netc mailer 08 - New England Theatre Conference
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netc mailer 08 - New England Theatre Conference
Welcome to the 2008 NETC Convention Welcome to the future, fellow theatre enthusiasts! It is with great excitement that we announce our plans for this year’s NETC Convention which promises to be the event of the season. The theme of the 57th Annual New England Theatre Conference Annual Convention reminds us of the need to perpetuate our craft by sharing our ideas and knowledge, and is appropriately titled, this being an Olympic year…Generations: Passing The Torch. We want to inspire people to go the distance! This year’s setting for the Convention is the elegant WarwickProvidence Crown Plaza Hotel, just minutes from Providence. This is a perfect location for the event and we are sure you will agree once you step foot into the lobby of this wonderful venue. Joining us this year are some of the theatre world’s finest to educate and talk about many diverse subjects. So, what can you expect this year? Well, the 57th Annual Convention will… • Honor those individuals for their outstanding contribution and commitment to national and regional theatre. Some of this years’ honorees include our Major Award recipient, Tony Award Nominee Andrea McArdle (ANNIE) and our Special Award recipients: Tony Award Winner Cady Huffman (THE PRODUCERS), Tony Award Nominee Michael Berresse (KISS ME KATE, A CHORUS LINE) and Tony Award Nominee Tim Jerome (ME AND MY GIRL, TARZAN) just to mention a few, with more to be announced. Each of the award recipients will be actively participating in a workshop, master class or interview format. • Feature a special special opportunity to purchase tickets to see the Friday, November 21, 2008 opening night performance of A CHRISTMAS CAROL presented by the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence. Tickets must be purchased with registration and are subject to availability. We have a limited number of tickets, so register soon!! • Provide convention attendees with diverse and exciting programming for all divisions which covers a wide array of theatrical topics from acting workshops to directing to auditioning to vocal coaching to dancing, just to mention a few of the topics. We have workshops from theatre professionals from many backgrounds to share their knowledge and ideas with you. • Provide secondary students with an opportunity to participate in our Second Annual Theatre Odyssey: • Musical Theatre: Vocal • Musical Theatre: Dance • Acting • Costume and Make-up Design • Set and Lighting Design • General Theatre The following pages preview our three-day event, listing many of our workshops, seminars and special events, which NETC is very proud to sponsor. We will also feature a college fair on Friday and Saturday for secondary students who will have an opportunity to speak with college representatives about their performing arts programs. Vendors from around New England will be on hand to demonstrate the latest and greatest technology and media available. This is definitely going to be a weekend that you don’t want to miss, so please, join us in Warwick and we look forward to seeing you!! 2008 NETC Convention Committee: Tim Fitzgerald, 2008 NETC Board Member 2008 NETC Convention Chairperson; 2008 NETC Awards Chairperson Jim Quinn, 2008 NETC President 2008 NETC Convention Co-Planner Sabine Klein, 2008 NETC Board Member, College/University Theatre Division Director 2008 NETC Convention Co-Planner Jeffrey Watts, 2008 NETC Executive Vice President 2008 NETC Theatre Odyssey Co-Planner Debra Susi, 2008 NETC Board Member, Secondary School Theatre Division Director 2008 NETC Theatre Odyssey Co-Planner Joseph Juliano, NETC Business Manager 2008 NETC Convention Co-Planner Among the artists and educators to be honored at the convention are: ANDREA MCARDLE, Major Award Recipient In 1977, McArdle is most popularly known for orginating the title role in the Broadway musical Annie. For this role, she became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She received the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance. Her vast theatre credits include Les Misérables, [both on Broadway and in the national tour], the Jerry Herman musical, Jerry's Girls alongside Carol Channing and Leslie Uggams], Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Evita, The Fantasticks, Oliver!, Gypsy, Grease, Starlight