“One Act is a wonderful opportunity for me to help students grow as performers and to help them have the experience of performing. I want the students to achieve self-confidence not just as actors but people and students,” states director, Mrs. Green.

Mrs. Green has directed the one act play at Alliance High School for seven years. She has worked in theater a total of twenty years. Mrs. Soriano is the new co-director with Mrs. Green. “I love working with her! She is amazing and I think the students really like her too,” Mrs. Green says about Soriano. Mrs. Soriano has worked with theater for many years. “ I love working with Mrs. Green,” explains Soriano, “She has so much experience and it has been great for me to observe her techniques. It is obvious that her students respect her and the things she is teaching them. I am so happy to have the opportunity to work with her!”

This year’s play is called Something is Rotten in the Theater of Demark. The play is a parody of Shakespeare’s drama, Hamlet. Hamlet is about the dead king that comes back in ghost form to tell his son who really killed him. The king’s son is then trying to avenge his father. “This years play isn’t really different than last years play. The only different is the young freshman. They are the new kids to performing, the ones who haven’t performed before,” says Mrs. Green.

The students have learned many other things than just how to act this year. They learn how to have poise, self-confidence, projection, and many other stage presence techniques. They will also learn skills like how to run the light board, work props, put on  makeup, or do costuming. “ It is a lot of fun to work with the students! Theater kids always find a way to have fun and keep things interesting,” states Mrs. Soriano.