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CTG’s collaboration with East West Players on the David Henry Hwang-Jeanine Tesori musical play “Soft Power” may have had a rocky birth at the Ahmanson, but the ambition and boldness were invigorating.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2019

Fruitful writing days were invigorating, but the unproductive ones were devastating, making him irritable with friends and family.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2018

For Thomas M. Jackson Jr., a former Democratic delegate from Wythe County, those two power-sharing years were invigorating.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017

Other Shostakovich items on the program were invigorating.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 10, 2017

She had chosen a stern country, but its stinging cold and boisterous winds were invigorating, and with pluck one could overcome its material obstacles.

From The Girl from Keller's by Bindloss, Harold