Teaching Artist Alliance

Captured: the incredible variety of offerings by TAA members this season!!

1st 📷: Alabama Thespian Festival (Devon Glover, Brian Curl, Ashley Ware, Sharon Chadwick, Erin Carr, Aretta Baumgartner, Leo Yu-Ning Chang, Mitch Stark)

2nd 📷: Arkansas Thespian Festival (Elaine Bromka, Venus-Tyane Kuya)

3rd 📷: South Carolina Thespian Festival (Aretta Baumgartner, Ashley Ware, Leo Yu-Ning Chang, Mike Catron)

What do you love about your work? We ❤️ collaborating with theatre educators - like Debbie Prost!! Debbie has brought in several TAA members as teaching artists and collaborators on productions.

Debbie: "As a theatre person, I continue to have a desire to collaborate, be creative, and to learn, and guest artists bring so much energy and expertise to the room. Working with guest artists brings out different and new things in the students."

Please reach out if you want to know more about how you can collaborate with us!!

Through all kinds of weather, TAA members are still traveling all over to share their work!

1st 📷: Georgia Thespian Festival (Devon Glover, Venus-Tyane Kuya, Aretta Baumgartner, Ruben Van Kempen, Jonathan Dorf, Sharon Chadwick, Ashley Ware, Debbie Prost, Adam Michael Rose)

2nd 📷: Florida Junior Thespian Festival (Brian Curl, E.Carr, Leo Yu-Ning Chang)

3rd 📷: Massachusetts Thespian Festival (Malia’Kekia Nicolini)

4th 📷: Utah Theatre Association (Brooklin Green, Malia’Kekia Nicolini, Leo Yu-Ning Chang, Ed Reggi, Devon Glover)

5th 📷: Louisiana Thespian Festival (Aretta Baumgartner, Sharon Chadwick)

6th 📷: American College Theatre Festival, Region 1 (Leo Yu-Ning Chang, Malia’Kekia Nicolini)

TAA continues to fill January with connection & creativity!!

1st 📷: Brian Curl & Malia’Kekia Nicolini at New Jersey Thespian Festival

2nd 📷: Aretta Baumgartner & Ed Reggi at Mississippi Theatre Association

3rd 📷: Devon Glover (The Sonnet Man) at the Shakespeare Theatre Association Conference

This weekend, TAA members were out and about bringing their expertise to students & teachers! The power to create, connect, and collaborate has never been more important. ✨️

1st 📷 Kansas Thespians : Aretta Baumgartner, Elaine Bromka, Mike Catron, Jonathan Dorf, Brooklin Green, Ed Reggi, Ashley Ware

2nd 📷 Virginia Thespians: Sharon Chadwick, Malia’Kekia Nicolini

3rd 📷 Missouri Thespians: Brian Curl

The 2025 International Thespian Festival is in the books!! Thank you, , for bringing in so many TAA artists to introduce our specialties to these amazing students & educators! What a fantastic week celebrating how 🎭

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☆ & Educators --> don't forget to sign up to win a free workshop! ☆ (See link in bio)

📷 1: Aretta Baumgartner
📷 2: E. Carr
📷 3: Mike Catron
📷 4: Sharon Chadwick
📷 5: Brian Curl
📷 6: Leo Yu-Ning Chang
📷 7: Jonathan Dorf
📷 8: Devon Glover
📷 9: Brooklin Green
📷 10: Gordon Hensley
📷 11: Venus-Tyané Kuya
📷 12: Malia’Kekia Nicolini
📷 13: Adam Michael Rose
📷 14: Mitch Stark
📷 15: Ashley Ware
📷 16: Special combo workshop by Leo Yu-Ning Chang & Mike Catron

Hey Thespians!! TAA is here this week at 🎉🎉🎉

See the link in our bio for the schedule of the 15 members in attendance teaching 80 workshops!! We can't wait to connect with the thousands of students & educators attending this year's festival!

And remember: theatre matters EVERY DAY!!!

Thank you to all the students, educators, organizers, and advocates who made ITF2024 such an incredible experience! We have loved sharing our perspectives in workshops & learning even more from all the attendees (& one another!).

Let's keep building that community - be sure to connect with us for more ways different TAA members can support you & your work this coming year - virtually & in-person!!

And is off to a great start! It was a blast bringing our "Musical Mayhem" to the 1st night of International Thespian Festival & we (plus MANY TAA artists not pictured!) can't wait to work with all the great Thespians & educators this week!!

Some of the presenters to check out...
☆ Aretta Baumgartner
☆ E.Carr
☆ Mile Catron
☆ Leo Chang
☆ Brian Curl
☆ Jonathan Dorf
☆ Devon Glover
☆ Brooklin Green
☆ Gordon Hensley
☆ Venus-Tyané Kuya
☆ Adam Michael Rose