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Surveying the Fault Line: Looking Back, Moving Forward

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Friday, August 6th
AATE 2010 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA

Purpose of this panel: To create a space where a new generation of theatre artists and educators can interact with
seasoned professionals. It was our aim to identify successful practices that must be preserved and to note emerging
trends deserving of attention. In this time of shifting leadership within the field, how do the seasoned professionals
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envision the future? How does the new generation of artists and educators hope to reinvigorate Date
field? With our
session, we aim to: …discuss how the field is shifting ground to make room for tomorrow's generation of theatre
artists and educators. ...create dialogue between veteran professionals and the next generation of leaders. …provide
guidance and insight to novice professionals in theatre education and theatre for young audiences.

What we discussed:
ROUND 1
Discussion question: What brought you to this field?

ROUND 2
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Discussion Question: As you survey the landscape of your field, what is an effective strategy or technique that you

ROUND 3
Discussion Question: Please share a struggle that you experience in your field. Others at the table may offer possible
solutions and/or advice.
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ROUND 4
Discussion Question: What questions do you have for your discussion group about the future of the field?

Surveying the Fautline has a blog!

The  blog  is  a  wonderful  resource  where  you  will  find  the  panelists’  answers  to  the  following  
questions:  
 
Introduction:  How  do  you  describe  your  profession?  
   
1.          How  do  you  envision  the  future  of  your  field?  What  are  your  hopes  and  fields  as  the  field?    
                 moves  forward?  
 
2.          What  is  one  piece  of  advice  you  would  give,  or  one  piece  of  advice  you’ve  received,  that  you    
                 would  share  with  others  in  the  field?    
 
3.          What  are  aspects  of  today’s  world  that  we  must  consider  when  working  with  young  people?    
                 that  may  not  have  been  major  concerns  10  years  ago?  20  years  ago?  30  years  ago?...  
 
4.            As  you  look  towards  the  future,  what  is  the  number  one  priority  for  your  field?  
 
5.          What  trends,  strategies,  or  methods  can  we  borrow  from  other  fields  to  help  us  as  we  move    
                 forward?  
To  read  answers  to  these  questions  and  more,  please  visit:  
http://fromthefaultline.blogspot.com/  

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Meet the Panelists

Patricia  Snoyer  Black  is  the  Director  of  Education  Outreach  for  Childsplay,  a  professional  theatre  company  that  presents  
plays   to   young   audiences   and   families   across   Arizona   and   the   United   States.   She   oversees   student   interns,   all   school  
residencies  and  also  serves  as  Project   Director  for  an  U.S.  Department  of  Education  Arts  in  Education  Model  Development  
and  Dissemination  grant  awarded  to  Childsplay.  At  University  of  North  Carolina  at  Asheville  she  was  a  professor  and  the  
Theatre  for  Young  Audiences  specialist.  
 
Emily   Freeman   graduated   from   Northwestern   University   with   a   B.A.   in   Theatre   in   2008.   Since   then   she's   traveled   the  
country  working  as  a  professional  teaching  artist,  director,  and  as  an  intern  at  The  John  F.  Kennedy  Center  for  Performing  
Arts,  and  The  Asolo  Repertory  Theatre.  Her  passions  include  devising  with  young  people,  and  exploring  ways  for  youth  to  
become  acknowledged  and  utilized  citizens  in  the  community.  Emily  will  be  attending  The  University  of  Texas  at  Austin  
this  fall  to  begin  working  on  her  M.F.A.  in  Drama  and  Theatre  for  Youth.  
 
Molly   Gittelman   graduated   from   Arizona   State   University   in   2008   with   her   MFA   in   Theatre   for   Youth.   Since   her  
graduation  she  works  for  various  arts  organizations  and  schools  as  a  freelance  teaching  artist  of  drama  for  ages  3  -­‐  14.  

