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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span
style=""> </span>January
23<sup>rd</sup>, 2006<o:p></o:p><br>
PLEASE ADD TO YOUR LISTINGS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
style="color: black;">Graduate Centre for Study of Drama (University
of Toronto)
presents:</span></b></p>
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style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Festival of
Original Theatre 2006: Performing Adaptation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">FOOT 2006</span></b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>TORONTO –</b> Five days of
interdisciplinary, international performances and panels dedicated to
exploring
the process of adaptation are <b style=""><span style="color: black;">opening
on<span style="">
Wednesday, February 15<sup>th</sup> and running through to Sunday,
February 19<sup>th</sup>
at the Robert Gill Theatre</span></span></b><span style="color: black;">.
FOOT
will embrace </span>multiple areas of creative expression through the
intersection of performances and academic discourse.<span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Started in 1993, the Festival of Original
Theatre (FOOT)
is an annual, student administered performance conference and arts
festival
sponsored by the Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama at the
University of
Toronto. Its goal is to bring together academia and the arts in
cross-disciplinary exploration and discussion. The structure of the
festival
combines academic conference papers, panel discussions, readings of
plays-in-progress and original performances of theatre.<span style="">
</span>This year’s theme, Performing Adaptation,
will involve artists and academics from across Canada, the United
States, and
Europe in questioning adaptation’s repositioning of narrative, image or
idea
from one artistic forum to another.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Adaptation will be taken up in
performance and discussion
by such prominent groups as <b>Native Earth Theatre Company</b> <span
style="">(Monique Mojica, Michelle St. John)</span>, <b>fu-GEN
Theatre Company</b> <span style="">(banana boys)</span>,
<b>DNA Theatre</b> <span style="">(David Duclos)</span>,
and <b>Bluemouth Inc</b><b style="">.</b><span style=""> (Richard
Wyndeyer).</span><span style=""> </span>FOOT’s keynote address by
Linda Hutcheon and
papers by Alan Thomas, Tom Stroud and representatives from the Yale
School of
Drama will offer conference attendees scholars of an equally high
calibre,
ensuring vital and complementary exchanges for the festival’s duration.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">February 15<sup>th</sup> – 19<sup>th</sup>,
2006:<i><span style=""> </span></i>Thursday ‑ Sunday at various
times.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">For schedule and more
information visit <u><a href="http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca/"
title="http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca/"><u><span
style="color: windowtext;">http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca</span></u></a></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Robert Gill Theatre</b>, 214
College Street, 3<sup>rd</sup> Floor,
enter on St. George Street.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Single Tickets: $8 adults, $5
students/seniors<i style=""><br>
</i><span style="">Festival Pass: $24 adults,
$15 students/seniors<o:p></o:p></span><br>
Drama Centre Box Office: 416-978-7986, or at the door.<o:p></o:p> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<h2 style=""><i style=""><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For
interview requests or any other
information please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></h2>
<h2 style=""><i style=""><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span
style=""> </span>Jocelyn Pitsch
@ 416-978-7986 or reply to this email<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></h2>
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