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THEATERS START PROGRAM FOR MILITARY FAMILIES, VETS
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_THEATERS_MILITARY_FAMILIES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-27-12-14-48PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Nearly two dozen theaters around the country will offer free and discounted tickets for plays, classes and other services to veterans and military families under a program being launched this week that builds off a similar one for museums.
The Blue Star Theatre program will be launched at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence on Friday by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, Maj. Gen. Kevin McBride of the Rhode Island National Guard and others, Reed's office announced Thursday.
The program is a partnership of Blue Star Families, a national, non-profit network of military families, the NEA, the national theater organization the Theatre Communications Group and the participating theaters.
The program will offer workshops and playwriting classes to veterans, job postings and casting notices on military bases.
