SETC 64th Annual Convention March 6-10, 2013, Louisville, KY
Over 4,000 actors, professional company representatives, design and technical professionals, theatre educators, students from universities and high schools, commercial exhibitors, university representatives, community theatre producers and participants – those who practice theatre as a vocation and those who hold it as their avocation – will gather for The Nation’s Largest Theatre Convention at the Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY.
Since 1949, SETC has been hosting an annual convention held each year during the first week of March. This is a theatre convention that HAS IT ALL! Participants can choose from a multitude of events and activities to find their niche or interest.
APPLYING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS TO CREATE & PRODUCE ART
Internationally acclaimed teacher and artist Eric Booth will give the first ever Wednesday keynote address to kick off SETC’s 64th Annual Convention with the first opening night keynote address. He’ll look at the current state of the arts and how artists are transforming themselves; applying 21st century skills to find new and unique ways of creating and producing art; and, extending those skills beyond.
“For me, a visit to the SETC Convention is like coming home (not just because my first Equity job was at the Actors Theatre of Louisville!). SETC gathers the best and the brightest who share my interests and passions, the conference is a greenhouse of new ideas--I can't wait to share my learning with such dynamic and generative colleagues,” Eric said.
Eric, a leading arts advocate who is recognized as one of our nation’s most creative teachers, is frequently referred to as the father of the teaching artist profession. He began his career as a classical actor, performing for over 20 years on Broadway, Off-Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.
