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GLT Datebook: Seedling Theater Offers Unique Opportunities

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All year long, Seedling Theater in the Twin Cities gives kids and adults with special needs a chance to thrive in a theatrical setting.

  • Donna Anhalt and Diane Walker help guide Seedling Theater and Seedling Theater Encore, which give people of all ages who have special needs a chance to shine on stage with workshops, summer theater camps and an annual holiday production.
  • Anhalt said the participants thrive in the spotlight, though sometimes it takes them a while to warm up to stage work.
  • Walker remarked that they get a lot of help from the community, like writers and acting coaches, and   the interaction with various artists helps the fledging performers grow.
Reporter, content producer and former All Things Considered host, Laura Kennedy is a native of the Midwest who occasionally affects an English accent just for the heck of it. Related to two U.S. presidents, Kennedy appalled her family by going into show business.