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Friday, May 22, 2026
Mixer / Community Night · Tempe + ASU Campus
4:30–5:30 PM
Welcome Mixer
Dinner afterward will be on your own along Mill Avenue, if you don’t want pizza.
6-7:15 PM
Poetry & Pizza Session
Facilitated by José Tonalli Crespo
Nelson Fine Arts Center (FAC), Room 133
51 E. 10th St., Tempe, AZ 85281
This will be held in an open studio / black box-style space.
7:30 PM
Staged Reading — The Blind Donkey (TBD)
Nelson Fine Arts Center (FAC), Room 133
51 E. 10th St., Tempe, AZ 85281
This staged reading is currently tentative due to some last-minute casting adjustments. If the reading does not move forward, we will conclude the evening with the poetry session in Room 133.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
ASU Day · Nelson Fine Arts Center (FAC)
9:00 AM
Check-In
FAC Lobby
9:30–10:00 AM
Welcome Session
Room 131 — Child Drama Studio
10:15–11:30 AM
Workshop #1 — Naelis A. Ervin
Room 131 — Child Drama Studio
11:45 AM–1:00 PM
Workshop #2 — Moureen Saningo
Room 132
2:30–3:45 PM
Workshop #3 — Abhisek Bhattacharya
Room 133 — Black Box Studio Space
4:00–5:15 PM
Workshop #4 — Jazmyn Ja'Net Roberson
Room 132
5:30–6:30 PM
Keynote Speaker — Ricky Araiza
Room 131 — Child Drama Studio
7:30 PM
Optional Evening Event — RENT
Nesbitt-Elliott Playhouse
Mesa Arts Center
1 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85201
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Mesa Arts Center Day
9:00 AM
Check-In
Mesa Arts Center Courtyard
9:30–10:45 AM
Workshop #5 — Jeneen Hammond
Farnsworth Drama Studio
11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Workshop #6 — Luciana Fins
One East Pop-Up Space
(inside the former museum store space)
1:45–3:00 PM
Workshop #7 — Cecilia Abarca
Farnsworth Drama Studio
3:15–4:30 PM
Workshop #8 — Bonnie Lee
One East Pop-Up Space
4:45–5:15 PM
Closing Session
Farnsworth Drama Studio