THEATER DIRECTOR AND EDUCATOR SUMMER CONFERENCE 2025: WHEN ARTISTS GO TO WORK: THEATER AS A CALL TO COURAGE AND CREATIVITY

Presented in partnership by Perpich Center for Arts Education and Hennepin Arts’ Spotlight Education Program

DATE AND TIME:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. + Dinner and a Show!

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LOCATION:
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Arts High School – Main Building
6125 Olson Memorial Highway
Golden Valley, MN 55422

COST: $30

CLOCK HOURS: Certificates will be given for 7 Clock Hours

TARGET AUDIENCE:
K-12 and College/University Theater Educators, Directors, Tech Directors, Music Directors, Arts Educators and others who work with educational theater or performing arts programs

This year’s one-day action-packed summer conference event will include:

• A Keynote Conversation with Penumbra’s President, Sarah Bellamy on the conference theme: “When Artists Go to Work: Theater as a Call to Courage and Creativity”
• Breakout Sessions including:
  • The Impact of Federal Policies in our Schools and on our Theater Programs
  • Advocating for Your Program in Times of Uncertainty
  • How to Navigate Intimacy Direction with Teenagers
  • Encouraging Collaboration and Theater Literacy Through Puppetry
  • Participatory Social Justice Theater: Mixed Blood’s UPSTREAM as a Case Study of a Professional/Educational Collaboration
  • Choreography for Musical Theatre: Building Block Basics
  • The Courage to Create in the Age of Anxiety: Documentary Theater & Devised Work
  • Cultivating Theater Programs That Are Reflective of your Student Body
  • Embodied Yoga Practice and Reflection
  • …and more to come!

And a performance of Cabaret at the Guthrie Theater

Whether you’re a brand new K–12 theater educator or director, or a seasoned veteran, you’ll find something new to expand your toolbox! Join us and connect with your peers from across the state, engage in small and large group discussions on the topics you’re passionate or curious about, and build your skill sets! 

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Questions? Contact Stephanie Lein Walseth, PhD, Theater Education Specialist – stephanie.walseth@pcae.k12.mn.us