The Kiva Theater held a full house — some audience members sat on chairs and actor boxes while many stood, all ready to enjoy the show.
The University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts held their third annual 24-Hour Theatre Project on Sept. 14 and 15.
Ray Pritchard, the artistic director for this year’s 24-Hour Theatre Project, said that they cast, write, direct and produce a series of ten-minute plays, all in a 24 hour period.
“No word in any of the plays is written before we get a cast, which is crazy,” Pritchard said.
He said the cast auditioned on Friday, signing up online beforehand for audition times. Writers must have taken the entry level play writing course at UI.
As for the directors, they had every level from brand new to graduate level directors working on the plays.
Pritchard said each play has a specific prop, set piece and actor-ism that must be incorporated. This helps stimulate creativity, forcing actors to think on their feet.
“This is our art, this is what we love to do,” Pritchard said. “We do this because it is fun.”
Elicia Hunt, first year cast member, said the project was extremely fun, and that she couldn’t believe how friendly everyone was.
The project was another huge success, Pritchard said. On the theatre scale they had a bigger group than last year — they had 8 plays this year instead of the 6 they had last year — and the audience was much larger.
At 7 p.m. on Sept. 15 the writers, directors and cast members presented their work to the audience in the Kiva.
“I couldn’t be more impressed with the amount of people we had come to watch,” Pritchard said.
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