By Ashi Bartolucci

Eighth grader at Lopez School

Is it already that time of year again? Yes, it is. This show has been alive for a decade now; can you guess what it is? For the tenth year in a row, the annual One Act Play Festival is back. It runs March 5 – 6 – 7 at the Galley Restaurant, from 6:45 p.m. to about 8:15 p.m. Dinner is available from 5 p.m.

Almost all the plays this year are comedies, running from 5-10 minutes in length. Veteran eighth grade actress Anah-Kate Drahn observes, “Acting in the One Acts is one of my favorite extracurricular activities because they are short and funny plays. They’re more fun to act out.”

The last few plays of the evening are recommended for more “mature” audiences (eighth grade and older), because of some of the content and language in the plays.

This is Drama Coach Richard Carter’s 10th year putting on the One Act Play Festival, which he started. Coaches before him did mostly full length plays with the Drama Club.

Carter says, “Doing many short plays instead of one long one can be more interesting and entertaining for the audience, but ultimately I chose one acts because students have such busy schedules that it’s much easier to rehearse only two to three actors at a time.

Reservations are required for dinner and show, so call the Galley. The cost for both is $30. No reservations are necessary for show-only admission; the entry fee is $5.

The Galley staff will seat show-only audience just before performances begin. Come enjoy some food and laughter at the Galley.