It's opening night. I step out on stage and see nothing but a blinding light and tiny dust particles dancing in the air. My blood is rushing through my veins and my heart is beating out of my chest. Everything I've worked on for the last few months has all lead up to this. Hours spent after a long day at school and hours spent on weekends has all lead up to this moment. Without thinking, the words spill out of my mouth, and before I even realize what's happened, the scene has started and the show has begun!
I never put much thought into becoming an actor, it just kind of happened. From my debut performance as one of the three little pigs in Shrek, to now Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, like new born sea turtle crawling to the sea, acting has always come naturally to me. Acting is so much more than just a hobby for me; it's a way to express myself, and a way to learn new things. By putting myself in my characters shoe's, I feel their struggles, inherit their pain, and revel in their triumph.
Through playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, I learned about the dangers of human impulse and the lesson of one's ultimate fate "in the stars." Playing Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, has taught about the dangers of lust and the effects of loss on a person. And through Polonius…show more content… In order to be an actor, I've learned to have an open mind and take criticism. And although it's not a sport, I have gotten a real sense of what it feels like to be on a team; we actors work together in every minute of every scene. I've learned time management because I rehearse sometimes until ten o'clock at night, and I still have to complete my school work. There is a certain stigma in boys acting, such as men who act aren’t masculine, however, I have overcome that stigma and developed confidence. I have learned to ignore the stigma and just do whatever it is that makes me happy and ignoring what other people
