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A free workshop for the American Theatre Archive Project will be held at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront on Thursday, November 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to introduce area archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars to the ATAP Initiation Program, a process through which theatre companies can establish company archives. The workshop is being conducted in conjunction with the American Society for Theatre Research/Theatre Library Association’s annual conference, “Debating the Stakes in Theatre and Performance Scholarship,”  to be held in Portland from November 5-November 8, 2015. Registration for the workshop is free, and available at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/atap-portland For more information and to find out more about ATAP, please visit www.americantheatrearchiveproject.org or contact ATAP Co-Chair Colleen Reilly at colleenkreilly@gmail.com. ATAP is a network of archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars dedicated to preserving the legacy of the American theatre operating under an initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR).  Through the ATAP Initiation Program, location-based teams work with individual theatre companies to evaluate their records, develop an archiving plan, and secure funding to...

A free workshop for the American Theatre Archive Project will be held at the Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, 11055 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, on August 18, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to introduce archivists to the ATAP Initiation Program, a process through which theatre companies establish an archival program.  Scheduled to coincide with the Society of American Archivists annual meeting, this is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of ATAP and the ATAP Ohio Team.  Space is limited, and preference will be given to Cleveland area archivists.  Registration for the workshop is free, and lunch will be provided.  Please complete the registration form by August 7, 2015....

In conjunction with Thursday's kickoff of ATAP's Baltimore team with a training session and local theatre panel at the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) conference, we are pleased to announce that we have launched an ATAP Twitter feed. We've been tweeting about ASTR throughout the week and will continue to connect with members and others after the conference. You can follow us at @TheatreArchives....

BALTIMORE: On Thursday, November 20, Steering Committee Members Susan Brady, Ken Cerniglia, and Colleen Reilly led a training workshop introducing ATAP to a diverse group of students, scholars, librarians, archivists, and theatre artists. Thanks to ATAP's parent organization, the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), which is currently holding its annual meeting at Baltimore's Marriott Waterfront Hotel and generously provided the facility and refreshments to sustain participants through the four-hour program, ATAP was able to attract many highly engaged participants eager to learn about how they could support theatre artists in the work of creating and preserving their own archives. One of the hopes for the day was to cultivate enough local interest to form a new Baltimore-based ATAP team, large enough to support the vibrant community of artists living and working in the region. The first Baltimore team meeting will be taking place in the coming weeks. Any person in or near Baltimore who was unable to attend the workshop but...

Dear colleagues: Established in 2009, the American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) is an initiative of the American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR) that supports theatre makers in archiving records of their work for the benefit of artists, scholars, patrons, and the public. To date, ATAP-assisted companies include ArtsWest, Atlantic Theater Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, HERE, Jobsite Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Rude Mechs, Teatro Vivo, and ZACH Theatre. We invite your support as we continue our mission to preserve the legacy of the American theatre. ATAP is now a permanent ASTR committee. Participants in the November 2014 annual conference of ASTR in Baltimore will notice a number of aspects of the committee's work. In particular: ·       During the morning of Thursday, November 20, ATAP will hold a Training Workshop for Baltimore-area archivists and documentarians at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. Workshop participants will form the ATAP Baltimore team and work with area theatre companies in the years to come. ·       On Thursday from 5:45–7:15 p.m., local...

A free ATAP training session will be held in Room Essex C at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel on Thursday, November 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to introduce area archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars to the process through which theatre companies establish an archival program -- the ATAP Initiation Program. A diverse group of archivists, librarians, teachers, students, and theatre professionals is expected to attend. The workshop is being conducted in conjunction with the American Society for Theatre Research/Theatre Library Association’s annual conference, “What Performs?,”  in Baltimore from November 20-November 22, 2014. Training session participants will also have the opportunity to attend a conference panel discussion with Baltimore theatre administrators and artists, and are invited to the opening conference reception. Learn more about ATAP and this special opportunity by visiting americantheatrearchiveproject.org  and/or contacting communications {at} americantheatrearchiveproject {dot} org. ATAP is a network of archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars dedicated to preserving the legacy of the American theatre operating under an initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research...

TACOMA, Wash. – In June of 2015 dramaturgs from around North America will gather in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA)—an international service organization representing these theater arts professionals. University of Puget Sound will play a central role in the year leading up to the conference by partnering with LMDA in revisiting the history of the organization and the field. As of May 2014 Puget Sound’s Collins Memorial Library became the official archive for LMDA. This summer thousands of audio, visual, photographic, and paper records, which have been in temporary storage since the late 1990s, will be moved, arranged, described, and made available for public viewing in the library. Geoff Proehl, chair of the university’s Department of Theatre Arts, and Sara Freeman ’95, associate professor of theatre arts, will work with Puget Sound’s archivist, Katie Henningsen, to manage the collection. “Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas has maintained a close professional relationship with University of Puget...

This newsletter includes highlights of recent developments, team activity, and training events for the American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP). International Association of Libraries and Museums of Performing Arts (SIBMAS)/Theatre Library Association Conference: “Body, Mind, Artifact” – New York City, June 10-14, 2014 ATAP Steering Committee Members Susan Brady and Helice Koffler will present on the American Theatre Archive Project as part of the New Paradigms in Performance Documentation Plenary at the SIBMAS-TLA Conference at John Jay College in New York City June 13, 2014. The full conference program can be found here:  http://www.sibmas.org/conferences/new-york-2014-invitation/conference-programme/. American Society of Theatre Research/Theatre Library Association Conference: “What Performs” – Baltimore, Maryland, November 20-23, 2014 In addition to a working session, “ATAP in Process:  What makes an Archive Perform?,” ATAP plans to conduct a training session for archivists, documentarians, and theatre organizations for the formation and implementation of the American Theatre Archive Project in the Baltimore area.  More information is available here:  http://www.astr.org/. Team Activity Austin:  Work with the Rude Mechanicals has concluded with the...

AMERICAN THEATRE ARCHIVE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS www.americantheatrearchiveproject.org April 10, 2014 This newsletter includes highlights of recent developments, team activity, and training events for the American Theatre Archives Project, an initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research. The ATAP Working Session proposal has been accepted for the 2014 ASTR-TLA Convention November 20-November 23 in Baltimore, MD.  The call for papers for the working session will be posted to the ATAP listserv later this month. Team Activity Austin:  The Austin ATAP team, facilitated by the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History at the University of Austin, continues developing projects with the Rude Mechanicals, Teatro Vivo, and the ZACH Theatre.  Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History celebrated the opening of the Oscar G. Brockett archive. Boston:  ATAP Boston held their monthly meeting and discussed recruitment ideas. Florida:  ATAP Florida continues its collaboration with Jobsite Theater, welcoming a new team member, Audry Collins-Buchanan, and consulting on archival practices with Andy Huse, University Librarian and Archivist. Illinois:  Team member April Anderson recently blogged about the ISU...

Check out this blog post on a theatrical archive project at Illinois State: http://my.ilstu.edu/blogs/aander2/2014/03/17/what-were-working-on-illinois-shakespeare-festival-isu-school-of-theatre-and-dance/%C2%A0...