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Kathy Holstein
  • arts management
  • Class of 2013
  • Branson, MO

Kathy Holstein Directing In Annual Student One-Acts at Culver-Stockton College

2012 Nov 26

Culver-Stockton is hosting "A Weekend of One-Acts," Dec. 8 and 9 in the Mabee Black Box Theatre, located in the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center. For the "One-Acts," upper-class students in Culver-Stockton College's drama program take the director's chair to examine plays at the edge of dramatic expression. This is a Culver-Stockton tradition, dating back to the 1930's when students competed for the Mahan Awards. Though students no longer compete for a winner, the tradition of the student-directed plays lives on. As part of experiential learning at C-SC, the eight students will take responsibility for all aspects of the show as each chooses a play, casts performers and crew and takes charge of directing and producing his or her chosen work.

Kathy Holstein, senior arts management major from Branson, Mo., is directing "The New Mrs. Jones", written by James Armstrong. The play is about Sam Jones and his problem. Every time he meets a nice girl, things go well at first. Then he brings her home to meet the family and its murder -- literally. Mrs. Jones has the annoying habit of killing off her son's girlfriends. Now Sam has met the woman of his dreams, his strong-willed fiancee, Elizabeth. Before they can live happily ever after, he'll have to get her to survive a dinner party with Mother, without Elizabeth ending up as the main course.

The student productions are grouped into two groups, with both groups having an afternoon and evening performance. Group A appears at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 and 7:30 Sunday, Dec. 9. Group B takes the stage at 7:30 on Dec. 8 and 3 p.m. on Dec. 9. Some one-act plays include topics and language appropriate for mature audiences only.

Admission is free and open to the public.

For more information about the performances, contact the Division of Fine Arts at 573-288-6346.