Express, State Fair, Meet Me In St. Louis, They're Playing Our Song, as well as playing another celebrated Annie in Irving Berlin's classic, Annie Get Your Gun. McArdle has performed in the showrooms of many of the casino hotels in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and in cabarets such as the renowned Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre in New York, Odette's in New Hope, Pennsylvania and the King Cole Room at the St. Regis Hotel as well as Freddy's Supper Club in Manhattan. Her CD, Andrea McArdle on Broadway, was arranged and produced by her husband, composer Edd Kalehoff, who also collaborated with her on an album of Christmas songs that was released in conjunction with her Family Christmas Show at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The couple has one daughter, Alexis Kalehoff, who has performed in many shows, some alongside her mother, including her Broadway debut in Les Miserables. Her appearances on television include a critically acclaimed portrayal of Judy Garland in the NBC TV movie Rainbow, appearances on Great Performances on PBS including Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center; My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies; Broadway's Lost Treasures; Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman, and talk shows including Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore, not only as a performer but as an ambassador for the March of Dimes. CADY HUFFMAN, Special Award Recipient Huffman first came to Broadway as a replacement cast member in the hit musical La Cage aux Folles (1985), and was quickly cast in Bob Fosse's Big Deal, to be followed by a Tony-Award nomination for her performance in The Will Rogers Follies (1991). She made her film debut in the 1992 film Hero which stars Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, and Andy Garcia. In 2001, she played the role of Ulla in the Broadway musical The Producers, by Mel Brooks. Huffman received the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the role. She later appeared as herself in several guest spots on the television show Curb Your Enthusiasm. She produced, starred in and acted as production designer for the independent film "Sunday On The Rocks" directed by Joe Morton. She was seen in the film Romance & Cigarettes starring James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Kate Winslet, and Mandy Moore. In 2005, Huffman took over for Kimberlin Brown as Dr. Paige Miller on One Life to Live. Huffman also starred in the off-Broadway play Surface to Air directed by James Naughton, a rare dramatic part for the actress who usually appears on stage in musicals. She is a regular food taster on Food Network's Iron Chef America. MICHAEL BERRESSE, Special Award Recipient Berresse is an actor from Holyoke, MA. who has appeared on Broadway in many shows including the revival of Kiss Me, Kate for which he received nominations for a Tony, Olivier, Outer Critics Circle and the Astaire Award. He has also appeared in Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel and Damn Yankees, and The Light in the Piazza as Giuseppe Naccarelli, for which he received an Outer Critics Circle nomination. Berresse was recently seen on Broadway as Zach in the revival of the musical A Chorus Line. He is also the director and choreographer of the highly acclaimed off-Broadway musical, [title of show] for which he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award and was a recipient of off-Broadway's Obie Award. The show recently moved to Broadway, again under the direction of Berresse. TIM JEROME, Special Award Recipient Jerome has had a long career performing on and off Broadway and on the big screen. He recently portrayed Professor Porter in Disney's Tarzan. Just prior to that he played one of the two theatre managers in Broadway's longest running musical, Phantom of the Opera. He appeared in the original Broadway casts of Grand Hotel, The Moony Shapiro Songbook, Arthur Miller's Creation of the World and Other Business, and The continued on next page 2008 NETC Honorees continued Rothschilds. He was also nominated for the Drama Desk and Tony Awards for his performance in Me and My Girl. He was featured in Baz Luhrmann's production of La Boheme in the roles of Alcindoro and Benoit. Also on Broadway, Tim performed leading roles in Beauty and the Beast, Cats, The Magic