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the audience. Sometimes it’s just entertainment,” theater director Matthew Aspaugh said.

Throughout the year, students wrote and edited their acts. When it gets closer to the time, the students read their work aloud to the class where they received feedback and revised. When students finish their final draft, then they’re allowed to hold auditions.

The audition process is a little bit different in the sense that at first, it’s a big group of people doing improv, and the One-Act writers choose around 15 people to come back. Afterwards, all the writers take turns picking which actor they want to cast for their show.

Some students use this opportunity to portray a political or social message to the audience. Senior Ivy Byers is a Theatre III student who showcased a one-act play with senior Jay Carter based on the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.

“What we’re trying to portray is that AIDS is a horrible disease, but the people who get it are not,” Byers said. “It’s kind of just supposed to be like we’re all just people, we all should just treat each other with respect and love.”

The One Act Show event was produced Wednesday, April 26 and Friday, April 28.

Tickets for the show were $5 at the door, and the money was used to fund the theater department. With this money they’re able to buy the props that they need for future shows and events.