The drama club presented their student-directed show, “All in the Timing”, a collection of short scenes by David Ives, in the black box theater on April 29 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The black box was set up in a round, where the actors performed in the middle and the audience was seated around them. The performance was directed by students seniors Jacob Ciriello, Josh Gorlin, and Tyler Landusky. Mr. Kaplan advised the club. Tickets were $5 at the door.

“All in the Timing” is four one-act plays: “Sure Thing”, directed by Josh Gorlin; “Words, Words, Words”, directed by all three of the directors; “The Philadelphia”, directed by Jacob Cirielo; and “The Variations on the Death of Trotsky”, directed by Tyler Landusky.

The actors and directors had only two weeks to put together the show and perform it for an audience.      

“We still have the stress of the show, but the directors are great at handling that there’s no added stress on it,” said junior Adam Romeo.

It started with “Sure Thing”, which is about Betty (junior Lia Pisello) and Bill (Romeo) who meet at a café and every time the offstage bell rings, they restart the conversation. 

“The most rewarding part was how proud I feel of myself for being able to put on such a challenging role in such little time,” said Pisello.

“My favorite scene of the show was definitely the scene between Lia Pisello and Adam Romeo because the connection just flowed,” said Aislinn Kavanagh, who was an audience member at the show. 

After that was “Words Words Words”, which is based on the infinite monkey theorem. Three monkeys, Kafka, (freshman Leigha Woods) Swift, (sophomore Emma Truhon) and Milton, (junior Jillian Portnoy) are locked in a cage for research and expected to write Hamlet. 

“Our note was that he [Jacob] loved seeing us go from full human in the first rehearsal where we didn’t really know what to do, to full monkey when we got the note to give us a little more, and then finding the perfect in between of monkey and human,” said Woods.

Following that scene was “The Philadelphia”, a scene about being stuck in an alternate universe, called a Philadelphia, where the only way to get what you want is to ask for the opposite thing. Al (sophomore Christine Rubero) is dragged into Mark’s (senior Jillian Calub) Philadelphia. This scene is filled with hilarious jokes and laughter. The waitress (sophomore Kaia Glander) was exceptionally funny. 

Finally, the play ended with “The Variations of the Death of Trotsky”, which is about Leon Trotsky, (freshman Justin Lemons) a prominent figure in the Russian Revolution, who is murdered by Ramòn, the gardener, (freshman Zoe Milza) over and over again, in different variations.

“Shoutout to Justin Lemons, not only is he a great actor but a great person all around,” said Woods.

Tyler Landusky stated in a note left in the program that the scene had extreme parallels to modern day. 

“With this portrayal of “All in the Timing”, I found it imperative to use Trotsky as a social commentary on the state of our union,” he said.

The actors and directors put in a lot of time and effort to make this show possible. The actors had rehearsals for an hour to an hour-and-a-half every day after school.

“I see these people in everyday life, but it’s so different when they’re on stage and the different confidence they have and seeing them do what they love.” said Woods.