“The Young Abe Lincoln” by B Street Theatre associate producer Jerry Montoya is premering at the B Street Family Series.   Montoya took the fact that 22-year-old Abraham Lincoln was hired by a New Salem, Ill., businessman to take a flatboat of goods for sale to New Orleans and wrote the historical fiction play for children.

Montoya has created a fun play for kids that lets them test what they have learned in school or learn a few new facts about Mr. Lincoln.

However, not everything is factual here. It very doubtful that Alice Offut, daughter of businessman Denton Offut (also spelled Offutt), would have stowed away on Lincoln’s flatboat. The historical fiction here speaks to Lincoln’s character and gives the play some additional plot.

Some of the true facts in the story are that Lincoln worked hard to better himself, disliked hunting animals, had great intelligence and became opposed to slavery to a large degree after seeing the slave market in New Orleans.

The kids get a big laugh out of predictions by a gypsy in New Orleans (they will build a monument to you, etc.) that will all come true.

David Campfield is the embodiment of the 22-year-old Lincoln. Tall, lanky, dark-haired, no beard yet. His Abe is calm in the face of dangers, thoughtful and polite. Like many in this cast, Campfield is a skilled actor in both children’s and adult productions.

John Lamb and Dave Pierini play two sets of troublemakers: Garrett and Dindel, in-laws plotting to steal Lincoln’s cargo, and Blighty and Emmitt, New Orleans pirates who do steal the cargo. Lamb and Pierini have great fun playing the kind of bumbling characters kids love to laugh at.

Annie Duckett plays all three women in the play: stowaway Alice Offut, Garrett’s wife Lula and the New Orleans gypsy. Duckett, a member of the B Street Acting Intern Company, does a good job of creating the three distinct characters.

Denton Offut and pirate Big Red are played by Michael Stevenson. A veteran actor, Stevenson is familiar with both sides of the children’s theater stage. He directed “Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells Batman Smells,” the previous B Street Family Series show.

Prolific actor and playwright Anthony D’Juan plays freeman Bocephus. Bocephus is Offut’s valet, business assistant and intelligent adviser. This character is an example to Lincoln what a man can accomplish if not subjected to slavery.

B Street producing artistic director Buck Busfield directs with a good eye for letting the audience use their imagination and humor.

B Street creative staff regulars Nancy Pipkin (costumes), Myke Kunkel (set design), Catherine Frye (co-design) and Ron Madonia create a fun, inventive and imaginative environment.

The children in the audience of “The Young Abe Lincoln” were having great fun. The acting is top notch. The sets are fun and imaginative. With action, a true hero, a damsel in distress, pirates, bumbling troublemakers and a happy ending, what more could they want?

There didn’t seem to be any sign of boredom with the adults accompanying the young ones either.

There are two more weekends to enjoy “The Young Abe Lincoln” on the B Street Family Series stage. Show run at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 27.

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