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Tech crew member Avery Pearlstein ’26 lights set for “Closing Time” directed by Cece Diyoka ’25 while cast member Harry McLaughlin ’26 stands on stage.

Lights up: directing students gear up for One Act play festival

Kasey Feeley ’26, Staff Writer May 27, 2025

Whether it's simply not your genre, dark auditoriums make you narcoleptic, or your attention span only lasts to intermission, a 90-minute play can be a tough swallow. If long form theater isn’t your...

The 22 one-act plays utilize casts of two to four Staples Players, telling short 10-minute stories to the Black Box theater audience from April 22-23.

One-Acts gives seniors exclusive directing opportunity

Alex Gaines ’25, Creative Director May 1, 2023

There have now been 24 shows put on by Staples Players this year. Two of them might be recognizable - “Guys and Dolls” in November and “Twelfth Night” in March - but the other 22, all of which...

Staples Players takes on "One Acts"

Staples Players takes on “One Acts”

Lili Romann ’19, Breaking News Editor April 6, 2019

One Acts to be a ‘singular sensation’

Kaila Finn, Web News Editor March 28, 2014

Each year, Staples Players does a range of shows, from the heartbreaking romance to slapstick comedy to bone-chilling drama: they cover it all. In the spring, the one-act play festival will add to this...

One Acts Show a Different Side of Players

One Acts Show a Different Side of Players

Nicole DeBlasi, Web Managing Editor April 26, 2013

This weekend, Staples Players will perform in their 13th Annual One Act Play Festival on Sat., April 27 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and on Sun., April 28 at 5 p.m. The One Act Play Festival gives the students...

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