ATAP is seeking volunteers interested in helping theatres across the country establish and preserve their archives. Theatre scholars, archivists, librarians, students, historians, dramaturgs, and anybody with an interest in preserving theatre materials are welcome.
A free ATAP training session will take place on Saturday, May 4th, 2013 from 9am-1pm at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116. It will take place in the Mezzanine Conference Room, located on the mezzanine level of the Johnson Building.
This training session will cover:
The Pitch: a 20-minute lecture and Q&A session that any trained ATAP member can present at a conference, at a community meeting, or to a theatre’s board and is intended for theatre professionals who are interested in establishing an archives but have not yet committed to doing so.
The ATAP Initiation Program: a collaboration between an archivist/documentarian team and a theatre company. It consists of three steps: the orientation, the assessment, and the workshop. The orientation and the workshop act as book-ends to the assessment, in which the archivist and documentarian discuss archival principles and practices and help the theatre create an action plan.
To register, please email Boston Team Chair, Jessica Green, at atapboston@gmail.com.