Category: News

  • ATAP New York’s Preserving Performance Workshop Now Online

    ATAP New York’s Claudia Wilsch Case, Tanya Elder, and Noreen Whysel organized an incredibly helpful workshop on Preserving Performance for the Preludes 2016 conference at CUNY. Joined by Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble (actor David Elyha and tech director Richard Keyser), The Living Theater (artistic director Brad Burgess) and HERE Arts…

  • ATAP Delivers 2016 Report to ASTR Members

    The following report was delivered by ATAP co-chair Eric Colleary to the membership of the American Society for Theatre Research at its annual meeting in Minneapolis on November 5, 2016: The American Theatre Archive Project is a collaboration of archivists, librarians, scholars, dramaturgs, and theatre enthusiasts dedicated to helping theatre artists…

  • ATAP Heading to Minneapolis for Annual Conference

    Members of the American Theatre Archive Project are heading to Minneapolis the first week of November for the 40th annual American Society for Theatre Research conference. As one of the major events in the ATAP calendar, executive committee members will have the opportunity to reconnect in person, meet with colleagues in…

  • LMDA Makes Donation to Support Theatre Archives

    The American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) extends its sincere thanks to President Ken Cerniglia and the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) for their generous donation of $500 toward our efforts to promote, preserve, and support the work of theatre archives. Founded in 1985, LMDA is the volunteer membership…

  • Applications for 2016 ATAP Initiation Program Grant Closed

    The Executive Committee of the American Theatre Archive Project would like to thank all of the theatre companies nationwide who applied for the 2016 Initiation Program Grant. Applications will be reviewed over the next month, and the recipient of the 2016 grant will be announced at the annual conference of…

  • ATAP Accepting Applications for 2016-2017 Initiation Program

    Grant Deadline: September 16, 2016 The American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) – a network of archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars dedicated to preserving the legacy of the American theatre – invites applications from theatre companies for its 2016-2017 Initiation Program. The ATAP Initiation Program places an archivist-documentarian team with a theatre company…

  • ATAP Training Session in Portland a Success

    Portland: On Thursday, November 5, the American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) Northwest Regional Team co-leader Natalia Fernández, along with Steering Committee Co-Chairs Colleen Reilly and Christa Williford, led a training workshop as part of the pre-conference program for Debating the Stakes in Theatre Performance and Scholarship, the annual conference of…

  • ATAP Second Annual Appeal

    Dear Colleagues, Established in 2009, the American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) is an ASTR initiative that supports theatre makers in archiving records of their work for the benefit of artists, scholars, patrons, and the public. To date, ATAP-assisted companies include ArtsWest, Atlantic Theater Company, the Baltimore Theatre Project, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Cherry…

  • ATAP Newsletter, September 2015

    *ATAP NEWSLETTER* www.americantheatrearchiveproject.org *September 2015* This newsletter includes highlights of training events, recent developments, and team activity for the American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP). Next Team Training Session *Portland, OR* Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Pkwy Portland, OR 97201 November 5, 2015 9am-1pm Details here: http://americantheatrearchiveproject.org/news/atap-coming-portland-november-5   ATAP…

  • ATAP Initiation Program Grant for a Portland (OR) Area Theatre Company

    The American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) is pleased to announce its second annual ATAP Initiation Program Grant, a grant-in-kind to be awarded to a Portland-area theatre company during the organization’s annual conference at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront November 5-8, 2015. The American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) is an ASTR initiative that…