Goshen College one-act plays to provide winter fun Feb. 2-4

Event: Goshen College 2007 Winter One Acts
Date and time: Feb. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m., Feb. 4 at 3 p.m.
Location: Umble Center
Cost: $3, tickets available at the door

GOSHEN, Ind. – Last fall the first and second place winners of Goshen College’s Peace Play Contest were performed. The college’s Winter One Acts productions on Feb. 2 to 4 will include three other new submissions to that competition, which made the “short list.” The productions will be in Umble Center on Feb. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m., and on Feb. 4 at 3 p.m.

“As a theater department, we felt that these three one acts also deserved to be produced for the Goshen audience, so we decided to make that the unifying concept of this year's event,” said Doug Liechty Caskey, producer and professor of communication and theater. All three of the directors are making their stage directorial debuts.

The three featured Winter One Acts are:

“The Board Room” by Quiara Hudes and directed by sophomore Ben Noll (Lancaster, Pa.). The piece will be stage managed by junior Sarah Jensen (Everest, Kan.) and will include actors Kevin Mulia (Fr., Singapore), Nate Burmester (Soph., Burnsville, Minn.), Grace Eidmann (Soph., Antioch, Ill.) and Derek Koch (Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo.).

“The Oval Office” by S.W. Senek and directed by Jerry Peters. The assistant director is junior Mike Honderich (Goshen) and the cast – all faculty and staff members at Goshen College – includes Doug Liechty Caskey, Brian Mast (Performance Venue Production Manager), LisaRenee English (Assistant Professor of Biology), Michelle Milne (Assistant Professor of Theater) and Skip Barnett (Associate Professor of English).

“Apricot Supernovas” by Krista Knight and directed by junior Samuel Yoder (London, Ohio). The stage manager is sophomore Aaren Myers (Tualatin, Ore.) and the actors for the production are Annali Smucker (Fr., Akron, Pa.), Ben Jacobs (Jr., Goshen), Dara Joy Jaworowicz (Soph., Kentwood, Mich.) and Sarah Noah (Fr., Bay City, Mich.).

The combined running time for the performance as a whole is about one hour. Tickets cost $3 each and can be purchased at the door. The plays are suitable for all ages, though the humor will entertain adolescents and older; more information is available at the college’s Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566.

Upcoming GC theater production:

Spring mainstage production – “The Sea Gull” by Anton Chekhov, directed by Michelle Milne

March 23-25, 30-31 and April 1; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.

Umble Center

General Admission $8, Students/Seniors $5

Umble Center is accessible to wheelchairs and people with other physical limitations.

Editors: For more information about this release or to arrange an interview, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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