2023 Valdez Theatre Conference Schedule
(as of May 15, 2023)
Saturday, June 10
8:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Registration Desk Open
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Room C: Rehearsal of Kyle Walker’s An Immortal’s Companion
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Rand Higbee’s Born a Clown
4:45 to 6:15 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Carey Seward’s Monumental
Room C: Rehearsal of Philip Middleton Williams’ A Tree Grows in Longmont
8:00 p.m.
Valdez Theatre Fringe Kick-Off
Sunday, June 11
8:00 to 9:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Reception
8:15 to 9:15 a.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Cody Goulder’s The Natural Law
Room D: Rehearsal of Samuel Thomas Heyman’s Triptych – A Love Story In Three Acts
9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
Room A: Conference Orientation with Conference Coordinator Dawson Moore
Getting Outdoors with Tom Moran
9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Emily Everett’s Tryhard
Room D: Rehearsal of Laura Sansing Pfizenmayer’s Cancer is a Pain In My Ass
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Rand Higbee’s Born a Clown
Room C: Reading of Kyle Walker’s An Immortal’s Companion
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Theatre: Voice Over: How to Do It and What Does the Business Look Like with Debi Derryberry and Rodger Bumpass; moderated by Stephen Rothman
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Kaeli Meno’s Pinpricked
Room D: Rehearsal of Charlotte Lang’s Rocket Yourself to the Moon
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Room C: Rehearsal of Barry Levine’s Aliens!
3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop with Laura Gardner, Frank Collison, Rob Lecrone, and Ben Corbett: part one
3:45 to 6:45 p.m.
Room D: Rehearsal of Dave Osmundsen’s Is This All This Is
4:45 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Carey Seward’s Monumental
Room C: Reading of Philip Middleton Williams’ A Tree Grows in Longmont
8:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Monday, June 12
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning run with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room B: Places Yoga with Rachel Gregory
8:15 to 9:45 a.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of DC Cathro’s Fixed
Room C: Rehearsal of Tom Moran’s Holy Fire
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Room B: Reading of Cody Goulder’s The Natural Law
Room D: Reading of Samuel Thomas Heyman’s Triptych – A Love Story In Three Acts
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room C: Rehearsal of A.A. Milne’s Once On A Time, adapted for the stage by Andrea Staats
10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Seth McNeill’s Bullet
10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Emily Everett’s Tryhard
Room D: Reading of Laura Sansing Pfizenmayer’s Cancer is a Pain In My Ass
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:15 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Tori Rice’s Maybe for a Minute
Room C: Rehearsal of Rebecca Kane’s Is Anyone Watching This?
1:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Charlotte Lang’s Rocket Yourself to the Moon
Room D: Reading of Kaeli Meno’s Pinpricked
2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Michael C. O’Day’s Before Vinson
Room C: Rehearsal of Brandon Monokian’s Echo and Narcissus Blast Third Eye Blind Outside a Diner in New Jersey at 2AM
3:15 to 4:00 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Barry Levine’s Aliens!
3:30 to 5:45 p.m.
Room D: Reading of Dave Osmundsen’s Is This All This Is
4:45 to 6:15 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Jillian Blevins’ The Bed Trick
Room C: Rehearsal of Daniel Emlyn-Jones’ Niqabi
8:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Tuesday, June 13
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning run with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room A: Places Yoga with Rachel Gregory
8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Dante Medema’s Beneath the Mask
Room D: Rehearsal of Sanjit Sengupta’s Global Alligator
9:00 to 10:15 a.m.
Room A: Reading of DC Cathro’s Fixed
Room C: Reading of Tom Moran’s Holy Fire
9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Aurora Jane Behlke’s Founders, Keepers
Room D: Rehearsal of Erin Lerch’s Pinch Point
10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Seth McNeill’s Bullet
10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Room C: Reading of A.A. Milne’s Once On A Time, adapted for the stage by Andrea Staats
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Jesse D. Saywell’s Truth Be Told
Room D: Rehearsal of Paul Braverman’s Deuce Cooper: Pier Pressure
12:45 to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Tori Rice’s Maybe for a Minute
Room B: Rehearsal of Sarah Lyn Eaton’s Well Run Dry
Room C: Reading of Rebekah Kane’s Is Anyone Watching This?
Room D: Rehearsal of Timothy Crawford’s No Champagne in the Champagne Room
2:45 to 4:30 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Michael C. O’Day’s Before Vinson
Room C: Reading of Brandon Monokian’s Echo and Narcissus Blast Third Eye Blind Outside a Diner in New Jersey at 2AM
2:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Room D: Rehearsal for Leif Larson’s Shake the Disease
2:45 to 6:15 p.m.
Room D: Rehearsal of Katy Laurance’s The Good Word
4:45 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Jillian Blevins’ The Bed Trick
Room C: Reading of Daniel Emlyn-Jones’ Niqabi
8:00 p.m.
Theatre Nobody presenting Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play
(By Kevin Michael Wesson)
10:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Wednesday, June 14
8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of claire dettloff’s chew the fat
Room C: Rehearsal of Michael Shaeffer’s Terminator 4: Judgment Dork, a parody
9:00 to 10:15 a.m.
