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Portland’s Traveling Lantern Theater Company will present performances for children in the lobby of
the Artists Repertory Theater off Southwest Alder Street each Saturday morning beginning Saturday,
Aug. 17.
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Saturday, August 24,2013
South Waterfront Park, Portland
10 a.m. - Gather at Terry Schrunk Plaza
11 a.m. - Step off time for March thru Downtown
12 p.m. - Pre-rally Festivities at Waterfront Park
1 p.m. - Rally, Speakers and Live Music at Waterfront Park.
For more information contact:
Dr. T.A. Bethel, 503-288-7241; or Dr. LeRoy Haynes, 503-287-0261
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Saturday Morning
Kids Theater
A s p art o f a new partnership
w ith the lo n g -estab lish ed and
w ell-reputedTraveling Lantern
T heatre C om pany, Artists R ep
ertory T heatre w ill present per
form ances for children in its A l
d er lo b b y each S atu rd ay sta rt
ing A ug 17.
T he in teractiv e th eatre p e r
form an ces fo r children w ill be
produced by T raveling Lantern
and perform ed every Saturday
m o rn in g at 10:30 a.m . T h ese
fam ily-friendly perform ances
w ill run approxim ately 45 m in
utes and inclu d e a Q & A w ith
the cast afterw ard.
T ick ets are only $5 fo r all
w ho atten d o v er 5 years old,
and can be p u rch ased at the
d o o r o r at artistsrep .o rg . P e r
f o r m a n c e s a re s c h e d u le d
through the end o f th e year.
“W e ’re very happy to w el
com e T raveling Lantern and its
repertory ofshow sto Artists Rep.
W ith this partnership, w eareable
to open our doors every w eek o f
the year to young children and
theirfamilies. I’mexcited to share
theexperience w ithm y ow nkids
on Saturday m ornings,” said
DamasoRodriguez,ArtistsRep’s
artistic director.
B ased in Portland, Traveling
Lantern has been educating and
entertaining children nationwide
fo r m o re than 25 years. S ince
2004 it has b een led by profes
sional actors K B M e rc er and
D oren Elias.
T h e N ew Y o rk P ublic L i
brary and Y osem ite N ational
P ark are T rav elin g L a n te rn ’s
larg est p atro n s b u t the c o m
pan y also p erfo rm s fo r library
sum m er reading program s, m u
seum s, and com m unity centers
in O reg o n , W ash in g to n and
Wisconsin.
“W e are d elig h te d to be
p artn erin g w ith A rtists R ep ,”
M e rc er said. “T h is w ill be the
first tim e w e h av e ev er had a
regular ‘h o m e’ for w eekly per
fo rm ances, and w e look fo r
w ard to a lo t o f scream ing,
h appy P D X k id s.”