Halloween is gone, and the holiday season is almost in sight, but many students are hard at work on something other than decorations.

The upcoming Senior-Directed One-Acts, which perform November 25 and 26, allow students to write, cast, direct, and show their own original work to an audience.

“It gives the students the chance to have complete control over a production,” theatre teacher Shawna Marquis said. “I get to sit back and fully enjoy student work.”

The one-acts this year consist of four shows: each has a different director(s), and the cast sizes vary from six to twelve actors.

“We spend all year doing productions other people have written,” student director Baren Titus explained. “We learn how to direct from (theatre teachers) Marquis and Fountain, but we don’t really get the chance to show off what we’ve learned until Senior-Directed One Acts.”

The topics of this year’s productions vary from Disney fairy tales to madcap news shows, but each promises to be entertaining for the students involved as well as the audience.

“I’ve been writing my show since sophomore year, and it’s an opportunity to see something you’ve made in reality,” senior Blake Miller said.

Many of the students directing this year are theatre students and actors from previous shows.

“The seniors get to show the skills they’ve developed through the years in theatre. A lot of us have been in shows and have been cast members, so to be a director is a great opportunity for a lot of us,” said Sarah Drexler, who is co-directing the one-act “What They Didn’t Tell You” with Miller.

“I’ve been waiting four years to do this,” director Kate Brandt said.  “It’s fun to be in charge of a cast. I have a great cast,” she added. “Everyone gets along together; we’re like a little family. I love making something and getting to show other people something unique.”