OHS Performs ‘Tracks’ Mar. 23
Olney High School One Act Play is performing “Tracks” by Peter Tarsi for the 2025 contests. They will have a public performance March 23 in the Olney Auditorium at 2 p.m. followed by a district contest in Seymour on March 27.
“The best part of one act is seeing the kids grow and learn. I love seeing the excitement on their faces when they achieve something they have worked so hard to do,” Director Kayla Glover said. “I’m excited for the future and now of this program! I am also excited for kids that worked hard all season and no matter if they are the advancing play or not, the hard work that they put in and all the dedication is the reward at the end of the day.”
The cast is as follows: the homeless girl - Jolie Widner; the old man - Jackson Spurlock; the lawyer - Morgan Simmons; the professor Sawyer Edgington; the nun - Sophie Roach; the businesswomen - Fernanda Cardenas; the businessman - Foster Sullivan; the high school girl - Ava Stewart; the high school boy - Will Caffey; and the waitress - Claire Stephens. Alternates are Natashia Eversole, Leah Galindo, Rai Bond, Mykevia Wilson, and James Garcia. Crew members are stage manager - Mackenzie Berngen; crew manager - Victoria Pint; props manager - Logan Phillips; make-up - Anay Santibanez; lights - Adrian Gonzalez; and sound - Nate Elmore.
“One Act is an art and it has drama in it and I’m a very dramatic person that likes to display my emotions, so I think One Act is a perfect fit for me,” Mykevia Wilson, senior and alternate, said. “For one act I’m most excited about getting to act and watching the actors act on stage is a really really fun experience.”
“Tracks” is about a group of strangers who meet in a dirty subway station. Soon, they learn there is no way out of the station, and the unfortunate truth is told to them: they are all dead. Since subway stations have two sides, they reason the train leaving from one platform must be bound for heaven, while the train leaving from the other platform must be bound for hell. But which platform are they on? As the subway train finally approaches, they must decide whether to stay and ponder their actions further, or to have faith and climb aboard to their final destination.
“I teach the OAP kids that no matter if they are advancing play or not, they have done amazing and art is subjective,” Glover said. “Them being to make memories, learn, and be able to put on a show is the biggest reward at the end of the day.”