Evening of One Act Plays
On both Mar. 22 and 23, the student directed plays were put on at 7:30 in the Maureen Stapleton Theatre.
The first act, “The Secret Origins of Mojo Man” by Walter Wykes, was directed by Hudson Valley student Josh Palumbo. The act involved two students using their superpowers to win the heart of the cheerleader and ask her to the dance.
The second act, “Tape” by Jose Rivera directed by student Lois Murphy, was an unexpected twist to the expected night’s events.
“Tape” had a morbid twist that was not slapstick funny as the other acts were. The audience as a woman who just died was forced to listen to all of the lies she had ever told in her life.
The third act, “The Office” by Katie Hoffower directed by student Carmen Rose, watched as two girls attempted to find ways to keep themselves occupied at their customer service jobs they outwardly disliked.
“There Shall be No Bottom (A Bad Play for Worse Actors),” by Mark O’Donnel directed by student Michael Spaulding had a confusing plot and actors who couldn’t remember their lines with absolutely no help from the stage manager.
This act brought out a lot of laughs from the audience and overall seemed to be the crowd favorite.
“Floored” by Gregg Kreutz directed by student Necie Leigh R. Diosomito followed the ironic story of two men sanding and finishing a stranger’s basement while they try to figure out what their connection is.
Eventually the men realize that they were brought together by the man who knew one man’s secret and the husband of the wife the man had been sleeping with.
The sixth and final act, “ ‘Dentity Crisis” by Christopher Durang directed by student Merrily Rose Owens, watched as a family attempted to deal with a suicidal girl who lives in a very unstable home.
The night reflected a lot of what Hudson Valley has to offer and the diversity of students the college has.