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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please reserve your tickets now for this amazing event!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h1 align=left style='text-align:left'><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h1 align=left style='text-align:left'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Well Arts Institute Takes a Stab at Type 1
Diabetes<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></b></h1>
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10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Well Arts Institute, an arts-in-healing
theatre company, presents <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Stuck: Walking on Needles</span></i>,
stories from kids and adults living with type <span class=GramE>1 diabetes</span></b>.
The show runs </span></font><st1:date Year="2009" Day="7" Month="1"><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>January 7-11,
2009</span></font></st1:date><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Performances
are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at </span></font><st1:time
Minute="0" Hour="19"><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt'>7:00 p.m.</span></font></st1:time><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> and Saturday and Sunday matinees at </span></font><st1:time
Minute="0" Hour="14"><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt'>2:00 p.m.</span></font></st1:time><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> at Portland Actor’s Conservatory, </span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>1436 SW
Montgomery Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> in downtown </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Portland</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>. Tickets are
$15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. Groups of 10 or more receive a
10% discount. For tickets, call the Well Arts Institute at 503-459-4500 or
on-line at www.wellarts.org.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Well Arts Institute promotes wellness by
using storytelling and theatre to help people living with chronic illness and
traumatic life events. Over the past nine years, Well Arts has worked to spread
healing and educate the community about conditions such as cancer, multiple
sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, Veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and people in
recovery from drug and alcohol abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>This winter, they focus on children and young
adults with type <span class=GramE>1 (often called juvenile) diabetes</span>.
20.8 million <span class=GramE>children</span> and adults (7% of the
population) have diabetes. In the </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>United States</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, 15,000 youths
under the age of 20 are newly diagnosed with type <span class=GramE>1 diabetes</span>
annually. Although diabetes cannot be cured, it can be controlled. A healthy
pancreas produces insulin, a hormone that the body uses to change glucose in
the blood into energy. Since people with type 1 diabetes can't produce their
own insulin, they must put insulin into the blood stream through injections or
an insulin pump. They are “stuck” with needles a number of times a
day and “stuck” in this routine for life.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Working in partnership with groups such as
the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
(JDRF), Well Arts Institute recruited young writers from ages 9 to 17 and
adults with type 1 diabetes to participate in a 10-week workshop. The group,
which also includes parents and siblings, met weekly to explore creative expression
around the concept of “living with juvenile diabetes” through
writing, mask and movement exercises. The resulting stories are compiled into a
humbling, heart-breaking, and often humorous look at the daily regimen of the
art of living active lives when you or a family member has type <span
class=GramE>1 diabetes</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>As one of our
writers, 9-year-old <span class=SpellE>Lili</span> <span class=SpellE>Morrisey</span>
said, “Diabetes sucks!” <span class=SpellE>Lili</span>, who was an
ambassador for the JDRF Walk this fall, attended the workshop with her mother
Michelle Freedman who adds, “Diabetes is the monster under the
bed.” Other writers include </span></span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Portland</st1:place></st1:City>
director/actor <st1:PersonName>Louanne</st1:PersonName> Moldovan and her
daughter Alex Morrison (age 11) and Alex’s dad <st1:PersonName>David</st1:PersonName>
Morrison, <st1:PersonName>Patrick Gaughen</st1:PersonName>, JT Whittaker (13)
and his mom Jill Whittaker, sisters Maya (9) and Gillian (11) Bergmann,
17-year-old Felicia <span class=SpellE>DeFrancisco</span>, who was diagnosed
when she was two years old and her mother, Debbie <span class=SpellE>DeFrancisco</span>.
Well Arts Institute is also partnering with Oregon Children’s Theatre,
who is providing youth actors from their Young Professionals Program. Diane
Englert directs the production.<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NoSpacing><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Diane
Englert: 971-570-5710, <a href="mailto:dianeenglert@teleport.com"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'>dianeenglert@teleport.com</span></font></a> or </span></font><st1:PersonName>Valerie
Moore</st1:PersonName>: 503-459-4500, <a href="mailto:val@wellarts.org"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'>val@wellarts.org</span></font></a>, <a href="http://www.wellarts.org">www.wellarts.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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