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GRIFFIN THEATRE BRINGS TO LIFE SOLDIERS' LETTERS Letters Home reveals the humanity that lies within the MIddle East war zone as seen through the eyes of the men and women fighting it. Griffin Theatre in Letters Home Wednesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. School performance: March 21, 9:30 a.m. This evocative and engaging play brings to life authentic letters written by soldiers serving in the Middle East. The play brings the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan front and center without politicizing and gives the audience a powerful portrait of the soldiers’ experiences and what it means to serve our country today. A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION will follow each performance with Griffin Theatre Company actors. Leonard and Mary Ann Cowherd of Culpeper, Va., parents of Army 2nd Lt. Leonard M. Cowherd (killed in Iraq in May 2004), whose letters are read in Letters Home, will participate in the Q&A session following the evening performance. The Cowherds were interviewed in the HBO documentary Last Letters Home, which inspired the production of Letters Home. AN EXHIBIT OF LETTERS from Keene State students serving in World War II from the Drenan Collection will be displayed in the Redfern lobby. This exhibit is curated by the KSC Alumni Office from letters sent by soldiers to the late KSC English Professor Sprague Drenan, while he was advisor to Alpha Pi Tau fraternity. Apple Hill String Quartet based in Nelson, N.H., has performed around the world as part of Apple Hill's "Playing for Peace" program. Apple Hill String Quartet with Christine Southworth Wednesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. This New Hampshire string quartet performs classical works by Mozart and Vaughan Williams and new music by Boston composer Christine Southworth. Southworth's premiere of The Music Room, commissioned for Apple Hill by the Redfern Arts Center, and her work Honey Flyers, based on the songs of bees, will be played. ALSO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3: 2 p.m. Masterclass with Apple Hill String Quartet 6:45 p.m. Pre-show talk "Listen Up" with Apple Hill Director Lenny Matczynski Special Thanks to Redfern 2012-13 Season Sponsors: Peerless Insurance, Northeast Delta Dental, Monadnock Radio Group, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Markem-Image, The Kingsbury Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts, and a Keene State College Alumnus Gift.   This e-mail was sent from Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College Immediate removal with ® Secure. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, . To change your e-mail address or update preferences, .