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WEEK OF
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JEWISH EVENTS

JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER

6600 W. Maple Road,
West Bloomfield, Jewish
Ensemble Theatre's Man
in the Glass Booth,
through Feb. 25,
admission, 661-1000.

2990 W. Grand
Boulevard, Detroit, A
Shayna Maidel, through
Feb. 25, admission,
875-8284.

THEATER

STAGECRAFT ERS

Baldwin Theatre, Royal
Oak, The Nerd, March
2-18, admission,
541-6430;

FISHER

Detroit, Peter Pan,
through March 4,
admission, 872-1000.

Irene Schatz appears in

From Broadway to Sinai.

DETROIT
REPERTORY

Southern
Showgirl

Former Detroiter Irene Molner Schatz
warms up North Miami Beach with
sunny musical productions.

STEVE HARTZ

Special to The Jewish News

ince moving from
Michigan to Flori-
da in 1972, Irene
Molner Schatz's
life has taken a
dramatic turn.
Schatz, who grew up in
Oak Park, has brought
theater, music and Broad-
way to North Miami Beach,
where she heads the parent-
child program and serves as
a vice president of Temple
Sinai of North Dade.

Working with 1-2 1/2-year-
old-children, Schatz plays
guitar, sings and presents

finger plays and dramatic
plays.
"My favorite activity is
when I bring a magic box to
class," she said. "It's invisi-
ble. I'll take things out of the
box that they can't see,
allowing them to use their
imagination at a very early
age. And they're all into it
now. We'll pretend there's a
cat in the box, and they go
around petting the cat."
In addition to directing the
group of 100 children, Schatz
leads art activities, teaching
the boys and girls to paint
with chocolate pudding and
applesauce and make play
dough out of peanut butter
and powdered milk.
"We use all kinds of things

they can get their hands in
to. Yet, if they put it into
their mouths, it's okay."
Schatz, who received a
bachelor's degree in special
education from Eastern
Michigan University and a

13103 Woodrow Wilson,
Detroit, Fences, through
March 18, admission,
868-1347.

MEADOW BROOK

Oakland University,
Rochester, A Walk in the
Woods, through Feb. 25;
The Great Sebastian,
March 1-25, admission,
370-3300.

BIRMINGHAM

211 S. Woodward,
Romance, Romance,
through March 18,
admission, 644-3533.

FILM

DETROIT FILM
THEATER

master's in social work from
Barry University in Miami,
said the children are "really
learning to develop some
self-esteem about what they
can do — even at a year old."
Schatz has worked as a so-

Detroit Institute of Arts,
Story of Women, through
Feb. 25, admission,
833-2323.

CHILDREN

PEANUT BUTTER
PLAYERS

Players Club, 3321
Jefferson Avenue,
Detroit, How to Eat Like a
Child (and Other Lessons
in Not Being Grown-Up),
through May 6.

DETROIT YOUTH
THEATRE

Snow White (Schatz) performs with her Seven Dwarfs during Purim.

Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward,
Sojourner Truth Speaks,
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Feb.
24, admission, 832-2730.

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