CFP - Mid-America Theatre Conference's Practice/Production Symposium 2014

[Emily A. Rollie]

Colleagues,

Apologies for cross-posting.

Please spread this CFP for the 2014 Mid-America Theatre Conference's
Practice/Production symposium, held in Cleveland, OH, from 6-9 March.
 Although located in mid-America, the conference welcomes submissions from
all over the US and internationally.

Cheers,
Emily Rollie
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Emily A. Rollie, PhD
Co-coordinator, Practice/Production Symposium
Mid-America Theatre Conference


The 35th Annual Mid-America Theatre Conference
Practice/Production Symposium – Call for Papers

Wyndham at Playhouse Square – Cleveland, OH
March 6-9, 2014

Revision

The Practice/Production Symposium of the Mid-America Theatre Conference
(MATC) is seeking proposals for papers, co-papers, presentations,
round-table discussions, organized panels, workshops, and visual
presentations that can be linked to the notion of “Revision,” broadly
construed, from the perspective of directors, actors, technicians,
designers, playwrights, dramaturgs, and/or stage managers. We seek to
examine current and emerging challenges in all production disciplines and
the analysis of the creation and reception of theatre from all production
areas.
Papers and presentations may be critical reflections or analyses of
specific theatrical events or theoretical investigations of the work of
significant practitioners. All approved presenters will have the
opportunity to submit their work to Theatre/Practice, a peer-reviewed,
open-access, online journal created to encourage, recognize, and
disseminate rigorous and high-quality scholarship on the practice and
theory of theatrical practice. Submissions to Theatre/Practice are limited
to work presented as part of the Practice/Production Symposium.

Possible investigations of “Revision” might include:
 What inspires revision or a re-visioning within the performance or
production context?
 What performances or elements of production are we drawn to (or do we
need to) revise or re-vision?
 How is revision/re-vision defined or achieved through performance? How do
we perform, direct, design, write, or manage revision?
 What connections exist between revision, re-vision, and adaptation?
 What tensions or challenges emerge as part of the revision process? How
do we confront those issues?
 What is the value of revision or re-vision within a theatrical context?
 How does revision reify or challenge cultural, political, or ideological
assumptions through performance?
 What artists or ways of working particularly speak to or embody revision?
 What is the relationship between the original or authentic and the
revision/re-vision? How is that manifested within the performance space or
production process?
 What is the relationship of the audience to revised or re-visioned
performances?
 How might aspects of revision in the ever-ephemeral performance context
be documented or archived?

Applicants should email 150-250 word abstracts that include the applicant’s
name, rank, academic affiliation, address, telephone, email, presentation
format (single paper, co-paper or co-presentation, panel presentation,
roundtable discussion, or other), title of presentation, and a two-three
paragraph description of the paper, panel or presentation. Please include
any special technology needs in your abstract such as Powerpoint, audio or
video. (Please note that technology accommodations can be extremely limited
during the conference.)

Individual paper and co-paper presentations should not exceed 8
double-spaced pages (approximately 2000 words) and will be limited to a
15-minute maximum. Roundtable discussions and organized panels will be
limited to a 45-minute presentation period followed by a 25-minute audience
discussion and question period.

Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2013

Please send submissions electronically as MS Word or PDF files to BOTH:
Cate Brewer, University of Mary Washington, cbrewer at umw.edu, and Emily
Rollie, Monmouth College, erollie at gmail.com
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