SCHEDULE DETAIL
Oct 31 - Nov 2 in Tempe // Nov 2 - Nov 4 in Tucson // Nov 5 departures
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Activities in ORANGE and identified as “ASW Community Event (Recommended Add-On)” are part of Tucson’s All Souls Weekend (ASW). These local events are not produced by NET, and are open to the public -- join the community celebration!
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 :: TEMPE
9:00am |
Coffee bar & check-in/info table open
LOCATION: Childsplay (900 S Mitchell Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281) |
10:00am-1:00pm |
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION** Poetic/Justice: Activism, Aesthetics & Co-Creation **Separate registration: LOCATION: Childsplay—The Schilling LEAD PARTICIPANTS: Claudia Alick, Executive Producer, Calling Up; Board Co-President, NET. Jonathan Clark (aka Courageous), Executive Support Manager, The Carpetbag Theatre. Leah Marche, Co-Founder, BlackPoet Ventures; Founder, L!VE POET!C. Marc David Pinate, Artistic Director, Borderlands Theater. Billy "Issim" Ramsey, Creative/Artistic Activist/Co-Founder, AZ Talking Drum Performance Network. Rashaad Thomas, Engagement Manager, Central Arts Alliance; Phoenix Center for the Arts; Thunderbird Arts Center; Arizona Art Mobile. This participatory skillshare brings together local, national, youth, and adult poets and storytellers for intergenerational sharing and peer exchange. Facilitated by lead participants from the NET community—including performance poetry veterans Claudia Alick (digital nomad, currently based in Oakland, CA), Courageous (Knoxville, TN), Leah Marche (Phoenix, AZ), Marc David Pinate (Tucson, AZ), and Billy "Issim" Ramsey (Phoenix, AZ)—the session will include strategies and techniques for: writing from truth; hearing and witnessing; using your work to start conversations and support resistance and liberation movements; and amplifying your impact through co-creation, collaboration, and collective action. |
2:30pm-3:30pm |
NEW TO NET MEETUP LOCATION: Childsplay—The Sonja PRESENTER: Park Cofield, Field Resources Manager, NET. Join NET staff, Board members, and recent NET/TEN grantees for an informal conversation about NET’s history, current activities, and the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ Travel & Exchange Network (NET/TEN) grant program. Perfect for those who are new to NET, thinking about joining, or curious about applying for funding! |
4:00pm-6:00pm |
OPENING CIRCLE PLENARY Navigating re:ROUTES LOCATION: Childsplay—The Schilling WELCOME REMARKS: Dwayne Hartford, Artistic Director, Childsplay. Tiffany Ana López, PhD, Director and Foundation Professor, School of Film, Dance and Theatre, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University. Alisha Tonsic, Executive Director, NET. Gather with fellow re:ROUTES attendees and local community members to kick off the 2018 NET National Gathering & Symposium.
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6:30pm-8:00pm |
OPENING RECEPTION LOCATION: Graduate Hotel Tempe—Rooftop As night falls, connect with old friends and meet new ones under the Arizona sky at this rooftop opening party. Appetizers; cash bar. |
8:00pm | Dinner / late night on own |
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 :: TEMPE
8:00am | Coffee bar & check-in/info table open |
9:00am- 11:45am |
MORNING PLENARY LOCATION: Arizona State University (ASU)—Lyceum Theatre From DIY to DIT: Artists Building Community, Weaving
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11:45am-1:45pm | Lunch on own |
1:45pm-3:15pm |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS A - choose one
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3:15pm-3:30pm | Break |
3:30pm-5:00pm |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS B – choose one
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5:00-5:15pm | Break |
5:15pm-6:45pm |
EVENING WORKSHOPS - choose one
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6:45pm-8:30pm | Dine Arounds or dinner on own |
8:30pm-10:30pm |
EVENING MINI-PERFORMANCES LOCATION: Childsplay—The Schilling MC: Claudia Alick, Executive Producer, Calling Up; Board Wrap up the day’s programming, grab a beverage and some snacks, and settle in for this informal sharing of short pieces and performance excerpts. Highlighting re:ROUTES attendees and NET members from near and far, the lineup includes:
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 :: TEMPE / <TRAVEL> / TUCSON
8:30am | Coffee bar & check-in/info table open |
9:00am-10:30am |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS C – choose one
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10:30am-10:45am | Break |
10:45pm-12:15pm |
MORNING PLENARY / TEMPE WRAP-UP In Conversation: Liz Lerman & Michael Rohd LOCATION: ASU—Lyceum Theatre PRESENTERS: Liz Lerman, Institute Professor, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University; Founder, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Michael Rohd, Institute Professor, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University; Lead Artist for Civic Imagination, Center for Performance & Civic Practice; Founding Artistic Director, Sojourn Theatre; Board Member, NET. Liz Lerman and Michael Rohd both moved to Arizona two and a half years ago as Institute Professors at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. They’ll talk with each other about their current creative projects and the impact that the region and their relationship to the university is having on their work, and engage with NET attendees in conversation about the the changing dynamics of ensemble practice in relation to place and contemporary justice movements. |
