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a non-profit performing arts
organization dedicated to
the integration of health and
wellness into the arts
POLLY CARL
Steppenwolf Theatre
Director of Artistic Development
Chicago, IL
KEN DAVENPORT
Broadway Producer of Speed-the-Plow & Altar Boyz
Blog www.ProducersPerspective.com
Creator of www.BroadwaySpace.com
New York, NY
SCOTT WALTERS
UNC Asheville
Professor of Drama
Blog www.TheatreIdeas.blogspot.com
Asheville, NC
ZACH MANNHEIMER
Des Moines Social Club
Executive Director
Des Moines, IO
CLAUDIA ALICK
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Producer and Community Curator
Ashland, OR
JILL DOLAN
Princeton University
Professor of English & Theatre
Blog www.FeministSpectator.blogspot.com
Author of “Utopia in Performance”
Princeton, NJ
ARLENE GOLDBARD
Writer of “New Creative Community” and
“Crossroads: Reflections on the Politics of Culture”
San Francisco, CA
CLAIRE DEAL
Hampden-Sydney College
Chair of Rhetoric
Hampden-Sydney, VA
BONNIE CULLUM
Vortex Repertory Company
Artistic Director
Austin, TX
LEE WORLEY
Naropa University
Professor of Theatre Studies
Boulder, CO
TERRY GREISS
Irondale Ensemble Project
Executive Director
Brooklyn, NY
NICK KEENAN
New Leaf Theatre
Artist in Residence
Chicago, IL
GERARD STROPNICKY
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
Producing Ensemble Director
Bloomsburg, PA
BILL RAUCH
Oregon Shakespeare Company
Artistic Director
Ashland, OR
VICTORIA FREY
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Executive Director
Portland, OR
CARLO SCANDIUZZI
ACT Theatre
Executive Director
Seattle, WA
GREG PHILLIPS & CREON THORNE
Portland Center Stage
Executive Director & General Manager
Portland, OR
CURT COLUMBUS
Trinity Rep
Artistic Director
Providence, RI
TODD LONDON
New Dramatists
Artistic Director
Co-Author of Outrageous Fortune
New York, NY
MOLLY SMITH
Arena Stage
Artistic Director
Washington, DC
ABIGAIL ADAMS
People’s Light & Theatre
Artistic Director
Malvern, PA
CHRIS ELAM
Misnomer Dance Theater
Artistic Director
Brooklyn, NY
HAL CROPP
Commonweal Theatre
Artistic Director
Lanesboro, MN
ROBERT LEONARD
Virginia Tech
Professor of Theatre Arts
Writer of “Performing Communities”
Blacksburg, VA
EDWARD P. CLAPP
20Under40
Project Director
Boston, MA
MATT MITLER
Dzieci Theatre
Company Director
New York, NY
AMY BAKER
University of Wichita
Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre
Wichita, KS
ELLIOTT RAUH
Single Carrot Theatre
Executive Director
Baltimore, MD
CELISE KALKE
Alliance Theatre
Director of New Projects
Atlanta, GA
DAVID LOEHR
Riverrun Theatre Company
Artistic Director
Madison, IN
JEFF CHURCH
Coterie Theatre
Producing Artistic Director
Kansas City, MO
JOAN SCHIRLE
Dell’Arte
Founding Artistic Director
Blue Lake, CA
MIKE DAISEY
Actor, Author, Playwright, Monologist
New York, NY
DUDLEY COCKE
Roadside Theatre
Artistic Director
Whitesburg, KY
We recently completed our 2 month project entitled “Project Knowledge”, where we traveled across America in motor-homes and had discussions with professional artists, theatre companies, leaders, educators, resident theatre pioneers, community members, and those advocating change in the health of American Theatre. We spent 69 days on the road and drove over 12,000 miles in our 2 RV's with 6 people, 1 dog, and a BIG dream. Over 450 people participated in our nationwide dialogue regarding the challenges facing American Theatre and the hopes for a healthy future.
Some of our participants included...
Project Knowledge 2010
Transcendence Theatre Community Testimonials
To learn more, check out our Project Knowledge video...