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Tentative Program Schedule
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All events occur at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA unless otherwise noted.
Sunday, August 23, 2009:
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM: IMTAL-Americas Board Meeting (open to all members)
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Registration Open
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Visit the Aquarium/Evenings by the Bay extended hours
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Sunset Sail (optional social event, additional fee)
Monday, August 24, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Registration Open
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address
Luis Valdez, Founder, El Teatro Campesino
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Concurrent Sessions
THE POWER OF STORY: Spice Up Your Docent Presentations with
Anecdotes and Storytelling
PRACTICE INTO RESEARCH - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: The Impact of
Performance in Museums
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: IMTAL International Board Meeting (invitation only)
Travel to Monterey Historic Park and Heritage Harbor
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions (at MHP/HH)
LEAP FROM LEARNING INTO FUN: Improv as an educational tool in museums
(double session, ends at 4:05 PM)
ENCOMPASS: Original Compassion Plays, a production of "KICK"
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM: Concurrent Sessions (at MHP/HH)
LEAP FROM LEARNING INTO FUN: Improv as an educational tool in museums
(double session, started at 2:30 PM)
SARDINES: Caught "By the Dark of the Moon" and Packed "When the
Whistle Blew"
4:05 PM - 5:00PM: Visit historic adobes in downtown Monterey
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Festive Fandango Event (included in registration)
9:00 PM-10:30 PM: OPEN MIC NIGHT
Tuesday, August 25, 2009:
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM: Field Trip Day (included in registration)
The Steinbeck Center
Historic San Juan Bautista
El Teatro Campesino
Wednesday, August 26, 2009:
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Registration Open
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Welcome and Announcements
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Coffee break sponsored by GAM lighting
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Concurrent Sessions
EXTENDING THE EDGE: Partnering with diverse communities, organizations, and themes to reach
untapped resources and audiences
FROM PEEWEE TO PIAGET: Creating developmentally appropriate shows
THE IMTAL MUSEUM THEATRE STAFF TRAINING MANUAL: Help Us Write
the Book (Literally!)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch
Time to Explore the Aquarium and Cannery Row
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions
EAST SIDE WEST SIDE LIFE STORIES: Oral History
MAKING MUSEUM THEATRE WITH INTERNS AND STUDENTS
LESS OF THE VERBAL
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions
CREATIVE DRAMATICS: a portal for pre-school science learning
(double session, ends at 4:05 PM)
HOW TO INTERPRET FEMALES AT AN ARMY MUSEUM?
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM: Concurrent Sessions
CREATIVE DRAMATICS: a portal for pre-school science learning
(double session, started at 2:30 PM)
WON'T YOU COME AND HELP? Processes and Participation: Museum
Theatre Edging into the Fens
ON THE EDGE: a model for Inter National, Inter Institutional, Inter ACTions
4:05 PM - 4:30 PM: Break
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions
LIGHTING POSSIBILITIES: Color, Patterns, and Special Effect
for Theatrical lighting
LITTLE LIGHTS & "LITTLE WOMAN" The Story of the Corset
at the V&A Museum
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Gala Dinner
Thursday, August 27, 2009:
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Farewell Address and Invitation to St. Louis in 2010 and Australia in 2011
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM: Concurrent Sessions
WALKING ALONG THE NATIVE EDGE (double session, ends at 12:05 PM)
A TALE OF TWO CITIES OF THOUGHT
11:20 AM - 12:05 PM: Concurrent Sessions
WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY
"WUNDERKAMMER:" CURACTION IN ACTION
WALKING ALONG THE NATIVE EDGE
(double session, started at10:30 AM)
Please note this schedule is current as of June 5, 2009 but it is tentative and subject to change. For comments or questions, please contact the Conference Chair, Simone Mortan.
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