A.V. TROUPE PROVIDES PEEK AT `EMPEROR'.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer A stream of happy youngsters filed out of the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , stopping to shake hands to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. See also: Shake and talk with the cast of ``The Emperor's New Clothes Emperor’s New Clothes supposedly invisible to unworthy people; in reality, nonexistent. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen’s Fairy Tales] See : Illusion Emperor’s New Clothes .'' Rick Roemer, leader of the college's theater program and the play's director, watched the smiling faces as the youngsters headed for the exits. The youngsters were attending a special production of the play, which will open to the general public tonight. ``It went very smoothly,'' Roemer said. ``Look at them. This is what it's all about.'' ``The Emperor's New Clothes,'' billed as a musical escapade, is part of an Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. program, which promotes theater for young audiences. The production is of a Han Christian Andersen Christian Andersen (born September 28 1944) is a Danish former football-player and now manager. He is curtrently adviser for the team Glostrup FK As player he played for B 1903, Cercle Brugge, FC Lorient and Akademisk Boldklub and playde two caps for the Danish national story adapted by Larry Shue Larry Shue (23 July 1946 - 23 September 1985) was an American playwright and actor, best known for writing two often-performed farces, The Nerd and The Foreigner. . ``The Emperor's New Clothes'' will be performed at 7 p.m. today and at 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12, students and seniors over 62. The play features two plots, one about an emperor who is too vain to see the truth, and another involving a love story of the emperor's daughter and a young man named Pony pony, small horse, officially any horse under 14.2 hands (58 in./145 cm) high. Most ponies are of Celtic origin. They are noted for their extreme hardiness and gentle natures. Some ponies are only 26 in. (65 cm) high. See Shetland pony; Welsh pony. . Playing the princess is Kristy Lisbony, a college music major performing in her third children's production. ``It started when I saw a college production when I was in junior high school,'' Lisbony said. ``I said, `I can do this.' '' Most of the young audiences are experiencing theater for the first time, Lisbony said. ``We can show them entertainment besides movies and `Power Rangers This article lists fictional characters from the Power Rangers universe who have served as Power Rangers. Unlike the List of Power Rangers characters, which lists serving Power Rangers alphabetically alongside other characters from the same fictional universe, this article lists only ,' '' Lisbony said. Playing the princess's love interest, Pony, is Dave Trischuk, who was just recently in a production of ``Amadeus'' at the Palmdale Playhouse. ``I've never done a children's show,'' Trischuk said. ``You have to project bigger and be more animated. It's like a cartoon.'' The emperor is played by Kenn Burnett, who first started in community theater three years ago on a dare. The friends who dared him dropped out of the production, but Burnett was hooked. ``It's a great joy to perform for an audience. There is such an energy coming off the audience that excites me,'' Burnett said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Ernie Sawyers, left, Jason Young and Kenn Bu rnett star in ``The Emperor's New Clothes.'' Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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