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Merely Players is pleased to offer free performances through our partnership with the Daviess County Public Library. As the resident theatre company of DCPL, we are dedicated to making our programming accessible to audiences who are unable to attend our Mainstage productions. |
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by Arlene
Mosel
Thursday,
May 31, 2007 at 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. DCPL Auditorium (2nd Floor)
Don't miss
this modern interpretation of an old Chinese folktale about how the people of
China came to give their children short names after traditionally giving their
first and honored sons grand, long names. TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO (which means "the
most wonderful thing in the whole wide world") and his brother Chang (which
means "little or nothing") get into trouble with a well, are saved by the Old
Man with the Ladder, and change history while theyre at it. Traditional Chinese
music and interpretive dance by Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, PhD follows the
performance.
by Dr. Seuss
Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. DCPL Auditorium (2nd Floor)
In Dr. Seuss's classic story GREEN EGGS AND HAM, Sam tries mightily to persuade his friend to eat some green eggs and ham. His entreaties, followed by the progressively longer refusals are accompanied by whimsical props and staging one can only say that it is "Seussian." Whether the denouement will help your kids eat formerly suspicious foods is debatable, but it will probably increase their hunger for more fun reading.
Inspirational yet honest, and always rhythmically
rollicking, OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! is a perfect sendoff for children, 1 to
100, entering any new phase of their lives. Kindergartners, graduate students,
newlyweds, newly employedsall will
glean shiny pearls of wisdom about the big, bountiful future. The incomparable
Dr. Seuss rejoices in the potential everyone has to fulfill their wildest
dreams. At the same time, he won't delude the starry-eyed upstart about the
pitfalls of life. But fear not! Dr. Seuss, with his exhilarating rhymes, is
convinced that success is imminent. As long as you remember "to be dexterous and
deft. And NEVER mix up your right foot with your left," things should work out.
by Maurice Sendak
Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. H. L. Neblett Center, 801 W. 5th Street
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is one of those truly rare stories that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired.
The wild thingswith their
mismatched parts and giant eyesmanage somehow to
be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright
hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentencesone of his
trademarkslend the perfect
touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of
dreams and a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a
wolf suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like
home.
The Classic Radio
Theatre Program offers a nostalgic and educational back-glance at American
culture.
Recommended for teens and adults.
by Rod Serling
Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 7 p.m. Daviess County Public Library 2020 Frederica
Street
Travel with us through another dimension, a dimension not
only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose
boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead
your next stop, THE TWILIGHT ZONE! Don't miss this bone-chilling
radio classic.
NOTHING IN THE DARK An old
woman tries to cheat Death.
NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET An
airline passenger starts seeing things on the wing of a plane.
A WORLD OF HIS OWN A
playwright finds a creative way to cheat on his wife.
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