- Tickets go on sale Nov. 30 for 'An Evening With Garrison Keillor' at WCU
- WCU's Costa to discuss Darwin book in Nov. 23 presentation
- Students win national awards at mediation tournament
- School of Music to present 'Sounds of the Season' holiday concert Dec. 6
- Heritage Center jam series to feature Dec. 3 concert by fiddler Danielle Bishop
- Athletic training group completes Mountain Jug Run from WCU to ASU
- WCU to mark Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Nov. 15-21
- N.C. Symphony to play Dec. 11 holiday concert at WCU
- Marching band selected to participate in 2011 Rose Parade
- International Education Week events to feature eyewitness to South African apartheid
Student teams representing 11 high schools will have 45 minutes to get set up on the stage in WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, present their plays, and get off the stage. The teams can present either one or two plays over the two-day festival. “It is a very fast-paced and intense two days of competition,” said Peter Savage, acting instructor in WCU’s department of stage and screen, and coordinator for the event.
Two adjudicators will watch each play and judge the performance aspects of the productions, giving particular attention to the quality of the acting and directing. A variety of awards, including two Distinguished Play Awards, will be presented during a ceremony at 8 p.m. Nov. 7. School teams that capture Distinguished Play Awards will be invited to compete in the 2009 NCTC State High School Play Festival, which will be held at Greensboro College on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19-20.
All the performances are open to the public free of charge. Those attending the festival should park in the Fine and Performing Arts Center parking lot. The full schedule is listed with play titles:
FRIDAY, NOV. 6
10 a.m. – Mountain Heritage High School (Yancey) – “Quilters”
11 a.m. – Polk County High School – “The Terezin Promise”
12 p.m. – Hendersonville High School (Henderson) – “Once I Built a Tower”
2 p.m. – Foard High School (Catawba) – “MmmBeth”
3 p.m. – Watauga High School – “Elegy”
4 p.m. – Mountain Heritage High – “His Eyes Are Bland”
5 p.m. – Foard High – “Hamlette”
6 p.m. – North Gaston High School – “Medusa’s Tale”
SATURDAY, NOV. 7
9 a.m. – Kings Mountain High School (Cleveland) – “Graveyard Cleaning-Off Day”
10 a.m. – Ashbrook High School (Gaston) – “15 NeoFuturist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind”
11 a.m. – West Henderson High School – “I Know the Truth”
12 p.m. – South Point High School (Gaston) – “Aladino”
2 p.m. – St. Stephens High School (Catawba) – “EVEryman”
3 p.m. – Ashbrook High – “The Bear”
4 p.m. – North Gaston High – “The Most Massive Woman Wins”
5 p.m. – Kings Mountain High – “S.P.A.R.”
For more information about the competition or WCU’s department of stage and screen, contact Savage at (828) 227-2092 or by e-mail at psavage@wcu.edu.
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Last modified: Friday, Oct. 30, 2009