Laughter and applause will be sure to fill the Campus Theatre Friday and Saturday, as the student run One-Act plays debut. With so many good submissions this year, faculty advisor Ron Scarlata said there will be four acts rather than three as in previous years.
“There are so many magical elements and it’s big and colorful,” director Monica Robles, 21, said of the comedy, “Goddess.”
The “Sex and the city meets Greek mythology” play includes elements of history and Greek mythology with a modern twist. Hera tries to divorce her husband Zeus because she thinks he is unfaithful and calls on Athena, who is her lawyer, for help. “Showing that the gods share problems that mortals have also”, Robles said.
One of the shorter one-act plays, “Time Flies”, Directed by Ki Hong Lee, 23, is a comedy that personifies two mayflies with human characteristics named Horace and May, Lee said. After returning from their first date, while at May’s house, they coincidentally watch a nature television program that reveals the short one-day life span of mayflies. The play, Lee said, revolves around how they deal with the situation.
“People can relate to the awkward feeling of what we go through as human beings on a first date but everything is heightened because you know you you’re only going to live for one day,” Lee said.
The play is short and there is a lot of humor on the surface. But there are also themes that people can relate to like love and how short life is, Lee said.
“The Mint Julep Trilogy” is a contemporary comedy involving three male and three female college students and their relationships, 21-year old Marqeta Floyd said. Floyd who plays the role of Rosetta in the play said it involves a lot of love and jealousy and is something you would see on Channel 5.
“All the characters are some form of someone you know,” Meghan Penny, 27, said.
The trilogy, made up of three scenes, shows the progression from the female’s perspective, the male’s perspective, and how they all intermingle, Penny said.
“Hello Out There,” directed by Genah Redding, 20, takes place in a jail where a man is held for allegedly raping a woman. While imprisoned, he and a woman who does odd jobs around the jail develop a connection and make plans to leave the small town.
“Even though there are a lot of dark themes to it, it is a love story and I really like that aspect,” Redding said.
General admission is $10 or $5 with ASB 30 minutes prior to show time as stated in the flier. “It will be a diverse evening with a lot of laughs,” Scarlata said, “The darker piece will really balance it out.”
