Port Polson Players bring ‘Stone Soup’ to stage at Polson High School
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courtesy photo The children’s musical “Stone Soup” features 75 kindergarten thru 8th grade students. Pictured here are vegetables that enhance the soup. “Stone Soup” plays this Friday, Feb. 28th & Saturday, March 1 at 7 p.m. on the Polson High School stage.
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POLSON — “Stone Soup,” an original children’s theatre musical, returns to the boards this weekend for two public performances on the Polson High School stage, Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1 at 7 p.m. The show features 75 Polson School District performers, grades K-12, with several PHS students playing lead roles and assistant directing to earn SERVE credit towards scholarships.
The show is something of a milestone for the Port Polson Players, now in their 50th season. Players producers Karen and Neal Lewing, initiated the children’s aspect of their unique three-tiered performing arts program, during the theatre’s10th season in 1985. The Lewings have written seven original musicals for student performers, adapting classic children’s stories into hour-long shows. This year’s show marks their 40th such production for the Polson School District, and the fifth mounting of “Stone Soup.” The cast, as has been the case for many years now, features children of former child performers.
The story of “Stone Soup” was first published in 1720 by a French woman, Madame de Noyer, although oral versions of the folk tale have been reported as far back as the 16th century. It tells the tale of a poor soldier who convinces a town of uncaring souls that, if they can all cooperate and work together, they can create something for the benefit of all. First, though, one must collect just the right stone. The Players’ version of the story takes place at the end of the American Revolutionary War. The setting might be different, but the message of caring, sharing, cooperation and love are still the same.
No reservations are needed to see this delightful show, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Cathy Gillhouse. Tickets are available 40 minutes before the 7 p.m. curtain this Friday and Saturday evenings and are $6 for adults, $5 for senior citizen and students, with a family ticket (two adults & two kids) for $20. “Stone Soup” is produced by the Port Polson Players, in association with Mission Valley Friends of the Arts and Polson School District 23.
