This is an assortment of six student-written scripts — the result of classes taught by Andy Callas and Blake Bowen. Most were funny, a couple more thought-provoking. Like the Ixion short-show collections, this format helps us appreciate what can be done with minimal set and overlapping actors.
Hidden Riches, Hidden Lies by Amelia West, directed by Iris Raine, was whodunit-ish with mysterious clues regarding the will and estate of the wealthy and multiply-married Uncle Lloyd, featuring Lukas Nowak, Jen Shaw, Scott Pohl, Keats Waters and Gordon Clark.
The Egg by Ignatius Arleth, directed by Samantha Hall-Leonhardt, was a mind-bending take on the process of reincarnation. Both Vahlarée Kakela and Caleb Tracy were compellingly contrasting characters.
The Right Way by Lelana Mireles, directed by Makayla and Kallie Marrison is a director-proclaimed “cute love story” featuring Dylan Johnson and Ashley Morris.
Gone West by Daisy McGuire, directed by Doak Bloss, was the most intriguing of the scripts. It depicts the reunion of mother and son after he has been “sent away” to a wilderness retreat. Both Keats Waters and Caleb Tracy lead us through a surprising double perspective in this portrait of a complicated relationship.
Hot Sauce in Da Fridge by Chandler Donelson, directed by Molly Sullivan, is silly romp through the kitchen of four friends (Vahlarée Kakela, Denisse Huguez, Lukas Nowak and Dylan Johnson) cooperating(?) in a burrito recipe with a questionable ingredient.
Delivery Dilemmas by Kyle Fowler, directed by Steve Lee, is the “epic journey” (relatively speaking) of this collection, following a ridiculous chain of pizza delivery encounters that can’t get any worse until…?! Brandon Dinh gets a lot of running in between five deliveries to assorted weirdos played by Mikaila Orlowski, Lillian Nash and Michelle Hill.
This buffet of theatre snacks continues at 7pm through Sunday, July 28. (Moves into Dart Auditorium in case of rain.)