CATR Conference 2022

Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist

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"Dragon Big Bang" [detail] photograph by Candace Dueck, University of Lethbridge

St. Thomas University

Act 1 - Online May 27-28

University of Toronto, Scarborough

Act 2 - Online June 6-7

University of Lethbridge

Act 3 - In-Person/Online June 12-14

Keynote Speakers

Dylan Robinson

Stó:lō scholar and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University

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Dylan Robinson is a Stó:lō scholar who holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University, located on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. His research has been supported by national and international fellowships at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, in the Canadian Studies Program at the University of California Berkeley, the Indigeneity in the Contemporary World project at Royal Holloway University of London, and a Banting Postdoctoral fellowship in the First Nations Studies Program at the University of British Columbia.

From 2010-2013 Dylan led the SSHRC-funded “Aesthetics of Reconciliation” project with Dr. Keavy Martin that examined the role that the arts and Indigenous cultural practices played in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the Indian Residential Schools. This research led to a second collaborative project, “Creative Conciliation”, supported by a SSHRC Insight grant, to explore new artistic models that move beyond what many Indigenous scholars have identified as reconciliation’s political limitations.Dr. Robinson’s current research project documents the history of contemporary Indigenous public art across North America, and questions how Indigenous rights and settler colonialism are embodied and spatialized in public space. Funded by the Canada Research Chair program, this project involves working with Indigenous artists and scholars to collaboratively imagine new forms of public engagement and create new public works that speak to Indigenous experience. Dr. Robinson is also an avid Halq'eméylem language learner. Yú:wqwlha kws t'í:lemtel te sqwá:ltset!

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Dylan Robinson est un chercheur Stó:lō, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en arts autochtones à l’Université Queen’s, située sur les terres traditionnelles des peuples Haudenosaunee et Anishinaabe. Ses recherches ont été soutenues par des bourses d’études ainsi que des postes nationaux et internationaux à la faculté de musique de l’Université de Toronto, dans le programme d’études canadiennes de l’Université de Berkeley en Californie, au sein du projet Indigeneity in the Contemporary World du collège Royal Holloway à l’Université de Londres, et par une bourse postdoctorale Banting dans le programme d’études des Premières Nations de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique.

De 2010 à 2013, Dylan a dirigé, avec le Dr Keavy Martin, le projet « Esthétique de la réconciliation », financé par le CRSH, et qui a examiné le rôle que les arts et les pratiques culturelles autochtones ont joué au sein de la commission de vérité et de réconciliation sur les pensionnats indiens. Cette recherche a mené à un deuxième projet de collaboration, « Réconciliation créative », soutenu par une subvention Insight du CRSH, afin d’explorer de nouveaux modèles artistiques qui dépassent ce que de nombreux chercheurs autochtones ont identifié comme étant les limites politiques de la réconciliation. Le projet de recherche actuel du Dr Robinson porte sur l’histoire de l’art public autochtone contemporain en Amérique du Nord et s’interroge sur la façon dont les droits des Autochtones et le colonialisme sont incarnés et intégrés dans l’espace public. Financé par le programme de la Chaire de recherche du Canada, ce projet comprend une collaboration avec des artistes et des universitaires autochtones afin d’imaginer de nouvelles formes d’engagement public et de créer de nouvelles œuvres publiques qui reflètent le vécu des Autochtones. Le Dr Robinson est également un fervent adepte de la langue Halq'eméylem. Yú:wqwlha kws t’í:lemtel te sqwá:ltset !

Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

Obsidian Theatre’s Artistic Director

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Mumbi Tindyebwa Otuis an acclaimed theatre creator and director raised in Kenya and Victoria, BC and based in Toronto. She recently won a Dora Award for her Outstanding Direction of The Brothers Size, which also won for Outstanding Production. She is the Founder/Artistic Director of the experimental theatre company IFT (It’s A Freedom Thing) Theatre and also recently directed the critically acclaimed plays: Trout Stanley(Factory Theatre), Here are the Fragments (The Theatre Centre/The ECT Collective),Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Soulpepper) and Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape(Obsidian/Soulpepper). Mumbi is also the recipient of a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, an Artistic Director's Award (Soulpepper), a Pauline McGibbon Award, a Mallory Gilbert ProtegeAward, a Harold Award, and has been twice nominated for the John Hirsch Directing Award. She is a graduate of Soulpepper Academy, York University and University of Toronto as well as Obsidian Theatre's Mentor/Apprenticeship Program.

