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<div>Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div>I am writing to bring the Grande Prairie Century Play project to your attention. As the Artistic Director of this project, I am seeking researchers and participants who would like to be involved in any aspect of this 2 year project. The GP Century Play
follows the tradition of the Community Plays developed by the Colway Theatre Trust (now Claque Theatre) in the UK. The occasion for the Century Play project is Grande Prairie's 100th Anniversary. We are mobilizing to create an original community theatrical
celebration that will be performed outdoors in June, 2014. This is the first community play project in Alberta though Canada has seen community plays produced in Ontario (Jumblies Theatre), Saskatchewan (Common Weal), and BC (Vancouver Moving Theatre, Runaway
Moon Theatre).</div>
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<div>I am particularly hoping that graduate students might be interested in becoming involved as researchers or interns in various aspects of the project – writing, design, music, choreography, acting, directing, dramaturgy, stage management, … the possibilities
are open to explore. We will be entering Phase 2 of the project in September, 2012.</div>
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<div>I have attached a brief overview of the GP Century Play project and am happy to answer all inquiries. Researchers interested in the community play process and projects should google the various companies named above as well as <u>www.gpcenturyplay.org</u>.</div>
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<div>Many thanks,</div>
<div>Annie</div>
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<div><font color="#800080"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><i>Annie Smith, PhD<br>
Drama Instructor<br>
</i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Grande Prairie Regional College<br>
10726 – 106 Avenue<br>
Grande Prairie AB T8V 4C4<br>
Office: L222<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><i>Phone: 780-539-2882<br>
Email: <a href="applewebdata://89463515-6F2B-449F-8C26-19574CCEEF11/asmith@gprc.ab.ca">asmith@gprc.ab.ca</a><br>
</i></span></font></font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><br>
</span></font><font color="#808000"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">“It is interesting to ask: what are the limits you have set for your life? Where are the lines of these limits? Why do you think you cannot go beyond them? How real are they? Did you construct
these limits out of anxiety and fear? If you were to go beyond your most solidly set limits, what difference would it make to your life? What are you missing by remaining confined?” John O’Donohue.<br>
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<p align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font color="#800080"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><i>Drama interprets the world. <br>
Come to GPRC for Drama <br>
and find yourself and the world.<br>
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