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03/29/2013

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Sarasota News Leader March 29, 2013 FST Associate Director Kate Alexander, who directs the production, says, "I love this play. It is funny, charming and meaningful. It has been called an 'immigrant play,' but I believe that is far too narrow in scope for all that it encompasses," she says in the release. "This play reflects America and all that this country promises. It explores the resilience of the nation — the ability of our national psyche to confront ourselves and the changing 'face' of America." Page 95 len and David Perez-Ribada, along with new company members Farah Bala, Libya Pugh and Andy Prosky, the release notes. Rehn appeared in FST's production of Sylvia, Allen returns to the Gompertz after last summer's Perfect Wedding and Perez-Ribada previously performed in The Miamians and Boleros for the Disenchanted. Tickets for In the Book Of will be on sale through May 19. They may be purchased by phone at 366-9000, online at FloridaStudioFST's production features returning compa- Theatre.org or by visiting the box office at ny members Rita Rehn, Graham Stewart Al- 1241 N. Palm Ave. in downtown Sarasota. PETER STEPHENS' PAINTINGS FEATURED IN GALLUP SHOW Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art gallery will present More Things in Heaven and Earth: Paintings by Peter Stephens through May 4. The exhibit, which opened March 28, features 10 paintings from Stephens' The Standard Model series, a news release says. "Peter Stephens' abstract paintings in this show … are precise, otherworldly and fascinating," says Allyn Gallup, director of the gallery, in the release. "Peter's imagination accepts no boundaries. His work invites the viewer through an amazing itinerary of many possible worlds, and, so far, he hasn't hit the outer limits yet." "The Standard Model refers to the theory of the fundamental interactions in particle physics — an experimentally validated model that most contemporary physicists share," the release notes. According to Stephens, this theory's implications are both microcosmic and macrocosmic. "It affects both our understanding of More Things in Heaven and Earth by Peter Stephens/Contributed photo

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