Anxiety mounts in the Campus Theatre as directors and actors of the Student One-Act plays put the final polish on their performances before opening night tomorrow at 8p.m.

Tickets can be purchased for $6 at the theater Ticket Office, on the night of or before the plays open.

Opening night is “going to be gold,” Brandon Ferruccio, director of “Your Life is a Feature Film,” said.

Ferruccio is nervous, but not overly stressed over opening night because of the high level of confidence he has in his actors, he said.

Some of the student actors have taken on two roles, which takes an extreme amount of talent and responsibility, he said.

Tawny Lewis, director of “Titanic,” is at once positive and nervous about the big night.

“I’m really curious and excited,” Lewis said. “But inside I wonder how people will respond, and if they will react in a negative way and leave during intermission.”

For weeks, student actors and directors have been working together, and rehearsing continuously to ensure smooth performances.

“While it’s fun outside rehearsal, there’s a seriousness and focus inside rehearsal.” Chris Roque, who plays Luke in “Your Life is Feature film,” said.

“(Ferruccio) has had a lot of training in acting,” Ria Roberts, who plays Luke’s girlfriend in “Your Life is a Feature Film,” said. “He’s good at leading us where we need to be led.”

Though the student directors “approach it from a different direction” than more experienced directors, the end result matches in professional quality, Roberts said.

The directors all experienced the same scenario during rehearsals. The character roles were not always interpreted the same way, nor were their mannerisms always acted out as the director had originally envisioned.

“If a student came up with an idea, and it worked, I’d say ‘let’s go for it’,” Monica CdeBaca, director of “Murder Well Rehearsed,” said.

Despite the director’s willingness to consider change, its not the best idea to “put in too much information,” Roque said, who believes that the show belongs to the director.

“(The director) is captain of the ship,” Roque said.

While faculty advisers Ron Scarlata and Bill Georges oversee the entire process, from casting to final rehearsals, the three student directors of the featured plays are completely in charge of their own plays.

After the enormous amount of preparation and energy that has been exerted into the creation of the Student One-Act plays, not everyone will be wearing a smile as the final bow is taken.

“It’s sad to make beauty happen and see it go when the curtains close,” Ferruccio said.

Excitement consumes the actors and directors equally, Roberts said. Everyone is anticipating opening night.

“Everything will work out fantastically; (we are all) determined, creative people,” Frerruccio said.