Show, Lost in Yonkers, and Man of La Mancha. He also participated in the pre-Broadway development of Ragtime, The Red Shoes, The Baker's Wife and Assassins. Jerome is Founding President of National Music Theater Network, Inc. In 1983, he designed its core programs. NMTN evaluates and promotes new musicals and is responsible for launching several successful programs featuring new works, notably The Songbook Series, The New York Musical Theatre Festival and BroadwayUSA!,a program of regional festivals of new musicals. EXTRA SPECIAL STEPS PROGRAM, STEPS OFF BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED Award Recipient Established in 1998, "ESS" is a unique program developed by trained professionals to introduce individuals with special needs to the performing arts. The design of the program focuses on students’ skills and abilities. The program is structured to enable each student to learn, given the specific level of attention, support, or accommodation they may require in order to be a successful performer. Since the beginning, ESS prides itself in specializing dance and theater instruction to the students’ needs. Because of the individual care and understanding provided to each student and family, their program has built a strong foundation and reputation as being one-of-a-kind. PAT WHITTON FOREST Regional Award Recipient Pat is the founder, editor and publisher of NewPlays, Inc. which has offered a repertoire of children’s plays, new plays books, & dramatics in learning texts for over 30 years. Pat has been a staple of many NETC conferences, a vendor of new plays, an author (along with Trish Lindberg of a text on playwriting – “Bringing the Word alive: Children’s Writings from Process to Performance.” Pat has served as a finalist reader for NETC’s Aurand Harris Award since its inception and has selected several of its winners for publication. (See www.newplaysforchildren.com for a list of books and plays available and a bit of the publishing companies philosophy and history). SANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE Regional Award Recipient The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI, has, since it’s relocation to Pawtucket, been consistently offering affordable, exemplary professional theatre to the surrounding Pawtucket/ Providence, RI community. The theatre has become a major contributor to the Providence theatre and arts community, not only due to its high artistic standards, but also due to its community outreach and excellent work in working with arts for youth. THE ACADEMY PLAYERS, EAST GREENWICH, RI Regional Award Recipient The Academy Players was organized in 1955 by a group of enthusiasts in East Greenwich and has a substantial record of growth and achievement. Membership is open to any adult interested in helping to participate in Academy Players productions, special events, workshops and meetings of general interest. The intent of The Academy Players is to provide the community with theatre on a high level to create civic pride in our organization, while offering a satisfying medium for those who participate. We are staffed by a dedicated team of members who volunteer to do everything from building sets to directing productions. Actors, directors and technical crew are recruited from throughout Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts. Local high school and college students who are eager to put their course studies to task are also encouraged to participate. MICHAEL GUY, TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY Regional Award Recipient Michael has used his talent to create graphic representations of every play at Trinity since 1980, close to 200 designs. It is through his eye that people have gotten their first glimpse of each play. He essentially has condensed teh essence of each play into an image by reading each play, visualizing its meaning, rendering the design. This wonderful artist has used his ability to entice theatregoers, young and old, from every culture abd background into the seats at Trinity. Preliminary Convention Schedule & Programs Subject to Change THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 Early Registration 4:00 – 6:00pm 6:30 – 9:00pm High School Festival of Dionysus (includes dinner) 8:00 – 10:00pm Cash Bar Ice Breaker (Adult Convention Registrants only) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 7:00am – 5:00pm Registration 8:00am – 