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Sessions

Friday 8 July, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
A New Era in Stage Management
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Panel

Cherie B. Tay, Slave Play (Presenter)

Matthew Stern, Broadway Stage Management Symposium (Moderator)

Jereme Kyle Lewis, MJ the Musical (Panelist)

Stage managers are at the center of the production process. ...
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Greenifying WICKED: Sustainability in Action Backstage
1 hour, 11:20 AM - 12:20 PM

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Panel

Dillon Yruegas (Panelist)

Molly Braverman (Panelist)

Susan Sampliner (Panelist)

Go behind the scenes at Wicked to learn how the show is green both on and off stage! The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) presents this conv...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
TikTok and Broadway: A New Musical Medium
1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Panel

Katherine Lynn-Rose, "Top of My School" (Presenter)

Tory Vagasy, BroadwayCon 2021 Star To Be Winner (Presenter)

Joshua Turchin, Forbidden Broadway (Moderator)

Greg Nobile, Seaview (Presenter)

Join TikTokers who act, orchestrate, and compose as they discuss using TikTok to create the next hit Broadway musicals, and how Broadway can use...
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
Audio Description: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Incorporate It at Your Theatre
1 hour, 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

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Panel

Andrea Miskow, Self-Employed (Presenter)

Sabrina Martinez (Presenter)

Audio description is a narration service that provides descr...
3:40 PM
3:40 PM
RISE: AAPIs and Pop Culture
1 hour, 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

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Panel

Erin Quill (Moderator)

Kelvin Moon Loh, The King and I (Panelist)

Shoba Narayan (Panelist)

RISE is an in-depth interview with two of the theatre community's most visible AAPI artists, both of whom continue to be featured in hit Broadwa...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
What's Next in Intimacy Direction?
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Panel

Cha Ramos, Company (Panelist)

Laura Rikard (Panelist)

Sierra Fox (Moderator)

Since the first Broadway production to hire an intimacy director opened in 2019, IDs (sometimes called "intimacy coordinators") have become indi...

Saturday 9 July, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
EdTA: Thespians from the Classroom to Broadway
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Panel

Marie Diamond Iachetta (Moderator)

Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Be More Chill (Panelist)

Jessi Riese (Panelist)

Cody Renard Richard, Into the Woods (Moderator)

Mark Drum (Panelist)

Thespians unite! Over 204 million students have been inducted into the International Thespian Society since it was founded in 1929. Among the Th...
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Broadway Livestreaming: Expanding the Reach of Live Theatre
1 hour, 11:20 AM - 12:20 PM

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Panel

Joshua Turchin, Forbidden Broadway (Moderator)

Timothy Allen McDonald, Between the Lines (Panelist)

Sean Cercone (Panelist)

Luke Naphat, Trevor: A New Musical (Panelist)

Tralen Doler (Panelist)

Nathan Gehan (Panelist)

Jen Sandler (Panelist)

Let's talk livestreaming on Broadway! Livestreamed theatre has the potential to reach audiences around the world and across demographics, promot...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
"Just One More Question...": How Anyone Can Cover Theatre as a Journalist
1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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John Vitti (Moderator)

Grace Aki, "Tell Me on a Sunday" (Panelist)

Emily Ballou (Panelist)

Journalism is often seen as stuffy and exclusive, but the truth is that anyone can be a journalist; all it takes is talent, dedication, and a ke...
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
The Birth of a Musical
1 hour, 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

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Panel

James Morgan, The York Theatre Company (Panelist)

Jen Sandler (Panelist)

Joe Barros, New York Theatre Barn (Moderator)

Michael Walkup, Page 73 Productions (Panelist)

Abigail Katz, Atlantic Theater Company (Panelist)

How does a Broadway musical come to be? Most productions go through a long series of workshops, rehearsals, out-of-town tryouts, and (increasing...
3:40 PM
3:40 PM
Writing Our Way Out: AAPI Playwrights
1 hour, 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

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Panel

Erin Quill (Presenter)

Helen Park, KPOP (Panelist)

Daniel K. Isaac, ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME (Panelist)

Ralph B. Peña (Panelist)

There is a fine line between featuring an artist and turning them into a prop. In this panel, playwrights of the AAPI diaspora will show and tel...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
The Pivot: Keeping Theatre Alive in Non-Performing Arts Careers
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Panel

Amaresh Mohapatra (Presenter)

Michael Anthony Restaino (Presenter)

Jen Brissman (Presenter)

Holly Berger (Presenter)

Roy Flores (Panelist)

Ever thought that pivoting and doing something other than theatre would be scary? It doesn’t have to be. In fact, a performing arts background c...
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
BroadwayCon Feud Contestant Screening
1 hour, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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Special Event

Meet our staff members and try out for a chance to play BroadwayCon Feud alongside our celebrity guests the following day! Come alone or bring y...

Sunday 10 July, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Body Liberation on Broadway
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Panel

Stephanie Lexis, Broadway Body Positivity Project (Moderator)

Amara Janae Brady (Panelist)

Shantez M. Tolbut, Black Stage Everything (Panelist)

Evan Ruggiero, Bastard Jones (Panelist)

Body diversity has been a hot button topic in the theatre community. While there has been an uptick in body diverse casting, educational spaces ...
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Musicals & Mental Health: A New Chapter
1 hour, 11:20 AM - 12:20 PM

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Panel

Dr. Alisa Hurwitz, DrDrama.com (Moderator)

Fergie L. Philippe, Hamilton (Panelist)

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Something Rotten! (Panelist)

Nik Walker, Ain't Too Proud (Panelist)

This popular panel, led by psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz, f...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Gen Z Broadway POV
1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Panel

Carly Heitner, YesBroadway (Moderator)

Bailey Ford (Panelist)

Kobi Kassal, Theatrely (Panelist)

Analise Scarpaci, Matilda (Panelist)

Stevie Coleman (Panelist)

Join us for an in-depth chat about...
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
Ready, Willing, and Very Abled: A Disability Inclusion Panel
1 hour, 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM

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Panel

David Connolly, Ukulele U (Moderator)

Sydney Mesher, Radio City Rockettes (Panelist)

John McGinty, Children of a Lesser God (Panelist)

Evan Ruggiero, Bastard Jones (Panelist)

Monique Holt (Panelist)

David W. Connolly is currently the only amputee to have perf...
3:40 PM
3:40 PM
Playbill Trading Meetup
1 hour, 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

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Meetup

Melissa Lawson (Moderator)

Come on down to the fourth annual Playbill trading event! Want to turn your extra Playbill into one from a favorite show you've never seen? This...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Broadway Anecdotes II: Golden Age Gossip
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Panel

Ken Bloom, Eubie Blake: Rags Rhythm and Race (Moderator)

Kenneth Kantor, Phantom of the Opera (Presenter)

Joshua Ellis, Into the Woods (Presenter)

Mimi Quillin, Sweet Charity (Presenter)

This will be an hour of the funniest, saddest, and just plai...