The SFCC Drama Department is introducing the One Act Play Festival to the SFCC campus in June.

At 7:30 p.m. June 13 and 14, the Spartan Theater will be hosting the One Act Play festival where stu- dents will be acting by themselves on stage as part of a benefit for the drama department.

“This is once in a lifetime opportunity to see the first performances of newly written plays,” student and festival organizer Tonya Strong said.

“These are innovative and they express the depth of human emotions through storytelling.”

The new festival has a total of nine different shows that each run about 15 minutes. The performances both nights will last about two hours, which includes two seven minute intermissions. The majority of the actors are SFCC students but there are some community members who will be acting in them as well.

“These plays are innovative, and they express the depth of human emotions through storytelling,”

Strong said. All the shows are directed and written by SFCC students except for one written by Theater Instructor Scott Doughty.

“These plays are inventive and range far and wide with their plots. Some of them are fantasy, dramatic, comedic, or have a mix of dramatic and comedic elements,” SFCC student and actress Jennie Oliver said. “I think what has been so interesting about this project is that each show uniquely represents something about the playwright themselves, their imagination, their life experience, and what kind of story they want to tell.”

The writers for the event started writing their stories eight months ago. With the end of spring quarter approaching, their final drafts will come to life at the festival, which leaves some sad to say goodbye with graduation coming.

“It’s almost unreal,” Oliver said. “It’s a wonderful way to end the season, especially for those of us AFA students who are graduating.

“It’s an excellent and especially emotional way to say goodbye.”