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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Dear Arts Professionals,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently became affiliated with an artist from
the Cleveland area who is using solo-theater to bring awareness and
social change. His name is Aaron Calafato and he created and performs
the one man show <i>For Profit </i>as seen in: <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/The-Morality-of-a-For-Profit/131417/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">The
Chronicle</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> , <a href="http://www.campusprogress.com/articles/theatre_of_the_absurd_former_for-profit_college_advisor_takes_his_stor/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">Campus Progress</span></a>, </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTM2Todo-uU" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">RT-America</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, <a href="http://www.ideastream.org/an/entry/45414" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1036cb">NPR</span></a>, <a href="http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/23085/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">(NPR)
MPBN</span></a>, </span><a href="http://www.wyso.org/post/live-excursions-aaron-calafato" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">NPR (WYSO)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, <a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/28-year-old-cleveland-man-fights-for-student-loan-reform" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1036cb">WEWS
ABC Channel 5</span></a> , <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/life/go/one-man-one-show-one-message_2012-08-02.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">Portland Press Herald</span></a> <a href="http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/03/01/How-College-Debt-Is-Crushing-the-American-Dream.aspx#page1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1036cb">The
Fiscal Times</span></a>, </span><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/226037-debate-on-student-loan-debt-doesnt-go-far-enough" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">TheHill</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> and <span style="color:#1155cc"><a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/a_play_about_forprofit_college.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">Washington
Monthly</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The play (based on a true story) comments on the
predatory culture of For Profit schools, the exploitation of the
American student, and the 1 trillion dollars of student loan debt
shouldered by 36 million Americans. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">After
transitioning cities and having significant student loan debt himself,
Calafato reluctantly took a job as an admissions advisor at a For Profit
University. Calafato's job
was to recruit students and sign them up for unreasonably expensive
degree programs that would leave them in a heap of debt. Feeling guilty
for insuring his financial security at the cost others, led Calafato to
ask, "how far will we go to maintain our own
security?" It was this ethically jarring experience as an
admissions adviser and the stories of students who inspired him that
formed the basis of </span><i> For Profit. </i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Calafato premiered
this work in New York City and has toured the play throughout several
states over the past 6 months. He has teamed up with other organizations
who identify and advocate for his mission. Most
recently, Calafato became the Artist Director for <a href="http://studentdebtcrisis.org/" target="_blank">
Student Debt Crisis</a>. His mission is to:<b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"to educate, inform, and create social dialogue about the student debt crisis and exploitation of the American student."</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#060606">For more information on Calafato's show and work to end the student debt crisis visit his facebook page </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ForProfitASoloPlay?ref=hl" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3333ff">FOR
PROFIT Show</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#060606"> or twitter page </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#572fe1"><a href="https://twitter.com/ForProfitSolo" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">@ForProfitSolo </span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Anna Register</span><br>