Room B: Reading of Dante Medema’s Beneath the Mask
Room D: Reading of Sanjit Sengupta’s Global Alligator
10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Hope Villanueva’s BUZZ
Room C: Rehearsal of Douglas R. Gearhart’s The Manager
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Aurora Jane Behlke’s Founders, Keepers
Room D: Reading of Erin Lerch’s Pinch Point
Theatre: Everything You Need to Know About Screenwriting but Were Afraid to Ask with Arthur M. Jolly
12:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Room C: Rehearsal of Joe Barnes’ The Trillionairess
1:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Greg Romero and Mike Vernusky’s Falling Down the Mountain of Great Storms
1:00 to 1:45 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Jesse Daniel Saywell’s Truth Be Told
Room D: Reading of Paul Braverman’s Deuce Cooper: Pier Pressure
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Sarah Lyn Eaton’s Well Run Dry
Room D: Reading of Timothy Crawford’s No Champagne in the Champagne Room
2:30 to 5:45 p.m.
Theatre: Rehearsal of Donald Molnar and Alicia Payne’s Justice for Maurice Henry Carter
3:15 to 5:00 p.m.
Room D: Reading of Leif Larson’s Shake The Disease
3:15 to 5:45 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Katy Laurance’s The Good Word
3:45 to 4:30 p.m.
Room C: Rehearsal of Erin Moughon’s Simon Says
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Tamar Shai’s What if Susan Boyle Couldn’t Sing?
6:45 p.m.
Boarding for two-hour trip to Shoup Glacier aboard Stan Stephens Cruises
9:45 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Thursday, June 15
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning run with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room A: Places Yoga with Rachel Gregory
8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Joshua H. Cohen’s Furies
Room D: Rehearsal of Kathryn Ryan’s What Help Looks Like
9:00 to 10:15 a.m.
Room A: Reading of claire dettloff’s chew the fat
Room C: Reading of Michael Shaeffer’s Terminator 4: Judgment Dork, a parody
9:15 to 10:00 a.m.
Room D: Rehearsal of Kevin Michael Wesson’s Chance Hotline
9:15 to 10:10 a.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Reading of Jan Probst’s The Prophecy of the Crows
10:15 to 11:45 a.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Scott C. Sickles’ The Presidential Chili Cook Off
Room D: Rehearsal of Kelsey Jameson Sullivan’s Worm Teeth
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Hope Villanueva’s BUZZ
Room C: Reading of Douglas R. Gearhart’s The Manager
Noon to 3:00 (break for lunch)
Room B: Rehearsal of Danielle N. Frimer’s Monarchs
Noon to 3:00 (break for lunch)
Room D: Rehearsal of Emma Gibson’s Lumin
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Greg Romero and Mike Vernusky’s Falling Down the Mountain of Great Storms
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Room C: Reading of Joe Barnes’ The Trillionairess
3:45 to 4:30 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Erin Moughon’s Simon Says
3:45 to 5:30 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal of Bridgette Dutta Portman’s Dead People
3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room C: Reading of Donald Molnar and Alicia Payne’s Justice for Maurice Henry Carter
Room D: Rehearsal of Nicholas Walker Herbert’s Isolato
4:45 to 5:45 p.m.
Room A: Reading of Tamar Shai’s What if Susan Boyle Couldn’t Sing?
8:00 p.m.
B Street Theatre and The Journey Company present Arlene Hutton’s Blood of the Lamb
10:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Friday, June 16
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing Morning run with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room A: Places Yoga with Rachel Gregory
9:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Joshua H. Cohen’s Furies
Room D: Reading of Kathryn Ryan’s What Help Looks Like
9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Room A: Rehearsal of Evan Edwards’ Mixed Messages
Room C: Rehearsal of Tae-nyun Kim and Rebecca Padrick’s We Were Made For Fantastic Spaces: or The Laundry Play
10:15 to 11:15 a.m.
Room B: Reading of Jan Probst’s The Prophecy of the Crows
Room D: Reading of Kevin Michael Wesson’s Chance Hotline
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Scott C. Sickles’ The Presidential Chili Cook Off
Room D: Reading of Kelsey Jameson Sullivan’s Worm Teeth
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Danielle N. Frimer’s Monarchs
Room D: Reading of Emma Gibson’s Lumin
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Room C: Monologue Workshop with Laura Gardner, Frank Collison, Rob Lecrone, and Ben Corbett, part two
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Room B: Reading of Bridgette Dutta Portman’s Dead People
Room D: Reading of Nicholas Walker Herbert’s Isolato
8:00 p.m.
TBA Theatre presents Greg Romero and Mike Vernusky’s Radio Ghosts, directed by Erin Dagon Mitchell, starring Ryan Buen, Jessica Faust, and Wayne Mitchell
Saturday, June 17
9:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Room D: Reading of Tae-nyun Kim and Rebecca Padrick’s We Were Made For Fantastic Spaces: or The Laundry Play
Theatre: Reading of Evan Edwards’ Mixed Messages
Noon
Theatre: Final presentation of the Voiceover Workshop
12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 to 1:45 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop Tech Rehearsal
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop Final Presentation
6:00 p.m.
Reception
7:00 p.m.
TBA Theatre’s Monte Carlo-themed Gala Dinner, honoring Kim Estes with the Jerry Harper Service Award.