COUNTY LIFE
Bowie one-act presents ‘Mad’ for UIL contest stage
Bowie High School One Act Play will compete in the 3A District 7 UIl competition at noon on March 4 at the Graham Memorial Auditorium.
Theater Director Candace Mercer said this year they face many obstacles due to COVID and the related precautions. Guests may come to see the show, but must leave immediately following the show. Mask mandates are fully enforced.
This year’s show is “MAD” by Jill Henson and Melonie Menefee and is the true story of Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World. Nellie goes undercover in 1887 to an Insane Asylum to expose the deplorable conditions and abuse to the patients. She discovers most of the women held against their will are not insane, merely victims of their gender and society. There are immigrants who cannot speak English to defend themselves, unwed mothers, wives cast aside by husbands at no fault of their own and abandoned children left to the system.
“It is a tragic look at the way society was so careless with women at the turn of the century. It is for mature audiences and parents are cautioned,” states the director.
Cast members are: Paris Waters, Nellie Bly; Kendal Wolf, Tilly Maynard; Breanna Masingale, Brigid McGuinness; Dezirae Lison, Josephine; Savannah Bordelon, Catherine “Cat;” Laci Hawkins, Elizabeth; Alicia Marshall, Annie; Bethany Fong, Nurse Grupe; Bethany Woolf, Nurse Grady; Nicole DeWolfe, patient one; Angela Zaragoza, patient two; Roman Rivas, Rob Pickering; Austin Long, Snyder; Isaiah Hutson, Dr. Daniel Dent; Nicholas Foster, Joseph Pulitzer/orderly; Aslynn Dunn, newsboy and Jakson Hofbauer, orderly.
Crew members are; Kami Young, stage manager; Lance Jones, lights and Kris Torres, lights.
Directors include Mercer, Jody Oliver and German Torres.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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