Dear Colleagues,
The Performing Arts Section invites you to attend our next meet and greet on April 21, 2025 at 4:00pm EDT / 1:00pm PDT. Our special guest at this meeting will be Robert W. Schneider, founder of the American Theatre Archive, an initiative recently launched to promote access to primary research materials documenting the art form.
Robert W. Schneider is an award-winning Director, Producer, Author, Educator, and Podcast Host residing in New York City, where is the Artistic Director of the J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, an initiative dedicated to reviving important works of American musical theatre. As a stage director, Schneider has directed over 200 plays, musicals, reading, and workshops in New York and regional theatres. He also has directed and produced over one hundred concerts for 54 Below and hosts a musical theatre podcast, "Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends." Schneider received his MFA in Direction for the Musical Theatre Stage from Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. in Political Science from California Lutheran University.
Schneider is the founder of the American Musical Theatre Archive, a 501c3 that will support the creation of an online repository for scholars, academics, and theatre lovers who wish to study the artistic creations of notable figures in musical theatre who are unable to travel to conduct research, or are unable to easily access research materials.
Please register in advance for this meeting at: https://forms.gle/RfKowWxP9RLasJSr5. A link to the meeting will be distributed 48 hours before the event. Please feel free to distribute the attached flyer to anyone who may be interested in attending.
We hope to see you there!
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Helice Koffler
SAA PAS Co-chair
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