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September 14, 2001 Popular children’s book comes to life at Purdue WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — "Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse" will be presented at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, in Loeb Playhouse. Admission is $10 for general public, $7 for children and Purdue students. Tickets can be purchased at Purdue box offices or charged by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. "Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse" is presented by Purdue Convocations. The show is produced by the Kennedy Center’s Imagination Celebration on Tour Series. The play is adapted from author Kevin Henkes’ children’s books "Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse," "Chester’s Way" and "Julius, the Baby of the World." In the play, playwright Kevin Kling combines the stories to share the trials and triumphs of a mouse named Lilly. Lilly loves everything about school, especially her new teacher Mr. Slinger. Lilly even decides to give up her ambitions of being an opera diva, an ambulance driver and a hairdresser in order to be a teacher, just like Mr. Slinger. When Lilly distracts the class to show everyone her new purse, however, Mr. Slinger takes it away until the end of the school day. Hurt and angry, Lilly learns valuable lessons about sharing and forgiveness. The presentation is the first of Convocations’ 2001-2002 Family Adventure Series. The goal of the series is to provide entertainment and exposure to the arts for children and families. The production also will be presented twice on Monday, Sept. 24, for a number of area school children. Tickets for the school performances are sold out. CONTACT: Larry Sommers, Purdue Convocations, (765) 494-5045, lsommers@purdue.edu. NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: A publication-quality photograph of the cast is available at ftp://ftp.purdue.edu/pub/uns/. Photo ID: lillypurse.jpeg. Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page