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82 kids and teens fill cast of Lorain Youth Theater’s ‘Peter Pan’

07/20/2009 15:59
LORAIN — While only Peter Pan and a few others will actually be zooming through the air during the Lorain Youth Theater’s performance of “Peter Pan” this weekend, director Valerie Farschman says everyone in attendance will be soaring out of the theater. “Not only will the kids who are wired be...

Pirated away: Lorain Palace kids learn the ropes of the stage while rigging up 'Peter Pan'

07/18/2009 15:53
By LAURA KENNELLY Tempo Columnist   Jessica Super (front) as Tiger Lily, Zach Heiser (back) as Captain Hook and Austin Rubinoski (right) as Peter Pan star in the Lorain Palace Youth Theatre's production of "Peter Pan." MORNING JOURNAL/ANNA NORRIS     A bunch of Lorain area...

Lorain International Festival parade winners announced

06/30/2009 23:09
By Morning Journal Staff news@MorningJournal.com LORAIN — The winners of the 43rd annual Lorain International Festival parade were announced yesterday by parade chairwoman Andrea Miceli. Two credentialed judges from the All-American Judges Association selected winners in Sunday's parade in...

Palace Youth Theatre tries 'Wonka' magic

07/20/2008 17:55
By CATRINA CIESLIK     This is the 31st annual Lorain Palace Youth Theatre production. For the past three decades, the theater has been putting on productions with children and teenagers, ages 8 to 18, as cast members. This year, with a maximum of 75 children allowed, there are 74 cast...

Teaching the art of theater

06/28/2008 17:50
Lorain Palace Youth Theatre program now in its 31st summer LORAIN — Jacob Myers is the Willy Wonka you know and love — whether that’s Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp or Roald Dahl’s original. Myers, 18, is starring as the confectionary genius in “Willy Wonka Junior,” a stage version of “Charlie and the...

Youth theatre in Lorain marks milestone

07/22/2007 18:15
By: WILLIAM SCHERTZ   "It's wonderful because not only is it the 30th anniversary of the theater, but we've had 30 successful years," said John Handyside, executive director of the Lorain Palace Civic Center, where the show will be held. "It's a challenge every day, but it's a challenge that's...

Palace Youth Theatre marks 29th year

08/06/2006 18:14
  By RON VIDIKA ''The purpose (of the program) is to pull out of everyone the swan that's inside of each of them,'' said Valerie Farschman, director of ''Honk! Jr.'' The musical comedy, based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic story, ''The Ugly Duckling,'' was written by George Stiles and...