Nederland Middle Senior High School Theater Department Presents:

The Fall One Act Plays & Talent Show

November 4 & 5 at 7 p.m.

All tickets $5

The Audition

by Don Zolidis (Comedy/Drama)

A new theater teacher is bringing a production of A Chorus Line to the high school. Though the hopefuls range from shy to outrageous, and from diva-like to determined, everyone has a chance to step into the spotlight. A hilarious and heartbreaking look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part.

The Man in the Bowler Hat

by A. A. Milne (Comedy)

A terribly exciting little affair happens in the humdrum life of John and Mary, a tempest in a teapot, but while it lasts- -well, it’s high comedy, at least for the audience!

Competition Piece

by John S. Wells (Comedy)

This clever comedy is an ideal high school competition play. Three groups of students are preparing for a drama competition. One has lots of rehearsal time and chooses a romance. The metalheads decide to do a typical teen problem play. The arty clique wants to do a one act version of King Lear as a Japanese Noh drama. Winner of several competitions, this play is certain to delight your students, your audience and those hard to please judges.

The Reunion at Gallows Hill

by Tim Kelly (Drama)

Six girls decide to spend the night in an old barn on the slopes of Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts, the site where nineteen condemned ’witches’ were hanged in the Seventeenth Century. One of the girls, Nancy, is a direct descendant of the judge who ordered the executions. Things start out as a lark, but when the spirits of the witches rise from the swirling mist things take a bizarre turn. To wreak their long-delayed revenge, the witches enter the bodies of the unsuspecting girls and possess them. A reenactment of a witch trial then proceeds. Only Nancy understands that something is violently, frighteningly, wrong. She is condemned to hang and a noose is produced. But Nancy’s defense, one that travels back in time, not only saves her life, but frees the tormented spirits of the dead ’witches.’ Only when the nightmare is over and Nancy persuades the girls to leave the barn, does she understand why she was summoned to the unholy spot.

Nederland Middle Senior High School is located at 597 County Road 130, in Nederland.