The idea of presenting one act plays initiated with a student, Steven Balsomico ‘99, who asked the directors of the drama department if they would consider sponsoring some dramatic productions that did not involve singing or dancing, but that would still give students an opportunity to perform on stage. In an effort to keep matters simple, students from the class of 1999 agreed to direct and produce the plays with adults acting only as moderators and chaperones.

Since that first set of plays was performed in the fall of 1998, North Catholic has continued the tradition of student directed fall productions. Some of the plays have been classics (The Diary of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain, 2001); some have been original student works (The Murder of a Billionaire, Megan Minnaugh, 2002).  All have been performed on Sunday evenings in late October in Lesniak Hall, and all have been well received.