Westminster prof’s play selected for festival

Westminster prof’s play
selected for festival

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — A play written by Andrew Ade, assistant professor of English at Westminster College, has been selected for presentation at the annual Theatre Festival in Black and White, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company (PPTC).

The play, entitled “A Question of Taste,” is a political fable about modern Africa. “Two African men of different generations and political philosophies meet while both are in police detention,” said Ade. “They clash over important issues that motivate their resistance fighting against their president and, despite the discovery of surprising similarities between them, end their personal encounter in violence.”

The festival will present eight new short plays by playwrights with ties to the Pittsburgh area in the PPTC space on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh. Five of the plays will be staged in Westminster’s Beeghly Theater on Nov. 3. It is free and open to the public. The festival and Westminster evening will also include “Cake Without Frosting,” by F.J. Hartland, a 1980 Westminster graduate.

Trumbull Area Artists
ready for annual exhibit

WARREN — Trumbull Area Artists is preparing for its annual art exhibition at the Trumbull Art Gallery. Works submitted by TAA members will be juried and selected for exhibition by New York artists Lynn Palumbo and Bruce Bundock. Each TAA member may submit two pieces of work for judging at the gallery on Nov. 9 and 10. Nonmembers can join when they submit their art by paying a $7 membership fee.

The exhibit will open with a reception from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 16 at the gallery. For membership and show information, call Karen Fry, TAA director, at (330) 652-0201.

‘The Vampyre’s Harp’
Halloween presentation

YOUNGSTOWN — “The Vampyre’s Harp,” a Halloween presentation of Gothic literature and music performed on an electric harp by Kirk Kupensky, will return to Victorian Players Theater. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and at midnight Wednesday.

The theater is at 702 Mahoning Ave., near downtown. For tickets or information, call (330) 746-5455.

Art gallery to exhibit
works of its founders

WARREN — In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Trumbull Art Gallery will stage an exhibition of works by some of its founding artists, including Martha Ford, Katie Kolkkobeck, Helen and Virginia Hansen, Rina and Hans Hanson, Sheila Conner, Czaba Cur, Mary Paul Le Fauve, Jack Carolton, Paul Kimple, Pat Robertson and Bob Hintas. An opening reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 4 at the gallery. The exhibit will run through Nov. 8. For more information, call TAG at (330) 395-4876.