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A solo exhibition of works by Candace Hicks, associate professor of art in the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University, will open the first week in October in the Transystem Gallery at Arts Fort Worth.

Hicks’ exhibition features work from her series “Notes for String Theory.”

“These hand-embroidered pages confront the existential possibilities of the blank page,” Hicks explains. “The size, format and color palette of notebook paper are familiar and warped at the same time. From across the room, they appear as flat, linear designs, but upon closer inspection reveal themselves to be delicately textured.”

A reception is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6. The exhibition will remain open through Nov. 25. For more information, contact Arts Fort Worth at (817) 738-1938. Arts Fort Worth is located at 1300 Gendy St., Fort Worth.

The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance will present the student-directed one-act play “A Cheever Evening” by A.R. Gurney, based on the stories of John Cheever, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7, in the new Black Box Theater in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, SFA campus.

Directed by Spring senior theatre major Jillian Helberg, “A Cheever Evening” is set in the 1950s and probes the affairs of a group of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants who once felt in the majority but find themselves in the twilight of their power and at the mercy of a changing world, according to a Dramatists Play Service description.

The cast includes Cushing senior Drake Willis as First Actor; Keller junior Zoie Dorn as First Actress; Winnie freshman Hayden Lee Cooke as Second Actor; Baytown senior Beth Powell as Third Actress; Houston freshman Molly Williams as Second Actress; and Elgin freshman Jaxon Larson as Third Actor.

The crew includes Marina Bogaards, sophomore from Rockport, stage manager; Haley Reed, senior from Rockwall, props and scenic designer; Ali Maxey, junior from Houston, costume designer; Jackson Barclay, senior from Nederland, lighting designer; Lee Geiger, senior from Tampa, Florida, sound designer; and Keaton Watlington, pianist.

Helberg is a future theatre educator who hopes to “empower” high school students through theater. She will graduate in spring 2024. She most recently directed “Unquestionable Evil” by Sam Graber. Helberg said she looks forward to future opportunities to expand her technical and directing skills.

Faculty production advisor is Jen Malmberg.

Tickets are $5 for SFA students and faculty/staff and $8 for adult and youth not affiliated with SFA. To purchase tickets, visit the SFA Fine Arts Box Office online at sfasu.edu/boxoffice or call (936) 468-6407. Available tickets may be purchased at the door. For more information about the play, call the School of Theatre and Dance at (936) 468-4003 or visit sfasu.edu/theatre-dance.