Shakespeare Theatre Association of America

STAA Associate Members can now log on to the members only site and download an application to attend the 2010 STAA conference in London, England being hosted by Shakespeare's Globe. Log in and click the Member Files link under the Member Services heading on the right side of the page. Open the folder 2010 STAA Associate Member Conference Application and you will be able to download the pdf file.

The 2010 STAA dues invoice is now available. Please log in and look for the Members Services heading on the right. Click Members Files and open the dues folder. From there you will be able to print out the invoice and send it to STAA treasurer, Lesley Malin.

If you are planning to attend the 2010 STAA conference in London, we respectfully request that your dues are current prior to attending the conference.

Thank you!

2010 STAA Conference will take place at Shakespeare's Globe in London. The conference dates are Thursday January 7 to Sunday January 10. Registration for the conference and to book rooms in one of the group reservation hotels, will begin on September 1.

Further details will be posted on the STAA website in the coming months, including details of the registration process and conference sessions. If you have any immediate queries regarding the conference logistics please contact Claire Bridge at Shakespeare's Globe at claire.b@shakespearesglobe.com

REVOLUTIONARY SHAKESPEARE CAPTURED ATTENTION OF
STAA MEMBERS IN MASSACHUSETTS WINTER WONDERLAND

Revolutionary Shakespeare was the theme of the 2009 Shakespeare Theatre Association of America (STAA) Conference, held on Jan. 29-Jan. 31, 2009. The conference was hosted by Shakespeare & Company on their 30-acre campus, in Lenox, Massachusetts with much of the activity presented in the recently opened state-of-the-art Production and Performing Arts Center and new Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. A special performance of Romeo and Juliet was created for young audiences by Shakespeare & Company’s Education Department and was presented at the conference.

The formal STAA conference began on Jan. 29 and closed with the annual member banquet on Jan. 31. Each of the three conference days had its own point of departure: Revolutions Past; Revolutions Present; and Revolutions Forever. General Sessions covered topics such as Revolutionary Moments, Power to the People, and Revolutionary Spaces. Break out sessions included topics raised during general sessions, and included Staging Revolutions; Spreading Revolutions; Tearing Down the Walls; and Writing Revolutions.