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Early Bird Sessions

Pre-registration is required to ensure a spot.
Check at the LHAT registration desk to see if a spot is still available.
Hotel Palace Ballroom located on 2nd Floor
Historic Theatre Renovation PART ONE: Making the Case
101: A Framework for for Investment in the Arts
Planning Successful Projects and Your Historic Theatre
2:00pm - 5:00pm, State Room 3rd Floor 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Palace Ballroom II

Thinking about acquiring, restoring, and revitalizing a Arts advocates are made, not born. Your ability to
historic theatre? Already have one and need some articulate the social, educational, and economic
help? This early-bird, in-depth session – featuring a value of your historic theater to government and
team of leading experts in theatre planning, design, community leaders is critical to your funding and local
operation and tax credit financing – presents an leadership. Take the mystery out of how to be an
overview of a historic theatre renovation project. effective advocate in this lively session with national
Designed for historic theatre owners, community arts advocacy leader, Randy Cohen. Bring home the
leaders, board members, senior staff and others who tools and strategies that will make you the knowledge
are considering, beginning or participating in the resource that decision makers look to for years to
renovation of a historic theatre, this in-depth session come.
will help you develop a clear understanding of your
role in the process. Groups who want to renovate a Presenter:
historic theatre are encouraged to attend as a team. Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research, Americans
for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Presenters:
Michael DiBlasi, ASTC, IALD, Partner, Schuler PART TWO: Power of Historic Theatres
Shook, Minneapolis, MN 3:15pm - 4:15pm, Palace Ballroom II
Molly Fortune, Executive Director, South
Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Here is a story about the small, historic theatre that
Commission, Newberry, SC outperformed its larger, newer competitors despite its
smaller stage, cramped seats, tiny lobby and… well
Michael Schnoering, FAIA, Partner, Mills + we all know about historic theatre bathrooms. Learn
Schnoering Architects, LLC, Princeton, NJ how to refine your marketing and fundraising skills and
Alec Stoll, ASTC, Partner, Stages Consultants, have more fun because you don’t operate a theatre
Highland Park, NJ (moderator) – you operate a historic theatre. What is the value of
Nick Wilkinson, Executive Director, The Tivoli your history? You might be pleasantly surprised!

Theatre Foundation, Chattanooga, TN Presenter:
Ken Stein, President & CEO, LHAT

First Timer’s Welcome Lounge
4:30pm - 6:00pm, Allen Room & Outside Terrace- 3rd floor

If this is your first LHAT National Conference, please make time on Sunday to stop by the First Timer’s Welcome Lounge.
Enjoy a cold beverage and meet some fellow attendees. Ask questions and get pointers from seasoned LHAT conference
attendees -- important things like:
• Don’t forget to wear your name badge
• Attend any education session you like; no need to sign up in advance (except for Early Bird Sessions)
• If you came with a group, consider not sitting together at social events and splitting up for education sessions -
divide and conquer!
• Don’t worry - the conference will seem overwhelming no matter what you do; just try to take in as much as you
can
• You’re here to network in person, so do as much as you can. Take advantage of having one-on-one access to
LHAT’s “brain trust” - the people who have “been there and done that.”
LHAT folks are very willing to share their own tips, techniques, technologies, and best practices for historic theatre (and
personal) success and survival. Remember, they were once first timers just like you!
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