[NEohioPAL]OTHELLO and THE LARAMIE PROJECT

[emadden at kent.edu]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE=3A
EXPOSE YOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GREAT THEATRE
KSU=92s School of Theatre =26 Dance presents OTHELLO and THE LARAMIE =

PROJECT for High Schools
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Kent=2C Ohio =96 Are you a high school teacher who is looking for =

something exciting for your students to attend=3F  If you answered yes=2C=
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Kent State University=92s Kent Theatre Ensemble (KTE) has the answer for =

you=2E  The educational outreach portion of KSU=92s School of Theatre =26=
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Dance=2C KTE opens its doors to high schools with a student matinee of =

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  Or bring the graduate student tour of OTHELLO to your =

classroom for only =24250 per performance=2E  For more information on KTE=
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and its programs please call Hollis Hayden=2C Jr=2E=2C Booking Manager at=
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330-672-0104 or kte=40kent=2Eedu=2E  =


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

PROJCET 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

The matinee THE LARAMAIE PROJECT will begin at 10 AM and are followed =

by a post-show discussion with the cast and crew=2E  The production =

takes place in the Music =26 Speech Center on the 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 =
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To reserve seats for the student matinee or book the tour please =

contact Hollis Hayden=2C Jr=2E at 330-672-0104 or kte=40kent=2Eedu=2E