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9:30pm CST
Faculty and Guest Artist Hospitality Suite
Sunday January 19, 2025 9:30pm - 11:55pm CST
9:00am CST
Region 5 Faculty Reception
Monday January 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CST
Festival Leadership 
Region 5 Co-Vice Chair, Culver-Stockton College
Haidee Heaton is a Professor of Theatre at Culver-Stockton College where she serves as Associate Division Chair of Fine, Applied, and Literary Arts and Director of the Honors Scholars Program. Haidee teaches performance, directing, critical theory, and voice. Recent directing credits...
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Region 5 Co-Vice Chair, Hutchinson Community College
Deidre is the current Co-Vice-Chair of Region 5, having previously served as the Region 5 National Playwriting Programs Vice-Chair, Coordinator of the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy, and Co-Coordinator of Dramaturgy. Deidre is also a recipient of the Region 5 Road Warrior...
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Region 5 Co-Chair, University of North Dakota
Emily Cherry Oliver is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of North Dakota, as well as the Co-Director of the UND AI and Human Innovation Initiative. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre and an MFA in Directing, seamlessly integrating both disciplines...
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Region 5 Co-Chair, Rochester Civic Theatre
Lindsey Duoos Williams is the Artistic Director at Rochester Civic Theatre in Rochester, Minnesota. For thirteen years, she served as the Theatre Director at Riverland Community College in Austin, Minnesota, where she created the state’s only AFA in Musical Theatre degree program...
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11:00am CST
Faculty Track: Promotion & Tenure
Monday January 20, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CST
Festival Leadership
Region 5 Co-Chair, University of North Dakota
Emily Cherry Oliver is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of North Dakota, as well as the Co-Director of the UND AI and Human Innovation Initiative. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre and an MFA in Directing, seamlessly integrating both disciplines...
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KCACTF National Committee Member at Large, South Dakota State University
Jim Wood currently serves on the KCACTF National Executive Committee as Member-at-Large. He also serves Region 5 as the Registrar and is a former Regional Chair. Jim is a Professor and the Artistic Director of Theatre & Dance at South Dakota State University. An actor, director, designer...
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12:30pm CST
How to be a Respondent for Region 5
Monday January 20, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CST
Festival Leadership 
RED Vice Chair, Cottey College
Laura Chaney serves as the Vice Chair of RED and is a theatre generalist at Cottey College. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. At Cottey, Laura works as a director, designer, and technical director, and she is currently the...
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Region 5 Co-Vice Chair, Culver-Stockton College
Haidee Heaton is a Professor of Theatre at Culver-Stockton College where she serves as Associate Division Chair of Fine, Applied, and Literary Arts and Director of the Honors Scholars Program. Haidee teaches performance, directing, critical theory, and voice. Recent directing credits...
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Region 5 Co-Vice Chair, Hutchinson Community College
Deidre is the current Co-Vice-Chair of Region 5, having previously served as the Region 5 National Playwriting Programs Vice-Chair, Coordinator of the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy, and Co-Coordinator of Dramaturgy. Deidre is also a recipient of the Region 5 Road Warrior...
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11:00am CST
Don't Make Me Turn this Bus Around: Touring with Students Nationally and Internationally
Tuesday January 21, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CST
Presenters 
Western Nebraska CC
Dr. Patrick Newell is a vocal instructor, music director, stage director, choral conductor, and performer. A teacher of Opera, Musical Theatre, and Art Song, his students perform with Disney, Off-Broadway, National Tours, military bands, cruise lines, regional theatres, and amusement...
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11:00am CST
Thinktank: Theatre Equipment Uprgades
Thursday January 23, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CST
Presenters 
Southwest Minnesota State U
Tetta M. Askeland is a scenic designer and educator currently based in Minnesota. She received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern College and received her MFA in Scenic Design and Technology from Kent State University. In addition to freelance work, Askeland teaches theatrical...
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Professor of Theatre, Theatre Program Coordinator, Producer, Southwest Minnesota State U
Nadine Purvis Schmidt is Professor of Theatre, Producer, and Program Coordinator at Southwest Minnesota State University. Acting credits include The Tempest (Prospero), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), Macbeth (First Witch, Malcolm) and Hamlet (Gertrude), with Bare Bodkins...
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Southwest Minnesota State U
Sheila Tabaka is a theatrical director and costume designer, teaching at Southwest Minnesota State University. She attended the kilt making apprenticeship at the Kiltmakery in Edinburgh, Scotland and is now the owner of Caledonia Kilts. Tabaka is a past chair of KCACTF Region 5 Design...
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9:30am CST
11:00am CST
Building Spaces of Acceptable Risk: Mental Health Coordination in Theatre
Friday January 24, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CST
Presenters 
Intimacy Director
Carrie Pozdol is an actor, director, intimacy choreographer, and mental health coordinator based in eastern Iowa. Carrie has her BA in theatre from Simpson College and has extensive training in intimacy choreography and coordination with Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE) and Intimacy...
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