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Whitley County High School’s Colonel Players brought home several honors during the 12 th Annual Eastern Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society (EKDAS) Festival, which was held Saturday at Whitley County High School. The Whitley County Colonel Players play “In the Garden of the Selfish Giant” was awarded a third place finish in the festival and garnered two tech awards for best tree and best light/sound design. “Most remarkably, three out of the four actors were also awarded. Makenzie Lunsford and Destiny Cureton were awarded with Mountain Top Ten Cast awards, and Kara Helton was awarded a Be...

Makenzie Lunsford Alumnus Hanna Hamblin poses with the Parent of the Year Award posthumously awarded to her father,  Boone Hamblin.  Colonel Player, Makena Rice, poses with the third place plaque awarded to the cast of "In the Garden of the Selfish Giant." Becca Meadors poses with two Judge's Discretionary Awards awarded to the cast for Best Lighting and Best Tree. Destiny Cureton Kara Helton This past weekend, Whitley County High School’s drama department, the Colonel Players, hosted the 12th Annual EKDAS (Eastern Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society) Festival and walked away with sever...

The play is a comedic murder mystery of whodunit and howdunit. The official synopsis of the play reads: “Whodunit, howdunit. When famous actress Primavera Donna throws a party and winds up dead, it’s up to the guests to figure out who and how, and why the hired help is so annoying. Shades of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Ten Little Indians. As the storm outside rages and the body count mounts, the guests must contend with interruptions, shocking revelations, tacky special effects, and the arrival of a mysterious visitor.” “Alibis” was originally supposed to be the Colonel Pl...

The Whitley County High School’s Colonel Players will be having a busy seven days starting Saturday. First the group will be hosting the Eastern Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society (EKDAS) Festival for the first time on Saturday, April 24. Then days later the group will be presenting its second play of the year with two public performances. Admission is free to Saturday’s EKDAS festival, which will start with opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. at the Whitley County High School Amphitheater. The rain venue for the event will be the Charles M. Lawson Gymnasium. At 10 a.m., Clay County will present ...

The Whitley County High School’s Colonel Players will be having a busy seven days starting Saturday. First the group will be hosting the Eastern Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society (EKDAS) Festival for the first time on Saturday, April 24. Then days later the group will be presenting...