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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04/15/2008 | ||
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BC Students To Present Performance Festival | ||
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BRIDGEWATER, Va. — Bridgewater College will present a Student Performance Festival Thursday - Sunday, April 24 - 27, in Cole Hall. Three one-act performances are set for 8 p.m. Thursday - Saturday, April 24 - 26, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 27. Tickets are $6 for adults; $5 for seniors and non-BC students. Reservations may be made by calling 540-828-8000. "Found in Grace," a one-act play written and directed by Robert Ferguson, a freshman biology major from Salem, Va., is about six people who fall sleep in a troubled world and awaken on a metaphysical island. Thrown together, each is forced to confront the core of their respective problems, and with assistance, work through them. Actors for "Found in Grace" include: Oluwasegun Nick Akintola, a freshman mathematics major, from Woodbridge, Va.; Alyssa Franklin, a French and history double major, from Rexville, N.Y.; Chris Gallagher, a freshman history and political science major, from Stanley, Va.; Ryan Howard, a senior communication studies major with a minor in theatre, from Petersburg, W.Va.; Rebecca Polk, a sophomore family and consumer sciences major, from Edinburg, Va.; Courtney Anne Shackelford, a freshman business administration major, from Keswick, Va.; and Stephanie N. Weaver, a freshman mathematics and Spanish double major, from Rising Sun, Md. Jen Greenholt, a senior English major with minors in international studies and communication studies from Yadkinville, N.C., and Sarah M. Willard-Eroh, a sophomore biology major from King George, Va., will direct a one-act play, "For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls" by Christopher Durang. The play is a slapstick parody of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Cast members include seniors Julia Stutzman, a biology and environmental science double major, from Bridgewater, Va.; Patrick J. Gurney, a sociology major with a minor in crime and justice, from Richmond, Va.; Justin Knight, an international studies and Spanish double major, from Rockville, Md.; and Megan E. Hiatt, a biology and sociology double major with a minor in theatre, from Virginia Beach, Va. Jennifer M. Payne, a junior English major with a minor in English from Frederick, Md., will direct Bridgewater's campus chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, a national theatre honor fraternity, in a | ||
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children's theatre piece. The piece, "Hansel and Gretel, Gingerbread, Little Red, and Other Stories and Rhymes," was also written by Payne. Cast members include Gurney, Hiatt, Howard, Knight, Stutzman and Rachelle White, a senior art major with a minor in theatre, from Warrenton, Va. Bridgewater College, a private, four-year liberal arts college, enrolls more than 1,500 students. Founded in 1880 and located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, it was the state's first private, coeducational senior college. | ||
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