6:00pm Exhibit Area open 8:00am – 6:00pm College Fair 8:00am SECONDARY DIVISION MEETING Session 1 9:00-10:15am • COMBINING FORCES: USING MUSIC AS AN ACTING TOOL Stephanie Dean – Roger Williams University • INTRO TO DANCE FOR ACTORS Liz Smith, Belmont High School, Drama Director and Choreographer • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS AND DIRECTORS Jerry Goralnick • GAY ADOPTION IN DRAMA AND FILM • IMPROVISATION SKILLS: EXPLORING LONG FORM IMPROV Christa Crewdson, founder of Improv Jones Session 2 10:30-11:45am • PERFORMANCE: LENYA, BY HOLGER ESCHKE Joyce Devlin, NETC College of Fellows and past president, Larry Baione, accompanist • TECHNIQUES TO KICK YOUR ACTING UP A NOTCH Jerry Prell, Dean Of Musical Theatre, Hartford Conservatory Diploma School • DEVELOPING NEW MUSICALS IN HARD TIMES Tim Jerome, Tony Award Nominee for Me and My Girl, National Music Theater Network, Founding President • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS Jerry Goralnick (cont’d) Noon – 1:00pm • Lunch Break with College Fair Representatives. • COMMUNITY THEATRE, CHILDRENS AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Session 3 1:00-2:15pm • HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR VOCAL AUDITIONS FOR MUSICAL THEATRE, Todd Gordon, Todd C Gordon Vocal Studio (Note: participants should bring one uptempo piece and one ballad) • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS AND DIRECTORS Jerry Goralnick (cont’d) • MEDIA AS A STAGE FOR CHILDREN Matt Greene Session 4 2:30-3:45pm • STAGING THE STORY-A DIRECTING WORKSHOP (double session) Suzanne Ramczyk, Bridgewater State College • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS AND DIRECTORS Jerry Goralnick (cont’d) • THE CREATIVITY OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ: EXPLORING THE GENESIS OF CHILDREN OF EDEN, GODSPELL, PIPPIN, AND WORKING TO ENRICH YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SCHWARTZ MUSICALS Carol DiGiere, Author • LIGHTING A TORCH - ENTREPRENEURING A THEATER PROGRAM Jim Quinn Session 5 4:00-5:15pm • STAGING THE STORY-A DIRECTING WORKSHOP (double session cont’d) Suzanne Ramczyk, Bridgewater State College • 13 BASIC STEPS (teachers only) Bridgette Doucette • THE PROMPT BOOK Maureen Doucette • SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: TIGER/ADULT COMPANY • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS AND DIRECTORS Jerry Goralnick (cont’d) • SECONDARY DIVISION MEETING 8:00pm Special Convention Event - A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Trinity Repertory (Ticketed Event) 8:00pm Staged Reading of Gassner Award Winning Play SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 8:00am – 5:00pm Registration 8:00am – 4:00pm Exhibit Area open Session 6 9:00-10:15am • PLAY IN A DAY (FULL DAY WORKSHOP) • STORYBOARDING SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES USEFUL FOR STAGE DIRECTORS Sheila Hickey Garvey, Ph.D., Southern Connecticut State University • CONSTRUCTING A WOW! OPENING NUMBER Donna O’Bryant Metzger, Choreographer • FREE SOUTHERN THEATRE – 1963-1965 P William Hutchinson. Director of Theatre Activities, Tougaloo College (1962-1965), Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Rhode Island College • ACTING 101 Chris Cross • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS AND DIRECTORS Jerry Goralnick (cont’d) Session 7 10:30-11:45am • SESSION WITH CADY HUFFMAN Cady Huffman, 2001 Tony Award Winner THE PRODUCERS, Special Award Recipient • STORYBOARDING SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES USEFUL FOR STAGE DIRECTORS Sheila Hickey Garvey, Ph.D., Southern Connecticut State University • PUPPET WORKSHOP (double session) • PLAY IN A DAY (full day workshop cont’d) • LIVING THEATRE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS AND DIRECTORS Jerry Goralnick (cont’d) • VOCAL AUDITION/PRACTICAL WORKSHOP (double session) (Note: Participants must bring 16 bars of music.) • DANCE AUDITION/PRACTICAL WORKSHOP (double session) Noon – 1:00pm College of Fellows Luncheon Noon Staged Reading of Harris Award Winning Play Session 8 1:00-2:15pm • BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS—OPEN CONVERSATION WITH BERNICE BRONSON Bernice Bronson, founder, Looking Glass Theatre (Fellow, NETC), Patricia Whitton, publisher, New Plays for Children (NETC exhibitor) • CONSTRUCTING A WOW! OPENING NUMBER Donna O’Bryant Metzger, Choreographer • ENGINEERING