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Article: Theater instructor takes center stage Former students treat her to night on Broadway to see their shows
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 2, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Conne Smith, a central figure in children's theater in Waukesha
since 1964, recently experienced the most exciting chapter of her
personal saga.
She attended the Broadway opening of "State Fair," the stage
version of the classic film that was prepared for the theater by
artists she introduced to the craft as members of the Par-Cay
Players when they were in Waukesha grade schools.
Her escort for the evening was an alumnus of her high school-age
Penny Players, and she capped her visit to New York by attending a
performance of "Showboat" with a theater professional she mentored
as a schoolboy and to whom she relinquished the Penny Player torch
when she took to the stage herself in 1973.
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