2025 Valdez Theatre Conference Schedule
(as of March 11, 2025)
Saturday, June 7
11:00 a.m.
Shuttle from the Anchorage Airport to PWSC Student Housing in Valdez (approximate arrival time is 6:00 p.m.)
3:00 p.m.
Shuttle from the Anchorage Airport to PWSC Student Housing in Valdez (approximate arrival time is 9:00 p.m.)
8:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Opening Night Mixer
Sunday, June 8
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Room A & C: Play Lab rehearsals throughout the day
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in the Civic Center Hall
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Room B: Orientation with Conference Coordinator Dawson Moore
11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Class TBD
Room C: Class TBD
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:45 p.m.
Room B: Class TBD
Room D: Class TBD
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Room B: Theatre: Monologue Workshop with Laura Gardner, Rob Lecrone, Jill Bess, Shane Savage, and Ben Corbett: part one
3:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Room D: New Dramatists’ Executive Director Christie Brown playwrights session
4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room D: What’s the Big Idea? with Arthur M. Jolly
8:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe Kick-Off
Monday, June 9
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Room B and D: Play Lab rehearsals throughout the day
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading
Room C: Play Lab reading are
10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Dante Gianetta’s Fit Together
Room C: Play Lab reading
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Paul Braverman’s Plan Z
Room C: Play Lab reading of Myles Chandler’s Obligation
2:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Fernando Buzhar Segall’s The World’s Most Boring Murder
Room C: Play Lab reading
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading
Room C: Play Lab reading of DC Cathro’s Lang Noir
8:00 p.m.
City of Valdez Reception at the PWSC Maxine and Jesse Whitney Museum
9:30 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Tuesday, June 10
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Brianna Allen’s Momologues
Room D: Play Lab reading
10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading
Room D: Play Lab reading of Cherielyn Ferguson’s A Girl Who Acts Like That
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Raleigh Van Natta’s The Shepherd, the Ravens, and the Bear
Room D: Play Lab reading of Maximillian Gill’s Corrector
2:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Emma Durbin’s overgrown
Room D: Play Lab reading
4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Tom Moran’s When To?
Room D: Play Lab reading of Steven J. Satta’s The Raft
8:00 p.m.
Theatre: The Midnight Summit Ensemble presents Kristen Ritter’s Blanche Stuart Scott, directed by Kalli Denali Randall and starring Aaron Bell, Katy Laurance, Danielle Rabinovich, and Martha Robinson
10:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Wednesday, June 11
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Cassie J. Jeremias’ Take My Advice
Room C: Play Lab reading of John Spellos’ Switcheroo
10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Marjorie Muller’s HypergaMater
Room C: Play Lab reading
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Rachel Herron’s Reformer
Room C: Play Lab reading Daniel Emlyn-Jones’ Lady Olympia’s Legacy
3:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Sanjit Sengupta’s The Promise
Room C: Play Lab reading of Alison Reeger Cook’s Tower: From the Major Arcana Archives
4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Shanice Lawton’s What Happened to Angela?
Room C: Play Lab reading of Philip Middleton Williams’ Watercolors
6:45 p.m.
Boarding for a two-hour trip to Shoup Glacier aboard Stan Stephens Cruises, leaving at 7:00 p.m.
9:15 p.m. (immediately following return of the boats)
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Thursday, June 12
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Beth Polsky’s LUCY
Room D: Play Lab reading of David Adam Gill’s In the Garden of Hesperides
10:00 to 12:30 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Heidi Kraay’s Take Me Away
Room D: Play Lab reading
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of John Busser’s Hanging On For Near Life Life
Room D: Play Lab reading of Helen Cheng Mao’s Happy Anniversary, Sweetie!
2:15 to 4:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Dana Schwartz’ The Grotto
Room D: Play Lab reading of John Herbert’s God Sighs
4:15 to 6:00 p.m.
Room B: Play Lab reading of Heidi Franke’s The Menacer
Room D: Play Lab reading
8:00 p.m.
Theatre: A showing of Sometimes I Think About Dying, written by Kevin Armento, based on his play killers, featuring Jill Sowerwine.
10:00 p.m. (immediately following performance)
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Friday, June 13
7:30 a.m.
Student Housing: Morning Hike with Tom Moran
9:00 to 10:15 a.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading
Room C: Play Lab reading
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Melissa Maney’s HUNGRY WOMEN
Room C: Play Lab reading of Erik Gernand’s Prayer Circle
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 to 2:00 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading
Room C: Play Lab reading
2:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Kristen Ritter’s The Last of Shakespeare
Room C: Play Lab reading
3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop, Part Two
3:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Tim Crawford’s Faith Lester is Married, comma, Happily
4:30 to 5:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading of Greg Romero’s Jean Yeets Her Hawaiian Shirt into the Ocean
5:30 to 6:15 p.m.
Room A: Play Lab reading
8:00 p.m.
Magpie’s: Valdez Theatre Fringe
Saturday, June 14
10:30 to Noon
Theatre: Monologue Workshop Tech Rehearsal
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lunch
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Theatre: Monologue Workshop Final Presentation
2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Theatre: Ten-Minute Play Slam Performance
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Closing Reception and presentation of the Jerry Harper Service Award to Ted Hooker
Sunday, June 15
8:00 a.m.
Shuttle from PWSC Student Housing to the Anchorage Airport (approximate arrival time is 3:00 p.m.)