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a partnership with the Newburyport Art Association for a post-theatre talk to discuss Red, a play about the creative process of Mark Rothko. TASN has also started experimenting with spoken word with great success. Last winter, the studio presented Holiday Meshugas, a monologue series about winter holidays that was so popular they decided to do it again for Valentine's Day. The organization has also introduced a quarterly Full Moon Story Slam, based on a popular public radio story- telling series, The Moth Radio Hour. The first slam, held in January and themed "Resolutions Gone Wrong" drew an enthusiastic audience of storytellers and listeners, among them Norah Dooley, Executive Director of massmouth, the statewide storytelling organization. "Clearly the seeds of inspiration fell in some very rich soil," she wrote in an email to Clopton and his team. "If massmouth had the means to give awards for the best production of a new story slam, you all would win!" The successes in spoken word are the result of Clopton's ability to create a safe space for writers and actors to practice their trade, and a place for audiences to experience experi- mental theatre. "Marc is unconditional in his acceptance of human beings as human beings," says Sherry Bonder, a family therapist in Newburyport who has been studying with Theatre ne 86 Nothing is too good for your kids, especially their health care. Beverly Hospital is the only hospital on the North Shore with pediatric physicians from Boston Children's Hospital— the only top-ranked pediatric hospital in New England by U.S. News & World Report. Plan ahead for best-in-class care for your kids: • Choose Beverly Hospital, staffed by Boston Children's physicians, who work closely with our emergency physicians and nurses to provide pediatric emergency care when it matters most. • Choose Beverly Hospital for maternity care where our special care nursery is staffed by Boston Children's neonatologists—ranked no. 1 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more at beverlykidcare.org Giving Pointers: Clopton provides direction to participating actors including cap-donned Jack Santos. KJ NS Apr14 ActorsStudio.indd 86 2/21/14 9:14 AM