Bismarck State College theater students put on directors' hats for the Festival of Short Plays Wednesday and Thursday, May 7-8, in Sidney J. Lee Auditorium.
Sponsored by the BSC Drama Club, the three plays for adult audiences begin at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days.
In this BSC Theatre Arts event, selected theater students take responsibility for directing all aspects of their chosen plays including actor auditions, costumes, stage sets, lighting, sound and publicity. One play is an original work written and directed by theater major Mercer Sage. "The Road Not Taken" completes a three-play trilogy that explores themes of love, loss, fate, time and memory. The first two plays premiered in previous festivals.
Two comedies by American playwright David Ives fill the rest of the show. Josh Hannaman directs "Eight Variations on the Death of Trotsky," which deals with communication, word play, existentialist perspectives, and an axe in the head. Hannaman is a freshman theater major from Mandan.
Zack Watson has chosen "Time Flies," Ives' absurdist comedy about two mayflies on a date that realize they have only 24 hours to live. Watson is a second year theater major from Bismarck.
Admission is free for this last event of BSC's 2014 ArtsQuest.
About Bismarck State College
Bismarck State College, an innovative community college in Bismarck, N.D., offers high quality education, workforce training, and enrichment programs reaching local and global communities.
Sponsored by the BSC Drama Club, the three plays for adult audiences begin at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days.
In this BSC Theatre Arts event, selected theater students take responsibility for directing all aspects of their chosen plays including actor auditions, costumes, stage sets, lighting, sound and publicity. One play is an original work written and directed by theater major Mercer Sage. "The Road Not Taken" completes a three-play trilogy that explores themes of love, loss, fate, time and memory. The first two plays premiered in previous festivals.
Two comedies by American playwright David Ives fill the rest of the show. Josh Hannaman directs "Eight Variations on the Death of Trotsky," which deals with communication, word play, existentialist perspectives, and an axe in the head. Hannaman is a freshman theater major from Mandan.
Zack Watson has chosen "Time Flies," Ives' absurdist comedy about two mayflies on a date that realize they have only 24 hours to live. Watson is a second year theater major from Bismarck.
Admission is free for this last event of BSC's 2014 ArtsQuest.
About Bismarck State College
Bismarck State College, an innovative community college in Bismarck, N.D., offers high quality education, workforce training, and enrichment programs reaching local and global communities.