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Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu est une créatrice et metteure en scène de théâtre saluée par la critique. Elle a grandi au Kenya et à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, et vit maintenant à Toronto. Elle a récemment remporté un prix Dora pour sa mise en scène exceptionnelle de The Brothers Size, qui a également remporté le prix de la meilleure production. Elle est la fondatrice et la directrice artistique de la compagnie de théâtre expérimental IFT (It's A Freedom Thing) Theatre et a récemment mis en scène des pièces acclamées par la critique : Trout Stanley (Factory Theatre), Here are the Fragments (The Theatre Centre/The ECT Collective), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Soulpepper) et Oraltorio : A Theatrical Mixtape (Obsidian/Soulpepper). Mumbi est également lauréate des prix Toronto Theatre Critics, Artistic Director’s (pour la compagnie Soulpepper), Pauline McGibbon, Mallory Gilbert Protege, et enfin du prix Harold. Elle a également a été nominée deux fois pour le prix John Hirsch. Elle est diplômée de la Soulpepper Academy, de l’Université York et de l’Université de Toronto, ainsi que du programme de mentorat et de formation de l’Obsidian Theatre.

Tara Beagan

ARTICLE 11’s Ntlaka’pamux / Irish cofounding Artistic Director

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Tara Beagan is proud to be Ntlaka’pamux and, through her late father’s side, of Irish ancestry. She is cofounder/director of ARTICLE 11 with Andy Moro, based in Mohkinstsis. Beagan served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts from February 2011 to December 2013. During her time, NEPA continued with traditional values for guidance, had an Elder in Residence, and named and moved into the Aki Studio. Beagan has been in residence at Cahoots Theatre (Toronto), NEPA (Toronto), the National Arts Centre (Ottawa) and Berton House (Dawson City, Yukon). During the pandemic she was Playwright "In Residence" at Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg). Seven of her 32 plays are published. Two plays have received Dora Award nominations (one win). In 2018, Beagan was a finalist in the Alberta Playwrights’ Network competition. In 2020, Honour Beat won the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama. Recent premieres include Deer Woman in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Honour Beat opening the 2018/19 season at Theatre Calgary, The Ministry of Grace at Belfry Theatre in Victoria, and Super in Plays2Perform@Home with Boca Del Lupo (Vancouver). Beagan was the 2020 laureate of the Siminovitch Prize for theatre, playwriting.

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Tara Beagan est fière d’être Ntlaka'pamux, ainsi que d’origine irlandaise du côté de son père, aujourd’hui décédé. Elle est cofondatrice et directrice d’ARTICLE 11 avec Andy Moro, qui est basé à Mohkinstsis. Beagan a été directrice artistique de la compagnie Native Earth Performing Arts de février 2011 à décembre 2013. Pendant son mandat, NEPA a continué à s’inspirer des valeurs traditionnelles autochtones, a accueilli un aîné en résidence et s’est installé dans le studio Aki. Beagan a été en résidence au Cahoots Theatre (Toronto), à NEPA (Toronto), au Centre national des Arts (Ottawa) et à la Berton House (Dawson City, Yukon). Pendant la pandémie, elle était dramaturge « en résidence » au Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg). Sept de ses 32 pièces ont été publiées. Deux pièces ont reçu des nominations aux prix Dora (et a remporté le prix une fois). En 2018, Beagan a été finaliste du concours de l’Alberta Playwrights' Network. En 2020, Honour Beat a remporté le prix Gwen Pharis Ringwood, dans la catégorie théâtre. Parmi les premières récentes, on peut citer Deer Woman à Aotearoa (Nouvelle- Zélande), Honour Beat qui a inauguré la saison 2018/19 au Theatre Calgary, The Ministry of Grace au Belfry Theatre de Victoria, et Super dans Plays2Perform@Home avec Boca Del Lupo à Vancouver. Beagan a été la lauréate 2020 du prix Siminovitch pour l’écriture de pièces de théâtre.

Dear CATR 2022 Delegates,

It is my greatest pleasure to welcome you to this year’s gathering. After two years of isolation, working at a distance, and endless fears for the health and safety of our families, our students and ourselves, we finally can start moving to what we do best in performance arts: public and in-person gatherings. The CATR 2022 is a hybrid conference with two Acts taking place fully online and one Act in-person and online at the University of Lethbridge. I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to all organizers of this event, and specifically our local hosts St. Thomas University, University of Toronto Scarborough, and University of Lethbridge. There are more than 50 people who have been working diligently behind the scenes to bring this event into life. I am grateful to every person on the CATR 2022 team for their enthusiasm, loyalty, work ethic, and faith in this event and our organization. Without this work this event would not be possible. I would also like to thank our sponsors, academic and artistic agencies, publishers and individual donors who have provided funds for this event.

My special thank you goes to the Wolastoqiyik, Wəlastəkewiyik / Maliseet, the Mi’Kmaq / Mi’kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati people, on whose land St. Thomas University is located, the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit people, on whose lands University of Toronto Scarborough stands, and the Blackfoot people, on whose territory University of Lethbridge is situated. We are grateful to the keepers of the land for this opportunity to gather on their territories.

My last and special thank you goes to each delegate of the conference: without your work, academic and practical, this organization and this conference would not have come together. I wish everybody the most fruitful, pleasant and happy time at Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist.

