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The
GTC News Page
presents a small archive of significant past events and occasionally features current events .
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GTC
ARCHIVES!
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ARCHIVE PRESENTERS
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Janice Daugharty
Growing Up Poor in
Rural South Georgia
Janice Daugharty, Writer-in-Residence at VSU, has been widely honored for her novels and
stories about our rural culture.
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Jeff Green and
Ray Mannila
"Concord" Southern Style
The confluence of Andersonville, Koinonia and Plains in Georgia generated influences in the 19th and 20th centuries that continue to ripple through the culture, culminating in performance texts drawing on personal narrative.
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Christia Williams, VSU Coordinator of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
"I Don't Get It!" Theatre for People with Disabilities
Christia Williams utilized videos of performances by the National Theatre of the Deaf to discuss the barrier for diasabled people when approaching a theatre performance. Some basic signing techniques were demonstrated and taught.
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Valdosta Asian
Cultural Association
Asian Wedding Traditions
VACA performers, under the direction of Serena Huang, demonstrated and discussed traditional Asian Wedding ceremonies.
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Ann E. Lukens, Moody AFB Airman & Family Readiness Center
The Military Life
How does a military family fit into its community, and how are South Georgia communities affected by the presence of a military base? Families talk about their traditions and needs in a time of war.
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Jack Hadley
Black Family Life on the Plantation
Over several decades, Jack Hadley of Thomasville has collected memorabilia and reminiscences celebrating the life of black families on the southern hunting plantations in the early 20th century. He shared their stories in this presentation.
BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM
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GTC Archive Opened - May 2007
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For more than 40 years, the documents, publications and pictures of the Georgia Theatre
Conference were stored in drawers and boxes in the various offices, kitchens and garages of
past and present GTC officers. In 2006 Victoria Pennington, GTC's Executive Director, obtained
a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council to collect and consolidate these far-flung
resources into a "temporary" archive at Valdosta State University, pending the
achievement of GTC's long-range goal of installing the archive in a future Georgia Museum of Theatre Arts.
VSU Archivist Deborah S. Davis and her
excellent assistants have created a comprehensive web-based resource for accessing the
history of theatre in Georgia...
WEBSITE
The Grand Opening of the Georgia Theatre Conference Collection at the Valdosta State University
Archives and Special Collections at VSU's Odum Library was celebrated in two days of events
which included panels and presentations by representatives of Georgia's Arts communities. These were significant learning events for all who attended, especially for those who attended Jack Hadley's presentation of the
BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM
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The Ribbon Cutting:
Deborah S. Davis, VSU Archivist
Carl Cates, Head, VSU Department of
Communication Arts
Don Kordecki, GTC's First President
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Past Presidents and
Executive Director:
Don Kordecki
Dean Slusser
Vicki Pennington
Duke Guthrie
Jacque Wheeler
Randy Wheeler
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| History |
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The Georgia Theatre Conference was born as an idea in 1964 with a meeting of theatre professionals who wished to offer statewide support in all aspects of theatre. The conference contains five divisions and hosts an annual convention in various locations, beginning in mid-to-late October. Featured at the convention are workshops and one act play festivals in the Community Theatre, Secondary School Theatre, and Theatre for Youth Divisions.
The Georgia Theatre Conference exists to support theatre statewide. If you know of any new or existing theatre companies, college, university or secondary school theatre programs who are not members of GTC, please let them know we are just a phone call or a click away!
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| Divisions |
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The College/University Division is home to the Southeastern Theatre Conference Screening Auditions for the state of Georgia. These auditions are for college students and non-professional actors in Georgia. The auditions are the first step for actors to obtain summer employment.
The Community Division hosts the annual play festival for Georgia Community Theatres. On alternate years, the festival winner goes on to the AACTFEST competition.
The Secondary School Theatre Division, in addition to hosting the annual Festival of One Act Plays, now hosts College/University Scholarship and Admission auditions to help connect the best high school theatre students in the state with some of the best college theatre programs in the country. Georgia Colleges and Universities are always looking for eager, enthusiastic and energetic students to whom they can give scholarship and/or work study support.
The Professional Division is host to the annual one act playwrighting competition for Georgia Writers. The winning play is showcased in a staged reading on the Friday afternoon of the annual convention. The Professional Division also sponsors the annual poster competition.
The Theatre for Youth Division hosts an invitational festival for children's theatres across the state. A professional who specializes in Children's Theatre provides a response to the plays.
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| Affiliations |
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Our strong affiliations include the American Association of Community Theatres (AACT), the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), Georgia Citizens for the Arts, and the Georgia Association for Theatre Education (GATE).
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