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The YouthQuest group stands atopa box car at Camp Willow Run Camp Willow Run is aretreatcamp where YouthQuest host adiscipleship weekend once ayear Each YouthQuest member discipled middle school and high school students,intheirassigned "box car" cabin forthe weekend -Submitted by YouthQuest

Junior Sheralyn Clark and Seniors Mikey Rogers and Jaime Johnson goof offduring some down time during adiscipleship weekend YouthQuest provided agreat opportunity forLiberty students tobuild relationships with each other while ministering tothe community. Submittedby YouthQuest

T h e last play of 2004, performed by Liberty University's theater group, "The Glass Menagerie," was unique in its content and itdebuted a new director, Neal Brasher.

Brasher jumpstarted his theatrical career after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from the University of Alabama by touring with a Shakespeare Company along theEast Coast Brasher brought his experience andtalent with himwhen heaccepted the position of Assistant Professor of Theater arts at LU. Arrivingat Liberty,Professor Brasher, "expected that it[directing] would bevery challenging and rewarding." He went ontostate,"I'vebeen very encouraged bythe sense ofwelcome." "The Glass Menagerie" cast insisted that Brasher's experience made the play agreat achievement.

"Working with Professor Brasher wasfantastic," said cast member Katrina Hatcher,who played Amanda Wingfield in"The Glass Menagerie.""Professor Brasher isvery organized,and has hisownspecial wayofdirecting,likehedoesn't use any type ofmicrophones inhis plays."

The cast made a positive impression on their director aswell "Ithink we have a lot of people whoare very skilled intheater," said Brasher "[The students]are very easy to work with

Another notable aspect of "The Glass Menagerie" was the small sizeof the cast.The four characters intheplay were: Ryan Massie asJim thegentleman caller,Aaron J. Bauer as Tom

IWingfield,Erica Smith as Laura Wingfield,and Katrina Hatcher as Amanda Wingfield

"With such asmall cast we really became a family and I'msoglad that everyone made my firstexperience with LU theatre such apleasant one,"said Hatcher.

After thesuccess ofhisdirectorialdebut,students looked forward tothecoming attractions in store fortheLiberty Theater group under the instruction of its newest member, Professor Brasher Said Brasher of the whole experience, "Itwas apositive experience It was areally good firstshow to direct here...Ithink itwas very good forthe students to do." D BgJumi Tlmum