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Student-written and produced plays featured in theatre festival

Penn State Berks’ Fourth Annual One-Act Play Festival titled N.O.W. (New Original Works) at Berks will run from February 20–24, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. The festival showcases five ten-minute, one-act plays written, performed, and produced by Penn State Berks students. The NOW 2012 faculty producer is Radhica Ganapathy, Lecturer in Theatre, and the assistant producer/stage manager is Erin Edelstein, a senior majoring in Theatre from Lebanon, PA. The assistant stage manager is Ashleigh Levan.

N.O.W. is representative of the current students at Penn State Berks and promises to showcase amazing on-campus collaborations between playwrights, directors, and actors.

The following is a list of the selected plays, playwrights, stage manager, and directors for N.O.W. 2011:

• Park Performers
  Written by Patrick O'Neill
  Directed by Kevin King
• Waiting
  Written by Melissa Davis
  Directed by Danielle Fitzgeorge
• Old Souls
  Written by Katelynd Knorr
  Directed by Ashleigh Levan
• Brotherly Love
  Written by Cat Whelan
  Directed by Dashanyua Robinson
• Let's Be Frank
  Written by Nicholas Lewis
  Directed by Ashanti Acosta
• Morality
  Written by Stefanie Thomas
  Directed by Cat Whelan
• Outted
  Written by Dashanyua Robinson
  Directed by Erin Edelstein

General admission is $10. Admission for Penn State faculty and staff with ID is $5. Admission for Penn State Students with ID is $3. For more information, contact Dr. Radhica Ganapathy at 610-396-6432 or via e-mail at RZG3@psu.edu.