Full Text of HR0505 95th General Assembly
HR0505 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor the Child's Play Touring | 4 |
| Theatre for their outstanding work with the children of the | 5 |
| City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, and throughout the | 6 |
| nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Based in Chicago, the Child's Play Touring Theatre | 8 |
| is the premiere theatre company in the United States dedicated | 9 |
| exclusively to performing works written by children; Child's | 10 |
| Play motivates elementary school students to read and write | 11 |
| through developing and staging original plays based on | 12 |
| children's poems, stories, and songs; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Child's Play was founded by Victor and June | 14 |
| Podagrosi in 1978 while Victor was teaching theatre at Parkland | 15 |
| College in Champaign; when asked to stage a performance of | 16 |
| children's writings for a Young Author's awards ceremony, | 17 |
| Victor was delighted with the sophistication and storytelling | 18 |
| abilities he discovered in children's writing; believing they | 19 |
| had identified a unique form of educational theatre, the | 20 |
| Podagrosis formed the Child's Play Touring Theatre and began | 21 |
| traveling to rural schools in east central Illinois; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, The goal of Child's Play is to help children |
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| understand the value and significance that writing and reading | 2 |
| has on their lives; its performances and workshops offer a | 3 |
| powerful teaching tool that strengthens and enhances the | 4 |
| teaching and learning process; combining the important, | 5 |
| imaginative writings of children with the craftsmanship of | 6 |
| professional theater artists and educators, it creates a unique | 7 |
| stage where children's voices can be heard, examined, and | 8 |
| treasured; it also strives to elevate the status of theatre for | 9 |
| young people by providing full time employment with benefits to | 10 |
| theatre artists; it also performs over 400 shows and workshops | 11 |
| a year; and
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| WHEREAS, Child's Play Touring Theatre believes in the | 13 |
| importance of contributing to the Chicago community; its | 14 |
| principal outreach program, the Chicago Young Writers Project, | 15 |
| aims to motivate Chicago public school students to write, as | 16 |
| well as provide teachers with drama-based methods for writing | 17 |
| instruction; and
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| WHEREAS, With the passing of Victor Podagrosi, his wife | 19 |
| took over the direction of Child's Play and established the | 20 |
| Victor Award to honor individuals and organizations who have | 21 |
| demonstrated outstanding commitment, generosity, and/or | 22 |
| service to Child's Play; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Child's Play was honored with an Emmy Award for |
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| its contribution to the production of two child-focused Public | 2 |
| Service Announcements, "Educate Us" and "If I Were President"; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| honor the Child's Play Touring Theatre for its outstanding | 7 |
| work, we thank the group for its dedication to the children of | 8 |
| the State of Illinois and the nation, and we wish the group | 9 |
| continued success in its future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to June | 11 |
| Podagrosi as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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