Crittenden County, Arkansas

theatre history, such as the conventions of the Greek, Roman, and Elizabethan eras. I will continue to discuss staging conventions by analyzing and comparing different plays to these eras including Trojan Women by Euripides, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn, and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. In the Ancient Greek era some of the most prominent aspects of staging conventions…

Lost in Lust The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, with music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, and conceived by Rebecca Feldman, explores a lighthearted event, as the play title suggests, a middle school spelling bee. I watched the production on February 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the University of Washington’s Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. This production was directed by Brandon Ivie, musically directed by Jordyn Meeker, and choreographed by Steven Sofia. This musical…

The West Memphis Three One late evening on May 5, 1993, three young 8 year old boys, Michael Moore, Stevie Branch, and Christopher Byers, went out for a bike ride in Crittenden County of Arkansas. The little boys lived in the large city of West Memphis, where they promised to be home in time to eat dinner. According to Pam Hobbs, the mother of Stevie Branch, “around 4:45, [Stevie and the boys] had… still hadn't arrived.” (Berg). After a night full of hope that the boys would return, Mike Allen,…