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7:00am-8:00am

Friday Morning Yoga*

Join Bay Area yoga instructor Christine O'Neal for a gentle, invigorating yoga session to start the day.

Christine O'Neal – Chris is a certified and registered yoga teacher currently residing in Palo Alto, CA.  A yogi since 2002 and a teacher since 2007, Chris teaches Hatha style classes most often with an emphasis on vinyasa flow.  When not working with yogis on the mat, Chris is the Associate Director of Admissions for Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, CA .  She holds a BS from The University of Arizona and an MA from the University of Kentucky.

Saturday, August 7

7:00am-8:00am

Saturday Morning Awareness through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) *

A series of simple gentle movements designed by Moshe Feldenkrais to help participants learn to expand and refine the use of the self through awareness, to promote effective movement, reduce pain or limitations in range of motion, and promote general well-being.

Doyle Ott – Doyle is a Qualified Awareness through Movement instructor living in Berkeley CA. He is the Director of the Fairyland Children's Theatre in Oakland, and teaches movement for actors at Sonoma State. He holds degrees in arts and education from UC Irvine and San Francisco State, a PhD in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State, and is a graduate of the San Francisco Clown Conservatory.

*Participants may want to bring a towel or mat to lie on during the session.

Details about the event are available at the Registration Desk.

Click for directions. Note: The most direct walking route down Turk Street takes you through one of the more singular neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Tenderloin. The Tenderloin was so named because in the 19th century, city workers (firemen, police, etc.) who were stationed in the neighborhood were paid a bonus due to the hazardous working conditions. Taking public transit or walking down Market Street to Grove or Van Ness is a better option.

Nightmare on Puberty St. is a tongue-in cheek journey through middle school, where the pressures of childhood and adulthood meet. A cast of four performer/educators use comedy, music, dance, and drama to bring to life the issues facing middle school students. Between bouts of exuberance, the characters wrestle with the question, "Am I normal?" They help adolescents realize they are not alone in facing the changes and challenges of puberty. This thought-provoking program presents important information about difficult topics in an entertaining way. Nightmare on Puberty St. can be a catalyst for discussions for students, teachers, and parents about:

• Peer pressure and self-esteem
• First feelings of sexual attraction and how to show affection without being sexually active
• Depression and thoughts of suicide
• Violence at home and at school
• Communication with parents and peers

Education

• CUNY School of Professional Studies – MA in Applied Theatre
• New York University - Educational Theatre
  

Theatres and Arts Organizations

• Dallas Children's Theatre
• The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project

Scripts, Books, and Other Resources

• Community Shakespeare
• Drama Education Network
• Dramatic Publishing
• Intellect Books
• Music Theatre International
• Plays for Young Audiences
• Routledge Journals
• Teqniqal Systems, LLC

As well as our advertisers who won't have booths, but have supported the conference:

• Drama Sound
• Monmouth University
• Stanford University
• University of Northern Colorado

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.