Tulsa Community College Theatre presents original play, After Olive April 25-28

Tulsa Community College Theatre will present an original play, After Olive written by Bee Johnson April 25-27th at 8pm and April 28th at 2pm in the PACE Studio Theatre on the TCC Southeast Campus. Bee Johnson is currently a film student at Columbia University in Chicago. She attended TCC from 2020-2022 and wrote After Olive as a screen play in Scriptwriting class. TCC chose the original script for its 2023-2024 theatre season and adapted it into a stage play. The story is about a young woman, Olive played by Valentine Tarpley who dying of a mysterious disease decides to spend her last week and a half in the company of her friend, the captain, played by Brayden Marchant and finally leave the island that she has lived on her whole life to explore the mainland in the brief time she has left. Also appearing in the play is Ana Nunez, Jillian Mohn, Allie Newton, Emily Bruegger, Brenen Hankins, Gavin Boudreaux, and Aspen Marshall. The production stage manager is Jenna Soltis and the assistant stage manager is Canyon Garner. The play is student designed with Jenna Soltis designing sound, Alex Ryals designing lights, Moriah Jestus designing set and properties and Melanie Torres Cordero designing costumes. Mark Frank is directing the play with Aaron Kennedy and Emily Westerfield serving as faculty advisors. Randall Pike is the technical director with Aaron Kennedy designing projections. The play is an associate entry for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region VI.