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orking Hard Pays Off for

One-Act Play Competitors

by Kristi Coan
When the final curtain "We already knew our parts,
came down on the fall musical, "We had to so performing it again gave us
Working, the performers had one shorten the the opportunity to really polish
last encore in store for their audi- our roles," senior Chrissy
ence. play ... but we Cacioppo said.
The cast came together were still able However, "we mi ssed out on
and performed the same play again the chance to meet more new
for the one-act play competition. to put on a people than we would have with
"We had to shorten the great show." two different casts," junior Ja-
play to 30 minutes, but we were ·-junior Allison Orner son Bresley said.
still able to put on a great show for The cast practiced once a
the audience," junior Allison Orner said . week from th e end of the mu sical until the
The cast discovered that using the same competition. The performers took second place
play twice had both advantages and di sadvan- at the meet, which qualified the cast as state
tages. alternates. r

The cast performs the
condensed version of
Working for the judges
at the competition. They
took second place,
losing to Norfolk. photo
by Beau McBryde
Juniors Jason
Bresley, Allison Orner,
senior Marie Maly, and
junior Mandi Connell act
out their parts as real
people with real jobs.
The play was a
collection of true
interviews that
highlighted the ups and
downs of the working
world. photo by Beau
McBryde
W.l.a will you

remember most about
this experience?
1~2 One-Act Play