[Yale-readings] Word of Mouth

[Nancy Kuhl]

>
>WORD of MOUTH, the monthly reading series @ ARTS + LITERATURE LABORATORY 
>welcomes
>
>John Basinger
>
>Friday, May 19 at 7pm
>
>John Basinger: 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.
>
>PLEASE JOIN US! An open mic will start the evening--come a few minutes 
>early to sign up.
>
>For more information, please visit the website at 
><http://www.allgallery.org/>www.allgallery.org or call 203-671-5175.
>
>Please note the Arts & Literature Laboratory has moved to
>ERECTOR SQUARE BUILDING 2 , 319 PECK STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT
>
>
>

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