Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-01
HITS for MRS
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 1889


kind of chlren heater group
OF adults who produce plays for children
Organized five years ago Community
Association of Montgomery County Adventure offered
children of the community richer and varied experience beyond
what the movies and television give them
nonprofit organization Adventure brought
ticket plays such Jack and the Cinderella
Rumpelstltskin THE Emperors Clothes" Beauty
Beast Rip Van Wrinkle Mr. Peppers Penquin Land of the
Dragon and THE Twelve Dancing Princesses county
Creative music dancing and art essential ingredients
their entertainment by
stage out they have found the children insist
moving action and easily identified characters.
Finding suitable plays problem
bes are solving by writing their This is the 1.-THE
Purple Fan which will performances
school audiorums in county n March
This Chinese fairy tale written by Kenneth Scolon
instructor at Eastern Junior spends
dramatic counselor at a New Hampshire camp for boys
He also acting as technical director play
all of his Stage designing
sets for "Androces and Golden Boy"
Performed in the traditional manner plays
mands simple but they everything
waterfall to shipwreced boat What with fire and
and ghost who walk through walls Mr. Scoon performs
many miracles as the Purple
Purple story of Chinese prince kdnapped
in infancy and of the search for the prince by eggar
finds magic fan.
tapped on the head of the real prince bells
ring so the legend ghost is
Inc son OF the palace gardener he killed by the kdnapprs
He with the beggar boy through the kingdom magic
purple fan on all 10year old boys.
Success will bring large emperor But if
the peggar boy tails to find the real prince the lord high
has been promised his
by quick rundown of the plot that it has all
the ingredients of western good
and mystery 1t ought keep edge of the
seats and also keep them from noticing they being
in of the finer things of
Mr. Scolon first produced the play for the Chidren's
Theater Presbyterian Church. Adven
ture members have added original dancing
Atn choreographe and Freda Bera many
dren have percussion
some unusual musical effects.
Chinese finger symbols wood sticks marmba
Chinese drum bells and will delight children
from Erica Thimeys modern
The cast includes Thomas Batson
burg High Heather Batson secretary, Bill Whitman
Ncho Eastern Junior High Students Tom Fisher Montgomery
Blair suden Martha Bethesda High STUDENT Shere
physicist Charles Smith, radioV worker Bevns
housewife teacher.
Like Mrs Blevin Mrs Ain wife Silver Spring economist
and Mrs Bera whose husband Georgetown many
the staff and players of
work with the group in their spare time"
June King mother of a Department
analyst has somehow found time to design and make
the authentic and elaborate Chinese
red and gold sans vevets many fancy
Marion Shapiro designed props Avery Silver Spring.
president of Adventure Theatre for the 1856
ns Bethesda coproducers lined programs
endless which
the
THE Purple open at 1920 a. M on Saturday at LIE.
land Junior High Chevy performance
under the sponsorship Montgomery County
the Association for Childhood Education elementary
group
Thirty children Barney group
convalescens Home in Rockville will be
guests a opening.
Additional performances Leland
The play then goes to Wheaton High on March II for
performances Junior High in Silver Spring for one
performance March "a and to the Tuxedo School Cheery
two performances April Z.
Tickets sale in Silver Spring and
Chisy Chdrens Apparel in Wheaton the Hobby Mart Beth
Rogers Toy Shop Langley Shopping
Center and at Rockville Stationary Rockville information
call JU. 57210
first organized three plays season were
produced with fewer performances found however that
two plays and of these children oppor
tuniy to real live theatre.
This the dream of Adventure Theatre to which its
bers dedicated to bring children the singular
of live theatre, its vitality, stimulation charm
this, found number of talented
of whom have talents ss uneaized
before.
One of its members has very fine technical director
coping with lights and sets like professional browsing outofhe
way shops far Baltimore for inexpensive and fab
RIGS to backdrops
the effort keep all equipment does
become something of problem During last falls production Of
The Sleeping Beauty spinning wheel needed
Finally found i'm the Silver Spring
family happened be old valuable antique and
Adventure members treated with One of the
who worked bacstage discovered assembling
it and he became Indispensable the wheel itself.
Adventure makes exception to its status
ing the director and technical director production these
vital brought might otherwise be avail
able maintain quality
auctions.