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April
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| News to Use for Your Life at Penn • For Faculty and Staff | April
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Who knew theater for children could be so engrossing? Brian Joyce didn’t when he took the job of Philadelphia International Children’s Festival director 12 years ago. We salute him as he leaves to minister to grownup souls. A four-month stint as a theater technician at the Annenberg Center turned into a 20-year career here for Brian Joyce, who steps down this spring as director of the Philadelphia International Children’s Festival. The festival—which brings performers from around the world to the Annenberg’s stages for a week each spring—is also celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Joyce worked backstage at the first festival (where, incidentally, he met his wife) and spent the next eight years assisting the annual production in various roles. In 1992, Joyce took over the reins, building the festival into a major player, with 20,000 children and their families visiting annually. We caught up with the dynamo director to chat about his years with the festival and his decision to leave to become a Methodist minister.
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