Cathy Plourde's talk in Lewiston covered by Sun Journal

The Sun Journal covered a talk by Cathy Plourde, director of UNE's Add Verb Productions, that she gave at the Great Falls Forum at the Lewiston Public Library on Feb. 21, 2013.

Plourde spoke on "Arts, Advocacy & Action: Acting as if Our Lives Depended on It", sharing some of Add Verb's work in public health and education.

She read parts from her play, "You the Man." Since the playwright founded Add Verb Productions in 2000, "You the Man," about dating violence, and "The Thin Line," about eating disorders, have been performed in schools around the country, seen by 150,000 people in 35 states. Read the story.

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