Released October 9, 2009

(Columbia, Maryland) – Howard Community College’s (HCC) Student Arts Collective (AC) is proud to announce its 15th season!  Moving from a one-evening event 15 years ago, AC, supported by HCC, has become an organization celebrated for its artistic bravery and unique learning environment.  This season, AC is honored to join forces with HCC's Instructional Theatre Program, proudly showcasing the stellar work of HCC students, alumni, faculty, staff and professional guest artists!  The 2009-10 season lineup offers thought-provoking, inspiring and eclectic events and showcases, including:

“What Improv Group?!?!”
Directed by Susan G. Kramer
9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, and 2/5, 2/19, 3/12, 3/16 at 8 p.m.
Smith Theatre (Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center)

“A Chorus Line”
Directed by Susan G. Kramer and Jenny Male
This Tony Award-winning musical is about 17 Broadway gypsies giving everything they've got for the chance of a lifetime - to be chosen for the chorus line in a new Broadway musical.
November 27 to December 13, 2009
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.
Studio Theatre (Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center)

“Last Train to Nibroc,” Actors Studio Performance
Directed by Kasi Campbell.
This year’s Actors Studio Performance is co-presented by AC and HCC’s Instructional Theatre Department. Join us for an intimate evening in the tradition of last year’s acclaimed performance of “Last Train to Nibroc.”
February 4, 5, and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and February 7, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Performance space TBD

Dance Company Performance
Choreographed by Renée Brozic Barger
AC’s Dance Company presents its 4th annual performance featuring HCC’s most outstanding dancers. Previous Dance Company performances include “Voodoo Child” and “Sunshine in Blue.”
February 25 to 28, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.
Smith Theatre

Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration
Co-presented by AC and Instructional Theatre Department
Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration is a free magical outdoor adventure with stage combat, soliloquy, sonnet and scene performances by HCC students, faculty, staff and surprise guests.
April 21, 2010 at 2 p.m.
HCC’s Dreier Stage (located behind McCuan Hall)

“Angels in America”
Directed by Susan G. Kramer and Keith Gray
“Angels in America” is a Tony award-winning, Pulitzer Prize Broadway play with a stunning grip on ideas around politics, sex and religion. Playwright Tony Kushner subtitled his play ''A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.’’
April 29 to May 6, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.
Studio Theatre

For tickets, call the box office at 410-772-4900 or visit www.howardcc.edu/studentarts for online tickets.  For more information about Student Arts Collective and how to get involved, visit www.howardcc.edu/visitors/studentarts, call 410-772-4252 or email studentarts@howardcc.edu.

About HCC
Howard Community College (HCC) is a publicly funded two-year community college serving the educational needs of the citizens and employers in Howard County, Maryland since 1970. With its slogan, “You Can Get There from Here,” the college has forged a variety of partnerships to offer career and transfer programs to over 28,000 students annually at its main campus in Columbia, the Ecker Business Training Center, Laurel College Center, and the historic Belmont Conference Center. Located midway between two major metropolitan areas, Washington DC and Baltimore, MD, Howard Community College is an affordable, community-based institution that has long been recognized for its ability to inspire learning, and the lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals. Among its many awards is the prestigious U.S. Senate Productivity Award for organizational performance excellence.