ACT 2 is BACK!! Youth Summer One Acts has been on hiatus but is coming back this year with its co-directors John and Cricket Hall.
We will be doing three One Acts this year:
Shakespeare’s Bachelorette
by Lea Marshall
“This is the Shakespeare/Dating show mash-up you’ve been waiting for!
Kate is looking for a date and her options are somewhat limited. Hamlet is pretty focused on his step-dad, Macbeth keeps trying to grab a dagger from above Kate’s head, and why does Iago keep giving her a handkerchief?
Oberon seems to think he’s going to win the show and it has nothing to do with that purple flower…”
Ariadne’s Thread, The Adventures of Theseus and the Minotaur
by Judith White
“Theseus is a young man on an adventure. As he makes his way to Athens to meet his father he must fight bandits, carnivorous pigs, and travel the underworld.
He offers himself as tribute to rid the land of the murderous minotaur. But the story isn’t as simple as it seems. King Minos’ daughter Ariadne is willing to help, but only if Theseus promises not to kill the minotaur. How will Theseus get out of the labyrinth alive?
A fantastic modern version of the Theseus and the Minotaur myth complete with an active chorus.”
And …
Pandora’s Fire
by Judith White
The Show will be July 28, 29, and 30 at 7pm and the 31st at 2pm