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Darke
County Center for the Arts...
DCCA
presents Post Comedy Theatre in
High Schools
October 13, 2011
Award-winning
physical comedian Robert
Post will perform for high school students in Darke County and
Greenville City
schools from October 18 through October 21. The third Arts In Education
presentation this school year by Darke County Center for the Arts, the
program
will feature one-man theatre-company Robert Post whose internationally
broadcast PBS special earned the Education Network Award for Best
Performance.
“Rob
Post educates, entertains,
engages and empowers students to explore their own potential,”said DCCA
Artistic Director Keith Rawlins. “His show sparks creativity and
inspires
life-long learning – and he’s just flat out hilarious,” Rawlins
concluded. In
addition to his theatrical performances, Robert Post maintains a
commitment to
education and has performed internationally for young audiences in
countless
settings such as New York’s Lincoln Center Institute, the Festival
Internacional
Chihuahua in Mexico, and The Big Break Festival in Moscow.
DCCA’s
Arts In Education series
annually presents high quality performing artists to all grade levels
in all
local public school systems at no cost to the students; these
performances are
also open to the public. A.I.E. is sponsored by Dayton Power and Light
Company
Foundation, Bocholt Foundation, Greenville Federal, Maid-Rite Sandwich
Shoppe,
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, The Andersons, Edison Community
College,
Littman-Thomas Agency, Mercer Savings Bank, Greenville Rotary Club, and
BASF.
Support is also received from Harry D. and Esther Stephens Memorial
Fund, Lydia
E. Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund, Ketrow Foundation, as well as the
schools.
Additionally, the Ohio Art Council helps fund this program with state
tax
dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and
cultural
enrichment for all Ohioans.
Contact
Darke County Center for the Arts
for more information regarding specific times and locations of the
A.I.E.
performances which are planned to coordinate with schools’ schedules.
Robert
Post will also perform at the Arts Depot in Union City on Thursday,
October 20
at 7:30 p.m. as part of DCCA’s casual and intimate Coffeehouse Series;
tickets
for the show are $10 and may be reserved by contacting DCCA at
937-547-0908 or click here for the DCCA website.
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