Lights dimmed in the house as they grew brighter on stage spiked in colored tape. Cast members crowded backstage, whispered with excitement because their time had come. The camera sat up on a ledge in the seats with the flash of red light, the stage in view, ready for a performance. “This year we had to change a lot of things,” cast member Cora Lewis said, “such as wearing masks, social distancing, and going through precautions to stay safe as possible.”  COVID prevented theater students from many of their normal routine things. Their performances in front of live audiences and trips to New York were canceled because of the high risk it put them at. Typical meetings for Drama Club restored to online calls, they recorded Improv skits, missed out on the Texas Thespian Festival and followed through with social distance and mask mandates. “This year made me feel...