Paw Paw Fest features plays by WMU student
Feb. 6, 2002
KALAMAZOO -- The Paw Paw Village Players' fifth annual One Acts Fest will feature eight plays from six area authors, including two by Western Michigan University student Bethany Gibson. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturday, Feb. 14-16, at the Paw Paw Village Players theatre, 404 E. Michigan Ave., Paw Paw, Mich.
Gibson earned an undergraduate degree in creative writing from WMU in 2000 and is pursuing an M.F.A. in drama through the Department of English. Her plays in the One Act Fest are titled "Live Through This" and "Special Delivery."
"We're very proud of our playwriting students," says Arnie Johnston, English department chair, "and Bethany is certainly one of the shining lights in that program."
Tickets for the event are $5 for adults and $3 for children and can be reserved by calling the Paw Paw Village Players at 269 657-7529.
Media contact: Thom Myers, 269 387-8400, thomas.myers@wmich.edu