One Act Play- by Burton Burrows (Drama Board member)

    Every year the NCSSM Drama Board puts on the One Act play the first weekend after school starts. The One Act play, also known as the Year in Review, is the previous year’s three main stage plays compiled into a 30 minute production performed by the 6 Drama Board members. Last year’s plays were Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, the musical Hairspray, and the Shakespearean play A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream. Instead of the typical play, the Drama Board presented each play in the form of a skit each representing different styles of acting. Once Upon a Midnight Dreary was done very quickly and interwoven with references to previous plays. The retelling of Hairspray was performed through an improvisational game called the Jazz Square of Death, where at least one actor on stage had to be doing a jazz square at all times. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream was performed 3 times, each time decreasing the words an actor was allowed to use per sentence. The final performance was done with only one word. Overall the intentions of the One Act play were to showcase the previous year’s performances in a quick and entertaining way to get people interested in being a part of the plays a NCSSM.