Towards the end of April, the MLWGS Drama Department performed their “One Acts:” a series of plays that are about the length of one “act” in a full-length play. These plays were either written by students or by another author and were also completely directed, designed and acted out by students.

Auditions were held in March for 3 different plays. The first one was titled “Worth the Wait,” written and directed by Issac Hathaway (‘25). This story was about a man named Paul and a girl named Jaymes having a conversation while waiting at a bus stop. Paul, played by V Lowden (‘25), reveals a story about the harmful discoveries that he and his scientific partner have made and that the government has been hiding. 

The second play was called “Amelia, Once More,” written by David Muschell and directed by Z Strickland (‘26). The show follows an actress named Shelly, played by Sophia Runberg (‘26), struggling to build up the courage to go on stage to play her character Amelia. Throughout the play, Shelly expresses concern and worry that playing Amelia for so long has led her to take over her body. She tells her director, Alphonse Crevansky–played by Max Whealton (‘25)--and her fellow cast member, Laura Tontelli–played by Josie Mendicino (‘25)--to try and gain sympathy to no avail. It isn’t until Shelly talks to Tom, the actor who plays Amelia’s love interest James, that she actually receives sympathy from someone. But it is too late, as Shelly has already convinced herself to go through with the show as Ameila. 

The last play was titled “When Pigs Die,” which was written by Alexis Paraschiv (‘25) and Zachary Mazzo (‘25). This is a comedic murder mystery where representatives of the nation of Redland come together to not only find who killed Dictator Viktor V. Valalta–played by Shakylia Jones (‘25)--but to try and take credit for the murder and freeing Redland from its awful dictatorship. This proves to be difficult for news reporter Fredrick Fleming, who is played by Brie Lawson (‘24), when everyone is claiming to have committed the crime. After the series of interviews, they are all found to be innocent until it is revealed that it was all a plot by Viktor to test the loyalty of his representatives, to which they all failed.

All of the plays were unique and the entire cast of 18 actors, the tech and backstage crew, and the directors did a wonderful job bringing them to life. Great work to all who participated and we can’t wait to see what the future holds!