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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/" target="_blank">www.wamtheatre.com</a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><a href="tel:518%20243%209627" value="+15182439627" target="_blank">518 243 9627</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><span>Three Spots Left for Summer
‘<span class="il">Stratford</span>’ Workshop on July 22</span></b><span></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">PITTSFIELD, MA (18-07-12)- Kristen van
Ginhoven, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal">WAM Theatre’s Artistic Director, will teach a workshop on Sunday,
July 22 from 1pm-4:30 at Eleven in Great Barrington where she will share what
she learned while recently working at the <span class="il">Stratford</span> Shakespeare Festival of
Canada. The cost is $49 and a portion of proceeds will go towards WAM’s fall world
premiere production of ‘The Old Mezzo’ by Susan Dworkin. <br></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
is asked to bring a classical monologue, written in verse. No prep on monologue
is required. All levels of experience are welcome.</span></h1>

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<h1 style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal">“I found the workshop clear,
to-the-point, and useful in many practical ways” said Schenectady June Workshop
Participant</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal"> </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal">David Braucher, Equity
Actor. Roseann Cane, actor and director adds, <i>‘“</i><i><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-style:normal">Kristen provided tools that
are new to me, and I know I’m going to find them useful, especially the way of
breaking down a monologue in layers, from parentheticals on down.</span></i><i>” </i></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">To sign up,
email Kristen at <a href="mailto:kristen@wamtheatre.com" target="_blank">kristen@wamtheatre.com</a> or call <a href="tel:518.243.9627" value="+15182439627" target="_blank">518.243.9627</a>.</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">Sunday, July
22: 1:00pm-4:30pm @ Eleven, 11 School Street, Great Barrington, MA. $</span></p>

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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
<span class="il">Stratford</span> Kristen was assistant director on 42^nd Street, directed by
Gary Griffin (Broadway’s The Color Purple). She is also a participant in the
<span class="il">Stratford</span> 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/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">http://www.wamtheatre.com/summer-<span class="il">stratford</span>-workshops-with-kristen/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria"> </span></p>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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>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>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. WAM
has donated nearly $5000 to its beneficiaries by creating professional theatre
for everyone that benefits women and girls. <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" target="_blank"><span>www.wamtheatre.com</span></a></p>

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