HCC’s Arts Collective Presents 'A Valentine Affair' Feb. 10, 11

From HCC: Howard Community College’s (HCC) Arts Collective (AC) continues its 22nd season with “A Valentine Affair” on February 10 and 11, 2017. AC lights a match to this Valentine’s Season with two distinctively different back-to-back shows, “Love is…?” and “Love Synchs!” presented by AC’s popular improv troupe, “What Improv Group?!?!” (W.I.G), Humanities Department, and the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo). Both shows feature W.I.G.’s ground-breaking, edgy take on improvisation, complete with audience participation.

“Love Is…?” will be performed on Friday, February 10, 2017. This improv show fuses the stellar work of improv actors with literary love stories curated by HoCoPoLitSo and HCC’s creative writers, exploring the flammable subjects of love, romance, and all matter of the heart.

“Love Synchs!” will follow on Saturday, February 11, 2017. For this show, W.I.G. brings sexy back with its lip-synching contest that brought down the house last season. Only this time, the audience is invited to join the “competition.” Visit howardcc.edu/artscollective for more details.

Both performances start at 8 p.m. in the Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Building, Room 400, at HCC, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia Maryland. The performances duration is approximately two hours, with one intermission.

Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, faculty, staff and military, and $10 for students. The price of the ticket includes wine, coffee, and treats in a gorgeous cabaret atmosphere! For tickets, visithowardecc.edu/boxoffice or call 443-518-1500. The box office will also be open 90 minutes prior to each show time Tuesday-Friday, 12-6 p.m.

W.I.G. Performers

• Douglas Beatty
• Jordan Colea
• JP Desmond
• Noelle Ford
• Doug Goodin
• Chania Hudson
• Daniel Johnston
• Thomas Matera
• Apryl Motley
• Dana Panczenko
• Lauren Tobiason
• Lauren Blake Williams
• Sierra Young
• ARTISTIC TEAM
  
  • Directed by: S.G. Kramer, Daniel Johnston
  • Creative Writing Coordination by: Tara Hart
  • Marketing Illustrations by: Emma K. McDonnell
  • Music Performed by: Chris Sisson, Steven Caballero
  • Stage Management by: Linwood Milan
  • Production Assistance by: C.J. Cameron

About What Improv Group?!?! (W.I.G.)

AC's What Improv Group?!?! (W.I.G.) began its on-stage journey February 2009. Over the past seven years, W.I.G. has been about creating and exploring its unique underground take on improv and storytelling. W.I.G. not only performs at Howard Community College (shows, workshops, and seminars), but also off-campus. Previous off-campus gigs have included the Baltimore Improv Festival, Red Branch Theatre Company, Columbia Festival of the Arts, and the Howard County Theatre Festival. Most notably, W.I.G. partnered with Steppenwolf West (Los Angeles) from day one, hosting three summer intensives featuring instructors Alexandra Billings, Eric Hunicutt and Susan G. Kramer. This season, W.I.G. is pleased to continue its artistic partnerships with the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo) and Howard Community College's Arts & Humanities Division.

About the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society

The Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, known as HoCoPoLitSo (www.hocopolitso.org), is a community not-for-profit literary arts organization committed to cultivating appreciation for high-quality contemporary poetry and literature and celebrating culturally diverse literary heritages. As an HCC community-partner-in-residence, HoCoPoLitSo looks forward to supporting the emergence of new voices when the page meets the improv stage.

About HCC’s Arts Collective

Howard Community College's critically acclaimed Arts Collective engages performers, creatives, and audiences with innovative events that ignite our collective imaginations. For over two decades, Arts Collective has served as a creative cauldron, providing expert guidance and training to new and experienced artists in bringing vibrant life to diverse works on the stage; from the newly devised to the classics and all in between. Arts Collective’s positive, collaborative, educational environment is open to everyone. Join us in creating new heights of learning and possibility. Ignite your imagination!

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