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Moisés Kaufman and Company to Work with Naropa University MFA Students
 “The Laramie Project” troupe also working on, publicly reading new play while in Boulder

BOULDER, Colo. (March 7, 2007)—Moisés Kaufman, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated director and award-winning playwright, will visit Naropa University’s MFA in Contemporary Performance as an artist-in-residence in April of 2007. Traveling with Kaufman will be the members of his Tectonic Theater Project, whose mission is to ask, “What can theater do that is uniquely theatrical, that cannot be realized in any other medium?”

Kaufman directed the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning “I Am My Own Wife” on Broadway, “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde” and “The Laramie Project,” which was also made into an HBO Film.

As an artist-in-residence, Kaufman will work directly with the MFA in Contemporary Performance students in a workshop-like setting, introducing them to cutting-edge approaches to theater and helping them hone their abilities. Visiting artists over the course of the year help equip students with a diverse set of perspectives and experiences in contemporary performance.

While in residence, Kaufman and Tectonic will also be working on a new play exploring the ongoing controversy over what can and can’t be taught in public school science classrooms. Company members are drawing text from interviews, court transcripts and local press surrounding a Pennsylvania battle over the matter in 2004. The visit will include a public reading of the play, whose working title is “Dover,” Saturday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the MFA Lab Theatre, studio 9190 at Naropa’s Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, Colo.

Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Naropa University is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian liberal arts institution dedicated to advancing contemplative education. This approach to learning integrates the best of Eastern and Western educational traditions, helping students know themselves more deeply and engage constructively with others. The university comprises a four-year undergraduate college and graduate programs in the arts, education, environmental leadership, psychology and religious studies.

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“Dover” public reading
Directed by Moises Kaufman with members of Tectonic Theatre Project and Naropa’s MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance
Saturday, April 14 - 7:30 p.m.
MFA Lab Theater, studio 9190
Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, Colo.
General admission $7.00
Naropa students, staff, faculty, and seniors free with ID
Reservations and box office information: 303-245-4798