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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Mike Wallace (Theatre Museum Canada)</FONT></DIV>
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</SPAN>Michael Wallace,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Executive Director, </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
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</SPAN>416-413-7847<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><U><A
href="mailto:info@TheatreMuseumCanada.ca">info@TheatreMuseumCanada.ca</A></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><st1:place><st1:City><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">THEATRE
MUSEUM</SPAN></B></st1:City><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></B><st1:country-region><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CANADA</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> GOES TO THE EX!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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size=3><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Toronto</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> – <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Theatre Museum</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is delighted to be working with the Toronto Alliance
for the Performing Arts on TAPA’s annual booth at the
CNE.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>“This booth is a bit like a rehearsal
for us…” says Theatre Museum Executive Director Mike Wallace <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“…it features set models, masks and
costumes from past productions – along with graphics and video content from the
upcoming theatre season. The workshops allow audience members to experience some
of the creative processes behind making theatre. These are all <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the sorts of things that we plan to do
with our museum. Of course we want to run things for longer than 18 days a year
– and in a space bigger than 25 feet by 25 feet!”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“We were delighted that TAPA asked us to participate
in their booth at this year’s CNE. It’s partnerships like this that will bring
our vision for a museum into reality,” says Theatre Museum Canada Board
President </SPAN><st1:PersonName><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kate
Barris</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The 2006 CNE runs to September 4. The TAPA Booth is
open from </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="10"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">10:00am</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="22"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">10:00pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in the Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Pavilion. It
features set designs by Stephan Droege, masks from The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre
for Young People, and costumes on loan from the National Ballet of Canada,
Mirvish Productions, Video Cabaret and Opera Atelier. Dates for workshops
highlighting stage combat, stage make-up and stage undergarments are August 19,
23, 26 and 30.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">About
</SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:City><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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</SPAN></B><st1:country-region><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><B
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size=3><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Theatre
Museum</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> seeks to share the wonder of
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s rich theatre legacy with Canadians and theatre
enthusiasts everywhere. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Besides its growing collection, programs
include temporary EXHIBITS , its LEGEND LIBRARY oral history project featuring
R.H. Thomson interviewing Canadian theatre luminaries and THEATRE MUSEUM GOES
BACKSTAGE <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>panels highlighting the
creative processes of theatre. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Our digital archives of these 2
programmes can be accessed at our online home, </FONT><A
href="http://www.theatremuseumcanada.ca/"><FONT
size=3>www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>For further information or media
enquiries, please call 416-413-7847<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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