Emmy's Note: Today's guest post if from Jessie (she also wrote the post Graduation, Friends Forever). She has recently graduated high school and wrote about her experiences in theatre. I love her post because it reminded me of what my high school musical director used to tell us. She would tell us how once you caught the theatre bug - it never leaves you. Also, she talks about everything theatre (and art in general) does for you. It's hard, but it shapes you and forms you. Jessie writes at Living a Life of Truth and tweets at @nerdfighter2012.
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“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.” –
Nicholas Sparks
I remember seeing one of my very first theatrical
performances. I was in grade school and had managed to talk my mom into taking
me to the high school on a Friday night in November when my dad went out
hunting with the men in the family to see the fall musical. I mean, it was Cinderella, how could we NOT
see that show? Back then, when I hadn’t
yet experienced working in theatre, I thought it was an easy thing to do. Slap some scenes together and put clothes on
people and recite lines. Little did I
know, that was not the case at all.
That had to have been eight years ago, considering it was
the summer after that show I started taking summer classes at the recreation
center and got my first taste of theatre.
Seven years later, with a deep love and passion for the art, I’m now
teaching those classes. And let me tell
you, it is not just about slapping some scenes together and putting clothes on
people to recite lines; far from it.
