“Original microphone sketch by junior theatre major Kaytie Scott and digital art by junior theatre major Drew Lederman.”

The annual Open Mic Night was held on Sept. 19 and gave students of all majors the chance to perform on the same stage. The night featured song covers, skits, poetry and comedy. All proceeds went to the organizations Broadway Cares and Equity Fights Aids. Those in attendance were encouraged to donate at anytime throughout the show; there was an open suitcase on the stage to collect donations.

Theatre sophomores Emily D’Addio and Matt Saperstein performed a cover of “First Impressions” from the Broadway musical “First Date.” The song told the story of two people who realized that first impressions aren’t always what they seem and are often “worth a second glance.”

Communications sophomore Jodi Thompson performed an original poem entitled “The Mirror,” which reflected the theme of people being the same at their core.

Theatre senior Maxwell Reiter performed an ongoing comedy act throughout the night where he told a series of one liners such as: “Is gratitude an attitude that just finished high school?” and, “I don’t buy an average boombox because I don’t wanna be stereotypical.”

Theatre juniors Dylan Jackson, Jana Jackson, and Madalyn Mackarey performed a cover of “Lemonade” by Jeremy Passion. They utilized harmonization and positive energy to create their cover.

These were just a few of the students that performed at the event. The ending act was a cover of The Fray’s “Never Say Never” by theatre junior Nicholas Espinoza. A spotlight was cast upon him as he played piano. The entire cast of the event surrounded him and sang with Espinoza.

“It really gives people an opportunity to perform that otherwise wouldn’t, like some of these kids have never been on a Dreyfoos stage before,” said theatre senior Jacob Wesson, one of the students in charge of organizing the event.

The theme of the open mic night was love, theatre sophomore Suzanne Litwinka feels this was definitely expressed at the event.

“I loved the show. I watched a few rehearsals of theirs and at first none of them knew each other, but now they’re like family,” Litwinka said. “I love how all forms of talent came together and morphed into love.”