A Warm Fuzzy: Velveteen Rabbit Comes to Life
at Fayetteville State University
by JOSÉ GREEN
"We do the children's show every year, and
Every year, Fayetteville State University's
we've done shows from Aladdin to Pinocchio,"
Theatre Department puts on a children's
said Lamb. "We do it as a community
production for the surrounding Fayetteville
outreach, for the fine arts series in general,
communities and institutions. This year —
and the tagline for the department in general
its headlining performance is The Velveteen
is 'building community through the arts,' so
Rabbit. Based on Elise Kauzlaric's
we always try to have programming that's
adaptation, The Velveteen Rabbit is a
attractive to the different segments of our
retelling of the original story written by
community. These two events happen to be
Margery Williams and published in 1922;
dealing with children.
in which toys come to life the minute
"We want to expose young people to
humans leave the room.
theatre. Often times we find that at that age,
"It's like the Pinocchio story," said
they've never gone to a play. They may go to
Dr. Ernest Lamb, chair, department of
the movies, but to go to an actual play and see
performing and fine arts. "You have this
a live production of something with actors,
old toy — this velveteen rabbit that nobody
and sets, and props; kids haven't really seen
plays with because of these newer toys, but
all that, so we do this really to expose them to
because this velveteen rabbit has such great
the arts.
love for children, the nursery fairy grants
"In all reality, we look to target children
him a wish so that he can become a real
of all ages, but usually our shows attract
The Velveteen Rabbit is a tale in which toys come to life. It opens at
rabbit. It's almost like Toy Story."
elementary and junior high school students,
Fayetteville State University's Seabrook Auditorium on Feb. 13.
Performances for The Velveteen Rabbit
and it's the same thing for the Imago Theatre:
will run in the Seabrook Auditorium from
ages four on up, so it should be
Feb. 13-15 at 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday
something interesting for families and children of all ages."
and Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. "We also have a fine arts series from
For ticket information, call the FSU Box Office at 910-672the Imago Theatre called Frogz, where the performances are like the ones
1724. Tickets for The Velveteen
in Cirque du Soleil, but with these huge puppets," said Lamb. Performances
JOSE´GREEN, Intern, COMfor Frogz will also run in the Seabrook Auditorium on Feb. 10 with a 10 a.m. Rabbit are $3. General admission
MENTS? Editor@upandcomintickets for Frogz are $10.
show for children, and a 7 p.m. show for the general public.
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