3 women make history as first-ever female slate of GOP candidates in Manassas Phillips, Jennings, Forkell Greene, Coates Ellis [Submitted photo]
Manassas is known for its place in history, and something historic is happening again in the city when it comes to the General Election this fall.
For the first time, Republicans have nominated a slate of women candidates.
Lynn Forkell Greene, City Council candidate
Anna Phillips, Treasurer candidate
Stacia Jennings, Commissioner of the Revenue candidate
And for the first time in recent memory, each woman is competing for a different seat. “We not only have a unique ticket this year, but we’re also not each other’s competition, and I believe we support each other equally,” said Forkell Greene, who is making her third run for City Council.
George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts announced artist educator and co-founder of Pomo Afro Homos Djola Branner will be the next Director of the School of Theater. Branner starts July 1, transitioning from his most recent role as Professor of Theater at Hampshire College.
Jackson Barnes keeps count of the number of shows he’s been in.
He started at age 4 when he found theater at the Arts Academy in High Point. Now, as a junior at High Point University, he hit 65 shows this spring when landed the starring role of Jesus in the university’s production of “Godspell.”
He started counting because theater creates something that he calls “magical.” Today, he counts his shows because he sees theater as vital to showing what the world can be.
“You never know who is in the audience, what they need or have –– or don’t have,” he says. “You just hope they can take something away from the show, and I believe personally that the stories we tell have to say something. We have to put happiness into the world.”