European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes july 2007 name Sonia 24 title director of the Wiesbaden 2007 childrens summer theater workshop background family hails from born and raised in Sonia received much of her education in Oklahoma and this b her second year As director of the six week summer theater this fall she plans to move to new York what got you interested in the theater my parents took me to the theater when i was a and that1 s what first got me to love the theater and to appreciate the i now recognize How it can bring self esteem to it can really change a Childs Michael Abrams stars Anc Stripe is it the magic of theater theater builds when i taught Here last some of the Chil Dren had just moved in and were afraid they  make but in the theater they found their it also helps develop Public speak ing and teaches children How to the computer gadgets that kids have do they hinder their stage work i confiscated two game boys last she that certainly would not have been the Case years but youre the attention Span is not nearly As Long As and that is a but every experience is Worth drawing from in we were doing an improvisation game and a kid pretended to be and it was so ifs not necessarily a bad thing whats the summer curriculum we Start out learning Basic theater voice becoming a Dif Ferent changing the Way you walk and it culminates with a full scale theater they also get to learn about cos Tumes and and the name of this years production is humpty the Case of the cracked its a delightful spoof on the 1940s1950s Pri vat Eye ifs the Story of humpty dumpty fell off the who was behind it the kids Are getting into the private Eye the suspects Are All fairy tale like Rapun when will they perform it the performances Are thursday and August 2nd and at 3 and August 4th at 7 its Good for the kids to experience a to experience different audiences the kids learn How to and because when youre on stage your timing May change according to the audiences among current who inspires you Robin Williams is the he holds nothing interview conducted by Kevin know someone whose Volunteer awards or Good deeds qualify them for 15 minutes of Fame How about someone whose claim to glory is a bit out of the Ordinary dare we oddball Send the persons name and Contact information to Senate confirms Geren the associated press Washington the Senate confirmed Pete Geren on Friday to be Secretary of the four months after his predecessor re signed amid outrage Over conditions at Walter Reed army medi Cal who served As an Assis Tant to former defense Secretary Donald has been serving As acting army Secretary since Geren won confirmation As democrats in Congress pushed for a troop withdrawal from Iraq and some republicans defected from president Bush and his Strat egy in the a report on the War released by the administration last week said the iraqi government has Secretary of the army Pete 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