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Note to editor: Jasmine Walker is a graduate of Olathe North High School.
News release prepared by: Rosie Hoefling, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011

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MANHATTAN -- &1xbet online casino ;Broke-ology,&1xbet online casino ; a play written and first performed at Kansas State University, is returning to campus along with its award-winning playwright, alumnus Nathan Louis Jackson, who has been featured recently in the New York Times.

K-State's Ebony Theater will perform &1xbet online casino ;Broke-ology&1xbet online casino ; at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-26, with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in East Stadium's Purple Masque Theater.

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The play is about the trials of a small family in Kansas City, Kan., as brothers Ennis and Malcolm King quarrel over the care of their ailing father. Ennis received his degree in 1xbet online casino , the study of being broke, as he cares for his father and his pregnant girlfriend. Malcolm, the younger of the two brothers, recently returned home from his undergraduate studies and is determined to make life better for his family. Throughout the play the King family is forced to battle poverty, time and their love for one another.

Tickets are for adults and for students. They can be purchased at the McCain Auditorium box office from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays or by calling 785-532-6428 during box office hours. Tickets also may be purchased at the Little 1xbet online casino box office in the K-State Student Union from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

Jackson will take part in a theater forum at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, in Nichols Theater. The forum is free and open to the public. He also will lead a post-performance discussion of &1xbet online casino ;Broke-ology&1xbet online casino ; Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Purple Masque Theater.

A former president of Ebony 1xbet online casino , Jackson is a two-time American Forensic Association prose interpretation champion and a two-time recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. He is the winner of the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award and the Kennedy Center's Gold Medallion. He also was named the American College 1xbet online casino Festival Region V best acting partner.

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K-State students performing in &1xbet online casino ;Broke-ology&1xbet online casino ; include:

Eric Brown, sophomore in political science, Liberal, as William; and Jasmine Walker, junior in pre-journalism and mass communications, Olathe, as Sonia.

From out of state: Donovan Woods, sophomore in music, Bedford, Texas, as Malcolm; and Deontae Hayden, sophomore in 1xbet online casino , Fort Worth, Texas, as Ennis.