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At the 2019 Association for Theatre in Higher Education鈥檚 (ATHE) annual conference in Orlando, Dr. John Sebestyen, associate professor of communication arts and director of theatre, took part in two sessions: 鈥淕etting Physical: Encouraging Physicality in Young Actors鈥� and 鈥淣ever Forget: Teaching the Holocaust Through Theatre.鈥�

For the panel on physicality, Sebestyen spoke about 鈥淚ncreasing Awareness of Our Own Physicalities: Coaching Newer Actors to More Fully Inhabit Their Own Bodies Onstage.鈥�

The issue is a particularly interesting one at a smaller college like 91精选, where many participants in the theatre program are not necessarily also studying theatre in the traditional classroom.聽 鈥淔ocusing on acting strategies for how actors can more fully embody characters onstage is an important component in connecting with the humanity of these characters,鈥� Sebestyen said.

For the panel on Holocaust theatre, Sebestyen spoke on 鈥淎lertness to Oppression: Directing and Teaching Holocaust Plays in an Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Context.鈥� His fellow panel members included Dr. Alvin Goldfarb, a nationally known theatre educator and administrator. Among other topics, Sebestyen talked about directing 鈥淎ndorra鈥� at 91精选 in November 2015. The play, by Max Frisch, explores anti-Semitism in a European village 15 years after World War II.

The theme of the 2019 ATHE Conference was 鈥淪cene Changes: Performing, Teaching, and Working Through Transitions.鈥� ATHE is a comprehensive non-profit professional membership organization. Founded in 1986, ATHE serves the interests of its diverse individual and organizational members, including college and university theatre departments and administrators, educators, graduate students, and theatre practitioners.