the harold clurman center for poetry, poetic drama and the spoken word
The Harold Clurman Center for Poetry, Poetic Drama and the Spoken Word grew out of a passion for and concern with voice, speech and language as they pertain to theater, actor training and life. The primary purpose of this center is to explore the relationship between the actor and dramatic language, to celebrate dramatic and poetic language as a necessary but perhaps under appreciated aspect of the actor's art and craft, and to open channels of communication between poets, playwrights, actors, directors, voice specialists and critics in order to better understand issues of written and spoken language and the relationship between them. The aim of this program is to inspire current and future generations of theater artists and audiences to become more word-conscious, both verbally and aurally, out of a conviction that this will help them to become fuller and perhaps more considerate human beings. The Board of Advisors for this Center is Literary Critic Harold Bloom, Poet John Ashbery, Poet Grace Schulman, Voice Experts Cicely Berry, Andrew Wade and Deborah Hecht.
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