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By Tyanna Xavier – Social Media Editor 

The Jonathan Law Drama Club virtually performed their newest play, “All In The Timing” by David Ives, on Friday, November 13.

The play was streamed on the Eagle Eye News YouTube channel and is still available to stream online. “All In The Timing” was directed by Christina Kalafut and Brianna Lenotti and the Technical Director was Ben Warters.

“All In The Timing” is a collection of five one-act plays. Although each short play stands on its own, they are often performed together and are hysterical comedies.

The play starred Connor Richards and Ashley Leparik in “Sure Thing;” Deven Rivera, Sofia Mazzella, and Sarah Thomas in “Words, Words, Words;” Joey Soto, Vanessa Balin, and Katie Servass in “The Universal Language;” Alaina McCarvill, Sophie Maselli, and Shruti Simhardi in “The Philadephia;” and Soto, Marisa Laviano, and Richards in “Variations On The Death Of Trotsky.”

Members of the Drama Club said that the COVID-19 protocols that they had to follow this year were difficult but actually enhanced their performances.

“This production has helped me grow as an actor because of the time constraints,” Senior Drama Club President Joey Soto said. “We had very limited time to rehearse and film the show. I’m now able to memorize lines and conform my schedule to be successful with the show and school.”

Performing virtually was more fast-paced and helped the students learn the acts faster and maintain in character. 

“It was different but not bad,” Senior Drama Club Member Alaina McCarvill said. “I miss being able to perform live for sure, but it was kind of nice that we were able to do the scene multiple times to get a more flawless scene. As long as people are enjoying it from home that’s all that really matters to us in the drama community.”

Drama Club members said they would rather have performed the play in person, but they never complained because they knew that safety was most important. 

“Each scene would practice once a week for 2-3 hours in person or virtually before we recorded,” Leparik said. “It was different from what the Drama Club has done in the past, but once we got the hang of it the scene wasn’t stressful at all.”

While the hours preparing were long, members of the Drama Club said they could never put a time limit on something they love and enjoy. They embraced the challenges they faced this year.

“This play was different from anything we have ever done because, yes, it was live streamed, but secondly it was not just one story being told,” Richards said. “It was fun to see the actors bounce from character to character. That shows true talent.”

One of the other positives of performing virtually was that the actors had the opportunity to redo the scenes as many times to make it perfect for the audiences at home.

“To me there were no disadvantages in doing the play virtually just because I was still able to do something I love, which was acting,” Mazzella said. “Another advantage I think was that we were able to record the show multiple times, so if we messed up, we had multiple opportunities to do better in the next take.”