COLLEGE WILL EXPAND ITS PLAY FESTIVAL.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley College's Original One Act Festival is expanding to four plays performed over two weekends. The college Theatre Arts Department will perform four plays Jan. 30 to Feb. 7, up from three plays performed during the past several years' festivals. ``Not only have we expanded to four plays, but we have also extended the performances to two weekends,'' said Theatre Arts Department head Mark Branner. The playwrights and their plays are Tony Carrillo Tony Carrillo is the creator of F Minus, an offbeat comic strip. Carrillo started the comic strip at Arizona State University, when he was in his sophomore year. After winning an online contest to determine the best college comic strip, Tony was awarded a deal with United Media. , ``The Watercolor Girl''; Elizabeth Clark, ``Super Plants & Toe Food''; J. Nicholas Janssen, ``The King in Yellow''; and Steve Pearman, ``The Moment.'' Carrillo's play records the collision of two people, one who seeks to unlock the love from his past, the other who wants to escape the love from her past. Clark's play follows a lion and a panda as they learn each other's secrets. Janssen's play is a fable about a king who brings in otherworldly help to squelch squelch v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es v.tr. 1. To crush by or as if by trampling; squash. 2. his passionate daughters' plans. Pearman's play takes place near life and death where a boy and a young woman discover who they are. Auditions are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday in the college room FA4 190 and 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday in the Black Box theater For the theater in Oslo, Norway, see Black Box Teater. The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation, consisting of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor. , FA2 130. Callbacks are 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday in FA3 162. To be eligible for the Original One Act Play Contest, students must be enrolled in the Introduction to Playwriting play·writ·ing also play·wright·ing n. The writing of plays. class taught by Eugenie Trow trow intr.v. trowed, trow·ing, trows 1. Archaic To think. 2. Obsolete To suppose. [Middle English trowen, from Old English in the spring or fall semester. ``All the entries this year are very thought-provoking. Congratulations to all the playwrights who entered,'' Trow said. For more information contact Trow at (661) 722-6425 or e-mail etrow(at)avc.edu. |
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