AATE 2006 Conference
Connecting our Neighborhoods:
Using Theatre to Discover our Common Ground
July 26-30, 2006
Washington, DC

Thank you to everyone who joined us in DC and made this year's conference, Connecting our Neighborhoods:
Using Theatre to Discover our Common Ground, such a tremendous success! If you did not fill out a conference evaluation form on site, contact the AATE office to receive a faxed copy or download the pdf. When submitting a downloaded form, you must include a last name and zip code or a member ID to verify that you were a 2006 conference attendee. This identifying information will be seen only by AATE office staff and will not be shared.

Didn't make it? Check out our 2006 conference brochure for details and check out our 2006 picture page!


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This year's conference schedule included over 100 breakout sessions, exciting special events and performances, and abundant networking. Conference attendees represented 41 states and 7 countries bringing and sharing experiences from neighborhoods around the world. You can still view the 2006 conference schedule or download the pdf version. This schedule does not include on-site time and location changes.

Special events from this year's conference included:

Keynote addresses by: Richard J. Deasy and Dorothy Heathcote
Sally Bailey paid workshop: The Drama Spectrum: From Developmental Drama to Drama Therapy
Suzan Zeder/Jim Hancock paid workshop: Creative Writing: Writing from a Sense of Place
Maggie Boland paid workshop: Management
Johnny Saldana workshop: An Introduction to Ethnodrama: Autoethnography as Monologue
The Kennedy Center Experience/Moonlight Monument Tour


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Thank you to all who exhibited at this year's conference; we are pleased that this year's exhibit hall was filled to capacity!

2006 Conference Exhibitors:
Anchorage Press Plays*
Arizona State University Child Drama Collection
Camp Broadway*
Drama Education Network
Dramatic Publishing
Fisher Theatrical
Heinemann
Interactive Educational Video*
New Plays, Inc.
Poor Yorick Shakespeare Catalog
Shure, Inc.*
Stylus Publishing
Theatrefolk

*These exhibitors are also AATE Organizational Members.

If you were unable to exhibit with us this year, please check our website for updates about exhibiting at the 2007 conference in Vancouver, BC!


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Thank you to all of our scholarship applicants and recipients! We are pleased to have awarded 2 full scholarships, 2 "super-partial" scholarships, and 7 partial scholarships.

If you contributed the AATE Conference Scholarship Fund, thank you for your support! We hope to be able to continue this program in years to come.

Donate to the AATE Conference Scholarship Fund by sending a check or filling out the appropriate section of your registration form! For more information on the AATE Conference Scholarship Fund, please contact the scholarship committee.


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Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for the 2006 Conference; we had record numbers of proposals this year, and we were able to feature over 100 breakout sessions.

Again, thank you to all who joined us this year; we hope you truly enjoyed your experience in Washington, DC! See you next year!