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The next American Theatre Wing Working In The Theatre seminars are Thursday, December 8th in the Elebash Recital Hall at Graduate Center of the City University of New York (365 Fifth Ave at 34th Street). There will be two separate seminars that day.

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Some of the participants have been announced for the 3:00 – 4:30 pm "Actors on Performing" Seminar. They are: Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), Jill Clayburgh (A Naked Girl on the Appian Way), George Grizzard (Seascape), Brian F. O'Byrne (Doubt), and Pia Lindstrom, who will serve as the moderator.

The first seminar that day, lasting from noon through 1:30 pm, is entitled "Producing Commercial Theatre." The scheduled participants are Susan Gallin (The Retreat from Moscow, Woman Before a Glass), Elizabeth McCann (Well, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Kevin McCollum (Avenue Q, Rent), David Stone (Wicked, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Tom Viertel (Sweeney Todd, Hairspray), and Ted Chapin, who will be the moderator.

Upcoming seminars are scheduled for Thursday, January 19, 2006; Thursday, February 16; Thursday, April 13; Friday, April 21; Friday, April 28; Friday, May 5; and Thursday, June 15. The topics and participants will be announced at a later date.

"Now in its 31st year, the ATW panels bring together theatre's best known performers, producers, playwrights, directors, choreographers, composers, agents and others. The seminars are held throughout the theatre season in cooperation with Continuing Education and Public Programs at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Leadership support for the American Theatre Wing Seminars is provided by The Annenberg Foundation and The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation. The American Theatre Wing (Sondra Gilman, Chairman; Doug Leeds, President and Howard Sherman, Executive Director), through its many programs, remains dedicated to celebrating excellence and supporting education in theatre, for students, professionals and audiences alike," state press notes.

General admission seating is $10 per person please call CUNY (212) 817-8215. ATW members can reserve free of charge through ATW. Tickets will be distributed to holders of reservations beginning one hour prior to each seminar and no later than 15 minutes before the scheduled start.

The Working in the Theatre Seminar series is broadcast five times a week on CUNY-TV (Time Warner, channel 75: Fridays 9am, 2pm, 7pm; Sat 11am & Sun 5pm as well as on RCN either Channel 24, 106 or 109, depending upon area). Learn more about the American Theatre Wing, as well as view past seminars in streaming video though their website: www.americantheatrewing.org.

 





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