April 11, 2007

Wallace State Theater Department's Production of "Clue" Uproarious



HANCEVILLE, Ala.-The murder mystery "Clue," presented by the Wallace
State Theater Department, drew a large and lively crowd in the Student
Center Theater on Wednesday, the third day of Wallace State's Cultural
Arts Week festivities.

L-R: Rachel Jones as Yvette, Pat Ballew as Mr. Green, Joshua
Adkins as Prof. Plum, Matthew Butts as Wadsworth, and Courtney Simmons
as Mrs. Peacock.

A cast of eleven reenacted events surrounding the death of Mr. Body, the
blackmailer who had arranged the gathering. Cast members included
Brandon Leming as the Announcer, Pat Ballew as Mr. Green, Courtney
Simmons as Mrs. Peacock, Whitney Simmons as Mrs. Black, Rachel Jones as
Yvette/Mr. Body, Joshua Adkins as Prof. Plum, Matt Butts as Wadsworth,
Trace King as Col. Mustard, Sarah Bagley as the Singing Messenger, Kari
Burke as Miss Scarlett, and Dishon Clark as the Sound Man.

L-R: Joshua Adkins as Prof. Plum, Rachel Jones as Yvette, Pat
Ballew as Mr. Green, and Courtney Simmons as Mrs. Peacock.

Rachel Jones played both Yvette and Mr. Body in the Wallace
State Theater Department's production of "Clue" on Wednesday.

"This was our second show for the semester," said Wallace State theater
director Rob Metcalf. "The students did a great job, especially putting
it together in such a short period of time. This was a play they really
had fun with."

Cast members in the Wallace State Theater Department's
Cultural Arts Week production of "Clue" included Brandon Leming as the
Announcer, Pat Ballew as Mr. Green, Courtney Simmons as Mrs. Peacock,
Whitney Simmons as Mrs. Black, Rachel Jones/Mr. Body as Yvettee, Joshua
Adkins as Prof. Plum, Matt Butts as Wadsworth, Trace King as Col.
Mustard, Sarah Bagley as the Singing Messenger, Kari Burke as Miss
Scarlett, and Dishon Clark as the Sound Man.

Audience members also found the play hilariously funny and roared
throughout with laughter.



Earlier in the semester the department presented "The Complete Works of
Shakespeare (Abridged)."



This was the only performance of "Clue." Friday and Saturday
performances have been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.



On Thursday, April 12, the English department will present renowned
storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham at 9:30 a.m. in the Student Center
Theatre. Admission is free.



On Friday, April 13, the music department will present "Swing into
Spring," an evening of dancing and dining to the big band sound of the
Wallace State Jazz Show Band at 7 p.m. in the banquet hall. A $15
donation is requested.



On Saturday, April 14, the art department will present a juried visual
art exhibition in the James C. Bailey Center foyer from 9 a.m. to noon.
Admission is free. The art exhibition will be open for public viewing
April 10-14.



To close out the week, the Wallace State concert choir will perform its
spring tour bon voyage concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the music
department's recital hall for a $5 donation. The group will perform
Franz Josef Haydn's "Missa Sancti Johannes de Deo: Psalms, Hymns and
Spiritual Songs."



For more information about any of the events scheduled for Cultural Arts
Week, call (256) 352-8128 or visit www.wallacestate.edu/events/caw.

  Kristen Holmes
  Director, Communications and Marketing
  Wallace State Community College
  P.O. Box 2000
  Hanceville, AL 35077
  256/352-8118
  E-mail: Kristen.Holmes@WallaceState.edu