The company will be in residence here and perform in Theater B as part of the Performing Arts Center's next Familyfare series, beginning in October. Both men expressed their excitement at being able to present sophisticated plays, operas and musical comedies to children in productions developed especially for the Night Kitchen. With him at the announcement, which was made in March, was Arthur Yorinks, a prize-winning author of children's books himself, who is the associate artistic director of the new theater company. Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of such books as "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," took the podium on the stage of Theater B to describe to an invited audience his new venture, the Night Kitchen: A National Children's Theater. He also introduced a literary figure as beloved to parents as to the children who happily snuggle up with his books. CHRISTOPHER BEACH, director of the Performing Arts Center here on the campus of the State University of New York, did more than name-drop when he announced the center's impressive lineup of artists for next season.
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