Arianne Bauer hung on every word as she sat at the end of the front row of seats during the Longhorn Theatre Companyâs 2021 edition of its annual Senior-Directed One-Act Plays on Thursday night, May 6.
The Payson High School senior couldnât relax as she internally acted out every line during the premiere of the one-act play she directed âThe Fourth Wall,â in the PHS Studio Theatre.
She mouthed the lines and gestured to actors. Bauer also took part, playing the role of an audience member berated by a cast member after her cellphone rang multiple times.
The crowd of 57 spectators thought they were witnessing an actual spur-of-the-moment outburst by an actor directed at a disruptive member of the audience.