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Monday, February 12, 2007
More things that weren’t in the February issue that you should know about
It's theater at its purest, for the purist. No stage extravagancies. No elaborate lighting arrangements.
Just sheer acting and playwriting ability presented in short doses.
The Angelina College Theater Division will present “Plays in Ten” beginning Thursday, February 15th and running through Sunday, February 17th in the AC Theater Lab. The series of six ten-minute plays will feature an acting troupe comprised of Angelina College students; and AC’s own David Raine, a published playwright, wrote some of the featured vignettes. According to Raine, “Plays in Ten” utilizes the ten-minute play format, which actually started at Actor’s Theater in Louisville, Ky. Actors and playwrights actually have ten minutes to present a story that has a beginning, middle and an end. “It’s really caught on to the point where they’ve had a festival for several years, where playwrights go to Louisville to present their work,” Raine said. “Here at AC we’re going to have an evening of six plays, each with a very basic set. You get a full story in a very short time; it’s fast-paced, it’s fun, and I know the audience will have a great time.” Raine and Sue Jones will direct the plays, all but one of which are comedies, according to Raine. The goal is to provide the AC Theater students with more challenging material than they would encounter working on a typical community production. Each show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, and $4 for children and seniors. For more information, contact David Raine at 633-04504 or e-mail him at draine@angelina.edu.
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