Basic Conference Schedule

To help with your planning, here is the broad schedule for our 2026 gathering in Minneapolis! Please remember that some things are subject to change.

Registrants will receive more detailed information, including session titles and presenters, once everything is set up in Sched. For many reasons, only those who register for the conference will have access to Sched this year.

If you have any questions, please contact us at ptominneapolis2026@gmail.com.

Unless otherwise noted, all activities will be on campus at Augsburg University: 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454.

We will be centered in the Foss Lobeck Miles Center, 625 22nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454.

Thursday, 23 July (Foss Lobeck Miles Center)

10:00am-12:00pm Songs of Protest, Songs of Justice pre-conference workshop with Singing

Resistance Augsburg
1:00pm-4:30pm Introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed pre-conference workshop with Mark Weinberg
6:30pm-9:00pm Opening Ceremony/Panel Discussion: The Minnesota Neighbor Network: Aesthetics of Resistance with Brass Solidarity, Big Animal Production, Mixed Blood Theater

 

Friday, 24 July (Foss Lobeck Miles Center)

8:00am-8:45am Line Dancing: A Source of Collective Grounding and Liberation
9:00am-10:30am Breakout Session I
10:45am-12:15pm Breakout Session II
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-2:45pm All Conference Session: zAmya Theater and Chen Alon
3:00pm-4:30pm Breakout Session III
4:45pm-6:15pm Breakout Session IV
6:15pm-8:15pm Dinner (on your own)
8:30pm-9:30ish Open Mic Night! (Bring a poem, a song, a scene to share…)

 

Saturday, 25 July (Foss Lobeck Miles Center)

8:00am-8:45am Line Dancing: A Source of Collective Grounding and Liberation
9:00am-10:30am Breakout Session V
10:45am-12:15pm Breakout Session VI
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-2:45pm All Conference Session: Dr. Luis Huerta-Charles
3:00pm-4:30pm Breakout Session VII
4:45pm-6:15pm Breakout Session VIII
6:15pm Dinner (on your own) and Socializing!

 

Sunday, 26 July (Foss Lobeck Miles Center)

9:00am-9:45am Line Dancing: A Source of Collective Grounding and Liberation
10:00am-11:30am Breakout Session IX
11:45am-12:30pm All Conference Closing: How Do We Keep this Going?
1:00pm Potential Conference Action

 

Post-Conference Workshop with Julian Boal (Mixed Blood Theater, 1501 S Fourth St, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Sunday, 26 July 1:30 — TBD
Monday, 27 July 11:00am – 6:00pm (includes one hour break for lunch)
Tuesday, 28 July 11:00am – 6:00pm (includes one hour break for lunch)
Tuesday, 28 July 7:00pm – open sharing of scenes