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In tandem with our recent production of ALL SHOOK UP which is loosely based on Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, the cast was fortunate enough to take part in a Shakespeare acting workshop with veteran Broadway actress Jan Neuberger, a member of the original cast of WICKED, as well as original Broadway casts of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (Grandma Who); BIG (Miss Watson); A CHANGE IN THE HEIR (Martha); and the 1974 revival of GYPSY. Jan is familiar to WPPAC audiences from her “triple-play” as “Mrs. Sowerberry”, “Mrs. Bedwin”, and “Old Sally” in last fall’s OLIVER! It was a fantastic opportunity for participants to get the correlation between the two scripts and discover that Shakespeare is not only easy to perform, but also an extremely interesting challenge.