LIFE LESSONS. Mitchell Singstock and Max Weiss share a moment on stage during main-stage show Noises Off. Noises Off was one of the two winter shows in the Theatre Season of 2015-16. Weiss played the director of a play, while Singstock was a character in said play. All photos by McDaniels Photography.

FLYING HIGH. Allie Brown, 12, play the role of 8-year-old Benjamin in fall show Yellow Boat, with Mason Taylor, 12, and Elsa Benson, 12, playing Brown’s parents. All actors pictured above were also cast in 2016-17 Fall Musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

LOOKING AHEAD. Max Weiss observes his ‘actors’ on stage during Noises Off. Noises off used the concept of a play inside a play and was broken up so that each act showed either actors on stage or backstage.

BEHIND THE SCENES. Dancers for fall show The Yellow Boat meet with their choreographer to go over performance notes. The Yellow Boat brought Aerial Silks to Aves Theatre for the first time ever.

CAN O’ COKE. Graham Lutes and Noah Silverman have an important conversation with some Cola during Almost Maine. Almost Maine is a collection of short love story skits all located in a town near Maine. Lutes is currently attending College-Conservatory of Music, school of Performing Arts at the University of Cincinnati.