The Night is Young: An Evening of One-Act Playsl

What motivates us to behave the way we do? How do our own needs and biases affect the ways we see other and ourselves? These are some of the questions explored by student playwrights in four One Act plays to be performed in the second annual “The Night is Young.”

It’s All for Them
by Bailey Leeder
Directed by Diego Hernandez Romero
A humorous exploration of how parental support for their children’s achievements can go too far.
Cast
Mark: Jagger Goulart
Elizabeth: Emi Oswald
Olivia: Ayra Khan
Emily: Alyssa Milliron

Alien’s Guide to Human Life
by Diego Hernandez Romero
Directed by Hannah Holly
A witty demonstration of how a comic encounter between a human family and beings from another world radically changes their views of themselves and each other.
Cast
Aster: Ayra Khan
Nadia: Ella Heine
Bob: Ty Menor
Alan: Jagger Goulart
Terrence: Sean Reed

Inclusion
by Sophia Del Mar
Directed by Brooke Rosenberg
This piece provides poignant insights into the lives of young people who feel lonely but find the courage to reach out to others.
Cast
Chloe: Sophia Del Mar
Amanda: Ella Heine
Paisley: Finley Cardenas
Sarah: Bella Riley
Lily: Emi Oswald
Mary: Emily Keller
Shawn: Math Zabonik

Murder on the Opulent Express
by Sean Reed
Directed by Kaia Norris
A classic “Who Done It?” which follows the reporting of an investigative journalist as he interviews his fellow passengers on a train!
Cast
Claude: Ty Menor
William: Math Zabonik