This past weekend at 7:30pm on thursday and saturday, the acting three-four class put on an emotional performance in one of the two Spring Plays, “A Piece of My Heart”.

The storyline follows the journeys of six women in the Vietnam War in addition to the after effects they faced once home from the war. The plot is intense and emotional, thus requiring lots of preparation.

“We’ve been preparing since November,” actor junior Yael Gordon said. “We rehearsed every wednesday usually from seven to nine and the time progressed into longer hours the closer we got to show time.”

Throughout the preparation for the play, Acting teacher, Kim Taylor, was not the only director of the play. Students, like actor junior Tyler Ellis, helped guide their fellow acting classmates in preparing for their roles.

“Helping direct an emotional play was a blast,” Ellis said. “Watching the actors explore how their characters would react in the stressful situations they are placed in is great. When the ‘aha!’ moment arrives, there’s nothing more rewarding.”

Similar to how practice hours increased as the closer show time was, nerves and excitement increased as well.

“The lead up was pretty frightening,” Gordon said. “I was really scared I wasn’t going to do as well as I wanted to, but there was a part of me that was also super excited.”

Each role in “A Piece of My Heart” required an emotional side and at times a humorous one.

“I played Steele, an intelligence officer,” Gordon said. “I tried to channel that powerful and authoritative side of me, but she’s very humorous as well. I had a blast playing her.”

Through the fake blood, tears and emotional scenes, an impressive show was constructed for the audience. However the journey of these six women in the vietnam war left the audience with new outlooks on war.

“I learned a lot about the nurses in war and how they can be overlooked but deserve the same amount of respect as other people serving our nation,” junior Jaeger Moes said.

After the emotional journey came to a satisfying event that pleased the audience.

“My favorite scene was in the second half when they were all lining up at the war memorial,” said Moes. “It brought all the characters together and showed their struggles, but also it showed how they were able to move and let go.”