Welcome to Your #NADTA2020 Conference Program

Your Conference Registration: Full Conference - Thursday - Sunday, November 5-8, 2020

We look forward to your participation in this year's Virtual Conference! Below please find all the information you need to securely connect to the conference sessions and events--as well as other resources and updates. 

Remember!
All primary-listed conference times are Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Please plan your participation accordingly for your Time Zone...we don't want you to miss a moment of the conference!  

 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020 - CONFERENCE DAY #1
Please Note: Session Main Times (in blue) are in Pacific Standard Time. 

Time Session Title or Event Presenter(s)

9:00 AM

EDT 12:00PM
CDT 11:00 AM
HST 7:00 AM

NADTA 41st Annual Conference Convenes

 

 

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

EDT 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
CDT 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
HST 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Networking Room  (Except During All Conference Events)

Visit the Networking Room throughout your day to connect with other Drama Therapists!

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

EDT 12:00 PM - 7:30 PM
CDT 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM
HST 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM

   
Option A:
Creating a Healing Message to Humanity: Ethnodrama and Storytelling with Indigenous Populations
Pam Dunne, Dimitra Stavrou, Renda Dionne Madrigal
Option B:
Digesting An Undigested History: Devising Therapeutic Performance in Healing Collective Trauma
Adam Stevens, Armand Volkas
Option C:
Principles of Drama Therapy
Kari Rogenski, Josiah Stickels
Option D:
The Drama Therapy Decision Tree: Connecting Drama Therapy Interventions to Treatment
Sally Bailey, Paige Dickinson

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

EDT 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
HST 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  
Option A:
A Panel Discussion On Research Narratives in Drama Therapy: Investigating Emerging Perspectives
Jason Fydman, Myriam (Mimi) Savage, Rinat Feniger-Schaal,Renee Pitre, Britton Williams, Angelle Cook, Adam Reynolds
Option B: 
Introduction to Developmental Transformations in a Moving World
Fred Landers
Option C:
Safe Spaces? Ethnodramatherapy Examines Power Dynamics in Classrooms and Clinical Settings
Jessica Bleuer, Stephen Snow, Simon Driver

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

EDT 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDT 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
HST 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

 LUNCH BREAK  Visit the Networking Room during this time to connect with other Drama Therapists!

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

EDT 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
CDT 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
HST 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM

 
Option A:
Playing with Death: Dramatherapeautic Intervention for Grieving Children
Rebecca Versaci
Option B:
Supervision Under Unforeseen Circumstances: Navigating Mutual Uncertainty
Patrick Hughes, Jenna Tremblay

4:45 PM - 6:15 PM

EDT 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM
CDT 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM
HST 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

  
Option A:
The Next Wave: Using Integrative Five Phase Model of Drama Therapy as an Assessment Tool
Diana Chu
Option B:
The Pregnant Therapist: Safety & Transference on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
Ashley Kleinman Martinez
Option C:
We Are All In This Together - the Use of Inner Monologue to Address Trauma
Diana Feldman

6:15 PM – 7:15 PM

EDT 9:15 PM -10:15 PM
CDT 8:15 PM - 9:15 PM
HST 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Newcomer Social Hour 

6:15 PM – 8:00 PM

EDT 9:15 PM - 11:00 PM
CDT 8:15 PM - 10:00 PM
HST 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM

DINNER BREAK

 

 

 

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM

EDT 11:00 PM -12:30 PM
CDT 10:00 PM-11:30 PM
HST 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Option A:
It Is What It Is: A Dark & Tender Comedy for the Climate Crisis
Rebecca Siegel
Faith Von Minden
Angus Moore
Ishita Pohoja
Zi Zheng
Adrian Gebhart
William Walton

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

EDT 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM
CDT 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM
HST 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Option B: 
"Anansi Came": Trauma and Resilience in Autoethnographical Therapeutic Performance
Michelle J Buckle
Nisha Sajnani

10:00 PM

EDT 1:00 AM 
CDT 12:00 AM
HST 8:00 PM

Conference Day #1 Concludes

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 - CONFERENCE DAY #2
Please Note: Session Main Times (in blue) are in Pacific Standard Time. 

  

Time Session Title or Event Presenter(s)

8:00 AM

EDT 11:00 AM 
CDT 10:00 AM
HST 6:00 AM 

Conference Day #2 Convenes    
 

8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

EDT 11:00 PM - 10:00 PM
CDT 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
HST 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  

Networking Room  (Except During All Conference Events)

Visit the Networking Room throughout your day to connect with other Drama Therapists!

