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Whit MacLaughlin is the OBIE and Barrymore Award-winning Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories. He has conceived, directed, and designed 14 original performance works with the company since its inception in 1996, including 2009’s FATEBOOK: Avoiding Catastrophe One Party at a Time. NPL’s work has been presented at the Ontological Theatre and PS 122 in NYC, at the Walker Art Center and the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, by commission at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, as well as in residency in a variety of colleges and universities all over the country. He is a recipient of a NEA/Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Artistic Advancement Grant, several Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship Awards, and a 2002 Pew Charitable Trust Fellowship in Performance Art. In 2010, he will present FREEDOM CLUB, a collaboration with Adriano Shaplin and the Riot Group, and MORT, the third part of a trilogy of pieces about American Parties.

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Schedule

(13 total)

I'm speaking at:

Mark .. Whit, William S., Alexis
Fri Jun-18, 9:30 AM CDT- 12:00 PM CDT
Morning Manifestos: Group 1
Mark Valdez, Mica Cole, Whit MacLaughlin

I'm attending:

Greg .. John, Carlo, Molly
Thu Jun-17, 1:45 PM CDT- 3:15 PM CDT
Theatres Becoming Centers in the 21st Century
Greg Phillips, John Bueche, Carlo Scandiuzzi
Greg McCaslin
Thu Jun-17, 3:30 PM CDT- 5:00 PM CDT
Affinity Group: Theatre Education
Greg McCaslin
Kevin, Emilya
Thu Jun-17, 3:30 PM CDT- 5:00 PM CDT
Affinity Group: International Guests
Kevin Bitterman, Emilya Cachapero
Olga Sanchez
Thu Jun-17, 3:30 PM CDT- 5:00 PM CDT
Affinity Group: Artistic Leaders of theaters with budgets under $1 million
Olga Sanchez
Jonah Lehrer
Thu Jun-17, 5:30 PM CDT- 7:00 PM CDT
How We Decide: The New Science of Decision Making
Jonah Lehrer
Randy .. Laura, Amy, Sheldon
Fri Jun-18, 2:00 PM CDT- 3:30 PM CDT
Capturing the Live Experience: An Evolving Art Form
Randy Anderson, Lane Czaplinski, Laura Penn
Kristin .. Dan, G., Vanessa
Fri Jun-18, 2:00 PM CDT- 3:30 PM CDT
New Aesthetics: Developing, Presenting and Producing Non-text-based Work
Kristin Marting, Diane Rodriguez, Marc Masterson
Fri Jun-18, 6:30 PM CDT- 8:30 PM CDT
Spotlight On Reception
Ralph Remington
Sat Jun-19, 9:30 AM CDT- 10:30 AM CDT
Critical Conversations: Theatre, the Arts and the Cities We Live In
Ralph Remington
Sat Jun-19, 11:30 AM CDT- 11:45 AM CDT
Coffee Break
Hallie, Rachel, Willa
Sat Jun-19, 11:45 AM CDT- 1:15 PM CDT
Fostering the Next Generation of American Theatre Audiences
Hallie Gordon, Rachel Fink, Willa Taylor
Theresa, Tanya, Polly
Sat Jun-19, 2:30 PM CDT- 4:00 PM CDT
A Conversation with Playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Tanya Saracho
Theresa Rebeck, Tanya Saracho, Polly Carl

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Feeds Web Items

Whit M
Jun 20
Web Site Henry IV, part 1 Looks like it might be a good summer for plays with Henry in the title at Shakespeare’s Globe. Hard on the heels of a powerful Henry VIII...
Whit M
Jun 18
Web Site Electric Hotel The Electric Hotel stands before us in semi-darkness, a plant on its rooftop and a ‘No Vacancies’ sign lit up out front. Behind it stands...
Whit M
Jun 17
Web Site Interview with Tim Webb, Artistic Director of Oily Cart In this interview Diana Damian talks to Tim Webb, Artistic Director of Oily Cart, about his company and its work for children with profo...
Whit M
May 20
Web Site Henry VIII It’s not every day that you get to hear a Shakespeare play (or at least a play partly by Shakespeare) for the first time. So a new produc...
Whit M
May 18
Web Site Peter Pan Regular readers may have noticed my tendency to write about Peter Pan at any available opportunity (including here and here). So I hope y...