“The Truth Tv Show” Web series’ first two seasons focused on high school and college experiences, but the actors are tackling life in the series’ third season.

The third season of “The Truth,” created by sophomore communication major Jason Warrior, includes themes like family, relationships and balancing school with personal desires. Warrior premiered season three Oct. 14 and will release the season’s second episode today.

“The Truth,” which is worked on 20 hours a week, uses interactions between people Warrior sees on campus as inspiration. Warrior said the goal for the series is to help viewers explore positive outcomes from real life situations similar to what the characters deal with. The series’ fusion of script and improvisation is a tool Warrior said is necessary to give his show its realistic atmosphere.

“My actors, they have a base — certain things have to be stated in the show [and] certain things have to be said so that the show can flow the way I want it to go,” Warrior said. “But, I believe the best acting comes when you make it real. So if an actor can relate to a situation, [I] let them say what they feel … .”

Warrior is president of Black Theater Workshop and requires the series’ actors to receive training from the group. The actors participate in workshops on character development and emotional preparation.

Zierra Jackson, junior psychology major at Kishwaukee College, plays Erica, a single parent who takes out her unresolved anger toward her daughter’s father on her daughter.

“I want the audience to take away that these are real-life situations that can happen to anyone, and everything that we go through are common situations that college students go through … ,” Jackson said. “We’re basically trying to tell them that you’re not alone and there is people that go through what you go through.”

Joavon Myers, freshman theater arts major, said he was challenged embodying the role of Terrell, a character who struggles with his identity after the death of his mother.

“During high school, [I] always played characters that were humorous, which kind of relates to me,” Myers said. “But, I’m kind of picking up the pieces of being more dramatic [and] being more serious with my roles. It is a challenge, but it’s a challenge that I love and will overcome.”