past conferences
2026 – Pittsburgh, PA – MAKING & REMAKING AMERICANA
2025 – Atlanta, GA
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2024 – Madison, WI
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2023 – Minneapolis, MN – IMPOSSIBLE THEATRE
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2022 – Cleveland, OH – REVOLUTION
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2021 – Virtual Conference
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2020 – Chicago, IL – CHARACTER
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2019 – Cleveland, OH – INVENTION
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2018 – Milwaukee, WI – SPIN
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2017 – Houston, TX – HOUSTON…WE HAVE A PROBLEM
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2016 – Minneapolis, MN – VARIETY
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2015 – Kansas City, MO – INSPIRATION
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2014 – Cleveland, OH – REVISION
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2013– St. Louis, MO – MYTH
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2012 – Chicago, IL – WORK
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2011 – Minneapolis, MN – COMPANY
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2010 – Cleveland, OH – GOING PUBLIC
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2009 – Chicago, IL – POOR THEATRE?
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2008 – Kansas City, MO – XTREME THEATER: BOUNDARY BUSTING, BORDER CROSSING, ENVELOPE PUSHING, AND OTHER REFLECTIONS ON TAKING THTR 2 DA MAX
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2007 – Minneapolis, MN – CHANGING THEATRICAL LANDSCAPES: MAPPING NEW DIRECTIONS IN HISTORY, PEDAGOGY, AND PRACTICE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
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2006 – Chicago, IL
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Program​
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2005 – Kansas City, MO
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2004 – Chicago, IL
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2003 – Indianapolis, IN
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2002 – St. Louis, MO
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2001 – Chicago, IL
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Program still needed. If you have it and are willing to share, please email webmaster@matc.us
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2000 – St. Louis, MO
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1999 – Minneapolis, MN
1998 – Omaha, NE
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1997 – Chicago, IL
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1996 – Arlington Park, IL
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1995 – Kansas City, MO
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1994 – Minneapolis, MN
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1993 – Kansas City, MO
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1992 – Chicago, IL
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1991 – Kansas City, MO
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1990 – Minneapolis, MN
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1989 – Omaha, NE
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1988 – Kansas City, MO
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1987 – Lincoln, NE – THE ACTOR AND THE ORGANIZATION
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1986 – Minneapolis, MN – DIRECTING AND PRODUCTION STYLES
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1985 – St. Louis, MO – THEATRE IN TIMES OF REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS
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1984 – Omaha, NE
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1983 – Iowa City, IA – BUILDING ON STRENGTH
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1982 – Kansas City, MO – STRUCTURES OF EXCELLENCE
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1981 – Minneapolis, MN – FOR THEATRE’S SAKE
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1980 – Omaha, NE – EXCELLENCE IN THE EIGHTIES
Very special thanks to Robert Schanke, Cassidy C. Browning, John Fletcher, & the Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives at Illinois State University.