The collection of scenes that Paly’s Theater 3/4 class has worked on for the past six weeks will finally be performed and discussed by professionals at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29 at Mountain View’s TheatreWorks.

The Theater 3/4 class will spend the day at TheatreWorks, working with professional actors and directors to transfer their scenes from the script to the stage. The students will then have an opportunity to see their work performed by the professional directors and actors that evening.

“It’s very exciting to see your work performed by professionals,” theater student Alice Wertheimer said.

Under the guidance of Henry M. Gunn High School graduate and TheatreWorks play writing teacher Dan Moyer, theater students wrote a collection of scenes for a cabaret production that all adhere to the theme of Palo Alto.

The students enjoyed having Moyer as a teacher, according to Wertheimer.

“[Moyer] is a very funny guy and we’ve had a great time working with him,” Wertheimer said. “He’s very helpful when giving feedback about our scenes.”

Woods has worked with TheatreWorks for five years. According to Woods, she first oversaw the project with theater students at Saratoga High School, where she formerly taught.

The Theater 3/4 class at Paly participated in a similar joint venture with TheatreWorks last year. Last year, each student in the class wrote his or her own scene. Then, seven scenes were selected to be performed by professionals. This year, everyone in the class participated in the entire process.

According to Woods, Moyer used the same format as Theatreworks does when working with East Side Preparatory students earlier this year. Woods said that this format can help make the class more interactive.

“It engages all students in the class for the entirety of the project,” Woods said. “And it’s beneficial for the students who have already participated because it is a different experience.”

Wertheimer is glad to see this change made.

“I think that this year’s program has been more inclusive and created more of a community within our theater class because we’ve all been working so hard,” Wertheimer said.

Woods believes that the project is beneficial for all students involved.

“I’ve had students say that it was the highlight of high school,” Woods said. “It’s amazing because it offers students an opportunity that they rarely have in high school.”

Entry to the performance is free, according to Woods.