Amplify & Ignite: Creative Practice in and With Communities: Grid

Welcome to Amplify & Ignite 2025

Thank you to our generous Donors -
Emerson College:

Academic Affairs
School of the Arts
Social Justice Collaborative
Department of Performing Arts
Graduate Studies
Elma Lewis Center
Theatre Education Graduate Association

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Sustainability Invitation
Emerson Sustainability is currently preparing for the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste competition that runs from February through the end of March. It’s a friendly competition between universities in North America to reduce waste on campuses and raise awareness about waste-related behaviors. In celebration of Campus Race to Zero Waste, we are participating in the Green Event Certification program and we hope you will join us in this challenge. In advance of your travel to Boston, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle and/or hot thermos and utensils to reduce the need for single use products.

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Welcome to Boston, Meet & Greet 5:00pm - 7:00pm

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Voices for Empathetic Change: Two Boston Community Organizations' Approaches to... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Baby Girl, How Does your Garden Grow 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Re/Sourcing Memory: An Embodiment Practice 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Registration and Coffee 8:30am - 9:00am

Opening Session 9:00am - 11:30am

Reception 5:30pm - 6:15pm

Welcome to Boston: Keynote Panel Discussion about Creative Practices In and With Communities 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Registration 2:00pm - 3:00pm

"Way Up": Loving Black Children For All They Give Us 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Inclusion, Community, and Embodied Storytelling in a Changing World 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Data Theatre Workshop 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Gender Expansive Curriculum in Queer Times 1:00pm - 2:15pm

The Roles and Practices of Theatre Researchers 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Artificial Intelligence and Embodied Play: Using drama processes and tools to ex... 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Activating Artistic Processes to Create Liberatory Environments 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Cultivating Culturally Responsive Theatre Teachers in Restrictive Climates 2:30pm - 3:45pm

The Inauguration Project 4:00pm - 5:15pm

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Laying Labyrinths: A Living Performance 9:15am - 10:30am

Wayback Project x The Body Book: Presentations Exploring the past, family dynamics and body imag... 10:45am - 12:15pm

Central Square Theatre 4:00pm - 7:00pm

From Archive to Estuary: Intergenerational Appllied Theatre to Re-Imagining "Gro... 9:15am - 10:30am

Urban Bush Women 40th Anniversary: This is Risk 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Registration and Coffee 8:30am - 9:15am

Theatre, Sense & Story: Returning to what Grounds Us 9:15am - 10:30am

Establishing Communities of Practice among Drama Educators: Revisiting Learning to Teach Drama -... 10:45am - 12:15pm

Voices of Migration: Using Applied Theatre to Deepen Learning and Center Student... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Devising Theater for the Very Young 9:15am - 10:30am

Creating a Culture of Care in the Rehearsal Room – performance and talkback with... 10:45am - 12:00pm

Collective Learning and Play with the Imagining America Public Scholar Tools (Lunch Provided) 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Community Engagement from Theory to Impact 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Improv in Action: A Two-Way Look at Forum Theatre for Young People 9:15am - 10:30am

Knowing With: Storytelling as a Rehearsal for Revolution 10:45am - 12:00pm

The 7 C's of Leading with Humanity, Yours and Others 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Communities of Practice 1:30pm - 2:30pm

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Closure and Commitments 1:00pm - 2:00pm

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Uplifting Voices in Theatre Education: Confronting Oppression and Reimagining In... 10:15am - 11:30am

Transforming Together: Theater, SEL, and the Power of Student Voice 10:15am - 11:30am

Our Stories: Utilizing Story Theatre Practice as Mental Health Modality in Schoo... 10:15am - 11:30am

Communities of Practice 11:45am - 12:45pm