(Left to right) Sophomores Violet Ahrens, Ella Zubieni and Katie Craig all have their chance to shine while performing at SNOT.
This past Friday, April 12 featured a Short Night of Music (SNOT) presented by Alpha Psi Omega (APO) the theatre honor society.
SNOT was held in the Lee Whitcomb Conservatory at 7 p.m. and featured a range of singing, acting and dancing.
President of APO Jules McDowell said that the event was “a great personal success” considering they were trying out a new location.
SNOT is not a new event and has been done for many years. However, in the past years, it has been held in Lakeside. This year, SNOT was held in the Con. There were both pros and cons to the change in space.
“I think that we lost some of our audience who just pops by, but I think we had a much more focused audience this time around,” McDowell said.
Despite feeling like the event lost some of the audience who stopped when passing by, McDowell said that there was a decent turnout. Those putting on the event and performing in the event were primarily expecting just theatre students to attend. Yet, there was a range of students who attended, with around half of the available seats filled. In addition, they also live-streamed the event on the Theatre Department’s Facebook page and gained some audience members that way.
For this event, there is not much physical preparation in the same way that theatre productions have. The setup and teardown were done on the same night. The event itself takes more time than the set up and take down.
This year, more time was dedicated to preparing the performers for the event.
For those who missed SNOT or are looking for more, the Theatre Department is putting on “Fly by Night” from April 25 through 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m.