The one act festival put on by the acting one class last Friday was filled with laughter, tears and a roller coaster of emotions provoked by the student-run and -written show.

This year’s acting one class had a mixture of underclassmen looking to start their theater careers in SDA and some upperclassmen who were looking for a fun and new thing to do as an elective, said junior Daniel Newcomb. “I mostly took it because I wanted to get a taste of what it was like … I’ve been involved in acting my whole life, as both my parents are actors but I’m still deciding if I want to do more of it,” he said.

Many of the students took on a lot more than just one responsibility, by acting, and writing in the plays performed. Since the class is a beginning acting class this would be the first time for many students to perform on the SDA stage, said junior Jacob Becker. “Performing on stage didn’t feel too different from a rehearsal,” he said.

Others were a little more nervous before their big performances. “It was kinda scary at first and I thought I was gonna mess up but once I was on stage everything went really smoothly,” freshman Eliza Lewis said.

The completely student-run show was a production put on solely by the efforts of students and guidance of theater teacher Stephanie Siers. The students were all very proud of their efforts and the outcome of their show, said Lewis. “I thought it was so cool being able to be a part of a whole student-run show,” she said. “We basically got to be in control of everything that happened in our show.”

A completely student run show, however much fun, was also bound to run into some troubles along the way, said Newcomb. “As you can imagine, working with entirely non-professional scripts, untrained actors, and students new at acting, it was much more difficult than a normal drama performance would be.”

The students got to perform their classmates’ words and the student writers got to see their words be put into life, witnessing their work being appreciated by others. “Words cannot describe what that was like. I have never been so proud in my entire life, of not only myself, but the individuals who turned my vision into reality. It was the single greatest moment of my life so far,” said Becker.