Grumbie (Grace Kensinger), Paperboy Joe (Emily Mead) and Mr. Peabody (Lily Czechanski), Paperboy Max (Clare Emmert), Mrs. The cast also includes Mary Jane (Mia Andrews), Roger (Chandley Boaz), Judy Capper (Mary Paige Bramlett), Lisa Kelly (Monica Carr), Mrs. How things are resolved and how Ramona even helps Henry meet his goals unfolds in the play’s lessons about friendship and maturity.

Then something happens to strain the friendship between Henry and Beezus when his friend Robert Kelly (Finn Reilly) and Byron “Murph” Murphy (Aidan Miller) persuade Henry to build a clubhouse “for boys only.” Not only that, but Ramona (Beatrice Reilly) decides she, too, wants to be a paperboy and interferes despite the best efforts of Beezus (Tatum Church) to corral her. Henry also has to prove to his parents (Kaitlyn Bartlett and Matthew Stegman) he can handle the responsibility and break his dog Ribsy (Josie Hoggatt) of his habit of retrieving all the papers and piling them in his doghouse. However, Henry is only 10½, and Scooter says he must be 11 to be a paper boy. When he sees showoff Scooter McCarthy (Isaac Mead) on his paper route, Henry decides he wants to do something important, like delivering newspapers. The Helen Hocker Theater production of “Helen and Ramona” follows Henry (Christian Ryan) through the seasons as he copes with growing up. In response to a letter from a child asking, “Where are the books about the kids like us?” Cleary, a librarian, decided to fill the void with her own books about Henry Huggins and the other children who live on Klickitat Street in Portland, Ore., a street only a few blocks from where Cleary grew up as a child.Ĭleary, one of America’s most successful writers of children’s literature, would go on to write more than 30 books and win the genre’s top prizes. It will be staged by a cast of young actors through March 29 at 7 p.m. McGean’s stage adaptation of Cleary’s books, “Henry and Beezus,” “Henry and the Paper Route” and “Henry and the Clubhouse,” opens Friday at the Gage Park venue.

Known by a couple of generations of young readers for creating kids-like-us characters, award-winning children’s book author Beverly Cleary’s boy next door Henry Huggins, faithful dog Ribsy, best friend Beezus Quimby and her pesky little sister Ramona come to the stage of the Helen Hocker Theater in a production of “Henry and Ramona.”Ĭynthia J.

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