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In all, nearly 50,000 students from 65 of 92 Indiana counties are reached by an IRT education program each year and what's more, every play has a direct tie-in to classroom curriculum. As an actress, my primary joy is the communication that occurs between an actor and an audience.
50,000 students from 65 Indiana counties are reached by an IRT education program each year and each play has a direct tie-in to classroom curriculum. My joy is the communication between actor and audience.