12:15pm-1:45pm |
Lunch on own |
1:45pm-2:15pm |
Load bus & depart for Tucson LOCATION: Graduate Hotel Tempe |
2:30pm-6:00pm |
TRAVEL: TEMPE > TUCSON AFTERNOON PLENARY/WORKSHOP (en route) Standing with Saguaros LOCATION: Saguaro National Park PRESENTERS: Kimi Eisele, Multi-disciplinary Artist; Performer/Director, Standing with Saguaros; Communications Manager, Southwest Folklife Alliance. Tanisha Tucker, Bahidaj Educator and Preservationist; Member, Tohono O'odham Nation. Befriend the beloved Sonoran Desert iconic cactus through an immersive, performative experience and conversation with Kimi Eisele and Tanisha Tucker. We’ll visit Saguaro National Park near a Tohono O’odham saguaro fruit harvesting camp, and learn about Eisele’s year-long project Standing with Saguaros that used site-responsive dance and theater, participatory activities, and innovative storytelling to celebrate the cactus and the National Park Centennial. The workshop borrows the central activities of that project: standing with saguaros in meditative silence and reflecting on the experience and what it reveals about stewardship, cross-species collaboration, and expanded definitions of community. |
6:00pm (estimated) |
Bus arrives in Tucson LOCATION: Ramada Tucson |
6:30pm-8:00pm |
TUCSON WELCOME RECEPTION LOCATION: Ramada Tucson Dinner provided; cash bar. Check-in/info table open. |
9:00pm-11:00pm |
EVENING PLENARY/PERFORMANCE LOCATION: CITY Center for Collaborative Learning WELCOME REMARKS & RECAP: Claudia Alick, Executive Producer, Calling Up; Board Co-President, NET. Rebecca Mwase, Creative Instigator, Desired Evolutions; Board Member, NET. Leslie Tamaribuchi, Independent Consultant; Board Co-President, NET. Indigeneity, Sovereignty & Liberation
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10:00pm-2:00am |
ASW Community Event (Recommended Add-On) El Tambó **See El Tambó on Facebook or Instagram for more information.** LOCATION: Hotel Congress Plaza A special All Souls Weekend edition of El Tambó, a late-night dance party on the plaza at Tucson’s iconic and historic Hotel Congress. Featuring BEMBONA (DJ, Vibras NYC); hosted by DJ Dirtyverbs (Sonido Tambó), with live percussion by Quiahuitl (Sonido Tambó). BEMBONA is a Puerto Rican-Panamanian DJ, Multi-Platform Artist, and Activist, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Her work represents and pushes forward the Afro-Diasporadical movement, Latinx/Indigenous/Caribbean/African, with the purpose of empowering and bridging the gap between POC communities, generations, activist work, and beyond. 21 and over; free to attend. |
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3 :: TUCSON
6:30am-9:30am |
Complimentary breakfast available for registered hotel guests (Ramada Tucson, 777 W Cushing Street, Tucson, AZ 85745) |
10:00am-12:00pm |
MORNING PLENARY A Place-Based Primer LOCATION: The Historic Y—The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre WECOME REMARKS: Bryan Falcón, Artistic Director, The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre; Board Chair, Southwest Folklife Alliance. Alisha Tonsic, Executive Director, NET. A chorus of local voices provides this place-based welcome and introduction to Southern Arizona. Hear from artists, scholars, and community members about life and work in Tucson; the border regions and support for migrants; and the All Souls Procession
MODERATOR: Gerard Stropnicky, Theatre Artist; Writer; Director; Founding Member Emeritus, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; Board Member, ArtSpot Productions; Board Member, NET. PRESENTERS: Maribel Alvarez, Ph.D., Anthropologist; Folklorist; Associate Dean for Community Engagement, Jim Griffith Chair in Public Folklore (Southwest Center/School of Anthropology), College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona; Executive Director, Southwest Folklife Alliance. Rachel Bowditch, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of MFA in Performance, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Film, Dance, and Theatre, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University. J. Sarah Gonzales, Director, Spoken Futures, Inc. Debi Chess Mabie, Community Impact Fellow, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona; The Dunbar Pavilion - An African American Center for Art and Culture. Adam Cooper-Terán, Artistic Director, Ancestors Project/All Souls Procession; Technical Co-Director, Borderlands Theater; Magus, Church ov Coyotel. |
12:00pm-2:00pm | Lunch Arounds or lunch on own |
2:00pm-3:30pm |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS D - choose one
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3:00pm-7:00pm |
