Theater

Theater is another one of my most favorite things every. I have been doing theater for almost nine years, performed in 15 different shows, done three years of tech and stage managed. I love this field because I understand it so well and it’s always fun to me. I fear the day I become a director I will be the pickiest director ever, and pin point down to all the fine details.

I can’t go through watching any production without making a few creative criticism remarks as to what would make it better. Weather the actor need to cheat out, project, enunciate, emphasize etc… there is always something that can improve. This last year’s High School fall play Band Geeks, being a senior I knew the ropes and would try and just drop little pointers to the underclassmen to try and not do this or try this instead, but I didn't want to step on the directors feet by doing it so I bit my tongue, a lot. Plus it was my show. Yes I might have gotten a little too carried away sometimes, but I always restrained myself.

Theater is one of the majors I chose for college. Just last week I went up to UMO for an accepted student day and found out there was a play on Friday, at the pavilion theater. The theater director showed my mom and I the theater in a little private tour, it is the cutest place I had ever seen. Room for about 70 seats, the stage was the floor and backstage was under the seating. It’s a nice little cozy place, and on Friday night mom and I went to go watch Godspell. Small cast, telling the story about the book of Mathew, after the first couple lines in the play I thought only one thing to myself. “Wow his diction” I understood everything that he said. The staging, dancing, posing, freezing, everything about that play was simple amazing. I couldn't believe it I had sat through an entire play and didn’t remark on anything.

Half way through the show audience members were chosen to be a participant in the play. Of course when it came for someone to be Lazarus, one of the actors grabbed my mom, and she was on stage acting. My mom has never acted before so she looked completely stupid doing it, and I mothed the words “I hate you so much right now” she knew I was only joking of course but I was jealous I wanted to go up and act. Oh well ill act in plays when I’m attending college.  The person who chose my mom is a sophomore in college so if I happen to see him and become friends or good co-stars with him I’m planning on teasing him about choosing my mom over me. In a funny manner. Not to be rude or anything.

Anyways theater is something I know most about, even though I know I still have a lot to learn and I will learn it in college I hope one day ill become a popular director/actor. My ultimate goal is to make it to Broadway someday, going to Ellen’s Stardust Diner watching waiters and waitresses sing their hearts out to one day be recognized by a director.