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We're so excited to launch our "If These Trees Could Talk" events this weekend. In honor of this momentous debut, we wanted to share some of the other lovely and unique shops, restaurants and attractions in the Spring Green area that would pair well with your visit to APT. We've all been cooped up just a little too long. Now is the perfect time take in a Driftless autumn, and to take advantage of the time we have left before the snow blows. For more information, including deals from local businesses, visit our Dine, Shop, Explore page before you head our way. And if you haven't yet, make sure and get your tour tickets.

Yesterday we shared the exciting news APT will be offering a taste of what we've all been missing this summer - a walk in the woods, accompanied by the Core Company actors, and a few other talented friends. We chatted with Artistic Director Brenda DeVita on how the idea for the tour was born, how it evolved and what to expect on your walk in the woods.

In honor of the start of this very unusual school year, we chatted with Core Company Actor and Education Director David Daniel on the pivot toward online learning, and what APT has to offer teachers and students this season.

Read about APT's Production Manager, Michael Broh below, and visit his Back to the Woods page to check out his incentives - including a guided trip up APT's lighting tower!

We can't get enough of Core Company Actor Tracy Michelle Arnold, and from what we've heard over the years, neither can you. You may have seen her play Cleopatra and Kate; Blanche DuBois and Linda Loman.  But what you may not know is that in the summer of 2005 - a season that saw her cast as the titular character in Shaw's Candida and opposite Jim DeVita as Lady Macbeth - she was in a very real fight for her life. 

Hear from the person/force of nature who made the "Out of the Woods" readings happen - Stage Manager Jacqueline Singleton, who learned the Zoom technology, acted as stage manager, technical director, camera operator and IT support through the entire process. Or as Core Company Actor Gavin Lawrence put it "She is a boss."

Since the 'Out of the Woods' play-reading series has been extended, we wanted to revisit some of the work that went on behind-the-scenes while we were exploring this new storytelling format. Artistic Associate Jake Penner, who was intimately involved with the series, talks about how it started, and how it grew over time in this interview.

Over the course of the last few months, we talked to a number of APT actors and artists about the play-reading series, the pandemic and working on a Zoom stage. And since there's never enough space to include everything, we decided we could at least share more of what we've got. So enjoy this little peek behind the Zoom curtain with tidbits on each of the six play readings from the amazing folks who worked on them. 

An essay from Michael Whaley, who worked with John Wyatt on the translations of the three Chekhov one-act plays produced at APT in the '80s, and his APT legacy continues in the 'Out of the Woods' series.