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Directing students to present their final projects

Sara Labor
Nicoli Poitra, freshman of Chadron, rehearses a monologue Monday evening in the Black Box Theatre. — Photo by T.J. Thomson
Nicoli Poitra, freshman of Chadron, rehearses a monologue Monday evening in the Black Box Theatre. — Photo by T.J. Thomson

Theatre students of the beginning directing class will present their final projects this Saturday and Sunday in the Black Box Theatre.

The beginning directing class is offered once every two years and gives students a chance to try their hand at directing. Througout the semester, the class works on a variety of projects that teach them things from blocking to music choice. These projects culminate in the students’ final project: a ten-minute play to be performed for an audience

This year’s class had a total of 18 students, meaning there are 18 plays and 36 roles in total. Some of the students, in fact, are not only directing their own play, but are in one of their classmate’s plays as well.

The students get the opportunity to pick their own ten-minute play, go through their own audition practice, make their own blocking, and pick their own lights and sound. Auditions took place on March 16, meaning that students have had little more than a month to put together the large project.

The performances of the 10-minute plays will be from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are not required.