Spotlight May-June 2019
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International Theatre<br />
News<br />
Tim Jebsen<br />
AACT International Committee Chair<br />
The International Amateur Theatre Association (AITA/<br />
IATA) will hold its <strong>2019</strong> International theatre festival in Saint<br />
John, New Brunswick, Canada. This event will take place on<br />
August 27-31, <strong>2019</strong>, and twelve countries have been selected to<br />
perform at this festival including Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, the<br />
Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Portugal,<br />
and Singapore. In addition to these performances, there will<br />
be theatrical workshops, meetings, and sightseeing opportunities.<br />
ART FOR EVERYONE<br />
www.playsforyoungaudiences.org<br />
Joy Dolo and Ricardo Vazquez in The Last Firefly by Naomi Iiuzuka. Photo by Dan Norman.<br />
At this festival, AITA/IATA will hold its annual General Assembly<br />
and also elect a new president and new members of the<br />
council. Representing the USA at the General Assembly will be<br />
delegates Lori Chase, Murray Chase, Kathleen Maldonado, Jerry<br />
Oligmueller, Frank Peot, and Jim Walker. These delegates were<br />
approved by the AACT board (the national center of the USA)<br />
at the AACT winter board meeting in Salt Lake City in February<br />
<strong>2019</strong>. The AITA/IATA General Assembly will take place on<br />
Thursday, August 29, <strong>2019</strong>. <br />
<strong>May</strong>/<strong>June</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
AACT <strong>Spotlight</strong><br />
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