past conferences
2026 – Pittsburgh, PA – MAKING & REMAKING AMERICANA
2025 – Atlanta, GA
2024 – Madison, WI
2023 – Minneapolis, MN – IMPOSSIBLE THEATRE
2022 – Cleveland, OH – REVOLUTION
2021 – Virtual Conference
2020 – Chicago, IL – CHARACTER
2019 – Cleveland, OH – INVENTION
2018 – Milwaukee, WI – SPIN
2017 – Houston, TX – HOUSTON…WE HAVE A PROBLEM
2016 – Minneapolis, MN – VARIETY
2015 – Kansas City, MO – INSPIRATION
2014 – Cleveland, OH – REVISION
2013– St. Louis, MO – MYTH
2012 – Chicago, IL – WORK
2011 – Minneapolis, MN – COMPANY
2010 – Cleveland, OH – GOING PUBLIC
2009 – Chicago, IL – POOR THEATRE?
2008 – Kansas City, MO – XTREME THEATER: BOUNDARY BUSTING, BORDER CROSSING, ENVELOPE PUSHING, AND OTHER REFLECTIONS ON TAKING THTR 2 DA MAX
2007 – Minneapolis, MN – CHANGING THEATRICAL LANDSCAPES: MAPPING NEW DIRECTIONS IN HISTORY, PEDAGOGY, AND PRACTICE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
2006 – Chicago, IL
2005 – Kansas City, MO
2004 – Chicago, IL
2003 – Indianapolis, IN
2002 – St. Louis, MO
2001 – Chicago, IL
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2000 – St. Louis, MO
1999 – Minneapolis, MN
1998 – Omaha, NE
1997 – Chicago, IL
1996 – Arlington Park, IL
1995 – Kansas City, MO
1994 – Minneapolis, MN
1993 – Kansas City, MO
1992 – Chicago, IL
1991 – Kansas City, MO
1990 – Minneapolis, MN
1989 – Omaha, NE
1988 – Kansas City, MO
1987 – Lincoln, NE – THE ACTOR AND THE ORGANIZATION
1986 – Minneapolis, MN – DIRECTING AND PRODUCTION STYLES
1985 – St. Louis, MO – THEATRE IN TIMES OF REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS
1984 – Omaha, NE
1983 – Iowa City, IA – BUILDING ON STRENGTH
1982 – Kansas City, MO – STRUCTURES OF EXCELLENCE
1981 – Minneapolis, MN – FOR THEATRE’S SAKE
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.