GEORGETOWN, KY - Senior year for Calie Goins of Cumberland Gap has been about thriving at Georgetown College, not just surviving. In the fall, she was named Homecoming Queen - an honor she also claimed in '03 at Bell County High School. And, at the end of this month, she gets to see and hear audience reaction at the world premiere for the College's first feature-length film - in which she has a major supporting role.

"I never knew that making a movie could be so complex and time consuming, but I have a new respect for those that do this full time," said Calie, who's had some short film roles in the past. "But, I am obviously very indebted to this movie because I found my boyfriend on the set. And to think, it was so random that I got involved with the project!"

The movie "Surviving Guthrie," a dark comedy set at a fictional, small liberal arts college will get a gala screening at 7:30 p.m., March 27 at the historic Kentucky Theatre on East Main in Lexington.

Tickets for this first showing of the 90-minute movie are $6 and can be reserved by calling The Store at Georgetown College, (502) 863-8134. Tickets will also be on sale at the Kentucky Theatre in the late afternoon during the week, and all day Saturday and Sunday. (There will be a second showing at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College in Harlan on April 4; see bottom for details.)

Professor Ed Smith of the school's new Theatre & Performance Studies department, said audiences will be entertained by this dark comedy - whether or not you know any of the more than 100 students, faculty, staff or Georgetown alumni who played a role.

"We tried from the outset to write an engaging story and then bring as much passion and drive to tell that story cinematically," said the director, editor and producer.

The audience won't see Calie Goins' personal love story played out on the screen here, but know that she didn't have to "go Hollywood" to find real life boyfriend John Farley, an '05 Georgetown graduate who had participated in the ideaFestival Filmmaking Workshop. Fortuitously, both were in the female lead's close circle of friends. Farley was told to "think Steve McQueen" for his role as Scott.

"My character is Anna, Ally's best friend," Calie said. "She is quirky and somewhat indecisive and tends to change majors every few days. She was a ton of fun to play, simply because she isn't that much of a departure from me."

Area readers might remember Goins, a former cheerleader at Bell County and a top 10-percenter in the class of '04, for her various drama club roles - especially "Cinderella." An English and Psychology double major, Religion minor at Georgetown, she hopes eventually to earn her Ph.D and teach English at the college level. Calie is the daughter of Clyde Goins and Rebecca Asher of Cumberland Gap.