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Before dropping the final curtain on the school year, 51���� presents “Loose Ends,” a night of five student- and guest-directed one-act plays (and two monologues) designed to make the audience laugh, cry, think, curse or all of the above.

There is no admission charge for the event, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. May 2-3 in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center.

“This gives us one last opportunity to showcase our student performers, technicians and directors,” said Allen Twitchell, 51���� theater instructor. “It puts a nice bow on our season.”

The plays, in tentative order of performance, are:

“Easy Credit,” written by Samuel M. Post and directed by Clayton Whitson, 51���� speech instructor. The cast includes Wendy Monahan, a junior at Fort Scott High School; Massiel Ordonez, freshman from Panama City, Panama; and Amy Walker, sophomore from Fort Scott. “Piece of Your Heart,” written and directed by Katelynn Coe, sophomore from LaCygne. The cast features Jasper Dunn, sophomore from Whitehall, Wis.; Kaitlyn Hanks, freshman from Redfield; Meaghan Hay, freshman from Fort Scott; and Ordonez. “Hands of Fate,” written by D.M. Larson and directed by Mickey Donahue, sophomore from Fort Scott. The cast includes Aiden Ballinger, freshman from Pleasanton; Dunn; Monahan; and Marcus Robinson, freshman from Paola. “Last Day of Camp,” written by Jeffrey Sweet and directed by Twitchell. The cast features Ka’Si Gates, sophomore from Bronson; Hanks; and Robinson. “Teacher Boot Camp,” written by Adam Sharp and directed by Gates. The cast includes Ballinger; Coe; Hay; and Walker.

In addition to the short plays, Royalty Mercer, a freshman from Lithonia, Ga., will perform two monologues.

Assisting with the technical aspects of the production is Michael Woodward, a freshman from Fulton.

Some plays contain mild profanity and mature themes.