THE SCENE (DOUBLE SESSION) Tim Jerome, Tony Award Nominee for Me and My Girl (Note: Participants should bring a monologue.) • SCENIC DESIGN HISTORY OF THE REALIST MOVEMENT Luke J Sutherland, CCRI Theatre Department • PUPPET WORKSHOP (double session cont’d) Pre-registration Required • VOCAL AUDITION/PRACTICAL WORKSHOP (double session cont’d) • DANCE AUDITION/PRACTICAL WORKSHOP (double session cont’d) • PLAY IN A DAY (full day workshop cont’d) continued on next page Preliminary Convention Schedule & Programs, continued Session 9 2:30-3:45pm • KICKING BACK WITH ANDREA MCARDLE Interview with Andre McArdle, Tony Award Nominee and 2008 NETC Major Award Recipeint/ TJ Fitzgerald,Broadway World.com • K-12 THEATRE EDUCATION ADVOCACY “THINK TANK” Donna Wresinski, Leo Nickole Winner 2007; Jeff Watts, Vice President of NETC; Suzanne Ramczyk, Bridgewater State College • STAGE COMBAT • PLAY IN A DAY (full day workshop cont’d) • ENGINEERING THE SCENE Tim Jerome, Tony Award Nominee for Me and My Girl (double session cont’d) • RADIO DRAMA Lisa Troy • COLLEGE DIVISION MEETING Session 10 4:00-5:15pm • PERFORMANCE: PLAY IN A DAY (full day workshop cont’d) • FOUND SPACE: THEATRE OUTSIDE ITS DOORS Theresa Lang, Ph.D. and Wanda Strukus, Ph.D., Boston College • READER’S THEATER Lisa Troy NETC ANNUAL MEETING 5:30 pm Pre-Banquet Cocktail Reception 6:30 pm NETC ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET (Advance Reservations Required) 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm NETC AWARDS CEREMONY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008 9:00 am Annual Brunch (Advance Reservations Required) 10:30 am Strategies for Future NETC Conventions Anne Marie Shea, Joseph Juliano, Jim Quinn NETC Board Members For secondary drama teachers and their pupils, Friday, November 21st is for you!!!! 2ND ANNUAL THEATRE ODYSSEY 2008 Join us for the second annual high school THEATRE ODYSSEY on Friday, November 21! The ODYSSEY is a full day of INTENSIVE TRAINING in the theatre arts. Students may choose from six courses of instruction. Each participant will receive a CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT upon successful completion of four sessions of workshops. Students will also COMPETE for SPECIAL AWARDS in their track through vocal, dance or acting auditions, or make-up, costume, lighting or set design projects. In addition, each school will receive a CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION from NETC. NEW to the Odyssey will be the Ten-minute Play Showcase. Students may submit original 10-minute scripts (deadline: October 21). Each script will be judged and the top four scripts will be eligible for presentation at the Odyssey 10-Minute Play Showcase. Students may choose from any one of the following tracks: • Musical Theatre: Vocal • Set and Lighting Design • Musical Theatre: Dance • General Theatre • Acting • Costume and Make-up Designs See insert for additional information about the THEATRE ODYSSEY! TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Early Registration for High School Groups High School Social (includes dinner and activities) 12:00 – 1:00 PM LUNCH 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM SESSION 3: • • • • • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Registration Opening Ceremony 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM SESSION 1: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM SESSION 2: • • • • • Acting Workshop Vocal Workshop Dance Workshop Costume Workshop Light Design Workshop SESSION 4: • • • • • Intro to Musical Theatre • Intro to Acting • Production Meeting Workshop Dance Audition Vocal Audition Acting Audition Make-up Workshop Set Design Workshop Dance Audition Vocal Audition Acting Audition Set, Costume, Make-up, Light Design Projects 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM The Odyssey 10-Minute Play Showcase 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Theatre Odyssey Awards and Recognition Schools are invited to stay for a full day of workshops and performances on Saturday, November 22. REGISTRATION FORM REGISTRATION INFORMATION Mail this completed registration form with a check or credit card number to: New England Theatre Conference, Inc. 215 Knob Hill Drive Hamden, CT 06518 CONVENTION REGISTRATION FEES FOR PRE-REGISTRATION UNTIL OCTOBER 25TH. Quantity ______ Full Convention Member ■ $90 Non-Member ■ $150 Student ■ $55 TOTAL ________________ ______ Friday Only ■ $60 ■ $110 ■ $45 ________________ ______ Saturday Only ■ $60 ■ $110 ■ $45 ________________ SPECIAL NOTE: SAVE SOME MONEY!!! BECOME A MEMBER OF NETC NOW AND SAVE ON THE CONVENTION REGISTRATION FEES. ______ Late Registration Additional Fee (for registration after Oct 20th) SPECIAL TICKETED EVENTS ______ Special Master Class for Educators and Directors: THE LIVING THEATRE ______ Puppetry Workshop Materials Fee ■ $20 ________________ $225 plus NETC Conference registration ________________ $10 ______ Thursday High School Activities and Social $15 ________________ ______ Friday: Performance of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Trinity Rep $23 ________________ ______ Saturday Awards Banquet $45 ________________ Featuring the Crowne Plaza’s Scarborough Buffet ______ Sunday Brunch $25 NETC MEMBERSHIP 2008-2009 ______ Individual $45 ________________ ______ Student $30 ________________ ______ Group $95 ________________ TOTAL $_______________ PAYMENT INFORMATION [ ] I have enclosed a check or money order made payable to NETC in the amount of $__________. [ ] Charge $__________ to my: [ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa [ ] American Express ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Card Number Expiration Date Signature ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Organization __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ E-mail Groups should attach a separate list of names for all attendees registered with this form. Great News!!!! We’ve made it even easier for you. Now, you can register on-line at www.netconline.org. Special Master Class for Educators and Directors: THE LIVING THEATRE NETC will be offering a Special Master Class for Educators which will run Friday through Saturday. THE LIVING THEATRE will be presented by Jerry Goralnick. For sixty years the Living Theatre has explored techniques for creating social-interactive political theater and to expand definitions of performance. This workshop is to help teachers and directors bring these techniques into their classrooms and theatres. Participants will experience a number of exercises drawn from Meyerhold’s bio mechanics, Artaud’s Theater of Cruelty, Piscator’s Total Theater and Living Theatre’s collective creation as practical methods for twenty-first-century performance. Workshop will include some lowimpact physical exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes. Jerry Goralnick has worked with The Living Theatre for twenty five years. His credits with the company include Ali Sayed in Capital Changes, Brick Blume in Anarchia which he co-directed, Einstein in Waste, Hitler in I and I, The Answerer in The Tablets, Zev in Poland 1931 as well as a dozen other productions performed in the U.S., Europe and South America. He co-directed The Body of God and created and directed Living Theatre’s most recent street theater production NO SIR! Mr. Goralnick cofounded and co-directs The Living Theatre Workshops and has taught Living Theatre techniques around the world. There is an additional charge for this class. Accommodations Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence-Warwick (Airport) 801 GREENWICH AVE. WARWICK, RI 02886 UNITED STATES Hotel: (401) 732-6000 | Hotel Fax: (401) 732-4839 Room Rate: $139 per night single/double $159 per night triple/quad The Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence Warwick Airport is centrally located in the heart of New England. Located in Warwick, RI just 8 minutes south of downtown Providence and 2 miles from Providence Warwick T.F. Green Airport. Newport, Boston, Foxwoods as well as many Rhode Island Beaches are nearby. The Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence Warwick offers 266 newly renovated, oversized guest rooms featuring the Crowne Plaza Sleep Advantage with comfortable new beds, guaranteed wake up calls, quiet zones, sleep CD and sleep amenities. Hotel Highlights: • High-speed wireless Internet access • Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check-out: 11:00 a.m. Driving Directions: I-95N EXIT 12, TAKE RIGHT OFF RAMP, HOTEL ON RIGHT. I-95S EXIT 12A, TAKE RIGHT OFF RAMP, HOTEL IS ON RIGHT. CONFERENCE DEADLINES: Hotel Room Reservations: On or Before October 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM Annual Convention Pre-Registration: October 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM