Only 1 more week until the 2024 OVS Fall Conference

Join us at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio on November 9th for a tour, workshops, lunch, and discussions. The 2024 Ezekiel Award Winners will be announced.

Register here: https://www.usittohiovalley.org/event-details/fall-2024-usitt-ovs-conference-3

Check out the schedule:

9:00 am   PB & J Room, Playhouse Square

                Meet and networking continental breakfast:  registration and check in

9:30 am   Workshop 1- Miller Classroom A

                  Kathe DeVault talks about her work in India, teaching student workshops and travel

Workshop 2- Miller Classroom B

                  Elynmarie Kazle and Mark A. Zimmerman talk about the process of mounting Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

10:30 am   Behind the scenes Tour of Playhouse Square facilities

Repeat of Workshop 2  The process of mounting Harry Potter and the Cursed Child- For late arrivers and non touring participants

11:45 am  Workshop 3- Sound Board in the Allen Theatre

Jim Swonger- Current Trends in Regional Theatre Sound Design

Workshop 4- Cleveland State Scene Shop

Cameron Caley Michalak-  Notes from the Cleveland State Scene Shop in Playhouse Square- lecture/demo

1:00 pm   Lunch talks (grab your lunch and join a conversation)

Conversation A: Michael Mehler from Allegheny College leads a conversation with Tony Hardin (Kent State University)

Annmarie Duggan (University of Pittsburgh), about doing more with less in the University Theatre Program. 

Conversation B: Morgan Bedilion (Senior Costume Student- Kent State University) leads a conversation with recent grads about their early forays into the creative and working world of the theatre.  With Brandon Drone (sound), and more to come.

2:00 pm   Workshop 5 - location TBD  

Sabrina Hykes Davis and Krystal Anderson- Cricut for Props and Set Design

Workshop 6- Location TBD

Michelle Hunt Souza- Delight is in the Details: Designing Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard

3:00 pm Ezekiel Award Announcements

The day will also include a display of local area work as part of the Peggy Ezekiel Awards, and will conclude with an announcement of the winners of these coveted awards.

See you there!