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 Her work has been developed through the support of the National New Play Network, the Maryland Arts Council, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and has been presented at the New Harmony Project, ShenanArts, The Playwrights’ Center, Theatre of the First Amendment, NYU’s HotInk Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Lark, Florida Stage, Geva Theatre, the Women’s Project, and the Young Vic, among others. D.W. also writes frequently for youth theatre. Her play SALVATION ROAD, about a boy whose sister disappears into a fundamentalist church, was developed through New York University's Steinhardt New Plays for Young Audiences program and is slated for several productions in 2012-13. A member of the Dramatists Guild, a former national core member of The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, and a recent inductee into the League of Professional Theatre Women, Ms. Gregory is also founding member of the Playwrights Gymnasium, a process oriented workshop based in metro Washington, D.C.

Presented by Carol Cadby

Lean how to create dynamic staging by applying practical and simple directing concepts. You will learn the application of visual pauses, body positions, levels, psychological areas, stage positions, stage patterns, focus and visual progression. Your productions will energize both players and audience!

Carol Cadby has been directing and teaching acting for more than 25 years and currently teaches at George Mason University, Signature Theatre, Synetic Theatre, The Theatre Lab School of Dramatic Arts and Arlington Public Schools. She also lectures and coaches across the country through her company, Cadby Production, LLC. Along with a B.A. from Grinnell College and an M.A.I.S. from George Mason University with a focus on Self-development through Arts Education, she studied with renowned acting teachers, Uta Hagen and Herbert Bergof and is trained in Viewpoints, Laban Movement, Linklater voice and Meisner Acting Technique. She was also a professional stage and film actor (S.A.G., A.F.T.R.A., S.E.G., A.E.A. eligible) for ten years based in Miami, Florida. Her professional activities include Arts Commissioner for Arlington County, board member of Educational Theatre Company, Leadership Coach for Ola Consulting and the Theatre Arts Lead Teacher and a Mentor Teacher for Arlington Public Schools.

Her directing and teaching awards include representing Virginia at the 2010 Southeastern Theatre Conference with her production of Nora’s Lost, receiving a Wolftrap Scholarship for Performing Arts Teachers (2008-09), an Elizabeth Campbell Award for Excellence in the Arts from the American Association of University Women (2009), twenty-one Virginia Governor School Presidential Citations for Outstanding Educator (1998-2012), two Arts Teacher Recognition Awards from the Educational Theatre Association (2001)  and an Outstanding Theatre Program Award from the Educational Theatre Association (2001).  

Presented by Linda Krakaur

The philosophical grounding for the new National Standards in the Arts, currently being devised by over seventy arts educators across the nation, states that "The central purpose of education standards is to identify the learning that we want for all of our students and to drive improvement in the system that delivers that learning.”  Yet, in a field as diverse as theatre arts, many questions have been raised regarding the processes, products, and essential understandings unique to our discipline.  You now have the opportunity to learn more about this ground-breaking process and to add your voice to the conversation.  In this session, Linda Krakaur, member of the Theatre Arts writing team, will share her insights on the writing process and listen to your priorities.  You are invited to participate in this dialogue as writing team members continue refining their work, including the shaping of cornerstone assessments to measure achievement in the performance standards.

Linda Krakaur is an arts integration instructor and consultant, specializing in drama in education.  Ms. Krakaur’s transformative practice and theoretical insights, based on culturally responsive pedagogy, authentic instruction, and brain-based learning, evolved from her twenty years of classroom teaching and graduate studies at the International School for Drama in Education at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Recent articles published in Very Special Arts and the Journal on Social Justice and the Arts highlight the quality and impact of Ms. Krakaur’s unique approach, particularly as it relates to improved motivation and academic performance for urban students. Ms. Krakaur has presented both at national and international conferences including the Drama Across the Curriculum and Beyond Conference at New York University and the International Drama in Education Association conference in Hong Kong.  She feels honored to be a member of the Theatre Arts writing team for the National Core Arts Standards (NCCAS). Ms. Krakaur is currently a doctoral student and program assistant for the newly designed Master’s in Teacher Leadership with a Focus in Arts Integration at the University of Maryland.

Mr. Stanislavski, Tear Down That Fourth Wall!

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