<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal;" class="">Ad Astra Theatre Troupe presents GRIMM ,</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal;" class="">an original play.</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class="">GRIMM is written and directed by Maya Terrystein, produced by Eva</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class="">Hymes, assistant directed by Sarah Dworman, artistically supervised by</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class="">Caroline Whitaker and Choreographed by Katy Hawthorne.</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class="">If you are a high school student and interested in auditioning visit our website,</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 85, 205);" class=""><a href="http://www.adastratroupe.org" class="">www.adastratroupe.org</a> <span style="color: #000000" class="">, or email us at </span><a href="mailto:adastratroupe@gmail.com" class="">adastratroupe@gmail.com</a> <span style="color: #000000" class="">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 85, 205);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Set against the backdrop of 1919 New York City, Grimm centers around a young woman</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">using the Grimm’s Brothers’ fairy tales to explore the challenges of growing up and the</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">conflicts of her world. It explores the themes of prejudice, loss, self discovery, and</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">reclaiming the magic of childhood, all within the context of beloved stories such as</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Cinderella , Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and more.</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We are aware of the uncertainty of the world we live in, and while we hope that an</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">in-person production will be viable come spring, we are also dedicated to the safety of</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">our members. While we are developing this production as though it will be in-person,</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">with social distancing and safety measures in place, we are also making plans in the</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">instance we choose to have a virtual production as we did last spring. We will begin</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">rehearsing over zoom, and hopefully move to in-person if circumstances allow</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Ad Astra Theatre Troupe is a non-profit student-run performance company focusing on</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">spreading education, confidence, and a sense of community through the arts. We are</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">unique because of our aim to enable local high-school students through all forms of</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">theatrical development, with new opportunities in writing, direction, production,</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">choreography, technical and publicity direction, and stage management, with little to no</div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">cost to families.</div></body></html>