Russell   Granet   started   Arts   Education   Resource   after   seventeen   years   of   working   with   New   York   City   non-­‐profits.   His  
most   recent   position   was   at   the   Center   for   Arts   Education   (CAE):   The   NYC   Annenberg   Challenge   for   Arts   Education   as   the  
Director   of   Professional   Development   and   Peer   Exchange   until   starting   Arts   Education   Resource   in   2007.     Russell’s   career  
has   been   greatly   influenced   by   working   closely   with   NYC   special   education   teachers   while   working   as   a   teaching   artist  
with  New  York  University’s  Creative  Arts  Team.  
 
Xan   S.   Johnson,   Ph.D.,   is   a   full   professor   in   the   Department   of   Theatre   at   the   University   of   Utah.   Joining   the   faculty   in  
1982,   Dr.   Johnson   has   served   as   Department   Chair,   as   Head   of   Theatre   Education,   as   Artistic   Director   of   the   Pioneer  
Memorial  Theatre's  Young  People's  Theatre,  and  as  Head  of  the  Child  Drama/Young  People's  Theatre  graduate  program.    
Dr.   Johnson   is   also   a   published   playwright,   and   freelances   as   a   scriptwriter,   director,   and   drama   specialist.   Dr.   Johnson,  
who   also   has   a   background   in   Drama   Therapy   and   Child   Psychology,   headed   the   University   of   Utah   Child   Abuse  
Prevention  Program  (U-­‐CAPP)  "Trust"  Touring  Company  for  12  years.    
 
Christina   Marín,   Ph.D.,   has   her   B.S.   in   Theatre   from   Northwestern   University   and   her   doctorate   in   Theatre   with   a  
concentration  in  Theatre  for  Youth  from  Arizona  State  University.  For  the  last  five  years  she  has  worked  as  an  Assistant  
Professor   in   the   Program   in   Educational   Theatre   at   NYU   where   she   was   the   Faculty   Supervisor   for   the   EDTC   Masters  
Program  for  Educational  Theatre  in  Colleges  and  Communities.  This  fall  she  is  thrilled  to  be  joining  the  faculty  at  Emerson  
College   and   beginning   a   whole   new   chapter   of   her   life   and   career   in   Boston.   Christina’s   work   lies   at   the   intersection  
between  applied  theatre  practice  and  scholarship.    
 
Johnny  Saldaña   is   a   Professor   of   Theatre   in   the   Katherine   K.   Herberger   College   of   the   Arts'   School   of   Theatre   and   Film   at  
Arizona  State  University  (ASU)  where  he  has  taught  since  1981.  He  has  been  involved  in  the  field  of  theatre  education  as  a  
teacher  educator,  drama  specialist,  director,  and  researcher.    Mr.  Saldaña  is  the  author  of  Drama  of  Color:  Improvisation  
with   Multiethnic   Folklore   (Heinemann,   1995),   Longitudinal   Qualitative   Research:   Analyzing   Change   Through   Time  
(AltaMira  Press,  2003  Ethnodrama:  An  Anthology  of  Reality  Theatre  (AltaMira  Press,  2005),  and  The  Coding  Manual  for  
Qualitative  Researchers  (Sage  Publications,  2009).  
 
Xanthia  Angel  Walker  began  her  Cornerstone  journey  as  an  Institute  student  in  the  fifth  Institute  Summer  Residency  in  
2008.  As  of  May  13th  2010,  she  holds  a  Master  of  Fine  Arts  in  Theatre  for  Youth  from  Arizona  State  University.  She  earned  
a  BA  in  Theatre  Arts  and  a  BA  in  Gender,  Women  and  Sexuality  Studies  from  the  University  of  Minnesota.  She  is  passionate  
about   the   intersection   of   theatre   and   social   justice,   and   loves   creating   community-­‐based   theatre   with youth. Xanthia will
co-found Rising Youth Theatre in 2011: a community-based youth theatre company in Phoenix, Arizona.

To read the full biography of our panelists, please visit: http://fromthefaultline.blogspot.com/