16TH BIENNIAL Y.E.S. FESTIVAL
Presented by Northern Kentucky University
April 18-28
Highland Heights
HEART ATTACK WITH A KNIFE By Oded Gross
Directed by Ken Jones
When Inspector Gurn discovers a large knife lodged within the chest of dead Billionaire Marcus Kane, he suspects foul play. But who is behind the gruesome murder? The cheating wife, the cheating husband, the jealous boyfriend, the maid with a secret , the other wife who ends up cheating on her husband, the unattractive septuagenarian who wants to sleep with a much younger woman who’s is being cheated on by her husband, or the mute priest –All, are suspects in this murder mystery farce.
- Thu, April 18 at 8pm
- Sat, April 20 at 1pm
- Mon, April 22 at 8pm
- Thu, April 25 at 8pm
- Sat, April 27 at 8pm
SPAKE By David L. Williams
Directed by Michael King
In a packed Siberian church on a snowy day, a priest is eulogizing a 109-year-old town leader when the roof caves in, killing everyone inside. Only one speaker of the Ujide language remains: Nicholas, who’s still at college. His ex-girlfriend Jessica also has languages on the brain: namely finding a wellspring language, an idea that intrigued late Ithaca serial killer Edward Rulloff. The collapse begins an amazing sequence of events involving the untranslated Voynich Manuscript, a spell, the return of Rulloff and Nicholas’ dead sister, and a reversal of the Tower of Babel. A few flakes of snow will change the world forever.
- Fri, April 19 at 8pm
- Sat-Sun, April 20-21 at 4pm
- Tue, April 23 at 8pm
- Thu, April 25-26 at 8pm
- Sat, April 27 at 4pm
- Sun, April 28 at 1pm
FURBELOW by J. Stephen Brantley
Directed by Daryl Harris
Regine the Thirteenth governs her nation as a shining example of despotic panache: velvet glove, iron fist, designer shoes. A woman who understands the power of a well-placed ruffle, her every flounce is commanded to hang just so. But when one of her subjects selflessly offers to take the place of a death-row criminal, Regine discovers that life is not all tufted velvet and beaded chiffon. FURBELOW is a comic fable about fame, friendship, and really good fabrics.
- Sat-Sun, April 20-21 at 8pm
- Wed, April 24 at 8pm
- Fri, April 26 at 8pm
- Sat, April 27 at 1pm
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