One Act Festival surprises audience

Patrick Siller

Last night’s One Act Festival opened with a line most students would not expect.

“It all started when God found out Jesus was gay,” the character Bob the Angel said, played by Isaac Wineman, an Interlochen freshman.

Students performed, wrote and directed two plays for Thursday night’s performance entitled “Perfect Little Angel” and “The Revolutions of Policies and Practices by Artie Dallas.”

“Perfect Little Angel” was written by Aaron Wineman, an Interlochen sophomore, and “The Revolutions of Polices and Practices by Artie Dallas” was written by Andrew Lewis, a Portland senior.

William Barrett, a Charlevoix senior, is the director of “Perfect Little Angel,” a dark comedy that is about religion.

“(The play) was very innovative,” Barrett said. “There were a lot of religious puns that I thought were brilliant little moments.”

“The Revolutions of Policies and Practices by Artie Dallas” came second, a play revolving around four central characters, a possible suicide, and a conflicted work environment. Eric Sprott, a Bruce Crossing senior, was the director.

Sprott said the production was more about the idea and the atmosphere of the scene than of an actual central plot.

“Both plays are not standard fare,” Sprott said. “They are very creative approaches.”

Both Sprott and Barrett said the opening night production was a success.

“I think opening night went really well,” Sprott said. “(The actors) put all of their effort into it.”

The plays took about a month to produce and the scripts were chosen last April, Barrett said.

Dearborn freshman Vince Hanchon said he was most excited for “Perfect Little Angel.”

“I liked the non-sequittor portion,” Hanchon said.

The One Act Festival is sponsered by theater fraternity Alpha Psi Omega.

Additional shows are running at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday.

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