OCTC's Oak Island Theatre Presents Horse Girls
Owensboro, KY (09/11/2023) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Oak Island Theatre is thrilled to present its first show of the 2023-2024 season, Horse Girls, a high-energy play centered around a middle school horse girl club set in 2014. This three-day run will take place on September 14th, 15th, and 16th at The Acorn Theatre, located within Owensboro Community & Technical College's Humanities building.
When The Lady Jean Ladies Horse Girl Club learns that their beloved horses are being sold and turned into glue, chaos erupts. Horse Girls can be described as a blend of Mean Girls and Heathers, offering razor-sharp wit and jaw-dropping surprises. Director Grae Greer shares, "The entire process has been nothing but laughter. This show is hilarious until it gets dark. And even then, it's still comical."
Although the set is plastered with pink, ruffles, and ribbons There is something not so sweet about what is about to happen. This dark comedy production features a cast of seven actors who truly embody and authentically capture the essence of middle school life in 2014. Claire-Elizabeth Patterson, who portrays the character Ashleigh, stated, "I indeed was a Horse Girl in 7th grade. It's been fun to take bits and pieces from my own past and include them in my acting process to really identify with the character of Ashleigh."
Horse Girls contains adult language and violence, making it unsuitable for all audience temperaments and ages. The show has a runtime of one hour and 15 minutes that promises to keep you on the edge of your seat. For more information about the production, you can visit the Oak Island Theatre Facebook page. To reserve tickets, please contact Grae Greer at grae.greer@kctcs.edu. The admission for tickets is Pay What You Can, ensuring accessibility for all theater enthusiasts.
Don't miss the opportunity to experience this darkly comedic and thought-provoking play that explores the lives of middle school horse enthusiasts in a unique and entertaining way.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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