Yana Meerzon - President, CATR

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Dear CATR 2022 Delegates,

In the framework of emergence, the whole is a mirror of the parts. Existence is fractal—the health of the cell is the health of the species and the planet—adrienne maree brown (2017).

Our scholarship is managing in a pandemic. We are managing in a pandemic. COVID-19 has made social and environmental problems more explicit and urgent than ever. We are challenged to reimagine drama, theatre, dance, and performance, and the means by which we gather to discuss them.

Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist is dedicated to creating space for scholarly, artistic, and activist exchange after the ‘before times.’

What can we learn about the concept of “emergence” as it influences and reflects theatre practices? How does theatre scholarship and practice respond to the ways in which Indigenous and racialized experiences, sexual orientation, and gender identity continue to be impacted by the pandemic, climate change, health care crises, and economic barriers and inequities? To borrow from Adolfo Albán Achinte’s concept of “re-existence” as it pertains to racialized, excluded, and marginalized people, how can we propel re-existence and empower identities, bodies, and ways of knowing at a moment when decolonizing efforts are a matter of survival?

Our Programming Committee has sought inclusivity and breadth in curating a conference that showcases the range of CATR members’ work in pandemic-related study and far beyond. Our Accessibility Committee has deftly guided us in making our sessions more accessible than ever. Our Digital Dramaturgy Committee has moved terabytes to achieve myriad immersive online and hybrid conference experiences. Our In-Person Host Committee is eager to welcome you to Lethbridge.

While CATR has a 45-year history of organizing the annual conference in large urban centres, for the first time we convene a hybrid conference across three small- and mid-sized campuses in three different provinces through our online hosts St. Thomas University and the University of Toronto Scaborough, and our hybrid in-person/online host the University of Lethbridge. Another first is that our 70+conference sessions run across seven full days!

With enthusiasm, we invite you to explore this conference program and thank the dozens of people who have made your annual CATR conference experience possible. And we look forward to seeing many of you in person (hurray!) in Lethbridge as we emerge, and perform our emergences.

Robin C. Whittaker - Conference & Programming Chair, CATR 2022

 

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Chers délégués de l’ACRT 2022,

J’ai le plus grand plaisir de vous accueillir au rassemblement de cette année. Après deux ans d’isolement, de travail à distance et de craintes sans fin pour la santé et la sécurité de nos familles, de nos élèves et de nous-mêmes, nous pouvons enfin commencer à passer à ce que nous faisons le mieux dans les arts de la scène : des rassemblements publics et en personne. L’ACRT 2022 est un colloque hybride dont deux actes se déroulent entièrement en ligne et un acte en personne et en ligne à l’Université de Lethbridge. J’aimerais exprimer mes sincères remerciements et ma gratitude à tous les organisateurs de cet événement, et plus particulièrement à nos hôtes locaux, à l’Université St. Thomas, à l’Université de Toronto Scarborough et à l’Université de Lethbridge. Il y a plus de 50 personnes qui ont travaillé avec diligence dans les coulisses pour donner vie à cet événement. Je suis reconnaissant à tous les membres de l’équipe de l’ACRT 2022 pour leur enthousiasme, leur loyauté, leur éthique de travail et leur foi en cet événement et en notre organisation. Sans ce travail, cet événement ne serait pas possible. Je tiens également à remercier nos commanditaires, les agences académiques et artistiques, les éditeurs et les donateurs individuels qui ont fourni des fonds pour cet événement.

Je remercie particulièrement tous les Wolastoqiyik, Wəlastəkewiyik / Maliseet, les Mi’Kmaq / Mi’kmaw et passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati, sur les terres desquels se trouvent l’Université St. Thomas, les Hurron-Wendat, les Seneca et les Mississaugas du Credit, sur les terres desquels se trouve l’Université de Toronto Scarborough, et les Pieds-Noirs, sur le territoire desquels se trouve l’Université de Lethbridge. Nous sommes reconnaissants aux gardiens de la terre pour cette occasion de se rassembler sur leurs territoires.

Mon dernier et spécial remerciement va à chaque délégué du colloque ACRT : sans votre travail, académique et pratique, cette organisation et ce colloque ne se seraient pas réunies. Je souhaite à tout le monde le moment le plus fructueux, agréable et heureux à Réaliser l’émergence : Rejouer, rappeler, réexister.

Yana Meerzon - Président de l’ACRT

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Chers délégués de l’ACRT 2022,

Dans le cadre de l’émergence, le tout est un miroir des parties. L’existence est fractale – la santé de la cellule est la santé de l’espèce et de la planète – adrienne maree brown (2017).

Notre bourse est gérée pendant la pandémie. Nous gérons en temps de pandémie. La COVID-19 a rendu les problèmes sociaux et environnementaux plus explicites et urgents que jamais. Nous sommes mis au défi de réinventer le théâtre, la scène, la danse et la performance, ainsi que les moyens par lesquels nous nous réunissons pour en discuter.

