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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" height=110 BGCOLOR="#9900FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03b20a20egaykx.png"> <div> <B>H</B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Stage Co. of Boston"><U><B>ome</B></U></A><B>     |     </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Arial" ><B>City Stage Co. of Boston</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performing"><U>Performing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Educating"><U>Educating</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Collaborating"><U>Collaborating</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Celebrating"><U>Celebrating</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Participating"><U>Participating</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> <B>News</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#99FF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The Susan Gassett Green Room</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75918e60.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="75a5de80.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="7585de80.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> We recently dedicated our renovated headquarters to honor our our Company Founder, Susan Gasett!  Our space is now named "The Susan Gassett Green Room."  The most widely accepted origin of the term green room dates back to Shakespearean theatre. Actors would prepare for their performances in a room filled with plants and shrubs. It was believed that the moisture in the topiary was beneficial to the Actors' voices.</div> <bR> <div> For this event we turned to two local, South End businesses:  <A HREF="http://www.bostonsign.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bostonsign.com/"><U>Boston Sign Company</U></A> created the lovely and stylish dedication plaque.  <A HREF="http://www.yelp.com/biz/giorgianas-boston" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.yelp.com/biz/giorgianas-bosto"><U>Giorgiana's </U></A> priovided the amazing food and drink for our tea-time celebration.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Stage Door Opens</B></div> <div> <I>The "Stage Door" program of Boston’s City Stage Co., one of the groups of artists housed by the BCA, also performed. They got the crowd moving with "Visions of Sugarplums," an interactive retelling of the Nutcracker story. </I>The South End News</div> <div> <IMG SRC="75c90140.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="75e04150.png" border=0 width="260" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> The 5 young actors in our new <I>Stage Door Program</I> began performances of the holiday show <I>Visions of Sugar Plums,</I> which we are performing for free at gatherings throughout our neighborhood.  <I>Visions of Sugar Plums</I> is a 15 minute participatory play based on the Nutcracker story.  In this play, Clara is given a toy Nutcracker that comes to life to defend the house from the Mouse King and his army. </div> <div>  </div> <div> The next  the public performances where you can see Shamika, Daryl, Juliana, Jamar and Nancy put on the show:</div> <div>  </div> <div> Tuesday, December 16 at 6:00 at the South End branch of the Boston Public Library 685 Tremont St.</div> <div>  </div> <div> In addition the group visited KidStage at Boston Children's Museum get some tips on doing participatory plays for young audiences.  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="76089570.png" border=0 width="137" height="87" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>Nancy</B> as the Mouse King has worked for City Stage Co.for many years.  She loves working with kids and learns so much from the City Stage family.   She feels lucky to be working here.  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="76165880.png" border=0 width="101" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>Shamika</B> as Clara has taken theater classes with City Stage at El Centro high School as well as <I>Teen Stages</I>.   She has also worked with us as a teen assistant for <I>After School</I><I> </I><I>with City Stage</I>.  Shamika is currently training to be a medical assistant at Lincoln Tech.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="762895d0.png" border=0 width="137" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>Juliana</B> as the stage manager/ tour manager is a member of <I>Stage Door</I> and <I>Teen stages</I>.  She will soon be leaving Boston to return to sunny California to go to school where she is hoping to continue acting.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="76389500.png" border=0 width="137" height="80" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>Daryl</B> as Fritz, Clara's brother has been with City Stage for one year.  He has appeared in three plays with the company: <I>No Food Allowed</I>, <I>Sit Carl, Sit</I> both with <I>Teen Stages</I>, and <I>Visions of Sugar Plums.</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="764895c0.png" border=0 width="137" height="92" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>Jamar</B> as the Nutcracker has been with City Stage since 2001.  He has been a student, a teen assistant, and a member of <I>Teen Stages</I>.  He was a participant in City Stage's 2007 Paris exchange.  He is a student at Northeastern University.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Teen Stages says </B><I><B>"bon jour"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="75f20c40.png" border=0 width="800" height="708" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Our <I>Teen Stages</I> program recently got together with young people from Déclic Théâtre from France, who were visiting Boston as part of an International Exchange by the Cloud Foundation  In 2007, City Stage Co. was chosen for the 2007 Paris Exchange trip.</div> <div>  </div> <div> The two groups renewed friendships, shared a improvisation workshop, played board games and attended performances of <I>Shear Madness</I> and <I>Blue Man Group</I>  (City Stage's Chandra Pieragostini arranged for the generous donation of tickets for both performances.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U> <A href = "mailto:c.pieragostini@citystage.org">Chandra Pieragostini, Associate Director for Education</A>  </U></FONT>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> City Stage Co. is an award winning theater that provides opportunities for urban children and families to participate in the performing arts so they can make discoveries about themselves and the world. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>