Offshoot Productions presents plays for kids thanks to grant from Target

Offshoot

Productions has received a $3000 grant from Target Stores

to support the Fayette County-based organization's

theatre offerings and actor training. The funding is

being used for the summer 2000 "Festival of Theatre

for Children."

Offshoot's

summer program includes performances of the children's

participatory musical plays, The Tale of the Frog Prince

and The Further Adventures of Maide Marian, at LaFayette

Educational Center in Fayetteville from July 20 to July

30.

"This

is Offshoot's third grant from Target," said Susan

M. Steadman, Ph.D., producing artistic director. "We

are grateful for the opportunity to partner with this

community-minded company." Target has a

long-standing commitment to give a percentage of the its

taxable profits to community organizations for programs

focused on strengthening and enriching family life.

Preview of

both plays on Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. Regular

performances of Maide Marian: 8:00 p.m. on July 21-22,

1:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 27; and 3 p.m. on July

29-30.Frog Prince performances: 3:00 p.m. on July 22-23;

10:30 a.m. on July 27; and 8:00 p.m. on July 28-29.

Preview tickets are $6; all other performances, $5.

Tickets

available in advance at the Peachtree City Library, the

Fayette County Library, Omega Book Center in Peachtree

City and the Fayette Book Shop in Fayetteville. For group

rates and additional information: (770)-631-2362 or [email protected] m.