‘Five Women’ has
encore show
“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” will take the stage one more time in Emporia.
For one night only, the wedding-day comedy will give an encore performance starting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Emporia State University’s Karl Bruder Theatre in King Hall. After the show, the set, props and costumes will be loaded up and taken to Ames, Iowa for a special performance at Iowa State University.
The ESU show is one of seven to be chosen for regional Kennedy Center competition. If chosen, “Five Women” would be performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in April.
“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” is by Alan Ball, creator of the TV series “Six Feet Under” and the screenplay for “American Beauty.” The play follows five bridesmaids hiding out from a fancy wedding reception, all of whom come to realize they have more in common with each other than with the bride.
Tickets for this benefit performance are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and $5 for students. Tickets can be reserved at 341-6378 or (877) 341-6378. The play is recommended for adult audiences because of strong language, portrayals of drug use and adult situations.
Getting in step
“Hubbard Street 2,” a dance troupe from Chicago, opens the 2007 season for the Emporia Arts Council at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in Albert Taylor Hall on the ESU campus.
“In the Mood”, described as a “retro 1940s musical revue featuring the ‘In the Mood’ singers and dancers with the sensational String of Pearls big band orchestra,” for all ages, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 in Albert Taylor Hall. Tickets, $30 each person for each performance, with no cost for ESU students, are available at the Arts Center, 618 Mechanic St. or by calling 343-6473.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre will present “Robin Hood” at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 and 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at Lowther South Middle School. Tickets, available at the Arts Center, are $7.50 each for adults and $1 for students. Tryouts, for students K-12, will be held at 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at Lowther South. Information: 343-6473.
‘Paper Cuts’
The ESU Department of Art opening exhibition, “Paper Cuts: The Art of Contemporary Paper,” begins Feb. 5 and continues through March 2 in the Eppink Gallery. According to the arts bulletin, “This exhibition is comprised of thirty sculptures made entirely out of paper. They range from origami methods of paper folding to floating abstract forms infrequent to our knowledge of the role paper plays in our lives . . . a common material used in an uncommon way.”
Hearts and flowers
The Valentine Invitational: Showcased at the Emporia Arts Council” will be on exhibit from Feb. 5 though March 2, featuring works by different artists using the theme of “LOVE.” ESU art faculty and students will submit art, with works in the show for sale to benefit Art Department students through scholarships.
Reading Rainbow
contest begins
The 13th years of the KTWU-TV Reading Rainbow annual Young Writers and Illustrators contest has been announced. Children of kindergarten age through second grade who live in the KTWU-TV Channel 11 viewing are are invited to submit original stories with original illustrations. Locally, there are first, second and third place stories chosen, according to the news release. KTWU-TV then forwards the local first place winners on to the the PBS TV children’s show, “Reading Rainbow,” where they are judged with other entries from around the country for the National Grand Prize, second and third place winners in each grade level. Locally, all authors receive a blue ribbon and certificate from KTWU-TV.
Stories must be postmarked or hand delivered to KTWU on the Washburn University campus in Topeka by March 1, 2007. Complete guidelines and entry forms are available on-line at ktwu.washburn.edu. For more information, call Barbara Kanelakos at KTWU at (785) 670-1111.
Awards will be presented April 5 in Topeka.
Writing contest continues
Kansas writers are invited to submit entries to a Writing Contest sponsored by District 2, Kansas Authors Club. The contest closes March 15, 2007. Prizes of $25, $15 and $10 will be offered for first, second and third place in eight categories. Prose entries, 2,000 word limit, may be short story, memoir, inspiration and story for children. Poetry categories are classic forms (sonnet, 14 lines, all others up to 40 lines); free verse (40-line limit); rhymed verse (40-line limit); and haiku (3-line limit).
There is a $2 fee for district members and $3 for non-members for each submission; title of the piece and its category should be at the top of the first page of the typed entry, with name, address, list of entries and whether a member or nonmember, on the second page. Entries should be sent to Peg Nichols, KAC District 2 Contest Chair, 604 S. Grant, Olathe, KS 66061-4317. For more information, see http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kac/.