Past conferences

AJT Conference History

2021

Our Role in a Changing World
October 24-26
Virtual
Keynote Speakers: Daniel Banks, Adam W. McKinney, Aaron Posner, Leigh Silverman

2020

October 25-27
Virtual
Keynote Speakers: Joshua Harmon, Mara Isaacs, Rebecca Taichman

2019

November 3-5
Chicago

2018

Connecting • Learning • Doing
October 21-23
Philadelphia, PA

Keynote Speaker: Tovah Feldshuh

2017

COL-LAB-ORATION
October 22-25
Boston, MA

Keynote Speaker: Andy White

Playwright/Performer Showcase

2016

Redefining Jewish Theatre in an Age of Multi-Culturalism
April 3-6
St. Louis, MO

Keynote Speaker: Kimberly Senior

2014

Adaptation and Transformation of Jewish Theatre
December 7-10
Washington, DC

Keynote Speaker: Aaron Posner
Special Event honoring Zelda Fichandler

2013

Imagining Jewish Theatre in the 21st Century
June 2-5
Minneapolis, MN

Keynote Speaker: Emily Mann
Special Event honoring Theodore Bikel

2012

Jewish Theatre Reflecting and Shaping a Shifting World
February 5-8
Los Angeles, CA

Keynote Speaker: Richard Montoya
Special guests: Carl Reiner, Ed Asner

2012 Conference media coverage:

2010

Jewish Theatre You Can Identify With
November 11-14
Chicago, IL

Keynote Panelist: Mike Nussbaum

2009

Jewish Theatre if Ideas and Beyond
June 6-10
New York, NY

Keynote Speaker: Israel Horovitz
Special guests: Donald Margulies, Murray Schisgal, Itamar Moses

2008

Transformations and Renewal: Creating Jewish Theatre Today
May 17-21
Detroit, MI

2007

March 20-23
Vienna, Austria

Keynote Speaker: Theodore Bikel

2006

February 18-22
Phoenix, AZ

2005

June 18-21
New York, NY

Keynote Speakers: Isaiah Sheffer (NYC Symphony Space), Ben Cameron (Executive Director, Theatre Communication Group)

2004

Accord, NY

2003

Spreading Our Wings
March 8-11
Washington, D.C.

Keynote Speaker: Ari Roth (Theater J)

2002

Culture as Continuity
February 23-26
St. Louis, MO

Keynote Speaker: Howard Schwartz (folklorist and collector of Jewish folktales)

2001

Culture as Continuity — Building A Jewish Theatre
February 3-6
Sarasota, FL

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2000

Artistic Direction — Culture as Continuity
May 20-23
Montreal, Quebec

Keynote Speaker: Jason Sherman (playwright)

1999

Themes for the New Millennium
January 30 – February 2
Atlanta, GA

Keynote Speaker: Jennings M. Hertz, Jr. (businessman, patron of the arts)

1998

January 3-6
Phoenix, AZ

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1991

Washington, D.C.

1990

Toronto, Ontario

1989

New York, NY

1988

New York, NY

1987

New York, NY

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