ADVISORY/Kaiser Permanente Launches New Season of Award-Winning Educational Theatre Program at Las Vegas Physician's Meeting.

Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Sept. 2)

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WHEN:               September 2, 2003, 6:15-7:15 p.m.

WHERE:              JW Marriott Spa and Golf Resort (Grand Ballroom C)
                    221 North Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89145
                    Phone: [phone]

WHO/WHAT:           Three hundred doctors who are in Las Vegas for
                    their annual American Academy of Family Physicians
                    conference will attend "Nightmare on Puberty
                    Street," a one-hour theatrical performance about
                    the changes and challenges of puberty.

                    The troupe members are young professional actors
                    and trained health educators working full-time for
                    Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Program
                    (ETP), the largest professional educational
                    theatre touring company in the country.

WHY:                Over the last 19 years, Kaiser Permanente's
                    Educational Theatre Program has provided
                    performances and workshops free of charge to
                    schools, bringing the messages of conflict
                    resolution, violence prevention and healthy
                    choices home to more than 7 million California
                    students from kindergarten to senior high school.

                    Using drama, comedy and song, ETP tackles head-on
                    the dire consequences that can result from risky
                    behavior and delivers solid age-appropriate health
                    information while providing the kind of
                    encouraging and inspiring messages that will stay
                    with young people throughout their lives.

ANGLE:              ETP is the only such program sponsored by a health
                    maintenance organization, and for the full-time
                    actors who receive full benefits year-round, it is
                    a unique opportunity to be gainfully employed in
                    the "biz." Indeed, there are very few programs
                    where actors can practice their trade, have
                    financial security, and work toward healthier
                    communities as well. It has also served as a
                    launching pad for careers in television and motion
                    pictures for many of the fledgling actors.