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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=7
face="Tw Cen MT"><span style='font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"'>Poetry
Into Performance Workshop</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
face="Tw Cen MT"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"'>with Tannis
Kowalchuk</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center'><font
size=5 face="Tw Cen MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"'>Actor
and co-writer for Cleveland Public Theatre’s</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face="Tw Cen MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"'>The
Confessions of Punch and Judy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face="Tw Cen MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"'>Running
now through February 23<sup>rd</sup></span></font></p>
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February </span></font></p>
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face=Times><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Times'>CSU Factory Theatre
Main Stage</span></font></p>
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Street</span></font></p>
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face=Times><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Times'>Free and open to
the public</span></font></p>
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face=Times><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Times'>Space is limited,
so please e-mail <a href="mailto:theatre@csuohio.edu">theatre@csuohio.edu</a> to
reserve a spot.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=style111><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Tannis Kowalchuk, co-founder,
actress, and artistic director of NACL Theatre (North American Cultural
Laboratory), an ensemble that operates a theatre and artists residence in Highland Lak e, NY, will be teaching a workshop on crafting performances out of
non-dramatic verse. The workshop will </span></font></span><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>instruct the
participants in ways that an actor can create his or her own original physical
and vocal material—raw material to be used as the physical subtext of
their performance piece. The class will end with presentations of
the poetry performances, with a brief discussion and analysis to follow.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please be dressed to move and bring pencil and paper for notation
and writing exercises.</span></font></p>
<p class=style10><span class=style111><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Prior to coming to New York in 1997, Ms.
Kowalchuk was a graduate of The University of Winnipeg Theatre department and a
core member of Primus Theatre, a prominent experimental theatre troupe based in
Winnipeg, Canada. With NACL she has toured to Canada, England, Italy, and
Balkan Europe, and has created and performed lead roles in <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/secret.htm">The Secret Storey</a>, <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/canon.htm">A Canon for the Blue Moon</a>, <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/asphyxia.htm">ASPHYXIA and Other Promises</a>, <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/arcanova.htm">Arca Nova</a>, <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/timecycle.htm">The Time Cycle</a>, <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/invisible.htm">Invisible Neighborhood</a>, and <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/brecht.htm">10 Brecht Poems</a>. 10 Brecht Poems has
toured extensively to over 30 venues. Her one-woman performance, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Passion according to G.H.</span></i> has played
in New York, Toronto, Cleveland, Washington, DC, Maine, Philadelphia, Halifax, and Montreal. </span></font></span></p>
<p class=style10><span class=style111><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>She created <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Confessions of Punch and Judy</span></i> with
director Raymond Bobgan (Cleveland Public Theatre) and actor Ker Wells (Number
Eleven Theatre, Toronto). The Confessions of Punch and Judy has toured to
Cleveland Public Theatre, HERE Arts Center (New York City), Theatre Centre
(Toronto, Canada), On the Waterfront Festival (Halifax, Canada), The Network of
Ensemble Theatre’s Festival (CA), The Mad River Festival (Blue Lake, CA),
Manitoulin island, and Theatre Projects Manitoba in Winnipeg. In 2005, Tannis
was a guest lecturer at Rutgers University where she played the role of Mother
Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children. She is a collaborating artist/performer
on <a href="http://www.nacl.org/mystery.htm">The Mystery of Lakewood House</a>,
a site specific performance developed collaboratively at NACL with an
international company in 2005/6. Kowalchuk continues to tour her repertory
throughout the year and is currently working on NACL’s newest show, <a
href="http://www.nacl.org/sherlock_show.htm">The Uncanny Appearance of Sherlock
Holmes</a>. </span></font></span></p>
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