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

EDT 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
CDT 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
HST 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

Alternative Track Meeting Myriam (Mimi) Savage

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

EDT 12:00 PM -1:30 PM
CDT 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
HST 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Opening Ceremony  (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed)

10:45 AM - 12:45 PM

EDT 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM
CDT 12:45 PM -2:45 PM
HST 8:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon  (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Josiah Stickels

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

EDT 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
CDT 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
HST 11:15 AM - 12:45 AM

          
Poster Sessions (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed)
Using Community Drama Therapy to Support Adults with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Molly Weinberg
Storytelling: Performance Paths Towards Truth Simon Driver
A drama therapy-based participatory action research with adolescents with intellectual disability Rinat Feniger-Schaal, Anat Geiger, Carmit-Noa Shpigelman
COVID Coping: Group On-Line Drama Therapy Laura Wood, Lesley University First Year On Campus Cohort
The CoActive Therapeutic Theater Model Laura Wood
Dramaste: Mind, Body Spirit Anna Boyd, Victoria Castain
An argument for circus arts as a branch of drama therapy: literature review Sydney Schorr, Laura Wood, Emily Faith
Revealing Thirdness Through Drama Therapy Interventions Kathleen Moye
Drama therapy and the healthcare clown poster session Emily Faith
What Does Embodiment and Drama Therapy Look Like in a Virtual Space? Courtney Bennett McDuffee

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

EDT 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
CDT 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
HST 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

 

Student Forum 1 Anna Rich

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

EDT 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
CDT 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
HST 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    
Option A:
Adapting our Pedagogy to Flash Floods: Educators’ Forum
Jason Butler
Option B:
Embodied Nurturance: Dismantling Gendered Violence Using Attachment-Based Drama Therapy
 Lucy McLellan
Option C:
Inclusivity and Accessibility in Drama Therapy: Approaches to Training with Radical Inclusivity
Marielle Duke, Gary Raucher, Doug Ronning, Faith Von Minden
Option D, 
Research "Think Tank": Supporting the Development of Research in Drama Therapy
Jason Frydman, Chyela Rowe, Laura Hix, Barbara Bornmann, Angelle Cook
Option E:
Using Media Technology for Embodied Healing: Applications in Drama and Expressive Therapie
Myriam (Mimi) Savage, Joshua Cohen, Jeffrey Jamerson

4:45 PM – 6:15 PM

EDT 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM
CDT 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM
HST 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

 

Queer Disruptions of White Supremacy: Playing in Dangerous Times Roxy Schoenfeld, Truc Nguyen

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

EDT 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
CDT 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
HST 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

 DINNER BREAK Visit the Networking Room during this time to connect with other Drama Therapists!

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

EDT 10:30 PM - 12:00 AM
CDT 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM
HST 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

 
Option A:
"I'm Still Standing": A Self-Revelatory Performance Piece Addressing Cultural Issues in China
Cruz Chan, Christina Lewis
Option B:
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner: A Long Table/Performance on the HBCU Initiative
Jordan Stewart, Mary Morris, Charisse Brown, Myriam ( Mimi) Savage

9:00 PM

EDT 12:00 AM
CDT 11:00 AM
HST 7:00 PM 

Conference Day #2 Concludes  

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020 - CONFERENCE DAY #3
Please Note: Session Main Times (in blue) are in Pacific Standard Time. 

 

Time Session Title or Event Presenter(s)

8:30 AM

EDT 11:30 AM
CDT 10:30 AM
HST 6:30 AM

Conference Day #3 Convenes  
 

8:30 AM - 7:00 PM

EDT 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
CDT 10:30 AM - 9:00 PM
HST 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM

  

Networking Room  (Except During All Conference Events)

Visit the Networking Room throughout your day to connect with other Drama Therapists!