Réaliser l’émergence : Rejouer, rappeler, réexister se consacre à la création d’un espace d’échange savant, artistique et militant après le « temps d’avant ».

Que pouvons-nous apprendre sur le concept d'«émergence » tel qu’il influence et reflète les pratiques théâtrales ? Comment l’érudition et la pratique du théâtre réagissent-elles à la façon dont les expériences autochtones et radicalisées, l’orientation sexuelle et l’identité du genre continuent d’être touchées par la pandémie, les changements climatiques, les crises des soins de santé, les obstacles et les inégalités économiques ? Pour emprunter au concept de « réexistence » d’Adolfo Albán Achinte en ce qui concerne les personnes radicalisées, exclues et marginalisées, comment pouvons-nous propulser la réexistence et renforcer les identités, les corps et les modes de connaissance à un moment où les efforts de décolonisation sont une question de survie ?

Notre comité de programmation a recherché l’inclusivité et l’étendue dans la tenue d’un colloque qui présente l’éventail des travaux des membres de l’ACRT dans les études liées à la pandémie et bien au-delà. Notre comité de l’accessibilité nous a habilement guidés pour rendre nos séances plus accessibles que jamais. Notre comité de dramaturgie numérique a déplacé des téraoctets pour réaliser une myriade d’expériences du colloque immersives en ligne et hybrides. Notre comité d’accueil en personne est impatient de vous accueillir à Lethbridge. Bien que l’ACRT organise le colloque annuel dans les grands centres urbains depuis 45 ans, pour la première fois, nous organisons un colloque hybride dans trois universités de petite et moyenne taille dans trois provinces différentes par l’intermédiaire de nos hôtes en ligne, de l’Université St. Thomas et de l’Université de Toronto Scaborough, et de notre hôte hybride en personne / en ligne de l’Université de Lethbridge. Une autre première est que nos sessions 70+ du colloque se déroulent sur sept jours complets !

Avec enthousiasme, nous vous invitons à explorer ce programme des colloques et remercions les dizaines de personnes qui ont rendu possible votre expérience annuelle du colloque de l’ACRT. Et nous avons hâte de vous voir nombreux en personne (hourra !) à Lethbridge alors que nous émergeons et réalisons nos émergences.

Robin C. Whittaker - Président du colloque et de la programmation de l’ACRT 2022

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Meet Your Board Members

Drop in for a chat with a board member, online or in-person, and get to know the CATR board! No sign-up required.

Times to Drop-in Online

Zoom link for online meetings

Act One (Atlantic Time)

Sat. May 28th 10:45-12:30 - Taiwo Afolabi

Sat. May 28th 12:45-14:15 Jacquey Taucar

Sat. May 28th 14:15-16:00 - Deneh'Cho Thompson

Sat. May 28th 16:00-17:45 - Katrina Dunn and Neil Silcox

Act Two (Eastern Time)

Mon. June 6th 12:30-14:15 - Giorelle Diokno and Katrina Dunn

Mon. June 6th 14:15-16:00 - Natalia Esling and Matt Jones

Mon. June 6th 16:00-17:45 - Neil Silcox

Tues. June 7th 10:45-12:30 - Michelle MacArthur and Natalia Esling

Tues. June 7th 12:30-14:15 - Katrina Dunn and Eury Chang

Tues. June 7th 14:15-16:00 - Jill Carter and Matt Jones

Tues. June 7th 16:00-17:45 - Jill Carter

Tues. June 7th 17:45-19:00 Jacquey Taucar

Act Three (Mountain Time)

Mon. June 13th 9:00-10:45 Giorelle Diokno

Mon. June 13th 14:15-16:00 Jill Carter and Deneh'Cho Thompson

Mon. June 13th 16:00-17:45 - Deneh'Cho Thompson

Times to Drop-in In-Person

Act Three (Mountain Time)

Sun. June 12th 14:15-16:00 - Jessica Riley and MIchelle MacArthur

Sun. June 12th 16:00-17:45 - Taiwo Afolabi and Eury Chang

Mon. June 13th 9:00-10:45 - Sarah Robbins

Mon. June 13th 10:45-12:30 - Taiwo Afolabi

Mon. June 13th 14:15-16:00 - Jessica Riley

Mon. June 13th 16:00-17:45 - Michelle MacArthur

Meet The Editors

This year at CATR 2022 you can book 15 minute appointments to meet with editors from Playwrights Canada Press, Canadian Theatre Review, University of Michigan Press, McGill Queens Press, Theatre in Research Canada, and Modern Drama.

This is a wonderful opportunity for editors and conference attendees to meet one-to-one virtually throughout the three acts of the conference!

Sign up for Editor Office Hours here

If you have any questions: taylormariegraham@gmail.com.

St. Thomas University

Online May 27-28

St. Thomas University is situated on the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Wəlastəkewiyik / Maliseet whose ancestors along with the Mi’Kmaq / Mi’kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati Tribes / Nations signed Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown in
the 1700s.

