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Monday, February 27, 2012

PREMIERE STAGES: DAY OF EVENTS WITH NOTED ACTOR & CIVIC ACTIVIST RICHARD DREYFUSS

Premiere Stages is thrilled to host a day of events featuring the Academy Award Winning Actor and Civics activist, Richard Dreyfuss. On Monday, March 5th, Mr. Dreyfuss will visit the Kean Campus to engage the campus and local community in three planned lecture events. The schedule for the visit is as follows:

2:00 PM—A hour-long lecture focusing on the importance of civics education in public schools presented in conjunction with the Kean Department of History and the Kean Center for History, Politics, and Policy.

3:30 PM—A conversation with Kean Department of theatre students moderated by Premiere Stages Artistic Director John Wooten on the evolution of acting.

7:00 PMA reading of The Commandant by Frederic Morton starring Mr. Dreyfuss, presented in conjunction with the Kean Jewish Studies and World Affairs Program, the Masters Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the Kean Holocaust Resource Center.

WHERE: All events will be held in the Kean University Center Little Theatre. ADMISSION: Events are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. For more information, please call 908.737.4092 or e-mail premiere@kean.edu