BC senior makes directing debut

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Katelyn E. Stackpole is making her directing debut with “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” by Alan Ball on April 1–3, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

The curtain will rise at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $7 for adults; $5 for seniors and non-BC students. To make reservations call 540- 828-5361. This production is recommended for mature audiences.

The play centers on five very different bridesmaids who are dealing with outlandish hairdos and ugly identical dresses at a friend’s wedding. As they dish the dirt in an upstairs bedroom during a grand, Southern-style wedding reception, the women discuss men, love, life and lessons learned.

Active in Theatre at Bridgewater College, Stackpole has been cast in roles in Euripides’ “Women of Troy” and “Mostellaria” (The Haunted House) by Plautus. She served as stage manager for “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley and “The Baker’s Wife” by Joseph Stein and Stephen Schwartz.

Stackpole, a senior communication studies major with a minor in theater, is the daughter of Doug and Karen Stackpole of Salem, Va.

Cast members include:

Lacey Naff, a freshman communications studies major, from Boones Mill, Va.;

Haley Lucille Woodzell, a senior allied health science major, from Hot Springs, Va.;

Louisa Holtby, a junior business administration major, from Fredericksburg, Va.;

Lindsay Rose, a senior liberal studies major, from Sumerduck, Va.; and

Geremi Sean Long, a freshman communication studies major, from Winchester, Va.

Amanda A. Hahn, a junior sociology major with a minor in English, from Culpeper, Va., is serving as stage manager. Prop master is Shannon A. Martin, a junior communication studies major with a minor in theater, from Richmond, Va. In addition to being a member of the cast, Holtby is costume designer. Jonathon W. Custer, a junior nutrition and wellness major with a minor in psychology, from Broadway, Va., is in charge of set design.