Now 73 years old, Ch'en has loved ke-tsai-hsi since childhood. At the age of 11, Ch'en was sent to act in a theater troupe to help support his impoverished family.
創辦人陳明吉今年已七十三歲，自幼熱愛歌仔戲，常蹲在戲棚下看戲而流連忘返，十一歲時被父母送到戲班學戲。