[NEohioPAL]Great Lakes Theater Festival Offers FREE Workshop for Teachers

[Todd Krispinsky]

For Immediate Release:
March 31, 2005

Great Lakes Theater Festival
Offers Free Workshop For Teachers
Cleveland=92s Classic Theater partners with
Playhouse Square Center to present
day-long workshop, Play Many Parts.

Great Lakes Theater Festival and Playhouse Square Center will partner =
to
present a free, day-long workshop for teachers exploring William
Shakespeare=92s classic play As You Like It on Monday, April 25, 2005 =
at
Playhouse Square Center.  The workshop is presented as part of Great =
Lakes
Theater Festival=92s 2005 Surround program, All the World=92s A Stage - =
a series
of community programs held throughout northern Ohio from March through
October designed to support the Festival=92s mainstage production of As =
You
Like It running at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center, September
16-October 22, 2005.

Utilizing theater-based techniques to bring the work of William =
Shakespeare
to life in the classroom, workshop participants will have the =
opportunity
to:  explore the play with keynote speaker Betsey Shevey; engage in
interactive theatrical exercises with GLTF Education Director Daniel =
Hahn;
and participate in Shakespearean and contemporary exercises with =
workshop
facilitators.  Participants will also have the opportunity to see a =
free
presentation of the Festival=92s 2005 outreach touring production, =
Seven Ages.
Lunch will be provided free of charge.  Teachers will conclude the =
day-long
workshop by attending Playhouse Square=92s Center=92s Fair on the =
Square, which
features local educational outreach opportunities for the classroom.

	For more information about this event or to register for the
workshop, teachers may call Daniel Hahn, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Director of Education, at (216) 241-5490 x307.

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Media Contact:
Todd Krispinsky
Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Great Lakes Theater Festival
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio  44115
tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org
(216) 241-5490 x317
(216) 241-6315 Fax
www.greatlakestheater.org

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