Friday May 27th

10:15-12:30 AST

Welcoming Remarks

and

Keynote - Dylan Robinson

*Sponsored by McGill Institute for the Study of Canada*

Avec traduction anglais > français | With French to English translation | Live captioning provided

12:30-12:45 AST

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12:45-14:15 AST

Indigenous ReExistence in Practice (Paper Panel)

Moderator Kailin Wright. Papers by Sara Schroeter and Virginie Magnat.

Live captioning provided

App, Paper, Scissors: Dramaturgies of Emergence in Participatory Performance (Curated Panel)

Moderator Jenn Stephenson. Papers by Mariah Horner, Jenn Stephenson, and Hamish Hutchison-Poyntz

*Sponsored by Queen’s University, The Dan School of Drama & Music*

*Note: This Curated Panel will be recorded for public posting on the moderator’s research blog*

Live captioning provided

14:15 - 14:30 AST

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14:30-16:00 AST

Performing Care: Gender and Labour in Precarious Times (Curated Panel)

Moderator Robin Whittaker. Papers by Morgan Johnson, Alexandra Simpson & Peyton Lebarr, and Lisa Marie DiLiberto & Susie Bupree

Live captioning provided

Sh!t-Disturbers: Contract Instructors as Disruptors & Change-Makers Phase I (Seminar)

Led by Neil Silcox. Participants: Rebecca Comer, Rosanna Saracino, Steffi Santhana Mary, Leah Cherniak, Mandy Roved, Nicole Wilson, Kevin Hobbs, and Matt Jones.

*Note: this session is open to pre-accepted participants only / Remarque: cette session est ouverte aux participants préacceptés seulement.*

16:00-16:15 AST

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16:15-17:45 AST

Strengthening Structures, Freeing Art Practice: An International Theatre Collaboration Roundtable (Roundtable)

Led by Deneh'Cho Thompson. Participants: Jack Patterson, Makram Ayache, and Vanka Salim

*Sponsored by University of British Columbia, Department of Theatre and Film*

CONTINUED / CONTINUÉ: Sh!t-Disturbers: Contract Instructors as Disruptors & Change-Makers Phase I (Seminar)

Led by Neil Silcox. Participants: Rebecca Comer, Rosanna Saracino, Steffi Santhana Mary, Leah Cherniak, Mandy Roved, Nicole Wilson, Kevin Hobbs, and Matt Jones

*Note: this session is open to pre-accepted participants only / Remarque: cette session est ouverte aux participants préacceptés seulement.*

17:45-18:00 AST

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18:00-19:30 AST

Wreckonciliatory Acts (Roundtable)

Led by Jill Carter. Participants: Spy Dénommé-Welch, Lindsay Lachance, and Monique Mojica.

*Sponsored by The Gatherings Project*

Avec traduction anglais > français

19:30-19:45 AST

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19:45 AST

 

Ice Age Coming (Performance)

By Corenski Nowlan

*Note:  There are separate Zoom links for the performance and the Q & A*

Live captioning provided

Saturday May 28th

10:30-11:00 AST

Get together in Kumospace

11:00-12:30 AST

ReCollecting Settler Encounters: Motherhood, Nationhood, Minstrelsy (Paper Panel)

Moderator Jess Riley. Papers by Kailin Wright, Roberta Barker, and Taylor Graham.

*Sponsored by University of Guelph, School of English and Theatre Studies*

Live captioning provided

Leading in the Crucible: Theatre Leadership, Mentorship, and Emergence in a World in Crisis (Part I) (Roundtable)

Led by Scott Mealey. Participants:  Susan Bennett, Ric Knowles, Yvette Nolan and Kelly Thornton.

12:30-12:45 AST

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12:45-14:15 AST

Emergences from and Reexamination in Archives (Curated Panel)

Moderator Justin Blum. Papers by Kathryn Harvey, Jessica Riley, and Amanda Attrell

Live captioning provided

Leading in the Crucible: Theatre Leadership, Mentorship, and Emergence in a World in Crisis (Part II) (Roundtable)

Led by Scott Mealey. Participants: Nina Lee Aquino, Sue Balint, Stephen Johnson, and Marlis Schweitzer.

14:15-14:30 AST

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14:30-16:00 AST

Impossible Archives, Emergent Archives (Curated Panel)

Moderator Marlis Schweitzer. Papers by Olivia Michiko Gagnon, Colleen Kim Daniher, and Kristin Moriah.

Live captioning provided

Performance Training as Research (Curated Panel)

Moderator Christine (cricri) Bellerose. Papers by Christine (cricri) Bellerose, Virginie Magnat, and P Megan Andrews

Live captioning provided

16:00-16:15 AST

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16:15-17:45 AST

Rückenfigur: 365 Days; or, a durational meditation of the solitary in a pandemic (Performance)

Filmed Performance Art by Sorouja Moll.

