1/2025 – 6/2026
This calendar contains major, but not all, deadlines and events.
JANUARY
No major events
FEBRUARY
February 1, 2024
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the March Commission meetings)
February 15, 2024
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the March Commission meeting)
MARCH
March 19–21, 2025
NAST Commission Meetings
(Palmer House Hilton — Chicago, IL)
March 19-22, 2025
NAST Annual Meeting
(Palmer House Hilton — Chicago, IL)
March 19, 22, and 21, 2025
NAST Board of Directors Meetings
(Palmer House Hilton — Chicago, IL)
APRIL
No major events.
MAY
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2025
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
JULY
July 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
–Accreditation Audit 2025-2026
–Affirmation Statement 2025-2026
July 1, 2025
NAST Invoices emailed for 2025-2026
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Accredited Institutional Membership Dues
–Library Subscription Fees
AUGUST
August 1, 2025
NAST Invoices emailed for 2025-2026
(Payment due upon receipt; invoices may be paid online.)
–Application Fees
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2025
Annual reporting document emailed:
–Supplemental Annual Report 2024-2025
OCTOBER
October 15, 2025
Third-Party Comment Opens
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the Commission meetings of 2026)
October 15, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Supplemental Annual Report 2024-2025
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2025
HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026 Launch Date
for Degree- Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Theatre Units/Institutions
November 19, 2025
Third-Party Comment Closes
(institutions scheduled for comprehensive review
at the Commission meetings of 2025)
November 26-28, 2025
Holiday Closing of the NAST National Office
DECEMBER
December 24, 2025-January 2, 2026
Holiday Closing of the NAST National Office
JANUARY
January 31, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
HEADS Data Survey 2025-2026
for Degree-Granting and Non-Degree-Granting Theatre Units
FEBRUARY
February 1, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Responses, Progress Reports
-New Curricula
-Substantive Change
(for consideration at the March Commission meetings)
February 15, 2026
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
-Optional Responses
(for consideration at the March Commission meeting)
MARCH
March 21–25, 2026
NAST Commission Meetings
March 25–28, 2026
NAST Annual Meeting
March 19, 20, and 22, 2025
NAST Board of Directors Meetings
APRIL
No major events.
MAY
No major events.
JUNE
June 1, 2026
Annual reporting documents emailed:
–Accreditation Audit 2026-2027
–Affirmation Statement 2026-2027