2026 NADTA Virtual Symposium  

March 7 - March 8, 2026

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Liberated Voices: Cross-Cultural Drama Therapy for Collective Care and Community Empowerment

This year’s Virtual Symposium seeks to honor lived experiences, reflect on the systems and histories that shape identity, and explore how drama therapy can cultivate collective care, connection, and agency. In the face of marginalization, displacement, trauma, or systemic inequity, drama therapy offers creative tools to witness, imagine, resist, and transform. Grounded in the belief that liberation is creative and communal, this theme invites practitioners, students, scholars, and community artists to explore practices that strengthen community power, nourish belonging, and support healing in cross-cultural contexts.

  One Day Pass Full Event Pass
Non-Member Saturday or Sunday ONLY - $200  Saturday & Sunday - $350

Member

This rate is for all NADTA Members Levels (excluding Student Levels)

 

Saturday or Sunday ONLY - $150 

 

Saturday & Sunday - $275

NADTA Student Member

NADTA Student Membership is REQUIRED for discount

 

Saturday or Sunday ONLY - $25

 

Saturday & Sunday - $50

   One Day Registrations and Ticket Changes End 3/3/2026  Full Event Registrations End 3/5/2026

 

Conference Fees and Discounts

*To receive the appropriate discounted rate, please ensure you log into the system prior to completing your event registration.  

Student Discount Rate Limitations
Our student rate is designed to support those actively advancing professional training in drama therapy. To qualify for this discount, applicants must meet BOTH of the following criteria:

  1. NADTA Student Membership: You must be a current student member of the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA).

  2. Active Pursuit of Certification or Degree:

    1. For AT Contract Holders: You must have a current NADTA Alternative Training (AT) contract (updated, signed annually by you and your BCT) uploaded to your member profile, and be actively pursuing drama therapy education with the goal of becoming a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT).

    2. For Graduate Students: You should be enrolled as an active student in one of the NADTA accredited Drama Therapy (DT) graduate degree programs and must upload a copy of your current student ID each year that you renew your student membership.

For additional information about membership levels or requirements, please refer to the NADTA Membership Categories page.

 
 *NADTA Cancellation Policy* 

Cancellations received in writing two weeks or more before the event will be issued a refund less a $75.00 USD processing fee.  

No refunds will be processed for cancellations less than two weeks before the event. NADTA encourages you to send a substitute in your place if you cannot attend (USD $75.00 admin fee applies).

Cancellation or Format Change by NADTA 
  • The NADTA reserves the right to cancel any program or session or to change the format of the meeting to virtual. In the event of an event cancellation, NADTA will refund registration fees, but is not responsible for any costs, damages, or other expenses of any kind, including and without limitation, transportation and/or hotel costs incurred by registrant.  
  • Speakers are subject to change without notice. In the event the format changes to virtual only, in-person attendees will be refunded the difference in the registration rate, or they can cancel their registration less a $75.00 USD processing fee.
 
 

Conference App

Click on the link below to explore this year's conference app, Eventify.  You will find links to the schedule, presenter profiles, and more!
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Continuing Education (CE)

NADTA Conference sessions may be accepted for the following types of Continuing Education:
  • NADTA RDT/BCT/CHED CE Hours
  • NBCC CE Hours North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6819. Programs that do not qualify for National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) credit are clearly identified.  NADTA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Please contact your licensing or credentialing organization to ask if they will accept these CE Hours
Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit or NYS LCAT credit will be identified in the schedule. Instructions will be given at the conference for the procedures to follow in order to obtain CE Hours. Please note that you must request your NBCC or LCAT Certificate within 30 days after the conference.