There will be several diverse plays performed by MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422 of Marion L Steele High School for their night of *Winter Festival of Plays*. Performances of 15 Plays in 30 Minutes and the original mime play This Uh...Body Thursday January 31st, Friday February 1st, and Saturday February 2nd 7:00 pm All performances are held in the Marion L. Steele High School cafetorium 450 Washington Street, Amherst, Ohio 44001 Tickets are General Admission, except priority seating: $5 for thespians, senior citizens and students $10 for general admission. Box Office Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Advanced Tickets can be purchased by contacting amherstmls@gmail.com Priority Reserved Seating available Front Row: additional $5 and Second Row: additional $3 These comfortable seats are the only reserved seating in the theatre For Information, Contact: amherstmls@gmail.com “Bring a Can to Move a Can” at every performance: For every can good brought in you will receive 1 raffle ticket to win 2 Front Row seats for that night’s performance! All food will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank The Winter Festival of Plays: Act One: 15 Plays in 30 Minutes are original plays written by MLS Theatre Company students and staff, and directed by students. 15 plays, from comedies, farces and dramas all need to be performed within 30 minutes. The catch is, the audience gets to decide the order of the plays. As the clock ticks away, can the actors get them all done in time? Directed by: Rory Cupach, Alexis Goldthorpe, Cian Liaskos and Aiden Woods. and Act Two: This Uh...Body, an original mime drama by Michael Lee, professional mime visiting as Artist in Residence. The setting is a busy street filled with busy people all with busy jobs and too busy to notice an obvious Body that has appeared. All done with a poetic, stylized physical acting and original music score, the play reveals much about a society that has tuned out. Originally composed in 1992 by Nancy Lyon, Dennis Schaller, Rebecca Surmont and Michael Lee, who met while studying with the famous French mime Marcel Marceau. "T.U.B." has grown to a 40-minute, 15 actor mime drama, and is in the repertoire of Michael Lee & Opus Mime. The play was selected for Main Stage at the International Thespian Festival after winning competition at the Texas State Thespian Fest in 2010. Michael Lee's career has ranged from solo performances at schools, festivals and colleges across the U.S. to teaching and movement coaching for theater productions, trade conventions, and even World and Olympic figure skaters (gold and silver medalists, ice dance, 2010 and 2014 Olympics). More can be found at www.michaelleemime.com Michael will be performing some solo mime pieces before intermission as well. The MLS Theatre Company is a student-run organization. Every student involved in the productions is between the ages 14-18 and students take care of every aspect of the theatre productions. With a director, tech director, and assistant sponsor supervising, students are given leadership positions in order to design and build the sets, lights, sound, props, costumes, makeup, programs, publicity, and programs for the theatre. Students also run the Box Office and front of house. Each year, three shows are put on for the public. This year's season includes Diary of Anne Frank, student directed Winter Festival of Plays and the spring musical, South Pacific. Like "MLS Theatre Company, Troupe 1422" on Facebook and follow @MLSTheatre on Twitter and Instagram for more information and future showtimes. http://www.amherstk12.org/schools/steele/departments/theatre -- Valerie Farschman, Drama Director The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422 Gold Honor Troupe for six years in a row Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman! Marion L. Steele High School Amherst, Ohio Imagination is the strongest nation in the world. Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!