Freelance teaching artists, artistic, administrative, and educational
staff who create theatrical experiences / performances (scripted
and/or devised) by youth artists for an audience.
Network Meetings
Don’t miss the Network Breakfasts Thursday and Saturday
at 8:30 a.m. in the Imperial Ballroom! Join a new network,
collaborate with others in your network or sign up to be a
network chair.
• The INTERNATIONAL SIG:
Coordinator: Erica Hughes
Comprising of AATE Members
who are invested in international
relationships, and sharing high
quality artistry and education in
our increasingly global society.
• The THEATRE AND
DRAMA FOR THE VERY
YOUNG SIG:
Coordinator: Katherine Breyer
and Julia Krebs Patterson
Comprising of AATE Members
who create theatrical
experiences for the very
young, including infants and
children from birth through
approximately age five.
• The PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SIG:
Coordinator: Lara Dosset
Comprising of AATE Members
who meaningfully respond to
the needs of teachers across
the curriculum, arts educators,
artists, administrators, and
professional development
providers and communities.