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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2007
Contact: Nicole Lane | PR & Marketing
360-601-4298 | nicolealane@comcast.net
Insight Out Announces Merge
with CITE Creative Education
Raises over $6,000 for Spring show “For:Give”
Portland, Oregon – On December 3, 2007, Insight
Out Theatre Collective was pleased to announce
the organizational merger of Insight Out with
CITE Educational Theatre. A group of sponsors
and close supporters enjoyed Insight Out’s Fall
2007 fundraiser, “Starlight Escapade.” The event
was a benefit for Insight Out’s May production
of For:Give – an ensemble work inspired by The
Tempest. Entertainment featured performances
from Wade McCollum, Julianna Jaffe, Storm Large
and other talented Insight Out company
contributors and was held at Tony Starlight’s
Supper Club & Lounge and presented by Parametric
Marketing.
This evening was an opportunity for Insight Out
Artistic Director Julianna Jaffe and former CITE
Executive and Artistic Director Andrés Alcalá to
publicly announce and explain the merge: Insight
Out and CITE are now united and named as Insight
Out Theatre Collective. The January 2007
production of The Yellow Boat was the first
production shared by Insight Out and CITE.
CITE Educational Theatre, founded in 1992, is a
non-profit professional K-12 children’s theatre
company that develops original material
combining musical theatre with social and
environmental educational messages. CITE has
been funded locally for environmental education
by local cities and by organizations such as
Portland General Electric, Pacific County PUD
and Metro and Regional Water Providers
Consortium. There is no cost to the schools who
host the performances. In 2006, CITE performed
over 230 shows and connected with 50,000 school
children.
“Starlight Escapade” raised more than $6,000 for
the May 2008 production of For:Give. Production
Director and Company Member, Tony Fuemmeler,
expressed that this piece will use Shakespeare’s
text as a point of departure and involve an
ensemble of artists from a variety of
disciplines working together to shape a piece
integrating theatre, aerial choreography,
heightened movement, dance, song, projection and
sound.
Insight Out has been awarded a $5000 “Access to
Artistic Excellence” grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts. These funds are
dedicated to develop For:Give and produce a
multidisciplinary interpretation of
Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Insight Out Theatre Collective
creates plays that address challenging themes
and encourage public dialogue.
Our Vision is to inspire social change.
www.insightouttheatre.org
Photo Attached | L-R, Julianna Jaffe, Andrés
Alcalá | Photo credit: Ericka Heidrick
www.erickaheidrick.com
Exploring Social Change
Insight Out Theatre Collective | 812 SW
Washington, Suite 1050 | Portland, OR 97205
www.insightouttheatre.org | 503-493-8070
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