2024 Valdez Theatre Conference Schedule
(as of April 20, 2024)
Saturday, June 8
9:00 a.m.
Shuttle from the Anchorage Airport to PWSC Student Housing in Valdez (approximate arrival time is 4:00 p.m.)
2:00 p.m.
Shuttle from the Anchorage Airport to PWSC Student Housing in Valdez (approximate arrival time is 9:00 p.m.)
8:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Opening Night Mixer
Sunday, June 9
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Samantha Ray’s Nightly Visuals of Life
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Mark Muro’s The Ripper Strikes Again
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in the Civic Center Hall
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Erik Gernand’s The Totality of All Things
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Lucas Calzada’s Curtain Rising
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Room A: Orientation with Conference Coordinator Dawson Moore
Getting Outdoors with Tom Moran
11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Room B: Class TBD
Room C: Class TBD
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Alicia Payne’s PAZ
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Glasgow Lyman’s Sex Therapy Play
1:15 to 2:45 p.m.
Room B: I’m Falling For You: An Introduction to Stage Combat with Matthew Greenberg
Room D: Writing Exciting Stage Instructions with Gregory Pulver
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Greg Romero and Brian Grace-Duff’s LARPing
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Philip Middleton Williams’ Cabana Boy
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Playwriting Class TBD
Theatre: Monologue Workshop with Laura Gardner, Rob Lecrone, Jill Bess, Shane Savage, and Ben Corbett: part one
5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Paul Braverman’s A Crack in the Past
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Zac Thompson’s Class IV
8:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe Kick-Off
Monday, June 10
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room A: Morning Yoga
8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Eugene Cole’s The Last Breath of Autum
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Annie Considine’s Mnemorian
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Samantha Ray’s Nightly Visuals of Life
Room C: Play Lab reading of Mark Muro’s The Ripper Strikes Again
9:00 to 11:15 a.m.
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Zach Barr’s New Oleanna
10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Erik Gernand’s The Totality of All Things
Room C: Play Lab reading of Lucas Calzada’s Curtain Rising
10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Tim Crawford’s Outraged: Terror in Springfield 1908
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Ellis Wollstonecraft’s Benjamin & Beatrice
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
12:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Kevin Kautzman’s Moderation
12:45 to 1:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Rand Higbee’s Schroedinger: Into the Quantumverse
1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Alicia Payne’s PAZ
Room C: Play Lab reading of Glasgow Lyman’s Sex Therapy Play
1:45 to 4:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Steven Haworth’s Red River Falls
2:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Greg Romero and Brian Grace-Duff’s LARPing
Room C: Play Lab reading of Philip Middleton Williams’ Cabana Boy
3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Sarah Groustra’s The Hand That Feeds You
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Room B: Rehearsal for Ben Corbett’s Fat Men in Yoga Pants
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Paul Braverman’s A Crack in the Past
Room C: Play Lab reading of Zac Thompson’s Class IV
8:00 p.m.
The New Los Angeles Repertory Theatre Company presents John Rubinstein in Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground by Richard Hellesen
10:15 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Tuesday, June 11
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room B: Morning Yoga
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Theresa M. Peters’ The Impossible Ask
8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Andra Lane Hunter’s HareSkin
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Eugene Cole’s The Last Breath of Autumn
9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Room D: Play Lab reading of Annie Considine’s Mnemorian
9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Fernando Segall’s The Devil and the Candlemaker
9:15 a.m. to Noon
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Marshall Logan Gibbs’ Monster (Or: #MeToo, Brute)
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Room D: Play Lab reading of Zach Barr’s New Oleanna
10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Tim Crawford’s Outraged: Terror in Springfield 1908
Noon to 12:45 p.m.
Room D: A Conversation with John Rubinstein
12:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Emma Durbin’s landscape
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
12:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Chelsea Sutton’s The Abundance
1:15 to 2:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Rand Higbee’s Schroedinger: Into the Quantumverse
Room D: Play Lab reading of Ellis Wollstonecraft’s Benjamin & Beatrice
2:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Steven Haworth’s Red River Falls
Room D: Play Lab reading of Kevin Kautzman’s Moderation
3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Phillip Christian Smith’s Hippolytus in Space
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Stacy Isom Campbell’s 1999
4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Ben Corbett’s Fat Men in Yoga Pants
Room D: Play Lab reading of Sarah Groustra’s The Hand That Feeds You
8:00 p.m.
