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Boys & Girls Club BrickHouse Theatre to Perform ‘The Adventures of Mouse Deer’
July 19, 2010
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July 7, 2010
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Jenelle Conner
Outreach Specialist
Boys & Girls Clubs of
West Central Missouri
jconner@bgckids.com
(660) 826-8331
Boys & Girls Club BrickHouse Theatre to Perform ‘The Adventures of Mouse Deer’
SEDALIA, MO – July 19, 2010 – The Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri’s teen BrickHouse Theatre TNT DramaMatters members will be performing “The Adventures of Mouse Deer” on August 4 from 9:30 to 9:55 a.m. and 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the Parkview Elementary School gym located at 1901 South New York Avenue in Sedalia.
The play, which is about the importance of using your wits and trusting yourself, is intended to expose the members of the Club’s elementary summer program to the performing arts as well as providing the teens an opportunity to demonstrate their newly learned skills and abilities on stage. For some teen members this will be their first ever performance on stage.
“We’re doing it for the little kids to entertain them,” said 12-year-old Club member, Sierra Vollmer who has been a member of the Club for the past 5 years.
Vollmer, who is playing the main crocodile in the play, went on to explain what she has learned during the summer TNT DramaMatters program taught by the Club’s BrickHouse Theatre Module Coordinator, Chris Clark, who has over 20 years of experience in professional, educational and civic theatre.
“Mr. Chris told me that I can’t be facing the curtains and that it is important to pay attention,” said Vollmer.
According to Clark the teens have been spending the summer learning how to be a part of a team, so for this play the teen Club members will not only be acting but they will also be operating the lighting and sound equipment.
“We have been working on the assembly and operation of the technical theatre equipment,” said Clark. “It is our goal to make sure each Club member involved in the BrickHouse theatre is exposed to all aspects of theatre. Some prefer to be on stage while others prefer to stay behind the scenes. It takes everyone working together to produce a wonderful show.”
The Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri serves youth from 6 to 18 years of age by providing guidance-oriented character development programs conducted by trained, professional staff. Key programs emphasize leadership development; education and career exploration; community service; technology training; financial literacy; health and life skills; the arts; sports, fitness and recreation; and family outreach. The Club currently serves 2,220 members in 22 site programs, serving 6 communities and 3 counties in west central Missouri.
For more information call 660.826.8331, toll-free 877.242.9260, find the Club online at www.bgckids.com, check out the Club’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/Boys-Girls-Clubs-of-West-Central-Missouri/190529020627 or follow the Club on Twitter bgckids.
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