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WORD of MOUTH, the monthly reading series @ ARTS + LITERATURE LABORATORY
welcomes</b> <br>
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John Basinger<br>
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<b>Friday, May 19 at 7pm<br>
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</font><font face="arial"><b>John Basinger: </b>A Professor Emeritus of
Theater and Sign Language at Three Rivers Community College, John
Basinger's credits include a long-time involvement with the National
Theatre of the Deaf, with which he has performed as actor and musician on
several national and international tours, as well as on Broadway. He had
a featured role in Paramount Pictures' Children of a Lesser God, and has
performed with the Long Wharf Theater, Hartford Stage Company, and the
Manhattan Theater Club. John has been a Mellon Fellow in Theater at Yale
University, is a nationally recognized storyteller, and is an active
participant in the Poetry Slam movement, coaching a number of Slam
Poets. He is the author of Benedict Arnold: A Brave Revenge,
which had its inaugural production in Washington Park in Groton,
Connecticut, in July of 2003. John Basinger started
committing all twelve books of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" to
memory in 1993. Since then, he has been performing them at a variety of
venues across the country, including Poetry Alive in Asheville, North
Carolina, Bluffton College, Wesleyan University, Yale University,
Connecticut College, Southern Connecticut State University, Central
Connecticut State University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Avol's
Bookstore in Madison WI, the University of Redlands, Warren Wilson
College, Manhattanville College. He has also performed at the Milton
Academy in Milton, Mass., New London (CT) High School, and numerous
living rooms, churches and theaters. In Middletown, CT, he has
performed regularly at The Buttonwood Tree, Oddfellows Playhouse, the
South Congregational Church, and Wesleyan University. He
completed the memorization project with Book Twelve in 2001. The project
culminated in a 3-day one-man performance of all twelve books at Three
Rivers Community College in Norwich, Connecticut. Come prepared to be
extraordinarily entertained, amused, cajoled, inspired, and to fall in
love. <br>
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<b>PLEASE JOIN US!</b> An open mic will start the evening--come a few
minutes early to sign up.<br>
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For more information, please visit the website at
<a href="http://www.allgallery.org/">www.allgallery.org</a> or call
203-671-5175.<br>
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<font face="arial"><b>Please note the Arts & Literature Laboratory
has moved to <br>
ERECTOR SQUARE BUILDING 2 , 319 PECK STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT<br>
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