Screening and Q&A

Refusing Climate Fatalism through Site-Specific Theatre (Curated Panel)

Moderator Kathleen Gallagher. Papers by Kathleen Gallagher, Christine Balt & Nancy Cardwell, and Lindsay Valve & Munia Debleena Tripathi.

Live captioning provided

17:45-18:00 AST

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18:00-19:30 AST

RePlaying Institutional Challenges, Emerging with Solutions (Paper Panel)

Moderator Kimberley McLeod. Papers by Jessica Watkin and Cyrus Lane.

Live captioning provided

Performing as/in Response to the Nonhuman (Roundtable)

Led by Conrad Alexandrowicz. Participants: David Fancy, Gwen Dobie, Christine Bellerose, Katrina Dunn, and Lin Snelling.

*Sponsored by University of Victoria, Department of Theatre*

19:30-19:45 AST

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19:45 AST

Ice Age Coming (Performance)

By Corenski Nowlan

*Note: There are separate Zoom links for the performance and Q&A*

Live captioning provided

University of Toronto, Scarborough

Online June 6-7

For thousands of years, the land on which the University of Toronto operates has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting
place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Monday June 6th

10:30-12:30 EST

Welcoming Remarks

and

Keynote - Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

*Sponsored by University of Toronto, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies*

12:30-12:45 EST

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12:45-14:15 EST

Performing ReExistence in the 21st Century (Paper Panel)

Moderator Kailin Wright. Papers by Naila Keleta-Mae, Christine Balt, and Sheetala Bhat.

Real Participatory Bodies ... and Killjoys (Paper Panel)

Moderator Peter Kuling. Papers by Naomi Bennett, Caitlin Gowans, and Mary Tooley.

14:15-14:30 EST

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14:30-16:00 EST

Relational Acts of Research and Theatre Practice (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Kathleen Gallagher and Andrew Kushnir

Canadian Soundings (Working Group)

Led by Sasha Kovacs and Michael Elliott. Participants: Virginie Magnat, Moira Day, Katrina Dunn, Meredith Scott, Shannon Holmes, and Shannon Vickers.

First Story Walk (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Jill Carter, Jon Johnson, Charlotte Big Canoe

*Sponsored by University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Theatre & Performance*

* Note: The walk will take approximately two hours. *

16:00-16:15 EST

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16:15-17:45 EST

Ethnographies: Cosplay & Striptease. (Paper Panel)

Moderator Michelle MacArthur. Papers by Xavia Publius, and Jessica Thorp & Julia Matias.

CONTINUED: Canadian Soundings (Working Group)

Led by Sasha Kovacs and Michael Elliott. Participants: Virginie Magnat, Moira Day, Katrina Dunn, Meredith Scott, Shannon Holmes, and Shannon Vickers.

CONTINUED: First Story Walk (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Jill Carter, Jon Johnson, Charlotte Big Canoe

17:45-18:00 EST

BREAK / PAUSE

18:00-19:30 EST

CATR Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Report Session (Praxis Workshop)

19:30-19:45

BREAK / PAUSE

19:45 EST

University of Toronto Press Launch (TRIC, CTR)

*Sponsored by University of Toronto Press Journals*

Tuesday June 7th

10:30-11:00 EST

Get together in Kumospace

11:00-12:30 EST

Re-Collecting Roundtable: Audiences, Spectatorship, and Participation After the Pandemic (Roundtable)

Led by Kelsey Blair. Participants: Kelsey Blair, Kelsey Jacobson, Signy Lynch, Asif Majid, Scott Mealey, and Jenn Stephenson 

*Sponsored by Concordia University, Department of Theatre*

RePlaying the More-Than-Human and the Environment (Paper Panel)

Moderator Kimberley Richards. Papers by Natalie Doonan and Emma Morgan-Thorp.

12:30-12:45 EST

BREAK / PAUSE

12:45-14:15 EST

Welcome to Grounds for Goodness! A Participatory Glimpse of a Multi-Year Community Arts Project Navigating COVID Times (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre)

Academic Jobs Workshop (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Laura Levin, Signy Lynch, and Sarah Robbins

*Sponsored by York University Department of Theatre & Performance*

14:15-14:30 EST

BREAK / PAUSE

14:30-16:00 EST

Parallel Paths (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Alana Gerecke and Justine A Chambers

ReCollecting Practices, ReAligning Industries (Paper Panel)

Moderator Shana MacDonald. Papers by Ilana Khanin, Neil Silcox, and Gordon Portman.

