Kimberly Gornyecz

At the end of each year director Eric Wells has his students put on a class show. A class show is an opportunity for students to show off what they’ve learned throughout their time in the class. “ “Joining theater arts has 1,000,000% been the best decision I’ve made in my highschool career,” senior Tyler Lang said.

A frog explodes as theater art’s students perform their end of the year class show — and for the seniors, their last. 

“It’s bittersweet. I feel weird without having something to work on. I’m like ‘what is my purpose?’ But also, it’s nice to be able to relax, just have fun with my student,” director Eric Wells said

The time has come for the theater students to show off what they’ve learned in their class show. A class show is a combination of all four theater arts classes condensed into one, two act show. Important to note that these shows are not done by the drama club and an actor does not need to be part of the club to be in the show.

“There were some mishaps here and there, but they still just kept going and stayed the character the whole time,” Wells said.

The show itself was two acts long with a five-minute-long intermission in the middle. Theater Arts three and four took over acts one, where they performed all 725 of the sixth century Greek fabulist Aesop’s fables. Meanwhile, theater arts one and two performed nine various Greek and Roman myths. The play took place in the Performance Arts Center on Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m. and went until 8:20 p.m.

 “When Zoey (the frog) had that silly string and kept it going for like 45 seconds, that was great. I think the audience really liked it,” senior Tyler Lang said.

This is when the frog exploded. Act one started off by introducing both the storytellers and the beginning fable “The Tortoise and the Hare.” This fable also ended act one. There were many different versions of ‘lighting minutes’ in an attempt to get through all 725 fables. These proved futile as in the end the storytellers had to get through 600 plus fables within five minutes.

“Hands down best part was when Jon (Hercules) hopped on Noah’s (the bull) back, that was very enjoyable,” senior Ryan Catey said.

The Greek myths are plentiful, but the Narrator is ready to help. The Narrator, played by junior Kathrine Keenan, helped to roll the story along with no interruptions. From Orpheus and Eurydice to Eros and Psyche, there was always something going on. There were lots of weddings, lots of deaths and an ant circle to wrap up the show.

“It’s the last show that I’m probably ever going to do as an actor. So, it’s the last time being on stage for me,” Lang said.

This show was also a final goodbye to the seniors. Although both shows were chalk full of seniors, theater arts three and four felt this farewell the most.

“Every year I get sad when the seniors leave, some years more than others,” Wells said. “So, this one’s a tough one.”