Ancient Drama in Performance VIII Conference

08/03/2025

Registration is open! We can't wait to see you.

This year’s registration fees are Standard Registration: $200, which includes all events and meals Grad Student Attendee: $100, also the whole deal, for grad students and contingent faculty Randolph College Attendee: $60, for current members of the Randolph community SessionsRead more

01/08/2025

The Call for Papers for the eighth ADIP is up! We can't wait to see you together in the Whiteside Theatre.
https://www.randolphcollege.edu/cad/call-for-papers/

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09/05/2023

Registration for the conference remains open for the rest of the month, but today is the last day for conference rates at The Virginian Hotel.

We’ll continue to update this page, but do note the new lodging information! Lodging & Visit Guide The closest airports are LYNCHBURG (LYH) ROANOKE (ROA), AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTE DRIVE CHARLOTTESVILLE (CHO), AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTE DRIVE GREENSBORORead more

06/16/2023

LAST CALL - CFP: Ancient Drama in Performance -

Please submit a 300 word abstract to [email protected], by 15 June 2023. More information at www.randolphcollege.edu/cad/  * Ten minutes is a perfect amount of time to present one idea very well and to tantalize an audience into wanting to know more from you when you meet later.

05/07/2020

Perhaps we'll be taking about this in October!

A dramatic reading of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, guided conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

04/29/2020

**Abstract Deadline Extended to June 1**

We're still hopeful about meeting in October.

We also understand how taxed people's energies have been for the last six weeks just getting through what's happening now. We hope that now that semesters are ending you'll be able to think a little about the future and send us your ideas.

In an abundance of optimism about our being able to gather in October, but also acknowledging the challenges posed to everyone in the last six weeks, we are happy to continue to accept abstract submissions for Ancient Drama in Performance VI until June 1, 2020.

01/02/2020

We’re delighted to announce the speakers of our two keynote addresses:

RUTH SCODEL, D.R. Shackleton-Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin, Emerita, at the University of Michigan.

KRISHNI BURNS, Lecturer of Latin at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chair of Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance of the Society for Classical Studies, with ROB GROVES, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona.

09/07/2019

Stay tuned...

09/15/2018

Check out the conference schedule page to become filled with anticipation for this amazing line-up of talks!

Register now and join us.

Our gathering this year will commence at on the evening of Friday, October 5, with a casual gathering and an opportunity for presenters to meet with their actors. The conference will conclude by around 3pm on Sunday, October 7, with a jam-packed, fun-filled series of events in between. (specifics su...

06/25/2018

Pleased to have arranged rooms with the newly renovated Virginia Hotel. The link is live now.

We’re delighted to be working with the just-revived downtown hotel The Virginian to book a block of rooms for you. Our conference rate is $129/night. You can use this link to make reservations: http://group.curiocollection.com/centerofancientdrama, or you can call Shelley Simpson at 434.616.4430.

03/25/2018

CALL FOR PAPERS is open!

The Center for Ancient Drama at Randolph College is pleased to announce its fifth biannual conference on Ancient Drama in Performance. We encourage all practitioners and all scholars of ancient drama to attend, whether or not performance issues have ever been part of their work.