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Good Citizens Invited to a Killer Dinner, Play
March 20, 2007 - There’s been a “murder” at a town meeting and citizens of Scott and surrounding counties have a role in solving it – while being served a scrumptious four-course dinner by the Georgetown College cafeteria staff.

Grease…is the Word at Georgetown College, Where Enduring Musical Explores ‘Fitting In’
October 31, 2006 - Is there a deeper meaning to the fast cars and first dates of the musical Grease? Georgetown College Professor George McGee seems to think so. “The obvious message is trying to answer the question of ‘how do I fit in’?” he says.

Fantastic! Pennington follows family’s musical tradition
April 20, 2006 - As the Georgetown College Maskrafters present The Fantasticks over the next two weeks, freshman Jessie Pennington will follow in her famous musical family’s footsteps on center stage.

A Kentucky Christmas brings some wonderful state literature to the stage
November 24, 2004 - When the Georgetown College Maskrafters put on A Kentucky Christmas the student company will give new life to some of the state's finest holiday stories.

Honk! if you are up for an evening of fun
November 17, 2004 - If you think college is the time to get serious and grow up, come see 17 Georgetown students -- and almost as many Scott County fifth-graders from the Gifted and Talented program -- singing, dancing and honking for an hour of pleasurable escape.

Theatre professor donates his 1-man show of legendary UK coach
November 12, 2004 - Ed Smith, an associate professor at Georgetown College, will do his one-man Adolph Rupp show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 as a fund-raiser for theatre scholarships for the College's new Theatre & Performance Studies department.

What an idea! Five Kentucky high school and five georgetown students to be chosen for festival's selective Filmmakers Lab
July 9, 2004 - Picture this: You are one of five fortunate Kentucky high school upperclassmen and five current Georgetown College students selected for the Filmmakers Lab at the 2004 International ideaFestival in Lexington, KY, Sept 23-25 -- all-expenses paid.

Love Letters: Student director's Valentine to you
February 5, 2004 - "I have written love letters," admits student-thespian Russell Moore, who will be directing Love Letters by A.R. Gurney this Valentine's Day weekend at Georgetown College. Although the Georgetown senior is reluctant to talk about his romances, he is certainly not ashamed of the play, his directorial debut.

Georgetown Maskrafters' The Nerd will keep you laughing
November 11, 2003 - "The audience almost never stops laughing," Variety magazine once said of the play The Nerd. Director George McGee, whose Georgetown College Maskrafters will be performing The Nerd this month, agrees with the critics. "I get to watch the cast every night and I still laugh," says McGee.