City of Valdez Reception at the PWSC Maxine and Jesse Whitney Museum
9:30 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Wednesday, June 12
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room B: Morning Yoga
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Jennifer Crittenden’s The Issue
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Dante Medema’s Biologics
9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Theresa M. Peters’ The Impossible Ask
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Room C: Play Lab reading of Andra Laine Hunter’s HareSkin are
9:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Kristen Ritter’s Disillusioned
9:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Theatre: Play Lab rehearsal of Chris Soucy’s The King in Yellow
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Fernando Segall’s The Devil and the Candlemaker
10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room C: Play Lab reading of Marshall Logan Gibbs’ Monster (Or: #MeToo, Brute)
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Michael C. O’Day’s How to Pronounce Samhain
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Catherine Castellani’s The Misopeds
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Timothy J. Foley’s Vista Point
1:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Chelsea Sutton’s The Abundance
Room C: Play Lab reading of Emma Durbin’s landscape
3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab rehearsal of Katy Laurance’s The Ballad of the Cursed Stormrider
Room D: Play Lab rehearsal of Kyle Walker’s A Visit From Santa Claus
3:45 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Phillip Christian Smith’s Hippolytus in Space
Room C: Play Lab reading of Stacy Isom Campbell’s 1999
6:45 p.m.
Boarding for a two-hour trip to Shoup Glacier aboard Stan Stephens Cruises, leaving at 7:00 p.m.
9:15 p.m. (immediately following return of the boats)
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Thursday, June 13
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room B: Morning Yoga
9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Jennifer Crittenden’s The Issue
Room D: Play Lab reading of Dante Medema’s Biologics
9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Seth McNeill’s Red Pill, White Rabbit
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Erin Dietsche’s Chill
10:00 to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Chris Soucy’s The King in Yellow
Room D: Play Lab reading of Kristen Ritter’s Disillusioned
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 to 1:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Claire Dettloff’s stuffed
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Ward Kay’s The Bride in Blackout
1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Michael C. O’Day’s How to Pronounce Samhain
1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Annie Valentino’s Lesbian Woman
Room C: Play Lab rehearsal of Tom Moran’s The Adventures of Uta, the Wandering Uterus
2:45 to 4:15 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Catherine Castellani’s The Misopeds
Room D: Play Lab reading of Timothy J. Foley’s Vista Point
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab rehearsal of Kanika Asavari Vaish’s Eight Ways to Plead with a God
4:30 to 6:15 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Katy Laurance’s The Ballad of the Cursed Stormrider
Room D: Play Lab reading of Kyle Walker’s A Visit From Santa Claus
8:00 p.m.
Theatre: Joanna Castle Miller’s INFERNA, directed by Will Steinberger
9:30 p.m. (immediately following performance)
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Friday, June 14
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
8:00 to 8:45 a.m.
Room B: Morning Yoga
9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
D: Play Lab rehearsal of Nina Kissinger’s This Is Government
Theatre: Play Lab rehearsal of Nicholas Walker Herbert’s Nadir
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Seth McNeill’s Red Pill, White Rabbit
Room C: Play Lab reading of Erin Dietsche’s Chill
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Claire Dettloff’s stuffed
Room C: Play Lab reading of Ward Kay’s The Bride in Blackout
2:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Annie Valentino’s Lesbian Woman
Room C: Play Lab reading of Tom Moran’s The Adventures of Uta, the Wandering Uterus
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop, Part Two
3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Kanika Asavari Vaish’s Eight Ways to Plead with a God
8:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Saturday, June 15
10:00 a.m. to Noon
Final Play Lab Readings
D: Nina Kissinger’s This Is Government
Theatre: Play Lab reading of Nicholas Walker Herbert’s Nadir
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop Tech Rehearsal
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop Final Presentation
2:30 p.m.
Theatre: Ten-Minute Play Slam Performance
6:30 p.m.
Doors open for the Gala Dinner
Sunday, June 16
8:00 a.m.
Shuttle from PWSC Student Housing to the Anchorage Airport (approximate arrival time is 3:00 p.m.)