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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Candrama Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I hope most of you have been able to enjoy the spring weather as we ease into summer! I’m looking forward to seeing many of you during the online Act for CATR 2025 this Monday and Tuesday
(May 26 & 27) and in person in Regina, SK June 25-28 (<a href="https://theatreagora.ca/catr-conference-2025/">https://theatreagora.ca/catr-conference-2025</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I’d also love to see you in Toronto at Alumnae Theatre on Monday, June 9 for the Toronto launch of my book,
<i>Alumnae Theatre Company: Nonprofessionalizing Theatre in Canada</i> (UTP). I’ve pasted Alumnae’s Press Release below—note the generous discount UTP is offering that evening—and the link to the book is in my signature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Robin C. Whittaker</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate Professor, Drama, Department of English</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Alumnae Theatre Company: Nonprofessionalizing Theatre in Canada<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487548261"><span style="color:#467886">https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487548261</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<i>St. Thomas University is situated on the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Wəlastəkewiyik / Maliseet whose ancestors along with the Mi’Kmaq / Mi’kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati Tribes / Nations signed Peace and Friendship Treaties with the
British Crown in the 1700s.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"color:#C00000"><img border="0" width="400" height="77" style="width:4.1666in;height:.802in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DBCD8E.CC10E130" alt="Alumnae Theatre Company"></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Alumnae Theatre Company</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Join us to celebrate the book that details 100 years of our history!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Where:</b> Alumnae Theatre lobby (70 Berkeley Street, Toronto, M5A 2W6)<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> evening of Monday, June 9, from 7:30 to 9:00.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Program:</b> Robin Whittaker, Associate Professor of Drama, St. Thomas University, Fredericton will share highlights from his latest book, <i>Alumnae Theatre Company: Nonprofessionalizing Theatre in Canada.</i> Robin will read excerpts
from his book, share new stories and observations about “the ladies of the Alum”. There will be socializing, a book signing (with a 25% discount on books for this event only), light refreshments, cash bar, and building tours.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more info about the launch and to register (requested<span style="color:black">). </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrate-the-history-of-nonprofessional-theatre-in-canada-tickets-1347996797709?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span style="color:black">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrate-the-history-of-nonprofessional-theatre-in-canada-tickets-1347996797709?aff=oddtdtcreator</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more info about the book <a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487548261"><span style="color:black">https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487548261</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since 1918 the women-run Alumnae Theatre Company (formerly the University Alumnae Dramatic Club) has been producing and creating theatre. Since 1972 our theatre home has been Toronto's old Firehall No. 4, an historic Toronto building, constructed
in 1905.<o:p></o:p></p>
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