[NEohioPAL]EXPOSE YOUR STUDENTS TO THE LIVE ARTS WITH OTHELLO, ANYTHING GOES OR THE LARAMIE PROJECT

[emadden at kent.edu]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE=3A
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING EXCITING FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO DO=3F
KSU=92s School of Theatre =26 Dance presents OTHELLO=2C ANYTHING GOES and=
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THE LARAMIE PROJECT
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Kent=2C Ohio =96 Are you a middle school or high school teacher who is =

looking for something exciting for your students to attend=3F  If you =

answered yes=2C Kent State University=92s Kent Theatre Ensemble (KTE) has=
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the answer for you=2E  The educational outreach portion of KSU=92s School=
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of Theatre =26 Dance=2C KTE opens its doors to middle school and high =

school with student matinees of ANYTHING GOES and THE LARAMIE PROJECT =

along with a touring production of an abridged OTHELLO=2E  Tickets for =

the student matinees are only =245 per student and free for chaperones=2E=
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Or bring the graduate student tour of OTHELLO to your classroom for =

only =24250 per performance=2E  For more information on KTE and its =

programs please call Hollis Hayden=2C Jr=2E=2C Booking Manager at 330-672=
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0104 or kte=40kent=2Eedu=2E  =


ANYTHING GOES will be performed on Wednesday=2C February 23rd in E=2E =

Turner Stump Theatre=2E  This Cole Porter classic is directed by Terri =

Kent and features a colorful collection of 1930=92s characters=3A a love-=

sick stowaway=2C a brassy nightclub evangelist=2C a beautiful young =

debutante and her doting (but dotty) mother=2C a boozy old tycoon=2C a =

bumbling gangster disguised as a priest=2C a silly English Lord and =

whole ship full of tap-dancing sailors and high-kicking chorus girls=2E  =

A gloriously funny screwball musical comedy set to those wonderful =

Cole Porter songs=2E =


Presented by the Roe Green Visiting Director Series=2C THE LARAMIE =

PROJECT is directed by Guest Director Sue Ott Rowlands and will take =

place on Wednesday=2C April 20th in Wright-Curtis Theatre=2E  THE LARAMIE=
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PROJECT is a groundbreaking play that recreates the efforts of New =

York theatre troupe who travel to Laramie=2C Wyoming to shed light on a =

western town=92s loss of innocence following a hate crime perpetrated on =

21-year-old University of Wyoming student=2C Matthew Shepard=2E  To =

attempt to make sense of why he was brutally beaten and left to die by =

two young men=2C Moises Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theatre =

Project performed 400 hours of interviews with townspeople=2E  Those =

interviews were culled and honed into this play=2E  This production =

contains graphic language and themes=2E

School matinees of ANYTHING GOES and THE LARAMIE PROJECT will begin at =

10 AM and are followed by a post-show discussion with the cast and =

crew=2E  Both productions take place in the Music =26 Speech Center on th=
e =

main Kent State University campus=2E  =


Would you rather have KTE come to your classroom=3F  Then book the MFA =

graduate student tour of OTHELLO=2E  This tour consists of the School of =

Theatre =26 Dance=92s MFA students performing an abridged version of this=
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famous play=2E  With a tour booking you will receive a teacher=92s =

resource packet two weeks before the performance=2C a 45 minute =

performance of OTHELLO and a Q =26 A session with the actors following =

the performance=2E  The tour is currently =24250 per performance=2E  Rece=
ive =

a =2450 discount if you refer us to a school that also books the tour=2E

To reserve seats for the student matinees or book the tour please =

contact Hollis Hayden=2C Jr=2E after January 18th at 330-672-0104 or =

kte=40kent=2Eedu=2E

Elisabeth Madden
Managing Director
Porthouse Theatre
School of Theatre =26 Dance
emadden=40kent=2Eedu
330-672-0103