Incite/Insight Spring-Summer 2019 Incite_Insight—Spring_Summer 2019 Final | Page 4

Editor’s
Letter
Education (AATE) National Conference
in New York City just months away.
As a member of the planning
committee, I am thrilled for you all
to find out what wonderful sessions
and discussions we have in store for
you in our exciting and dynamic city.
Justin Daniel of Opening Act writes
about the organization presenting at
its first national conference in “Going
National: Opening Act’s 20-Year
Journey towards AATE’s Conference
2019” and Janette Martinez and I share
some hot NYC tips for conference
goers in “The NYC A-Z List” which
members can access online!
I
Photo by Stewart Villio
am so excited to
share another edition
of Incite/Insight! As
I mentioned in our
Winter edition, in 2019
we will be exploring how theatre
education can be used as a tool
to not only bond individuals but
inspire them to make positive
change.
For our Spring Issue, we focus on
our national community, which
is especially fitting with the 2019
American Alliance for Theatre and
Digital Support: Using Skype to
Teach the Staged Reading.” The
Network Spotlight features the
Playwright Network in “Your Play
Your Way: Slams & Games” by
Jeff Jenkins and Anne Negri. Our
Immediate Past Chair of AATE’s
Board of Directors Gary Minyard
breaks down our new election
process in the board perspective,
“AATE’s New Vision for Elections.”
This will be my last edition as
Editor-in-Chief of Incite/Insight.
It has been my honor to bring
this platform back to the AATE
community. While this moment is
We’re incredibly excited to highlight
indeed bitter sweet, I am excited
work happening across the country
to pass on the mantle of this
through higher education in “Insights
treasured publication to Managing
From Around the Nation—in Alabama’s Editor, Alex Ates. I can’t wait for
Teaching Theatre Course” by our own us to all see how he continues to
Managing Director, Alex Ates. Alex also develop Incite into a place where
interviews Diane DiCroce and Sariva
our members can have their voice
Goatz about the experience of radical heard by the larger arts, education,
commuting in “For Two Professors,
and theatre community.
Radical Commuting is the Way to
Work.” Gillian McNally shares her
Happy End of the School Year! We
experience on producing works about hope you enjoy this edition and
people of color in today’s society in
can’t wait to see you this summer
“When The Publisher Won’t Let You
at the National Conference in NYC!
Check Out Tomás and the Library
Lady: The Role of Institutionalized
Racism in TYA.”
Last, but certainly not least, we have
our staples. This edition’s lesson plan
exploration by Annie Levy shares her
experience with virtual teaching in
“Approaching Analogue Topics with
Erika Atkins
Editor-in-Chief/Board of Directors,
Co-Chair, Communications Committee
Want to see more?
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Check out Erika and Jannette Martinez’s NYC A-Z
online at aate.com/new-york-a-z