Written by Emma McDaris \/\/ Graphic by Ben Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group on Harding\u2019s campus hosted an annual event last weekend that encouraged participants to explore their creativity and produce a play within a short time constraint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campus Players, a student-led theatrical group, hosted the 24-hour writing project Feb. 24-25. This challenge involved students taking on the roles of writer, director or actor, then creating and producing a 10-minute play in 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Madison Soper, the vice president of Campus Players, organized the event and participated as a director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a staple in Campus Players for a really long time, and it\u2019s something that everyone looks forward to because of how it builds community and how people are able to grow in their strengths and their weaknesses,\u201d Soper said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s just a really beautiful time of us staying up really late \u2014 probably a little bit crazily \u2014 and then just hanging out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The process relied on collaborative creativity as writers and directors sat down on the first night to create an outline of a show. The next day, actors showed up, auditioned and rehearsed all day until the performance that night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freshman Scott Young Jr. performed in the 10-minute drama \u201cThe Grapes of Rats.\u201d He said he arrived at the Ulrey Performing Arts Center at 8 a.m. and had a full day from there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been so much fun,\u201d Young said. \u201cI feel just so much stronger as an actor after doing this, and [it] just really made me realize how talented some of these people are and how talented my friends are.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event gave students hands-on experience in the creative process and production elements that normally take weeks to produce a show. It also gave student playwrights time to exercise their creativity and get almost immediate feedback on how their writing would be translated to the stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophomore Kessler Baker co-wrote an absurdist comedy with sophomore Campbell Gilreath titled \u201cThat\u2019s the Way the Fortune Cookie Crumbles.\u201d He said the actors that were cast for their script were able to use their own chemistry to fit with the humor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I had originally written the script with Campbell, we had written the two main characters as ourselves,\u201d Baker said. \u201cWe have a very good sense of humor; we can bounce off each other really quick \u2026 We have some talented actors here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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