February 27, 28, 29 and March 1
7:30 p.m.
Griffin Arena Theatre

General Admission $10.00
Students and Seniors (over 65) $5.00
Free with Columbia College ID
Box office will be open February 26 - 29, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
February 27, 28, 29, and March 1, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Call 786-3850 for reservations.
Reserve early; seating is limited!

Shorts 2008 is an evening of five brief plays, all of them selected from submissions to the annual National Ten-Minute Play Contest sponsored by the Actors Theatre of Louisville. The plays present variations on contemporary women dealing with life in highly unique, often hilariously funny ways. Audiences will meet a Disney World fairy hiding a secret about happily-ever-after, a woman having a near-death experience, and a professional organizer dealing with a wardrobe emergency, among others.

Shorts 2008 is directed by guest director Indira Cureton-Cummings, with Patrick Faulds of the Department of Communication and Theatre as technical director and Keshia Moyd, a senior from Columbia, SC, as stage manager.

Performing in Shorts 2008 are Columbia College students LaKita Ashford, a junior from Columbia, SC; Jessica Blackwell, a sophomore from Columbia, SC; Amanda Bowers, a senior from Goose Creek, SC; Jessa Dance, a senior from Columbia, SC: Chelsea Daniels, a junior from Marion, SC; Charity Gilbert, a first-year student from West Columbia, SC; Laura Kelly, a junior from County Derry, Northern Ireland; Keshia Moyd, a senior from Columbia, SC; Shaurnetta Russell, a junior from Kingston, Jamaica; Sabrina Sabau, a sophomore from Columbia, SC; Melanie Smalls, a first-year student from Columbia, SC; Morgan Smalls, a sophomore from Moncks Corner, SC; and Emily Watts, a senior from Columbia, SC.

For more information, contact Sara Nalley, 803-786-3682, snalley@colacoll.edu

Photo captio: A Disney World fairy, played by Jessa Dance, senior from Columbia, SC, tries to conceal the truth about happily-ever-after from an inquisitive journalist, played by Laura Kelly, junior from County Derry, Northern Ireland, in After by Carol K. Mack, one of five short plays to be presented in Shorts 2008 at Columbia College February 28 through March 1.