Cleveland thespians ‘Acting Out’ an original play
Published 12:00 am Friday, March 31, 2017
- Cleveland High School student playwright and director of Acting Out Shayla Bailey spends a moment with co-director Sawyer Jackson while the cast rehearses for this original, unique, improvised play.
In April, the Cleveland High School “Company of Warriors” theater students will present an original play called “Acting Out”.
Trending
Written by student director Shayla Bailey, and produced with co-director Sawyer Jackson, it’s a fully-scripted “choose your own adventure” show, explained the author.
There are four possible endings for the play,” Bailey told THE BEE as rehearsal was underway. “The story revolves around a small-town theater group trying to put on a play.”
The situation: During technical rehearsal week, the director of this show-within-a-show falls ill, and a new director is brought in — after which the story turns farcical, and the cast turns to the audience, asking them to help choose a direction.
“Halfway to the second act, the audience votes again, which leads into a fantastic, fully improvised, play-within-a-play scene,” Bailey revealed. “So, at every performance, the audience has control over what happens to the characters.”
“Acting Out” opens in the Cleveland High School “Black Box Theater” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, and continues on the evenings of April 15, 21, and 22. Tickets are available at the door: $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
-
eEdition
-
-
