The full Conference Program is now available.  Click through the link below to view the program.  There is a link to download it as well.

The AATE Awards honor exceptional individuals as well as organizations for the high quality work they perform in the field of theatre with and for young audiences. Recipients represent the best of our field and inspire others with the outstanding work, commitment, and dedication that make us proud to count them among our colleagues and allies. The AATE Awards are presented annually at the National Conference.

This year the Awards Brunch will be celebrated immediately after the Annual Meeting in the Cyril Magnin Room III.  Tickets for the brunch are $40 and may be purchased through the national office:  (301) 951-7977 or with your conference registration: AATE Conference Registration.

For more information about the Awards themselves, see the Awards Page of the AATE website:  AATE Awards.

Wednesday, August 4 -- 7:00pm-10:00pm

The Sacred Heart Prep Drama Department presented the world premier of BE STILL AND KNOW in January 2009. The play was adapted by John Loschmann, Drama Director, from the novel THE GOD BOX by Alex Sanchez. The play explores the Bible’s view on Homosexuality and the struggle adolescents have with their sexual identity and their identity as Christians. The DVD was directed and produced by Tom Wildman.

The screening is open to all conference participants whether attending the pre-conference workshop on the 4th or not. Tickets are not required.

A panel discussion will follow the screening.

This pre-conference workshop is for anyone interested in full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth and their allies in their theater program, as well as those interested in theater literature written specifically by and about LGBTQQ youth.  Enjoy a day of workshops, discussions and performances by theater professionals and children who are committed to exploring LGBTQQ issues through art.

Co-presented by Emily Klion, Director of the Marsh Youth Theater (MYT), the youth education program of The Marsh, a breeding ground for new performance.  MYT provides high quality theater arts education and original theater production opportunities to San Francisco youth interested in pursuing creative growth, regardless of financial differences and past experience.

and Andrew Nance, Conservatory Director of New Conservatory Theatre center.  The mission of New Conservatory Theatre center is to champion innovative, high-quality theater experiences for youth, adults and artists to effect personal and societal growth, enlightenment, and change.  NCTC provides theater training to empower youth and adults to express themselves, celebrate differences and gain confidence and self-esteem.

For more information, contact Pre-Conference coordinator, Emily Klion, Director of Marsh Youth Theater, San Francisco. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The SF2010 conference is pleased to be able to offer four intensive workshops for the conference attendee who wants to delve just a little deeper into this business of theatre:

• Devising Performance: Collaboration, Engagement & Dialog led by Michael Rohd
• The Yugen Approach: Respect for Form & Function On Stage led by artists from Theatre of Yugen
• Creating Social Theatre the Mime Troupe Way led by artists from S. F. Mime Troupe
• Devising From Visual Text: The Case of the Mission District Murals led by Lisa Barker

Click on the Paid Workshops menu item for more information (and for info about the pre-conference workshop on August 4).

Conference attendees will be able to join Michael Rohd and other artists from Sojourn on devising small site specific performances at 4 locations around the hotel during the conference.  This performance will also incorporate the use of multi-media submitted throughout the spring by AATE and CETA members.  The performances will take place on Sunday -- our last day together as a closing event.  Our work devising site-specific performance material will explore the relationship between place, story, and event.

Although this event is free, participants need to pre-register and be available on Sunday for the performance as space will be limited (Performance on Sunday, August 8th at 11am). Participants who sign up will be divided into one of four Devising Teams.  Each team will rehearse once a day according to the schedule listed below.

Participant Schedule:

This exciting event is made possible through a grant from CTFA.

ALVIN COHEN—a difficult man to categorize. He was a chemist, pharmacist, entrepreneur, theatre-devotee, life-long patron of youth theatre, volunteer extraordinaire, a man of action. He was best known to the theatre world as the founder and president of Paramount Theatrical Supplies, Alcone Co., a New York based, national theatrical supply firm, for over thirty years. At a time when children's theatre was in great need, Al Cohen, who was then a trustee of the Children's Theatre Foundation of America (CTFA), was determined to increase the Foundation’s assets and generously turned over several personal investments which, in time, ultimately created the Alvin Cohen Memorial Fund. For years he guided this investment toward maturity. He wished the Fund to assist the presentation of exceptional programs for national conferences of groups committed to theatre for young people. A pragmatic idealist, through this Fund, Mr. Cohen continues to serve the future.