2024 TCG National Conference: Chicago - Agenda-at-a-Glance

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THURSDAY JUNE 20 | EDUCATION, COLLABORATION + COMMUNITY IMPACT
Agenda is subject to change.
Time (CT) EVENT Confirmed Locations
9am-3pm Registration Open Hyatt Regency
9am-12pm Welcome to Chicago
Sponsor + Artist Fair with Breakfast
All conference registrants welcome!
Hyatt Regency
11am Hub Spaces Open:
Higher Ed
Education Staff
Columbia College
11am-12:15pm Virtual Breakout Sessions
11am-12:30pm Hybrid + In-Person Breakout Sessions The Goodman Theatre
TCG Trip Pick up and drop off at the Hyatt
11am-1pm Artistic + Managing Director Affinity Lunches Chicago Cultural Center
11:15am-2:15pm TCG Trips with Lunch Pick up at the Hyatt and drop off at Navy Pier
12:30-2pm Virtual Breakout Sessions + Trips
Affinity + Icebreaker Lunches Hyatt Regency
12:45-2:15pm In-person + Hybrid Lunch Sessions Silk Road Cultural Center, Columbia College, The Goodman Theatre
2:45-4:15pm OPENING PLENARY SESSION Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
4:45-6:30pm Intergenerational Leaders of Color
Anti-Racism Learning and Action for White Folks
7-8pm  Virtual Opening Celebration  
7-10pm  OPENING NIGHT PARTY  

 

FRIDAY JUNE 21 | ARTISTRY, SUSTAINABILITY + GOVERNANCE
   Agenda is subject to change.  
 TIME (CT) EVENT Confirmed Locations
8:30-10:30am Social Breakfast + Morning Coffee
Available by pre-registration
Living Room Bar and Lounge, Hyatt Regency
9-10:30am
Artistic + Managing Leaders of Color Breakfasts
Hyatt Regency
Trustee Breakfast
9am-5pm Registration + TCG Help Desk Open Hyatt Regency
9:30am Hub Spaces Open
Inheritors (theatre people age 30 and under)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
9:30am-12:30pm
Hybrid + In-person Longform Sessions Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Den Theatre
TCG Morning Trips Pick up and drop off at the Hyatt
9:30am-11:30am Hybrid + In-person Breakout Sessions Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Den Theatre
10:30am-1:30pm TCG Trips with Lunch Pick up at the Hyatt, drop off at Fine Arts Building
11:15am-12:30pm Virtual Breakout Sessions
11:45am-1:15pm Hybrid + In-person Breakout Sessions
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Den Theatre, The Fine Arts Building
11:45-1:45pm Hybrid Longform Sessions
12-1:15pm Virtual, Hybrid + In-person Lunch Breakout Sessions
12-2:15pm TCG Trip with Lunch
12:45-2:15pm In-person + Virtual Breakout Sessions The Fine Arts Building
2:30-4pm FRIDAY PLENARY SESSION Studebaker Theatre, Fine Arts Building
4-7pm THRIVE! Gathering Space for BITOCs
4:30-10:30pm TCG Evening Trip Writers Theatre
4:30-6pm Virtual, Hybrid + In-person Breakout Sessions
6pm Evening Activities on your own
Dine-arounds, Happy Hours, and a variety of Local Shows

 

SATURDAY JUNE 22 | SOUTH SIDE SATURDAY!: ACTIVISM, JOURNALISM + FUTURISM
Agenda is subject to change.
Time (CT) EVENT Confirmed Locations
9am-10:30am Social Breakfast + Morning Coffee
Available by pre-registration
Living Room Bar and Lounge, Hyatt Regency
9am-12pm Registration + TCG Help Desk Open Hyatt Regency
10am South Side Hub Spaces Open
Artist-Activists
10am-12:30pm
TCG Morning Trips Pick up at Hyatt, dropoff on South Side
In-person Longform Sessions
Green Line Performing Arts Center, The Court Theatre + Production Spaces
10:30am-12pm In-person Breakout Sessions
11am-12:15pm Virtual, Hybrid + In-person Breakout Sessions
1:30-2:45pm Virtual, Hybrid + In-person Breakout Sessions
3:15-4:45pm CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
SO MANY TRUTHS: Lorraine’s Legacy and the Future of Black Artistry and Activism in the American Theatre
4:45-6pm Goodbye Chicago! Happy Hour