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The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is entering into a unique arrangement with the upcoming theatrical release, Me and Orson Welles, directed by Oscar®-nominated Richard Linklater (School of Rock, Before Sunset).

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is entering into a unique arrangement with the upcoming theatrical release, Me and Orson Welles, directed by Oscar®-nominated Richard Linklater (School of Rock, Before Sunset).

Based in real theatrical history, Me and Orson Welles is a romantic coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it's being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to present an exclusive special special preview clip from the upcoming film, Me and Orson Welles.

In 1938, just one year after forming The Mercury Theater, Orson Welles took to the air with a series of radio broadcasts on the Columbia Broadcasting System called The Mercury Theater on the Air. In the most famous of these episodes, Welles directed and narrated an adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel 'The War of the Worlds,' reading without commercial interruption as it was a news broadcast.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 134 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members.