MCC to host play festival

By Staff
Special to The Star
Jan. 7, 2001
MCC will host the Mississippi Theatre Association Annual Play Festival and Convention Friday, Jan. 12 through Sunday, Jan 14.
More than 200 people have pre-registered and several more will register during the weekend. In addition to workshops and meetings of college, high school and community theatre people, there is the play competition with the winners going to Jacksonville, Fla., for the Southeastern Theatre Conference and Play Festival.
High school winners from the Southern Regional Festival held at the University of Southern Mississippi are Hattiesburg High School, Oak Grove High School and Ocean Springs High School.
Winners from the Northern Festival held at Mississippi State are Lafayette High School, Olive Branch High School and Starkville High School.
The community theatres competing are Actors Anonymous from Hattiesburg, Delta Center Stage from Greenville, Gulfport Little Theatre, Starkville Community Theatre, Picyaune-on-Stage Theatre and the Tupelo Community Theatre.
Plays begin at 9 a.m. in the MCC Fine Arts Theatre on Friday and run through 10 p.m. Saturday. Tickets for all 12 plays can be purchased for $15 at the registration desk in the Ivy Hall Mall at MCC.
Also running simultaneously on Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. is the Children's Division Festival in Meridian High School's auditorium. The plays are: "Wings" at 9:30 performed by Lynn Meadows Players; "The Not Quite Tonight Show" at 10:30 performed by the Gulfport Little Theatre's Show Biz Kidz; "Bony Legs" at 11:30 performed by the Oak Grove High School's There She Goes Production; and "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" at 12:30 performed by the Perk Players from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston Campus.
The audiences will be elementary school students from Lauderdale County and Meridian public Schools.
For more information about the festival, call Ronnie Miller at Meridian Community College, 484-8666.

Franklin County

PROGRESS 2024: Veteran Spotlight – Mousey Brown

News

Russellville First Baptist Church receives historical marker

Franklin County

PROGRESS 2024: Meeting a higher standard – Russellville High School JROTC

News

RCS BOE announces new superintendent  

News

Miss Dream Girl Pageant names winners

Franklin County

First Metro Bank hosts FAME Girls’ Ranch donation drive

News

PCHS holds annual Shelby Grissom Memorial Fashion Show

Franklin County

PROGRESS 2024: VFW Post 5184 – ‘No One Does More For Veterans’

Features

Supporting students’ futures

Features

Red Bay Garden Club discusses amaryllis planting

Franklin County

UA announces local students for fall 2023 President’s, Dean’s, graduation lists

News

School news

Franklin County

PROGRESS 2024: Veteran Spotlight – Troy Oliver

Franklin County

Appropriations bill passes, allots more than $3 million for new Russellville library/multipurpose center 

Franklin County

Franklin County Cattlemen’s Association names Cattleman of the Year 

Franklin County

Franklin County votes: Unofficial March 5 primary election results 

Franklin County

Funding for new Russellville library, multipurpose community center expected this week

Features

Faces of Franklin County: BTCPA

News

GFWC Russellville Book Lovers Club sponsors downtown art crawl

Franklin County

PROGRESS 2024: Veteran Spotlight – Cody Bragwell

Franklin County

42nd annual Miss RHS pageant names winners 

News

Miss RHS pageant takes place Friday

Franklin County

Political announcement: David Hester speaks about run for reelection as county commissioner

Franklin County

BTCPA auditions for final production of season take place March 3-4 

x