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A Short and Sweet Start to the Year

By Anonymous
Gabriela Mims 

Long practices, bitter tears, and salty sweat: actors put all these things into preparing for four nights of drama performances at PenangPAC for the Short + Sweet Festival on 26-29 August.  When the moment finally came for the deliverance, Aaron Chand (11), Kaela Ruble (12), Colleen Mims (12), Lexi Zimbulus (12), and Ysabel Loh (12) felt anything but 'short and sweet.'
Run by Mr. Joe Hasham OAM and Mrs. Dato’ Faridah Merican, Short + Sweet, an annual, four-day festival consisting of nine ten-minute plays, contained two plays put on by members of our school community.
Mr. Mark Sasse, social studies teacher and drama director, wrote and directed one of the two, being “Words to Say at the End of the World.” This play begins with a scene between a mother and her daughter arguing over minuscule things relating to college departure. Suddenly, an atomic bomb goes off in their backyard, and time freezes as both mother and daughter think through everything she wishes to say to the other.
The play won five awards including Best Script, Best Overall Performance, Best Director, and both Best Lead and Best Supporting Actress for Zimbulus and Loh respectively.
The second play, “Invisible,” directed by school drama participant Chand, raised awareness about youth bullying. The play centered on a boy trying to convince a girl to come to a party with him, but little did she, or the audience, know that he had other intentions of playing a hurtful prank. 
“I really enjoyed getting to act in a professional environment and getting to know new people outside of the Dalat bubble,” said Ruble.
Overall, the week proved participants’ efforts in Short + Sweet with a packed-out audience and loud applause.

“It was such a relief to hear the applause after everything was said and done,” said Chand. “I felt so accomplished knowing everything we did paid off.”

Ysabel Loh and Lexi Zimbulus

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