BroadwayCon 2025: Full Schedule

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9:30am EST

Fueling The Theatre Athlete

Sunday February 9, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EST

This engaging talk is designed for theatre professionals and aspiring artists who face the challenges of long rehearsal days and performance schedules. Participants will learn how to effectively fuel their bodies to maintain optimal health, energy levels, and digestive comfort. The session will focus on practical nutrition strategies, addressing common concerns within the performing arts community from a weight-inclusive, evidence-based perspective.

Presenters

Libby Parker

Libby Parker, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS-C (she/her) is an international best-selling author, speaker, and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist. Libby is "The Broadway DietitianⓇ" and provides weight-inclusive sports nutrition and eating disorder counseling for theatre athletes. This passion... Read More →

Sunday February 9, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EST
Sutton Center

Panel

2:00pm EST

Sondheim Singalong

Sunday February 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Sutton Center

The Sondheim Singalong is back by popular demand! If you love twisted fairy tales, demon barbers, toxic stage mothers, and tales of life as a thirty-something in New York, join us as we honor the legacy of the incomparable Stephen Sondheim by singing along together to some of his most memorable songs.

Presenters

Stacy Wiener

Stacy is a 7-year BroadwayCon attendee and a huge broadway nerd. She is so excited to be presenting at BroadwayCon for the second year in a row.

Nicole Savage

A proud veteran of every BroadwayCon so far, Nicole is thrilled to be returning as a presenter for more singalong fun at BroadwayCon 10! Nicole enjoys participating in theatre both onstage and as an appreciative audience member. Some of her favorite shows include classics like Wicked... Read More →

Amy Rissolo

Amy has not missed a single broadway con. You can usually find her singing by a piano, doing karaoke or singing in the hallways and elevators of con. Some of her favorite musicals include Rent and Something Rotten.

Sunday February 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Sutton Center

Interactive

3:15pm EST

Self Esteem and Body Image in Performing

Sunday February 9, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST

Sutton Center

Join performer and licensed therapist Kimberly Hershenson for a much-needed panel highlighting the impacts of body image issues on performance. Kimberly’s unique history informs her perspective, which will be woven together with panelists’ firsthand experiences to illuminate the pressures of performance on one’s sense of self. Additional focus will be placed on developing an understanding of useful strategies for coping with these pressures.

Presenters

Kimberly Hershenson

Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, I was a ballet dancer with the Joffrey Ballet. I have worked successfully with clients who have experienced issues such as Eating Disorders, Body Image, and Addiction and am a summa cum laude from Columbia University's School of Social Work.

William Hornby

William Hornby is a multi-hyphenate artist and advocate based in New York City. He has been putting on a show for anyone who will give him the time of day since before he can remember.William is at the forefront of raising awareness for men with eating disorders with his advocacy... Read More →

Rhonda Malkin

Rhonda is a former Radio City Rockettes and LA Laker Dancer. She currently teaches and choreographs throughout the country.

Sunday February 9, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST
Sutton Center

Panel

4:30pm EST

Using Board Games, Roleplaying Games, and Video Games to Teach and Hone Theatre Practices

Sunday February 9, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EST

Sutton Center

Inspired by a college thesis paper, this panel will discuss the rising popularity of board games, table top roleplaying games, and video games and how they can be advantageous to both theatre teachers and theatre practitioners of all skill levels. Using real life experiences, the panel will discuss how these hobbies offer unique ways to teach theatre methodologies and vocabulary.

Presenters

Rennes D Carbaugh

Rennes holds two degrees from Fairmont State University, a Bachelors in Theatre and an Associates in Ballroom Dance. He has been acting, directing, and designing in community, regional, and semi professional theatre since he was 10. He has been a nerd even before that. Having melded... Read More →

Sunday February 9, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EST
Sutton Center

Panel