FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Performances to raise money to send MU theatre students
south to entertain displaced children still in shelters

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University department of theatre is presenting two children’s theatre performances to raise money to send the Pickled Pepper Players, a group of MU theatre students, to hurricane shelters in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The group will perform plays for free to displaced children still housed in the shelters.

MU theatre chair Lang Reynolds said the goal is to raise $7,000. The Pickled Pepper Players will be presenting two children’s theatre plays in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre Saturday, Oct. 22 and again on Saturday, Oct. 29. Performances are at 10 a.m. and noon and last about one hour and 20 minutes.

Reynolds said Molly and Her Marvelous Mind and Professor Pocus are terrific pieces of theatre for children in K-5.  Molly and Her Marvelous Mind encourages children to use their imaginations and Professor Pocus, through the adventures of a bumbling magician, helps children to understand the importance of acting responsibly. All tickets are $5. Reynolds said the department will gratefully accept donations as well.

“Our continued assistance to the children impacted by this disaster is critical,” Reynolds said. “Community efforts and generosity toward this project strengthens tri-state area values, provides an educational/entertainment opportunity for these unfortunate children, and provides an opportunity for Marshall University students to assist by donating their time and energy to this project.”

Donations may be mailed to: Marshall University Theatre, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755. Checks may be made payable to “Marshall University Foundation” and are tax-deductible.

More information is available by calling Samuel Kincaid, project coordinator with the theatre department, at (304) 696-6395.

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