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Surveying the Fault Line: Looking Back, Moving Forward8:30 AM 10:00 AM

Friday, August 6thAATE 2010 Annual Conference San Francisco CA

What we discussed:

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ROUND 1

Discussion question: What brought you to this field?

ROUND 2

Discussion Question: As you survey the landscape of your field, what is an effective strategy or technique that you

ROUND 3

Discussion Question: Please share a struggle that you experience in your field. Others at the table may offer possiblesolutions and/or advice.

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Discussion Question: What questions do you have for your discussion group about the future of the field?

Theblogisawonderfulresourcewhereyouwillfindthepanelistsanswerstothefollowing

questions:

Introduction:Howdoyoudescribeyourprofession?

1.Howdoyouenvisionthefutureofyourfield?Whatareyourhopesandfieldsasthefield?

movesforward?

2.Whatisonepieceofadviceyouwouldgive,oronepieceofadviceyouvereceived,thatyou

wouldsharewithothersinthefield?

3.Whatareaspectsoftodaysworldthatwemustconsiderwhenworkingwithyoungpeople?

thatmaynothavebeenmajorconcerns10yearsago?20yearsago?30yearsago?...

4.Asyoulooktowardsthefuture,whatisthenumberonepriorityforyourfield?

5.Whattrends,strategies,ormethodscanweborrowfromotherfieldstohelpusaswemove

forward?

Toreadanswerstothesequestionsandmore,pleasevisit:

Surveying the Fautline has a blog!

http://fromthefaultline.blogspot.com/

Purpose of this panel: To create a space where a new generation of theatre artists and educators can interact withseasoned professionals. It was our aim to identify successful practices that must be preserved and to note emergingtrends deserving of attention. In this time of shifting leadership within the field, how do the seasoned professionalsenvision the future? How does the new generation of artists and educators hope to reinvigorate the field? With oursession, we aim to: discuss how the field is shifting ground to make room for tomorrow's generation of theatreartists and educators. ...create dialogue between veteran professionals and the next generation of leaders. provideguidance and insight to novice professionals in theatre education and theatre for young audiences.

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Meet the Panelists

PatriciaSnoyerBlackistheDirectorofEducationOutreachforChildsplay,aprofessionaltheatrecompanythatpresentsplays toyoung audiences and families across Arizonaand theUnited States. Sheoversees student interns, all school

residenciesandalsoservesasProjectDirectorforanU.S.DepartmentofEducationArtsinEducationModelDevelopment

andDisseminationgrantawardedtoChildsplay.AtUniversityofNorthCarolinaatAshevilleshewasaprofessorandthe

TheatreforYoungAudiencesspecialist.

EmilyFreemangraduated fromNorthwesternUniversitywithaB.A. inTheatrein2008. Sincethenshe'straveledthe

countryworkingasaprofessionalteachingartist,director,andasaninternatTheJohnF.KennedyCenterforPerforming

Arts,andTheAsoloRepertoryTheatre.Herpassionsincludedevisingwithyoungpeople,andexploringwaysforyouthto

becomeacknowledgedandutilizedcitizensinthecommunity.EmilywillbeattendingTheUniversityofTexasatAustin

thisfalltobeginworkingonherM.F.A.inDramaandTheatreforYouth.

Molly Gittelman graduated from Arizona State University in 2008 with her MFA in Theatre for Youth. Since hergraduationsheworksforvariousartsorganizationsandschoolsasafreelanceteachingartistofdramaforages3-14.

RussellGranetstartedArtsEducationResourceafterseventeenyearsofworkingwithNewYorkCitynon-profits.HismostrecentpositionwasattheCenterforArtsEducation(CAE):TheNYCAnnenbergChallengeforArtsEducationasthe

DirectorofProfessionalDevelopmentandPeerExchangeuntilstartingArtsEducationResourcein2007.Russellscareer

hasbeengreatlyinfluencedbyworkingcloselywithNYCspecialeducationteacherswhileworkingasateachingartist

withNewYorkUniversitysCreativeArtsTeam.

XanS. Johnson,Ph.D.,isafullprofessorin theDepartmentofTheatreattheUniversityofUtah.Joiningthefacultyin1982, Dr. Johnsonhasserved asDepartmentChair, asHead ofTheatre Education, asArtistic Director of thePioneer

MemorialTheatre'sYoungPeople'sTheatre,andasHeadoftheChildDrama/YoungPeople'sTheatregraduateprogram.

Dr.Johnsonisalsoapublishedplaywright,andfreelancesasascriptwriter,director,anddramaspecialist.Dr.Johnson,

who also has a background in Drama Therapy and Child Psychology, headed the University of Utah Child Abuse

PreventionProgram(U-CAPP)"Trust"TouringCompanyfor12years.

Christina Marn, Ph.D., has her B.S. in Theatre from NorthwesternUniversity and her doctorate in Theatrewith aconcentrationinTheatreforYouthfromArizonaStateUniversity.ForthelastfiveyearsshehasworkedasanAssistant

Professor in the Programin Educational Theatre atNYUwhere shewas the Faculty Supervisorfor theEDTCMasters

ProgramforEducationalTheatreinCollegesandCommunities.ThisfallsheisthrilledtobejoiningthefacultyatEmerson

College andbeginningawhole newchapter ofherlife andcareer inBoston. Christinaswork lies at theintersection

betweenappliedtheatrepracticeandscholarship.

JohnnySaldaaisaProfessorofTheatreintheKatherineK.HerbergerCollegeoftheArts'SchoolofTheatreandFilmat

ArizonaStateUniversity(ASU)wherehehastaughtsince1981.Hehasbeeninvolvedinthefieldoftheatreeducationasa

teachereducator,dramaspecialist,director,andresearcher.Mr.SaldaaistheauthorofDramaofColor:Improvisation

with Multiethnic Folklore (Heinemann, 1995), Longitudinal Qualitative Research: Analyzing Change Through Time

(AltaMiraPress,2003Ethnodrama:AnAnthologyofRealityTheatre(AltaMiraPress,2005),andTheCodingManualfor

QualitativeResearchers(SagePublications,2009).

XanthiaAngelWalkerbeganherCornerstonejourneyasanInstitutestudentinthefifthInstituteSummerResidencyin

2008.AsofMay13th2010,sheholdsaMasterofFineArtsinTheatreforYouthfromArizonaStateUniversity.Sheearned

aBAinTheatreArtsandaBAinGender,WomenandSexualityStudiesfromtheUniversityofMinnesota.Sheispassionate

abouttheintersectionoftheatreandsocialjustice,andlovescreatingcommunity-basedtheatrewith youth. Xanthia willco-found Rising Youth Theatre in 2011: a community-based youth theatre company in Phoenix, Arizona.

To read the full biography of our panelists, please visit: http://fromthefaultline.blogspot.com/