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RESEARCH ROOM: Engaging Aliterate Students 18 Mar 2011 | 01:27 am
Building on the energy of last year's book reports, this semester each staff member will provide a presentation on a scholarly article or research study that interests him or her and relates to the wo...
IN THE NEWS: Literature to Life in the Daily News 17 Mar 2011 | 09:24 pm
The Daily News recently interviewed actor Elvis Nolasco and Executive Director David Kenner about one of our new shows, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Check out the full article here.
RESEARCH ROOM: Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination 4 Mar 2011 | 12:05 am
Building on the energy of last year's book reports, this semester each staff member will provide a presentation on a scholarly article that interests him or her and relates to the work we do with Lite...
IN THE NEWS: Literature to Life in the Wall Street Journal 26 Feb 2011 | 04:56 am
Wednesday evening Preview of the Arts presented our Literature to Life presentation of Fahrenheit 451 at Joe’s Pub, “NYC’s most celebrated and in-demand showcase venue for live music and performance.”...
COMPANY WORDS: O’Brien’s Story Comes to Life at Joe’s Pub 24 Feb 2011 | 11:39 pm
The Things They Carried at Joe's Pub - November 5, 2010 at 7pm As a relatively new addition to The American Place Theatre family – and as a lover of theatre and live performance, but relative newcome...
IN THE NEWS: Adapting the Novel for Live Performance 9 Feb 2011 | 11:12 pm
In January 2005, Australian PhD student Jenni Munday wrote an email to The American Place Theatre. Her aim was to further her research on the topic of adapting literature for live performance, and wit...
HAPPENING SOON: Fahrenheit 451 on Feb 23 at Joe’s Pub 9 Feb 2011 | 10:10 pm
PREVIEW OF THE ARTS AND THE AMERICAN PLACE THEATRE PRESENT RAY BRADBURY’S FAHRENHEIT 451 - FEBRUARY 23 AT JOE’S PUB Adapted and Directed by Wynn Handman, Performance Is Part of The American Place The...
Remembering Michael Tolan 4 Feb 2011 | 11:35 pm
We at The American Place Theatre note with sorrow the passing of our co-founder whose talent and belief enhanced our beginnings some 50 years ago. From the NYTimes: Michael Tolan, an actor who becam...
IN THE NEWS: A slave’s journey to freedom, retold for a new generation. 4 Feb 2011 | 11:22 pm
From an article in Lancaster Online: Harriet Jacobs spent seven years hiding in an attic crawl space that at its tallest reached only three feet. There were no windows, no heat, no cool breezes, onl...
IN THE NEWS: Fahrenheit 451, Black Boy, and Huckleberry Finn 18 Jan 2011 | 09:08 pm
We’ve been seeing Fahrenheit 451 in the news a lot lately, specifically connected to the new edition of Huckleberry Finn that is being published by Alan Gribben and NewSouth Books. As mentioned in a p...
