Shakopee Drama Department to Present One-Act Festival

The Shakopee drama department will present their fourth annual One-Act festival on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20-21 at . Performances of three one-act plays will begin at 7 p.m. on both evenings. 

The schedule is as follows – order to be determined – The Day After Forever by Charles Emery; Louder, I Can’t Hear You by William Gleason; and Tartuffe by Moliere.

Each performance runs approximately 35 minutes according to Minnesota State High School League guidelines for the state one act tournament. This year’s submission will be a cutting of Tartuffe by Moliere.

Tickets will be available at the door one hour before each performance. Tickets are general admission - $4 adults / $2 students.

Synopses below:

Tartuffe by Moliere

The lead character Tartuffe is lost amidst a family and their struggle with self-importance. The audience is exposed to Tartuffe’s meddling in the beginning while the family slowly unravels throughout the play’s cuttings.

Louder I Can’t Hear You by William Gleason

A comedy about a sometimes tragic, yet always humorous, aspect of life today and the fact that people don't listen anymore, people don't "hear" each other. We see a family together but each one entirely in his or her own world. The mother, anxious to reach her young people, turns to a psychiatrist for help, only to discover that he can't "hear" either! There's a final effort in which they try to involve themselves a little with each other and a wry, witty conclusion. 

The Day After Forever by Charles Emery

Prior to a 20-year prison sentence for embezzlement, Julie Preston gave her infant daughter, Diane, to Verna Clayton to be brought up as Verna’s own daughter.

The two women agreed, on that long ago day, that the secret of Diane’s true birth would never be known, but that Julie would be permitted to see Diane on her wedding day.

Now Julie’s 20 years have been served, and Diane’s wedding day has come. Julie arrives at the Clayton residence under the guise of “Mrs. Vale” to help with last minute wedding details. She is able to meet and talk with the daughter that will never know her as her mother.