The 2017-2018 theatre season at 含羞草社区 continues with 鈥淪hort and Sweet,鈥� a production of six one-act plays and five short films Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3.
Two of the plays will be directed by students. Kara McGhee will direct the evening鈥檚 first play, 鈥淐lara and the Gambler.鈥� Abby Sexton will direct 鈥淗old for Three.鈥� Two of the plays, 鈥淭he Bluegrass of God鈥� and 鈥淪ure Thing,鈥� will be directed by Tee Quillin, associate professor of theatre. Jeff Stover, chair of the Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance, will also direct two plays: 鈥淒oll Cargo鈥� and 鈥淏rights!鈥�
Between the live plays, student-directed short films will be presented:
- 鈥�7 Minutes,鈥� by Charles Skyles
- 鈥淕oodnight Kiss,鈥� by Beau Hill
- 鈥淢usic Video,鈥� by Gabriel Barton
- 鈥淭wo Rails from Hell,鈥� by Russell Gummelt
- 鈥淐lasp on Love,鈥� by Andy Coutts
Gummelt鈥檚 film, 鈥淭wo Rails from Hell,鈥� was winner of Best Film at the Fault-Line Film Festival at Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau.
Tickets for 鈥淪hort and Sweet鈥� are $12 for adults, $10 for Missouri Western faculty and staff, free for Missouri Western students with ID and $6 for all other students. To purchase tickets in advance, visit mwsutix.com or call 816-271-4452. 聽Tickets may also be purchased at the door.