Full Text of HR0440 97th General Assembly
HR0440 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0440 | | LRB097 12150 KXB 56499 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 | | Child's Play Touring Theatre on the occasion of the | 5 | | organization's 33rd anniversary in 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Based in Chicago, Child's Play Touring Theatre is | 7 | | the premiere theatre company in the United States dedicated | 8 | | exclusively to performing works written by children; Child's | 9 | | Play motivates elementary school students to read and write | 10 | | through developing and staging original plays based on | 11 | | children's poems, stories, and songs; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The goal of Child's Play is to help children | 13 | | understand the value and significance that writing and reading | 14 | | has on their lives; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Child's Play was founded by Victor and June | 16 | | Podagrosi in 1978 while Victor was teaching theatre at Parkland | 17 | | College in Champaign; when asked to stage a performance of | 18 | | children's writings for a Young Author's awards ceremony, | 19 | | Victor was delighted with the sophistication and storytelling | 20 | | abilities he discovered in children's writing; believing they | 21 | | had identified a unique form of educational theatre, Victor and | 22 | | June formed Child's Play Touring Theatre and began traveling to |
| | | HR0440 | - 2 - | LRB097 12150 KXB 56499 r |
|
| 1 | | rural schools in east central Illinois; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Child's Play Touring Theatre believes in the | 3 | | importance of contributing to the Chicago community; its | 4 | | principal outreach program, the Chicago Young Writers Project, | 5 | | aims to motivate Chicago public school students to write, as | 6 | | well as provide teachers with drama-based methods for writing | 7 | | instruction; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, With the passing of Victor Podagrosi, his wife | 9 | | took over the direction of Child's Play and established the | 10 | | Victor Award to honor individuals and organizations who have | 11 | | demonstrated outstanding commitment, generosity, and/or | 12 | | service to Child's Play; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Child's Play was honored with an Emmy Award for | 14 | | its contribution to the production of two child-focused Public | 15 | | Service Announcements, "Educate Us" and "If I Were President"; | 16 | | and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Some of their original productions include: New | 18 | | Voices, Writing Our World, Do the Write Thing, The Great Green | 19 | | Adventures of: R-Man, and One Monster After Another; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Their website, launched in 2010, carries their | 21 | | motto: Kids Put It On The Page, We Put It On The Stage; and |
| | | HR0440 | - 3 - | LRB097 12150 KXB 56499 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their annual Spring Benefit Celebration will be | 2 | | held on June 16, 2011 and is entitled "Global Energy: The | 3 | | Musical"; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate the members of the Child's Play Touring Theatre | 7 | | on the occasion of the organization's 33rd anniversary and wish | 8 | | the group continued success in its future endeavors; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to June | 11 | | Podagrosi as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
|
|