For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Student theater performances will be popping up throughout the Kent area this spring. Most are at large high schools or theater companies with permanent stages and large budgets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Yet, with dedication and cooperation, a theater experience can be produced with a limited budget and small cast, delivering a quality performance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kent residents and co-directors Heather Young and Terri MacDonald have been teaching a theater class at Garden Christian Homeschool Co-op for the past four years. They have steadily developed a top-notch program, culminating in an end-of-the-year production, “A Little Princess”.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Performances are 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at Faith Church, 25636 140th Ave. SE, Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Tickets are available at the door. A suggested donation is $3 per person.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The cast includes students between the ages of 10 and 18. Students actors are also composing and performing the music for the production.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Don’t let the word “Princess” deter you \u2013 this is a play that will be enjoyed by the entire family, boys and girls alike. With comedy, tragedy, mystery and intriguing characters like a lascar from India and his mischievous pet monkey, there is something for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “A Little Princess” opens with 7-year-old Sara and her father, Captain Crewe, arriving at a boarding school in London. Sara’s father has to set out to sea for India, but not before purchasing a new wardrobe and a doll for her. It isn’t long before Sara is a popular student in the school and they start to regard her as a princess. But circumstances soon change.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Garden Christian is a Christian homeschool co-operative, offering once-a-week classes, electives and fellowship opportunities in South King County. It began in 2004 and serves more than 60 families and 150 children in a variety of classes at Highline Christian Church in Burien.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n