16:00-16:15 EST

BREAK / PAUSE

16:15-17:45 EST

CONTINUED: Parallel Paths (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Alana Gerecke and Justine A Chambers

Performing Health and Care (Paper Panel)

Moderator Kelsey Jacobson. Papers by Maria Meindl, Julia Gray, and Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston

*Sponsored by Dalhousie University, Fountain School of Performing Arts*

Réexister: Narrative et Territoire. (Paper Panel)

Moderator Sebastian Samur. Papers by Patricia Blanchet and Marie-Hélène Massy Emond

17:45-18:00 EST

BREAK / PAUSE

18:00-19:30 EST

Performing Complaint: Working on theatre and performance institutions (Seminar)

Led by Signy Lynch, Sarah Robbins, and Jenn Boulay. Participants: Rebecca Comer, Shannon Hughes, Julia Matias, Alejandra Nunez, Gabriela Petrov, Angela Sun, Jessica Thorpe, and Jessica Watkin

*Note: this session is open to pre-accepted participants only / Remarque: cette session est ouverte aux participants préacceptés seulement.*

Digital Performance (Working Group)

Led by Kimberley McLeod and Shana MacDonald. Participants: Peter Kuling, Sebastian Samur, Catherine Quirk, Taylor Graham, David Bobier, Michelle MacArthur, Naomi Bennett, Tara Harris, Michael Wheeler, and Laura Levin.

Moving Together to Reclaim and Resist (Working Group)

Led by Jenn Cole and Melissa Poll. Participants: Julie Burelle, Jill Carter, Selena Couture, Adron Farris, Kelsey Blair, Leah Decter, Virginie Magnat, Kimberly Richards, Ken Wilson, Alana Gerecke, Elan Marchinko, Jimena Ortuzar, Nazli Akhtar, Emma Morgan-Thorp, and Cara Mumford.

*Note: Only the first half of the session will be open to non-participants*

19:30-19:45 EST

BREAK / PAUSE

19:45 EST

CONTINUED: Performing Complaint: Working on theatre and performance institutions (Seminar)

Led by Signy Lynch, Sarah Robbins, and Jenn Boulay. Participants: Rebecca Comer, Shannon Hughes, Julia Matias, Alejandra Nunez, Gabriela Petrov, Angela Sun, Jessica Thorp, and Jessica Watkin.

*Note: this session is open to pre-accepted participants only / Remarque: cette session est ouverte aux participants préacceptés seulement.*

CONTINUED: Digital Performance (Working Group)

Led by Kimberley McLeod and Shana MacDonald. Participants: Peter Kuling, Sebastian Samur, Catherine Quirk, Taylor Graham, David Bobier, Michelle MacArthur, Naomi Bennett, Tara Harris, Michael Wheeler, and Laura Levin.

CONTINUED: Moving Together to Reclaim and Resist (Working Group)

Led by Jenn Cole and Melissa Poll. Julie Burelle, Jill Carter, Selena Couture, Adron Farris, Kelsey Blair, Leah Decter, Virginie Magnat, Kimberly Richards, Ken Wilson, Alana Gerecke, Elan Marchinko, Jimena Ortuzar, Nazli Akhtar, Emma Morgan-Thorp, and Cara Mumford.

University of Lethbridge

In-Person/Online June 12-14

Oki. The University of Lethbridge's Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University of Lethbridge acknowledges and deeply appreciates the Siksikaitsitapii peoples’ connection to their traditional territory. We, as people living and benefiting from Blackfoot Confederacy traditional territory, honour the traditions of people who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We recognize the diverse population of Indigenous Peoples who attend the University of Lethbridge and the contributions these Indigenous Peoples have made in shaping and strengthening the University community in the past, present, and in the future.

Sunday June 12th

8:45-10:45 MT

Welcoming Remarks

and

Keynote - Tara Beagan

*Sponsored by Gordon Schillingford Publishing*

10:45-11:00 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

11:00-12:30 MT

(Plenary) Istotsi: The Land We Live On

By Making Treaty Seven (MT7)

Film Screening with Q&A

*Sponsored by University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Fine Arts*

12:30-12:45 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

12:45-14:15 MT

LUNCH/LAUNCH Playwrights Canada Press.

Host: Annie Gibson

*Sponsored by Playwrights Canada Press*

14:15-14:30 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

14:30-16:00 MT

Youth, Activism & Performance: Issues That Matter (Seminar)

Led by Nicola Elson. Participants: Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Caroline Howarth, Belarie Hyman Zatsman, and Abigail Shabtay.

Compass (Praxis Workshop)

Led by lo bil

Presence, Absence, Divergence (Paper Panel)

Moderator Andy Houston. Papers by Kelsey Jacobson & Jacob Pittini, Claire Borody, and Nancy Curry

16:00-16:15 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

16:15-17:45 MT

Gallery Tour

Led by Josie Mills

*Note: This event is in-person only*

VibraFusionLab: Reimagining theatre through vibration and visual sound (Praxis Workshop)

Led by David Bobier

Storied Pasts and ReCollected Stages (Paper Panel)

Moderator Sasha Kovacs. Papers by Heather Davis-Fisch, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, and Grahame Renyk

17:45 MT

BREAK / PAUSE - End of Day / Fin Du Jour

Monday June 13th

8:45-9:15 MT

Coffee / Café

9:15-10:45 MT

Reading the TRC: Forging Right Relations between Indigenous People of Turtle Island and Ireland (Roundtable)

