Bethel’s 24-Hour The­ater Event

MISHAWAKA- Bethel’s the­ater de­part­ment is hav­ing its 24-hour the­ater event again this fall. Dur­ing this event, stu­dents have only 24 hours to write, di­rect and per­form 10-minute plays. Bethel has done this event mul­ti­ple times in the past sev­eral years.

 “The event starts on Fri­day evening with the writ­ers and di­rec­tors cast­ing the show,” Grace Cole, the ad­min­is­tra­tive as­sis­tant for the the­ater de­part­ment said in an email. “The writ­ers spend the night writ­ing the plays and the ac­tors and di­rec­tors get the scripts in the morn­ing and per­form by Sat­ur­day night.” 

24-Hour The­ater will take place on Sep. 24 and 25, there is still room for more ac­tors to par­tic­i­pate. This event is not just for the­ater ma­jors, all stu­dents are wel­come.