Alliance for Jewish TheatreAJT 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
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:
- Los Angeles Stage Times: Days 1 and 2, and Day 3
- The Jewish Journal: Conference Preview
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
Association for Jewish Theatres logo (1998-2001)
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
Association for Jewish Theatres logo (1997)
1991
Washington, D.C.
1990
Toronto, Ontario
1989
New York, NY
1988
New York, NY
1987
New York, NY
Council of Jewish Theatres logo (1986)
