Courier-Post from Camden, New Jersey • Page 62

CHERRY HILL, N.J. Friday. August 6. 1976 oooooo ooooooo do Playing Ben forever A SHOW YOU WON'T FORGET Continued from Page 7 to CO cri 8 Ii iraL'ili. 1 -SO -THEY HOT- HURT-' rs A LOT of actors, after performing the same role innumerable times, tend to get their stage personality and their real self a bit mixed up.

Not Kressen. Although he has become something of an expert on Ben Franklin, he remains Sam Kressen, a professional actor who is rather proud of his craft. Sam's career began in Central High school. Philadelphia, where public speaking, debating and oratory were required subjects. The idea of standing in front of an auditorium full of people who sat quietly listening to his every word was rather intriguing.

Stage fright? Not Sam. AS A matter of fact, there was nothing that could keep him from joining the school drama group after his first exhilirating experiences. He was, as they say, stagestruck. Graduation usually means an end to debating societies and drama clubs. Sam wouldn't buy that.

Still, it was the time of the Great Depression and there was little Sam could buy so he turned 0 0 i "FOR love ii 0 -THREE V7S- 1 I i Friday 6, 8 10 P.M. Sat. Mat. 1, Eve. 6, 8 ft 10 Sun.

2, 3:55. 5:50. 7:45 ft 9:40 STARTS TONITE! W-iiU V' On Rt. HO S. ol Wiiiiiijboro SHOW STARTS AT DUSK i a IT.

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8 ft 10 Sun. 2. 3:55. 5:50. 7:45 ft 9:40 STARTS til rm iwirt' OPENS 7:15 P.M.

SHOWS CONT. DUSK NOW 1ST RUN! NEW MANAGEMENT NEW POLICIES IMS The cast of the decade. Tho Ufoefnm rlvAnltaA nwiviiiuuiciiiuie of a lifetime. COURIER-POST. CALENDAR Club Ac "Jason and Jean" are appearing at the Philadelphia Marriott's Fire-house Tavern now through August 31st Club Act The "Jay-Vons" perform at Cint.ii's Country House.

Cherry Hill. Bourbon Room, from 9:30 p.m. to 2.30 am. nightly through August 31 st Concert "Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids." Great Adventure Amusement Park. Great Arena.

Jackson. N. J. tonight. Concert The Long March Coffeehouse, 1719 Riltenhouse Square.

Phila. presents a program of contemporary (avant) music for the entire month of August on every Saturday and Sunday night from 9 until exhaustion. $3.00 per person, $2.00 students. Show Tony Orlando and Dawn are coming back to the Allentown Fair tonight at 6 and 9:30 p.m. Softball Game WFIL Radio's Softball Game at nivunui rdm onanist uj local Our Gang team.

Game time is 2 p.m. Event Motorcycle enthusiasts from the tri-state area have the opportunity to participdte in a fun-filled "Poker Run" today in historic Valley Forge Park. Runs are scheduled for a m. and 1 p.m. Exhibit "This Land Is Your Land." N.

J. State Museum, Trenton now through Sept. 6th. Opera "Forgy and Bess." Academy of Music now through August 22nd. Exhibit Water Color jihnw at the Hhi ade nnia Art Alliance.

251 South 18th. Street. Philadelphia now through August 15th. Exhibit "Reflections of American History." Bran-dywine River Museum, Chadds. Ford, Pa.

now through Sept. 6th. Exhibit The first comprehensive exhibit of American Scene and costume design ever assembled in this country will be on display in the Rutgers Art Gallery at Camden through August 28th. Surfing Championship South Jersey Surfing Championship today and tomorrow at the States Ave Beach. Atlantic City Roller Games Rock with action and the roar of the crowd.

Convention Hall. Convention Hall, Atlantic City. 8:30 p.m. Toure "Independence" begins at historic Carpenters Hall. 320 Chestnut St.

every morning at 10:30 a m. "Stars and Stripes." begins at 1 :30 each afternoon at the SW Comer of Fifth and Arch Sts Phila. Eachwalking tour lasts 90 minutes and costs $2 50 for adults and $150 for IIIUICIIUIIUHI l. Musical Louis and Sally Killen dt Fenn's Landing at 4 and 8 m. Event Music will be in the air as the Fourth Annual pers Campout is held at Vogi Bear's Jellystone Park Campground, Ocean View (Opposite Sea Isle City).

N. J. his 10 his energies toward an inexpensive but rewarding diversion called a "theatre group." The Neighborhood Players later to evolve into the Society Hill Playhouse group was the first to experience Sam Kressen, actor. AN ACTOR owes his audience and his producers "as professional a performance as possible every time you step on stage." Toward that end, Sam arrives at the theatre at least an hour and a half before show time. He checks his costume, props, wig and a hundred and one other details until he is fully confident of their location and condition.

A full half-hour is spent just concentrating on his character. Only then is he ready to become, for the next few hours, Benjamin Franklin. "1776," has been playing at the Independence Mall Theatre for several months. Audiences, although enthusiastic, have been small even thought the prize-winning musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence is being performed within sight of the actual happening. f33 One Night Only featuring LedZeppiin Show jctx.

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