The One Act Play

The One Act Play: An Attempt at a New Way to Express Oneself

 

siouxcityjournal.com 

The students at Calvin Christian High School are attempting to put on a new type of theatre production. The school in the past has stuck to the conventional multiple act style play. Now however, the one act style is what is being done. This will be a student led production that will be part of a festival done by Dordt college. So far only one student has answered the call. That student would be junior Sarah Shields. As one might expect she was a bit trepidatious. She told me she was “ so used to getting direction.” She seemed to be ready to take on the challenge even without direction. She stated, “I think it will be interesting.” She continued by saying she thought it would be “good” as well. 

A few students were interviewed to see what their opinions of the play were. Annika Tedlund, a freshman, when asked about her opinion on the play, said “plays are useful”, and when asked why she said to give people the opportunity to demonstrate “authentic culture.” 

Tony Sauro has played an important role in in recent plays. When I asked him his opinion, he said “ I think that the plays have given me the opportunity to perform in some of my strengths.” He also said about the play “It’s always a good experience, rarely do you find a play that doesn’t work.” The only negative was “ It can be hard to balance school work and the play.”

It would seem that the play is an enjoyable experience to people and there is now an exciting new style of theatre to attempt this year.

- Rick Derfus