Conference Announcement:
The Women and Theatre Program and the Black Theatre Network are
sponsoring "Breaking Barriers: Celebrating Women Making Theatre," a joint
conference in Chicago this summer at the Bismark Hotel. BTN events begin
July 23rd and run through July 27th and WTP events begin July 24th and run
through July 26th.
A day of joint scheduling Monday July 25th includes keynote
presentations by Glenda Dickerson of Spelman College and Clinton Turner
Davis from the Non-Traditional Casting Project. The conference will also
feature performances and panels ranging in themes from the experiences of
women artistic directors to issues of subjectivity and the self as a site
of institutional structure. In addition, WTP will be undertaking the
task of reimagining its future as it celebrates the twentieth anniversary
of its founding.
To attend the conference you can register either through BTN or WTP.
For more information and registration materials through BTN call (313)
353 5591. For more information and registration materials through WTP
call (614) 486-7358.
