ATHEMOO MEETING EVERYONE INVITED!!!

[Dan Zellner]

Hello everyone!
 
We hope you all will be able to make this meeting. It should be a great
opportunity to meet and mingle.
Let's make history!
 
See you there,
 
Dan Zellner
Studio Z
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
CYBERSPACE STAGE FOR GLOBAL GATHERING OF THEATRE PEOPLE
 
Chicago - February 14th, 1996 - On March 7th, 11:00 a.m. Central Standard
Time (5 p.m. Greenwich mean time)
Studio Z and Juli Burk of the University of Hawaii will play host to a
cyberspace gathering of theatre artists from
around the world. This meeting will take place at the ATHEMOO. The ATHEMOO
(ATHE=Association of  Theatre in
Higher Education, MOO=Mult-user dimension Object Oriented)  is a virtual,
text-based, building where people from
all over the world can meet, move around and chat in real time. The ATHEMOO
is the creation of Juli Burk, a
professor of theatre at the University of Hawaii and the Chair of ATHE's
Electronic Technology Committee. The ATHEMOO is supported by the University
of Hawaii at Manoa and the Association of Theatre in Higher Education. This
amazing virtual building features classrooms, a library, the ruins of a
Greek theatre and even a bar serving virtual Champagne! The March 7th
meeting will take place in ATHEMOO's Auditorium and will feature a
presentation by Studio Z about the Studio's innovative work with theatre and
the Internet. Following the
presentation, the audience will get a chance to mingle, chat and explore the
ATHEMOO.
 
Dan Zellner, Studio Z's Artistic Producer notes:
'"The beauty of the ATHEMOO is that it is a place where people from all over
the world can meet and discuss and
even create theatre. All this is accomplished without expensive equipment or
complicated software. Anyone with
basic access to the Internet can get to the ATHEMOO with very little difficulty"
 
For more info on how to visit the ATHEMOO and what do when you get there
check out:
 
http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~dzellner/athemoo.html