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September 29, 2017

There’s No Place Like Art…The Reviews at IN!

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September 13, 2017

There’s No Place Like Art!

First Online With Fran's First Podcast There's No Place Like Art... National Arts in Education Week is a way to recognize this impact and share the message with friends, family,…

September 9, 2017

National Arts in Education Week

House Resolution 275 designates the week beginning with the second Sunday in September as Watch the video and join us in the celebration! Celebrate. Host a celebration in your community,…

July 13, 2017

Extraordinary Women Telling an Extraordinary Story: SHADOWS ROUND THE MOON

"This is a story of incredible love and extraordinary loss. The play is a chance to introduce an amazing woman to the world since Mary Shelley has not received the…

June 19, 2017

Pan Asian Repertory presents ACQUITTAL

ACQUITTAL, by Shahid Nadeem, expresses the thematic thrust of the play: tightly woven narratives about four women who lived in Pakistan in the early 1980's during the aftermath of the…

May 9, 2017

Leveraging Theatre for Social Good

Before it was fashionable to be an advocate or activist, my acquaintance Jessie Fahay invited me to join her very new theatre group. She had a vision to pair advocacy…

October 1, 2016

Presidential Proclamation — National Arts and Humanities Month, 2016

This month, we acknowledge all those who have proudly and passionately dedicated their lives to these diverse, beautiful, and often challenging forms of expression. In our increasingly global economy, we…

August 23, 2016

Lady Liberty Theater Festival 2016

Theatre Educates: New Festival Dedicated to Fighting Islamophobia The Lady Liberty Theater Festival presents a trio of exciting immigration short plays aimed at curing the disease of Islamophobia in America, tied…

August 19, 2016

Continuing the Conversation with. . . Marisa Vitali: Part II

Marisa Vitali returns home to Northport, LI to show the premier screening of her movie, GRACE at the John W. Engeman Theater. To raise awareness of the plight of recovering…

January 13, 2016

Sound Bites 3.0 Festival 10 Musicals – One Night Only!

Go to the We Have Apples show page Subject: Friend what are you waiting for? 10 Musicals - One Night Only! Good seats still available BUT HURRY, they're going fast!…

October 26, 2015

Georgia Stitt: Her Need to Tell. . . through Music

Her love of literature coupled with a flair for creating her own melodies as a child pianist coalesced into becoming the career choice for composer/lyricist Georgia Stitt. “I have always…

October 20, 2015

Making Music: The League of Professional Theatre Women Networking Event

TAKE IT AWAY! captures the passion and promise of this event to represent the mission of

July 31, 2015

The Power of Words…and Girls

June 4, 2015

On the Red Carpet at SOHO International Film Festival

First Online With Fran got to ask the official participants and attendees of the 2015 SOHO International Film Festival how the arts play a vital role in our society. Listen…

May 13, 2015

Continuing the Conversation with. . . Marisa Vitali, actor/screenwriter/producer

SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER In 2013, Marisa Vitali, Alysia Reiner and I sat down to talk about GRACE, the movie: its message, its momentum and its moving evolutionary progress. …

April 21, 2015

Here Come The Tempest Ladies!

Interview with Stella Berg & Katherine Elliot By Frances McGarry In 2008, six Syracuse University Acting students imagined a novel approach to presenting Shakespeare. Inspired by a semester abroad program…

July 3, 2013

Marisa Vitali: Life Imitating Art: This is NOT an Act

“It’s been a long road . . . but there is actually a moment when you choose to say, ‘THIS is what I’m going to be doing with the rest…

April 23, 2013

Every Child Needs This: Learning Bravery with Compass Creative Dramatics

By Cathlyn Melvin, Development Director Compass Creative Dramatics My summer vacations as a kid were a whirlwind of gymnastics practice, camping across mosquito-infested Wisconsin, and terrifying just-after-dark sessions of “Ghost…