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February 5, 1999 Area students write plays for Chicago company WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Child's Play Touring Theatre will return to the Lafayette area for a performance at Long Center for the Performing Arts at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10. Stories and poems written by area elementary students have been adapted for the stage and will be performed by the Chicago-based company. Presented by Purdue University Convocations as part of its arts education and outreach programming, the performances will be preceded by an awards ceremony acknowledging the students whose work will be performed as well as 24 honorable mentions. Child's Play Touring Theatre in November worked with students from Pine Village, Hershey and Otterbein elementary schools, teaching them creative writing skills. The students went back to their classrooms, where they created stories, essays, poems and other pieces of creative writing that were submitted to Child's Play. The interactive troupe selected three pieces -- one from each school -- adapted them for the stage, and will perform them Wednesday: Title Author School The Three Best Friends Josh Hensley Pine Village The Wimpy Bird Robert Welch Hershey The Repairman Katie Hands Otterbein The student authors of two dozen other pieces will be invited up on stage to receive honorable mention certificates at the awards ceremony preceding the performances: Title Author School Untitled Richie Burge Hershey The Lighthouse That Ran Out of Oil Erica Jackson Hershey A Selfish Christmas Jennifer E. Bretz Hershey The Football Player Who Was Scared of the Ball Joseph Braund Hershey The Trophy Aubry Mashino Hershey Bubba's Problem Ryan Traver Hershey Willy's Bedtime Lauren Lee Otterbein The Farmer & His Wife Jenna Brummet Otterbein Untitled Ashia Sullivan Otterbein The Crazy Scientist Max Waller Otterbein The Weirdest People at the Party Brandon Chenoweth Otterbein Bill the Bulldozer Man Joey Charlesworth Otterbein Aliens Emily C. Swink Otterbein The Purple Bumps Kelsey Jones Otterbein Playground Trouble Jocelyn Bishop Otterbein S's Erica Davis Pine Village Lost at the Fair Logan Finney Pine Village A Trip to London Bethany Hopper Pine Village A Trip With 3 Carrots Aaron King, Lyndi Hollis, Jessica Fell Pine Village Gymnastics Elizabeth Kane Pine Village Untitled Samantha Davis, Billy Anderson, Tanner Flook Pine Village A Letter to Santa Mrs. Morris' and Mrs. Leuenberger's 2nd-Grade Class Pine Village The Letter Song Mrs. Morris' and Mrs. Leuenberger's 2nd-Grade Class Pine Village A Boy That Wouldn't Come Out of His Room Heather Stivers, Reed Haniford, Billy Burrow Pine Village The Feb. 10 performance at Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette, is primarily for students, but parents, teachers and other school personnel may purchase a $1 ticket at the door. For more information on this and other arts education activities, contact the Purdue Convocations' Administrative Offices at (765) 494-9712. CONTACT: Sue Stevens, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-9712; e-mail, snstevens@convos.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page