| The Post Theatre Company, an award-winning student theatrical troupe based
at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY, will
represent the United States at the Festival Suroit in Valleyfield, Quebec,
Canada, taking place April 8 to 13, 2001.
Hosted by the College de Valleyfield, a prestigious conservatory known
for its excellent theatre program, and co-sponsored by the International
Association for University Theatre, the festival will showcase companies
from Quebec as well as companies from France, Belgium, Holland, Venezuela,
Romania, Algeria and Yugoslavia.
Students in the Post Theatre Company will have the opportunity to present
its play "The Iphigenia Project," share in master classes and
workshops, meet young theater artists from other countries, and see a
variety of performances by international thespians. C.W. Post faculty
member Maria Porter and Cara Gargano will teach workshops along with faculty
from the visiting international companies.
Twenty-six members of the Post Theatre Company will travel to Valleyfield,
just south of Montreal, to participate in this unique festival dedicated
to fostering new collaborative opportunities and cultural exchanges for
emerging theatre professionals.
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