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

EDT 11:30 AM -1:00 PM
CDT 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
HST 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Option A:
Act Two of Acting for Real
Renee Emunah
Option B:
Drama Therapy Review: Structuring Your Writing in the Ocean of Research

Christine Mayor, Angelle Cook, Opher Shamir

 

Option C:
Ethics Plenary Meeting: Risk as Contagion
Adam Reynolds,Stephanie Omens
Option D:
Riding the Heart Waves: Integrating HRV Biofeedback and Drama Therapy
 Doug Ronning
Option E:
The Next Chapter: Storytelling Frameworks for Professional Growth
Brooke Campbell 

10:15 AM - 11:45PM

EDT 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
CDT 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
HST 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Canadian Regional Meeting  (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Marleigh Chapman
Central Regional Meeting (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Nina Garcia
Eastern Regional Meeting (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Craig Flickinger
International Regional Meeting (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Kari Rogenski
Western Regional Meeting (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Danielle Levanas

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

EDT 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
HST 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

EDT 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
CDT 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
HST 11:00 AM - 12:30 AM

Option A:
Beat the Odds® Drumming for Social-Emotional Skill Building: A Mini-Training
Ping Ho
Option B:
I Am The Space Where I Am: The Poethics of Drama Therapists at Home
Nisha Sajnani, Maria Hodermarska, Ellen Smittle, Linda Soria

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

EDT 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
CDT 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
HST 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Option A:
Building a Boat and Riding the Waves in Elder Care
Nadya Trytan, Kari Rogenski, Karen Knappenberger
Option B:
Creative Solutions to Pain Management: Utilizing Drama Therapy
Jen Faith Brown, Marie O'Brien
Option C:
Established and Emerging Intersections for Advancing Queer Drama Therapy: The Next Act
Dana Sayre, Kamran Afary, California State
Jessica Bleuer, Opher Shamir
Option D:
Guided Journey to the East: Drama Therapy for Chinese Americans
Shi-Han Chen, Si-Yeung Li
Option E:
Riding the Wave to Shore: The Educational Competencies Meeting
Laura Wood, Myriam ( Mimi) Savage, Adam Reynolds
Option F:
Role-taking Tools for Drama Therapy Ambassador
Jami Osborne, Daniel Wiener
Option G:
One World: Tools For Making International Therapeutic Live and Remotely
Jessica Litwak

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM

EDT 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM
CDT 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
HST 12:45 AM - 2:15 PM

Option A:
Drama Therapy Parents: You Can Hide in Here
Rachel Brousseau
Option B:
Introduction to Geek Therapy
Josué Cardona

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

EDT 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
CDT 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
HST 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Wave-Riders: Paddling through Cultural Humility Models in Pedagogy and Clinical Practice

(ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed)

Adam Stevens, Jessica Bleuer, Stephanie Wichmann, Sara Kliger, Craig Flickinger
Diana Elizabeth Jordan

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

EDT 10:00 PM-11:00 PM
CDT 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
HST 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Option A:
Friends of Bill W./Power through Recovery (12-Step Meeting) AA/NA

THIS SESSION WILL NOT BE RECORDED

Stephanie Wichmann, Emily Trube
Option B:
RDT Application Meeting
 Rachel Lee Soon
Option C:
Student Meet & Greet with the Board

Anna Rich, Josiah Stickels, Kari Rogenski

 

8:00 PM - 11:30 PM

EDT 11:00 PM - 2:30 AM
CDT 10:00 PM - 1:30 AM
HST 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

President's Reception (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed) Josiah Stickels

11:30 PM 

EDT 2:30 AM 
CDT 1:30 AM 
HST 9:30 PM

Conference Day #3 Concludes 

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020 - CONFERENCE DAY #4
Please Note: Session Main Times (in blue) are in Pacific Standard Time. 

 

Time Session Title or Event Presenter

9:00 AM

EDT 12:00 PM 
CDT 11:00 AM 
HST 7:00 AM 

Conference Day #4 Convenes  
 

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

EDT 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
CDT 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
HST 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM 

  

Networking Room  (Except During All Conference Events)

Visit the Networking Room throughout your day to connect with other Drama Therapists!

 

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

EDT 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
HST 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

     
Option A:
Board Certified Trainer (BCT) Mandatory Meeting
Myriam (Mimi) Savage

 

Option B:
Essence, Image and Frame: Playback Theatre Stories on Zoom
Hannah Fox, Mizuho Kanazawa
Option C:
How to Provide Online Drama Therapy for Individuals and Groups?
Diana Chu, Man Kit Kwong
Option D:
Surfing the Political Wave
Melissa Killian, Jarod Sharar, Mallory Minerson
Option E:
Student Forum 2
Anna Rich
Option F:
Trauma, Drama and the Long Donkey Ride Home
Reem Abukishk

11:00AM - 12:00 PM

EDT 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT 1:00 AM - 2:00 PM
HST 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Closing Ceremony (ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Networking Room Closed)