Oak Harbor’s award-winning drama students are taking audience members back in time.

At 7 p.m. on Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 28 to March 1, the Oak Harbor High School Drama Club presents “A Trip to the Moon,” directed by Micki Gibson and Eric George.

The vignette-style play is set in 1969, around the time the Apollo 11 mission delivered the first humans to the moon.

But instead of telling the story behind the first moon landing, Playwright Tracy Wells offers humorous and insightful glimpses into how “one giant leap for mankind” affected the people on Earth during a time of war, social unrest and floral bell-bottom pants.

Gibson, the drama club’s advisor, said George put together a crash course on 1969 for the 31 cast members, who were able to better connect to each story told after learning more about that time.

Alyza Doctolero is one of the protesters in the scene “Come Together,” where crowds protesting against racial segregation, gender inequality and the Vietnam War argue over whose cause is more important before they acknowledge they all share the same desire of making the world a better place.

To Doctolero, who also plays an engineer snubbed by a NASA employer due to her gender, the scene is still relevant to this day and age.

“This scene can be a symbol of hope and humanity (that) Americans can have if we work together during difficult times,” she said.

Her opinion was echoed by George.

“With women’s rights being slowly stripped away and civil rights still being challenged and struck down — also throwing in the division with just people in general — we need to have a ‘come together’ moment,” he said.

Several students pointed out the story balances seriousness with comedy, with scenes including a muddy reality check at the Woodstock music festival, an awkward marriage proposal, a dizzying celebrity infatuation and a humbling interaction with a door-to-door makeup saleswoman.

While space travel is still off the table, nine drama students qualified to compete at the International Thespian Festival in June at Indiana University after a record-breaking 18 students competed in the International Thespian Excellence Awards, Gibson wrote in an email.

These students competing in June include Harley Engle, Logan Hendricks, Cyrus Amor, Hadley McCulloch, Lucas Smith, Rey Madrid, Dana Rivo, Adriana Froman, and Ashley Mendoza. Rivo, Amor and Froman scored a “superior” rating in all three of the competition events they participated in, setting another record for the school.

Whether it’s for the sake of reminiscing the 60s, laughing, reflecting or simply supporting the arts, community members can buy $10 tickets at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

(Photo by Luisa Loi) At left, a young woman (played by Lucille Wind) observes a makeup saleswoman (Hadley McCulloch) talk her mother (Harley Engle) into buying products to fix her imperfections.

(Photo by Luisa Loi) In “Come Together,” crowds protesting against racial segregation, gender inequality and the Vietnam War join forces to demand equality and peace for all.

(Photo by Luisa Loi) Overwhelmed with excitement, a young woman (played by Violet Altig) collapses during the filming of her favorite show.

(Photo by Luisa Loi) At left, Adriana Froman plays a teenager who begs her parents (Abby Lockard and Hailie Hennessey) to let her go to the Woodstock music festival.

(Photo by Luisa Loi) In this scene, titled “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, ”a pastor (Matt Uranga) officiates the wedding between an anxious and perfectionist man (Lucas Smith) and the love of his life (played by Sabrina Cray).

(Photo by Luisa Loi) Two hippies, played by Piper Ehrhart and Sammi Fisher, gently sway to the sound of music while sitting on the muddy farmland where the Woodstock Music Festival took place in 1969. Director Eric George hopes the play will reignite the love for music from the 1960s.