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Tori
I have two tickets for Sunday night's performance and we are unable to attend.  Please free up these tickets for someone else who can enjoy the play and the efforts of our students.  
Would you please rsvp so i know this is being taken care of?
Thank you,
Prof Emerita Claudia Melrose

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From: Tori Pettaway <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:22 am
Subject: UW-Madison Undergraduates perform in NTOZAKE SHANGE'S PLAY, ...
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> PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR PRESS RELEASE:WE NEED YOUR HELP IN PUBLICIZING 
> THIS EVENT. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. 
>     
> UW-MADISON UNDERGRADUATE PRODUCTION OF NTOZAKE SHANGE'S PLAY, FOR 
> COLORED GIRLS WHO'VE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, 
> 7:00pm, Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, 2010, H'Doubler 
> Performance, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue     
> November 23, 2010.
>  
> The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Afro-American 
> Studies and the Campus Women's Center are proud to present Ntozake 
> Shange's play, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO'VE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE 
> RAINBOW IS ENUF.When this award-winning play was produced on Broadway 
> in 1975, it marked only the second time a play by an African American 
> woman was produced on the Great White Way . (Lorraine Hansberry's A 
> RAISIN IN THE SUN was the first).   Since then, FOR COLORED GIRLS has 
> been produced and performed in regional theaters and on college 
> campuses throughout the country. This "Choreopoem," as Shange calls 
> her play, resonates with women of all ages and ethnicities. It 
> originated of out the tumultuous era of the 1970s black feminist 
> movement and continues to provoke much discussion about issues of 
> adolescent love, feminine bonding, race, sexuality and domestic 
> abuse.   Despite its popularity, this will be the first time FOR 
> COLORED GIRLS WHO'VE
>  CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF has been performed on the 
> UW-Madison campus. It's being produced, directed and performed by 
> undergraduates. The play's director, Erika Dickerson, and producer, 
> Rae Lymer, are extraordinary young women who are putting great effort 
> and time into this project, as are the women who make up the ensemble 
> and the tech team.  
> 
> The play will be performed at 7:00 pm on Saturday, December 11, and 
> Sunday, December 12 in the H'Doubler performance space in Lathrop 
> Hall, 1050 University Avenue. 
> 
> This event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  
> 
> For more information call or e-mail Sandra Adell, Professor, 
> Department of Afro-American Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
> 608.334.0147 ( [log in to unmask])      
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, 
> with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the 
> peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your 
> hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
> 
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