SUMMER SCHEDULE OF
GUEST ​PANELISTS

ALL OF OUR PANELISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON
FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH

WEEK #1 | Actors & Performers

Saturday, July 11th
1:30pm - 2:30pm (PDT)  |  4:30 - 5:30pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Navigating Culture & Identity in Acting & Performance
PANELISTS: TBA
To start off our Summer panels we have invited actors & performers of the industry to talk about how they navigate their personal identities through their work on the stage. We will also discuss cultural-consciousness in self-marketing and the differences & similarities between performance in academia & the professional world. 

WEEK #1 | Actors & Performers

Saturday, July 11th
2:45pm - 3:45pm (PDT)  |  5:45 - 6:45pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Creative Discipline & Training During COVID-19
PANELISTS: TBA
At our second panel of the Summer we will be discussing important methods of creative self-discipline & training, specially during COVID-19. Our panelists will share with us the many methods they use to continuously elevate their own skills & crafts..

WEEK #2 | Theatre Directors

Saturday, July 18th
1:30pm - 3:00pm (PDT)  |  4:30 - 6:00pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Tokenization VS. Representation
PANELISTS: TBA
For this panel we have invited directors & creators of straight plays & musicals to discuss the obligations assigned to us by the dominant culture to constantly represent our identities through our work, and how this obligations sometimes prevent people of color from finding their own artistic autonomy.

WEEK #3 | Producers, Managers & Technicians 

Saturday, July 25th
1:30pm - 3:00pm (PDT)  |  4:30 - 6:00pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Personal Finance & Self Sustainability in our Industry
PANELISTS: TBA
For our third week we have invited three theater managers & technicians to discuss personal finances and self sustainability in our industry, both as freelancers and as full-time employees of various organizations & entertainment entities. 

WEEK #4 | Producers & Leaders

Saturday, August 1st
1:30pm - 2:30pm (PDT)  |  4:30 - 5:30pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Producing for Social Change & Accountability
PANELISTS: TBA
We have invited producers & leaders in our industry to speak about the importance of producing new work for social change and the need for accountability in the world of storytelling & the arts. We will discuss the vitality of writing, producing & sharing stories accurately & respectfully.

WEEK #4 | Producers & Leaders

Saturday, August 1st
2:45pm - 3:45pm (PDT)  |  5:45 - 6:45pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Inciting Change; How to be a Leader in the Arts & in Our Communities
PANELISTS: TBA
For our 6th panel of the Summer we have invited important members of our community that incite change in an industry that is known to be inaccessible for so many individuals. We will discuss how to be leaders not only in the arts but in our communities.

WEEK #5 | Designers
LIGHTING, PROJECTIONS & SOUND DESIGN

Saturday, August 8th
1:30pm - 2:30pm (PDT)  |  4:30 - 5:30pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: The Skills Learned by Practicing Design / How to Navigate the Freelance World
PANELISTS: TBA
For this design panel we have invited successful designers of theater to speak to us about the multiple skills that they have learned thanks to practicing design. We will also talk about the freelancing nature of designing for the stage.  

WEEK #5 | Designers
COSTUMES & SET DESIGN

​Saturday, August 8th
2:45pm - 3:45pm (PDT)  |  5:45 - 6:45pm (EST)
CATEGORY IS: Challenging Stereotypes in the Design Process
PANELISTS: TBA
Sadly, it is very common in our industry for people in positions of power to ask fellow artists to lean into stereotypes set forth by the dominant society, at this panel we have invited designers to talk about the importance of challenging these stereotypes through the design process.
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