Capital Region Festival of Theatre - Festival Day FREE

Start: Sunday, June 15, 2025 9:00AM
End: Sunday, June 15, 2025 6:00PM

Closing out our inaugural CRFT weekend we will be taking up the UAlbany Campus Center West Auditorium, Multipurpose Room, Boardroom, and Studio from 9:00am-6:00pm! Each room will be hosting their own events from workshops to panel discussions to a one-act festival and a Playwright’s Jam! Keynote Speaker: Sharr White, Broadway playwright Auditorium: One-Acts by Featured Theatre Groups ? Hubbard Hall Theater Company ? Confetti Stage ? Creative Action Unlimited ? Harbinger Theatre ? Schenectady Civic Players ? Sand Lake Center for the Arts ? Troy Foundry Theatre ? Albany Civic Theater ? Highlight Acting Troupe ? Classic Theater Guild ? Whispering Bones Boardroom: Panel Discussions ? Artistic Directors moderated by Bill Kellert with Jarel Davidow, Carol Max, Jean-Remy Monnay, John Saunders, Owen Smith, John Sowle ? Fighting Censorship Today moderated by Sarah LaDuke with Joanna Palladino, Howard Sherman, Ari Edelson ? Set Design Beginnings with Adam Coons, Mike McDermott, Jennie Sinnott, David Zweirankin, Laura Darling ? Playwrights of Color with Aaron Moore, D. Colin, Morgan Heyward, Rachel Lynett, Carol Durant ? Young Scholars moderated by Kevin McGuire with Aaliyah Al-Fuhaid, Keith Dubois, Annabelle Duffy, Jake Goodman, Hassan Laing, Rachael Montilla & Gabriella Pizzolo ? Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Casting moderated by Eunice Ferreira with Jean-Remy Monnay, Hettie Barnhill, Eunice Ferreira ? Theater for Social Justice moderated by Eunice Ferreira with Hettie Barnhill, Michael Kennedy, Kristoph Di Maria, D. Colin Multipurpose Room: Workshops ? Vocal Workshop with Lisa Franklin ? Improv Beyond the Stage with Olivia Szczurko-Walton ? Audition Techniques with Aaron Moore ? Unarmed Stage Combat with Molly Waters ? Community Theatre Stage Management with Diana Chabai-Booker ? Intro to the Margolis Method w/ Dr. Krysta Dennis ? and more! Studio: Playwright’s Jam