FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2007
Media Contact: Michael Corby 904.632.3310

Florida Community College offers “Titanic” and “The Root of Chaos”
Student-directed one-act plays by Christopher Durang and Douglas Soderberg

Florida Community College is presenting two student-directed one-act plays on July 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. at the Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts Studio Theatre on South Campus.

“Titanic” by Christopher Durang is directed by David Mechoso. In Durang’s tangled take on the monumental tragedy, an American family traveling on the doomed Titanic has problems for which an iceberg is perhaps the best solution. “The Root of Chaos” by Douglas Soderberg is directed by Dee Riche. An underground fire and a rapidly growing crack in the cellar wall don’t seem to be of much concern to Joe and Wilma and their children Doublemint and Skeeter in their Pennsylvania coal-mining town. Chaos? What Chaos?

Mechoso and Riche also produced their plays, including play selection, auditions and casting. The Wilson Center provides labor and space for the rehearsals and performances. Sets and properties come from existing stock. The student directors have professors Ken McCulough and Johnny Pettegrew as directing and technical consultants, and Wilson Center Operations Manager Beth Harvey serves as the business and marketing consultant.

Admission is $5. The Wilson Center is located at the College’s South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd. For tickets or information call 904.646.2354.

Please be advised this production contains strong language and content. No one under 17 will be admitted.