ONE-ACTS

I really enjoyed the one-acts that were directed and written by Elise Lockwood. She has some pretty good ideas, and I feel inspired to write a short play, but who knows what maybe in store for the theatre department at UHS. I really enjoyed the first production " Playing the Pronoun Game." It showed great dynamics between a girl who has gay parents, and in fact dates a girl. This was a fun way to show those dynamics, and I like how Tina was not going to show Elise's character her art. This play was probably my favorite and made me laugh the most. "Being or Not Being," was very cute and funny. I really liked Ian Ketcham's character, who had so many bad auditions. I also liked how RJ Connors did the whole Brad Pitt thing, and then Ian's character went beserk. Ian made this character come alive, and the funny thing is that I could really see a director doing this in real life. The next play "If Books Could Kill," was my least favorite, and it was a little bit too deep if it wasn't explained to you prior to the show. It was a good plot, but it felt a bit too choppy for my taste in parts, and I think that other things could have been added to make the plot in the play more clear. Other than that, I thought that this was a good play, just could have been better. Heaven was an absolute riot, I loved it. Tony Minott and Daniel Hellman did a wonderful job. I think this was an interesting way to portray the writing of the Bible. It was cute inventive, and very well done. I liked these one-acts for the most part, but I would have liked to see more excerpts from plays written by other people other than just one person, that would have added a little something extra.