It’s that time of year again. March begins the busy conference season that continues until early August. This year I will be presenting with the fantastical Sara Brunow at the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee and One Theatre World in Chicago, Illinois. We will present our work at SETC in a presentation entitled: Discovering Accessibility though Sensory Friendly Performance”. Next, we will had to OTW and present a workshop called: “Sensory Storytelling: Exploring Theatre with and for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder”. In between these two conferences I will be presenting two workshops at the Junior Thespian Conference in Nashville, Tennessee called: “Character Development for the Middle School Actor” and “Acting Up! An Introduction to Improv”. The only remaining conference that I would like to attend is the annual AATE conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August. I would really enjoy a visit to Milwaukee so I can catch up with my First Stage friends!
In Other News… I am in the midst of finally bringing my multi-sensory interactive theatre instillation project to life! I have secured a venue and have partnered with a music teaching artist. I am now on the hunt for two ridiculously talented teaching artist/performers to join in on the fun. I’m knee deep in grant proposals and have a very positive feeling about things. The project will be produced in part by Starcatcher Initiative and I am super excited to get my organization working on this project. Publishing work is always something I am working on. I am almost done with an article about my experience as a participant in the Dream: The Joy of Creating with Oily Cart workshop sponsored by Rose Bruford College in the UK. I’m putting the finishing touches on it and coupling it with a more in-depth blog that will be displayed right here! I am also the Editor of the TYABlog for the months of March and April! I am super excited to start releasing blogs about creating nontraditional TYA. Stay tuned! Teaching My adjunct and teaching artist work is going great. I am heading into the 3rd week of an Arts Integration Residency with Napier Elementary School in Nashville and it is crazy fun. Working in a classroom is always fun, but I think my favorite part is seeing the look on the classroom teachers face when a little dramatic chaos ensues! I am also pumped about starting to offer classes/workshops with some other teaching artist friends of mine via the Metro Nashville Parks and Recreations Cultural Arts Department. The phenomenal Rachel Hamilton is the new Director of Theatre for Parks and Recs and I couldn't be more excited about the direction she is taking the program in. Stay tuned for more news about the projects I am working on and new stuff to come! -Riley
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