ASW Community Event (Recommended Add-On) Procession of Little Angels & Personal Altars Vigil **See website for more information.** LOCATION: Armory Park (221 S 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701) For this small procession that takes place the day before the larger All Souls Procession, children and families gather to create wings and paper flowers, get their faces painted, dress in costumes (created earlier at kids’ costuming workshops), and approach grief from a child-friendly, child-driven place. Local arts organization Stories that Soar! and students from Tucson Circus Arts team up to perform local children’s stories about death and grief, and as the sun sets, those assembled process around Armory Park. Shrines to remember the dead are set up by people who want to memorialize someone, as the Personal Altars Vigil takes place in conjunction with Little Angels. Everyone is welcome to place a remembrance of a child on the Children’s Altar. All ages event; free to attend. |
8:00pm-10:00pm |
EVENING PERFORMANCE Barrio Stories Barrio Fiesta LOCATION: Davis Bilingual Elementary Magnet School Community Garden, Barrio Anita (500 W St. Mary’s Road, Tucson, AZ 85701) PRESENTERS: Borderlands Theater NET member Borderlands Theater brings us Barrio Stories Barrio Fiesta (conceived and directed by Marc David Pinate). Staged outdoors in Tucson's historic Barrio Anita, this community-based, immersive extravaganza tells the story of the neighborhood through large-scale video projections, live music, performed poetry, historical reenactment, heritage foods, and audio tours. Dinner available for purchase. |
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4 :: TUCSON
6:30am-9:30am |
Complimentary breakfast available for registered hotel guests (Ramada Tucson, 777 W Cushing Street, Tucson, AZ 85745) |
10:00am-11:30am |
MORNING PLENARY
Barrio Stories in Barrio Anita: A Case Study LOCATION: CITY Center for Collaborative Learning PRESENTERS: Steve Arnquist, Chief of Staff, Tucson City Council Ward 1. Adam Cooper-Terán, Lead Artist, Barrio Stories; Artistic Director, Ancestors Project / All Souls Procession; Technical Co-Director, Borderlands Theater; Magus, Church ov Coyotel. Tanya Moreno, Resident, Barrio Anita. Marc David Pinate, Director/Lead Artist, Barrio Stories; Artistic Director, Borderlands Theater. In April 2018, Borderlands Theater artists—in partnership with Barrio Anita residents, city officials, and other partners—collaborated to produce Barrio Stories in Barrio Anita, a heritage preservation and civic practice project. The year-long process and culminating event played a key role in re-establishing the Barrio Anita Neighborhood Association, increasing feelings of neighborhood pride and civic engagement among residents, and the scheduled reopening of the neighborhood public pool after years of closure. This session offers a case study on the project; panelists (including project artists, a Barrio Anita resident, and a city council staff member) will discuss the experience and how these community development achievements came about.
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11:30am-11:45am | Break |
11:45am-1:15pm |
CLOSING CIRCLE PLENARY LOCATION: CITY Center for Collaborative Learning PERFORMERS: Yasmin Meza-Zazueta, Jissel Martinez, FACILITATORS: Claudia Alick, Executive Producer, Calling Up; Board Co-President, NET. Rebecca Mwase, Creative Instigator, Desired Evolutions; Board Member, NET. Leslie Tamaribuchi, Independent Consultant; Board Co-President, NET. We'll wrap up our time together with this final NET-only session before heading into the evening's community-wide All Souls activities. Performances from three Tucson youth poets will provide a prelude; NET Board members will lead us in this participatory closing circle, as we share final thoughts, reflect on our re:ROUTES journey, and identify next steps for ourselves and the NET community. |
1:15pm-4:00pm | Lunch on own & free time |
4:00pm-10:00pm |
ASW Community Event (Recommended Add-On) 29th Annual All Souls Procession & Grand Finale **See the All Souls Weekend website for additional information, including map of procession route & finale location.** Approximate timeline: 4:00pm-6:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm Organized and produced by NET member Flam Chen/Many Mouths One Stomach, the All Souls Procession is a large-scale, community-generated, non-commercial public ceremony that creatively honors and celebrates our dead. Open to all people, cultures, traditions, and art forms, this free, all-ages annual event forms a remarkable human flow of over 150,000 participants through Westside Tucson The Procession culminates in a massive Finale celebration with performances by professional and community groups including NOTE: At the finale ceremony, NET will have reserved tables and seating in the VIP section near the front for re:ROUTES attendees to gather. Buffet reception included. |
10:00pm - late |
ASW Community Event (Recommended Add-On) After Party LOCATION: MSA Annex and Mercado San Agustin Music and libations after the main event. |
MONDAY NOVEMBER 5 :: TUCSON / DEPARTURES
6:00am-9:00am |
Complimentary breakfast available for registered hotel guests (Ramada Tucson, 777 W Cushing Street, Tucson, AZ 85745) |
10:00am-2:00pm |
ASW Community Event (Recommended Add-On) Community Clean Up LOCATION: All Souls Procession route & finale site If your travel plans allow, join fellow re:ROUTES attendees and Tucson community members in the post-Procession volunteer **See the All Souls Weekend website for additional information** |
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