Led by Paul Halferty. Participants: Joseph Naytowhow, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, James Kelley, and Paul Halferty

*Sponsored by The Cole Foundation*

Demystifying Performance: Studies on Screen Acting and Embodied Cognition (Curated Panel)

Douglas MacArthur, Javid Sadr, and Aaron Taylor

The Places We've Scene (Paper Panel)

Moderator Ric Knowles. Papers by Andy Houston, Robert Motum, and Kelly Richmond

10:45-11:00 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

11:00-12:30 MT

Partnering Live Foley with Physical Theatre (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Nicola Elson

Research-based Theatre: ReImagining, ReIgniting Interdisciplinary ReSearch through Performance (Praxis Workshop)

Led by George Belliveau

*Sponsored by University of Manitoba, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media*

The Role of Performing Objects in Teaching, Learning, and Creating Theatre (Curated Panel)

Moderator Grahame Renyk. Papers by Gabrielle Houle, Gabriel Levine, and Mia van Leeuwen & Stefano Muneroni

*Sponsored by University of Lethbridge, Drama Department*

Balik-bayan/(Re)turning to Home: (Re)curing, (Re)inscription, and (Re)configuration of Philippine-Canadian Theatre (Curated Panel)

Moderator Dennis D. Gupa. Discussant Marc Perez. Papers by Alecks Ambayec, Allen Baylosis, and Karla Comanda

*Sponsored by The Cole Foundation*

12:30-12:45 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

12:45-14:15 MT

LUNCH/LAUNCH Talonbooks. Host: Kevin Williams

*Sponsored by Talonbooks*

14:15-14:30 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

14:30-16:00 MT

Emerge into the Land: A Listening Walk on the Coulee Edge (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Annie Martin and Sandra Cowan

*Note: This event is in-person only and will involve approximately 45 minutes of walking / Remarque : Cet événement est en personne seulement et comprendra environ 45 minutes de marche.*

Somatic Engagement (Working Group)

Led by Christine (cricri) Bellerose and Ursula Neuerburg. Participants: Camille (Renarhd) Burger, Virginie Magnat, Eury Chang, Gabriela Petrov, Maria Meindl, Naomi P Bennett, Majero Bouman, Conrad Alexandrowicz, P Megan Andrews,
 Lisa Ndejuru, Sanja J Dejanovic, Kelly Mullan, Christine Brault, Ramona Benveniste, Ray Louter, Daniella Vinitski, and Jenn Boulay.

*Note: Only the first 40 minutes of this session are open to participants outside the working group.*

Environmental Stewardship in Theatre and Performance Education (Working Group)

Led by Hope McIntyre and Kimberly Richards. Participants: Anna Griffith, Justine Conte, Selena Couture, Dennis Gupa, and Taylor Graham.

Course Correction: Reorienting Approaches to Space in Theatre and Performance (Working Group)

Led by Katrina Dunn. Participants: Alessandro Simari, Danielle Howard, Shauna Janssen, Laura Levin, Alana Gerecke, Keren Zaiontz, Sandra Chamberlain-Snider, Cordula Quint, and Jayna Mees.

16:00-16:15 MT

BREAK / PAUSE

16:15-17:45 MT

Beyond Trigger Warnings: Shaping Content Conversations Between Productions and Audiences (Praxis Workshop)

Led by Charlie Peters

CONTINUED: Somatic Engagement (Working Group)

Led by Christine (cricri) Bellerose and Ursula Neuerburg. Participants: Camille (Renarhd) Burger, Virginie Magnat, Eury Chang, Gabriela Petrov, Maria Meindl, Naomi P Bennett, Majero Bouman, Conrad Alexandrowicz, P Megan Andrews, 
Lisa Ndejuru, Sanja J Dejanovic, Kelly Mullan, Christine Brault, Ramona Benveniste, Ray Louter, Daniella Vinitski, and Jenn Boulay.

CONTINUED: Environmental Stewardship in Theatre and Performance Education (Working Group)

Led by Hope McIntyre and Kimberly Richards. Anna Griffith, Justine Conte, Selena Couture, Dennis Gupa, and Taylor Graham.

CONTINUED: Course Correction: Reorienting Approaches to Space in Theatre and Performance (Working Group)

Led by Katrina Dunn. Participants: Alessandro Simari, Danielle Howard, Shauna Janssen, Laura Levin, Alana Gerecke, Keren Zaiontz, Sandra Chamberlain-Snider, Cordula Quint, and Jayna Mees.

17:45-18:30 MT

BREAK - Dinner on Your Own / PAUSE - Dîner seul

18:30 MT

Mondays are a Drag

(18:30) - Dinner Reservation

(19:30) - Show

At The Owl Acoustic Lounge (606 3 Ave South)
Presented by Theatre Outre

*Note: This event will be in-person only*