To conclude his time here at BYU–Hawaii, theater and speech professor Craig Ferre will be directing the same play with which he began his BYU–Hawaii career 35 years ago. The cast, a collection of students and original cast members, will put on a final production of “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
The play opened on Thursday, April 21, and will continue on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 PM in the McKay Auditorium. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early.
Tickets for "Arsenic and Old Lace" can be purchased in advance at the Aloha Center Information Desk:
$3 for Students
$5 for Faculty and Staff
$7 for community members
If available, tickets are also on sale at the door one hour before the show starts.
Assistant director Michaela Bayona, a senior English major from California, says she has loved working with Ferre for a year and a half and has learned a lot from him. “It is really exciting to be doing this play because it was the first show he did here at BYU–Hawaii. Having some alumni back is a big tribute for all the work and time he has put in. It is just a really nice way for him to round off his career.”
Ferre is grateful to “finish the way [he] started” and to have his former students participate. “I chose this play because this is the very first show I did here back in November 1980,” says Ferre. “I thought it would be fun to direct the same show that I started with.”
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