Livingstone College Theatre Arts Department presents The Student Directing Festival at 8 p.m. April 25; 7 p.m. April 27; and 8 p.m. April 30 and May 1.
Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
The festival is at the Tubman Little Theatre, 701 W. Monroe St.
For information, call 704-216-6260.
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The directors
Senior Just-In Dancy directed “Fast Girls” by Diana Amsterdam. Dancy is a senior theatre arts major who plans to pursue an MFA at Old Dominion University.
Angel Banks, a senior theatre arts major, is directing “The Owl Killer” by Philip Hayes Dean.
Banks has stage managed “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” and “God’s Trombones” while at Livingstone. She also performed in “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Subject was Roses.
Joseph Richey is directing “Simple Directions” by Tom Taggart. Richey is a theatre arts major who received a football scholarship to attend Livingstone.
Deanna Davis, a junior majoring in theatre arts, is directing “The Big Black Box” by Cleve Houbold.
She has worked as a stage manager and has been in “Two Gentlemen of Verona” and “Karma’s Closet.”
Monifa Y. LaRena is a senior theatre arts major. She wrote as well as directed “Burger Joint Blues” and in May will be the first person on her father’s side of the family to receive a college degree. Upon graduation, she plans to move back to her native Atlanta and open a production company.
Nickesha Martin is directing “Soul Gone Home,” a Langston Hughes play. Martin mostly works backstage but loves to act. She is best known for her role as Kiesha Tyme in “Karma’s Closet.”