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As the nation prepares for the second presidential debate this evening, CENTERSTAGE releases the fourth set of videos in its My America project, an online artistic initiative bringing together 50 of the country's leading playwrights to answer a single question: What is my America?

CENTERSTAGE announces its electrifying, one-of-a-kind artistic initiative, My America-50 new monologues by 50 of America's leading and emerging playwrights, all filmed by award-winning filmmaker Hal Hartley. The films will debut at the theater today, September 28, and begin a staggered release online at www.centerstage.org/MyAmerica, culminating on Election Day, November 6.

CENTERSTAGE announces its electrifying, one-of-a-kind artistic initiative, My America-50 new monologues by 50 of America's leading and emerging playwrights, all filmed by award-winning filmmaker Hal Hartley. The films will debut at the theater on September 28, and begin a staggered release online at www.centerstage.org/MyAmerica, culminating on Election Day, November 6.

The Women Playwrights Festival was founded in 1998 to nurture and support the work of women playwrights. Working in partnership with major regional theatres, the festival selects playwrights from a group of highly accomplished writers nominated by a national committee, presents public readings of the playwrights' latest work, and then invites the writers to a residency at Hedgebrook for further work on their new plays.

The Women Playwrights Festival was founded in 1998 to nurture and support the work of women playwrights. Working in partnership with major regional theatres, the festival selects playwrights from a group of highly accomplished writers nominated by a national committee, presents public readings of the playwrights' latest work, and then invites the writers to a residency at Hedgebrook for further work on their new plays.

A drama about an American bomber pilot stranded in a war-torn country and a rock musical based on The Who's iconic concept album "Tommy" (1969) will be presented in February by the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University. Both stage productions are part of the inaugural Masters-in-the-Making series, which showcases the talents of third-year master of fine arts (MFA) students.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

Producing Artistic Director Allan Buchman has announced that it will present a special one-night-only theatrical concert event, Breaking The Silence, Beating The Drum, on the floor of the General Assembly Hall. This unique event will take place on Wednesday, March 25th, 7:30 p.m. - ?International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade' - marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and the widespread abuses of human trafficking.

Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced the schedule for its upcoming 2008 WOMEN CENTER STAGE festival (WCS), the annual multi-disciplinary event featuring women artists whose work calls attention to human struggles globally - April 8 - April 27, 2008.

Culture Project has announced further casting for their production of Rebel Voices, a stage adaptation by Rob Urbinati and Howard Zinn of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's acclaimed book 'Voices of a People's History of the United States'