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	Facetime: An Interview with Amanda Huotari When she was 13, Amanda Huotari went to the Celebration Barn in South Paris to study theater. After traveling the world to study and perform - including San Francisco, Italy and Paris - Amanda returned to Maine. In 2006, she became executive director of the theater she first learned her craft in, and became owner in January 2007. Read the full interview with the Barn's executive director from the Sun Journal.
	More Diet Coke and Mentos Madness! Great things continue to happen for our friends Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe of EepyBird.com. They just set a world record in Cincinnati, won a Webby Award (the Internet version of the Oscars), and believe it or not, they were nominated for an Emmy Award! All this because they started dropping Mentos mints into bottles of Diet Coke… Click here to read about Eepybird...
	Playing with Presence: A Conversation with David Gaines David Gaines toured internationally for ten years with The Moving Picture Mime Show, a very successful theatre company based in London. He was then invited to Paris to teach alongside Jacques Lecoq at the Ecole Lecoq as a professor of improvisation, mask, and movement. This summer, Celebration Barn presents students with two opportunities to study with David. Click here to read David's interview...
	Meet the Barn's New Executive Director! When Amanda Huotari first came to Celebration Barn as a teenager, she discovered a passion for creating original theater. Since then, while living, studying, and performing in Boston, San Francisco and Paris, she has returned to the Barn almost every summer to be a part of this thriving creative community. Now Mandy’s helping usher in the next generation at Celebration Barn as our new Executive Director. Great things are happening! Click here to read a letter from Mandy...
	Alumni News: A Year with Cirque du Soleil In 1991, Steve Ragatz spent the entire summer here at the Barn. Where has he been since? Well, he just finished another year touring with Cirque du Soleil, which, he says, "is like the Barn but with more lipstick and funny accents." Click here to read Steve's interview...
	The Farmhouse has a new roof! The most crucial repairs to the Farmhouse are complete! Our thanks to all of you who donated - you made it happen! Click here to see pictures...
	Tony Film News The Tony documentary is out! Read about the special previews that took place at the Celebration Barn last summer. Order your copy today!
	Louis Colaianni on Voice and Character He was the first artist to ever turn Celebration Barn Theater into a giant mouth! Louis Colaianni talks about his upcoming workshops and how performers can learn to play any character under the sun. Read more...
	Alumni News: Diet Coke, Mentos, and an Internet Phenomenon What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? In just six weeks, the guys at EepyBird went from the woods of Maine to the Late Show with David Letterman. Read more...
	Alumni News: Conan O'Brien & Dissecting a Cauliflower Brain She just appeared on Conan O'Brien, and she produced what the Chicago Tribune called, "one of the most intellectually absorbing theater pieces of the year!" It's been quite a good year for Meghan Strell. Read more...
	Scotty Meltzer talks about Comedy Writing One of the best comedy writers in the country talks to us about performing, creating new material, and his upcoming workshop at the Barn. Read more...
	Alumni News: Hip Harp One of the most original talents ever to study at the Barn is, of all things, a harpist! Read more...

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