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Chris Howard is documenting ‘stories that the world needs to hear’
Life and art are often intertwined for Chris Howard.
She sees communication as a common thread in her life, taking her from parts she played in the school productions of her childhood through a career as a speech and language pathologist, to a never-ending passion for community theater and now founding a company to make a documentary about local activists.
Howard first trod the boards as a Voorheesville Elementary School fifth-grader, playing the part of Alice in “Alice in Wonderland” — her mother made her costume.
Before she graduated from high school, Howard had directed Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” and donated the proceeds to the Heldeberg Workshop.
Read the full story at https://altamontenterprise.com/09122022/chris-howard-documenting-stories-world-needs-hear
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