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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><b style>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right">Contact:
Kristen van Ginhoven</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com">www.wamtheatre.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right">518 243 9627</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><a href="mailto:kristen@wamtheatre.com">kristen@wamtheatre.com</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center" align="center"><b style><span style>WAM Theatre holds Summer
‘Stratford’ Theatre Workshop</span></b><span style></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal">Kristen van
Ginhoven, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal">WAM’s Artistic Director, will teach a workshop over the
summer where she will share what she learned while recently working at the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival of Canada. The workshop will be offered June 18 in
Schenectady, NY at Proctor’s Theatre and July 22 at Eleven in Great Barrington,
MA. </span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal">The workshop will explore classical text analysis and character
development as well as revisit the physical and vocal warm-up and how to work
on a thrust stage. Workshop is appropriate for actors and directors. Everyone
will be asked to bring a classical monologue, preferably in verse. No prep on
monologue is required. All levels of experience are welcome.</span></h1>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">Portion of
proceeds from the workshop will go towards WAM’s fall production of "The Old
Mezzo”.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">To sign up,
email <a href="mailto:info@wamtheatre.com">info@wamtheatre.com</a> or call 518.243.9627.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">Dates/Times/Locations + Prices:</span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">Monday, June
18: 4:00pm-6:30pm @ Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady, NY. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">$35**</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">OR</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Sunday, July
22: 1:00pm-4:30pm @ Eleven, 11 School Street, Great Barrington, MA. <br></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">$49 ** </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">** Minimum
ten participants.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">While at
Stratford Kristen was assistant director on 42<sup>nd</sup> Street, directed by
Gary Griffin (Broadway’s The Color Purple). She is also a participant in the
Stratford Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. She holds an MA in
Theatre Education from Emerson College and co-founded WAM Theatre in 2010. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">For more
information: </span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">www.wamtheatre.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style><b style>About WAM Theatre:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WAM Theatre is a theatre company based in the Berkshires of
Massachusetts and the Capital Region of New York State. <span style>Inspired by the book ‘Half the Sky: Turning
Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’ by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl
WuDunn, </span>WAM Theatre was founded in 2009 by professional theatre artists <span style>Kristen van
Ginhoven and Leigh Strimbeck.</span> WAM’s philanthropic mission is two-fold;
first, producing theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre
artists and/or stories of women and girls; second, to donate a portion of the
proceeds from those events to organizations that benefit women and girls. <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/"><span style>www.wamtheatre.com</span></a></p>
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<br clear="all">Kristen van Ginhoven<br>Artistic Director, WAM Theatre<div>518-243-9627<br><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com" target="_blank">www.WAMTheatre.com</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/WAMTheatre" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/WAMTheatre</a><br>
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