i remember being in high school, freshmen year, i tried out for the play The Crucible and i didn't get in. i was horrible at acting and i knew it. so i wasn't shocked when i didnt get a part in the play. so i decided to try and become the new light board operator! and guess what! i became the light board operator. haha. i was really happy, but sort of scared at the same time. of course i messed up BIG time my first year. you see, we have posters, and the techies were signing them and well, the grand master sub slowly got turned down. haha. yea i failed and have posters on my board. oh well. the only time i REALLY messed up big time. dont worry, my tech director and theatre director have never let me forget it. oh well. i became really close friends with the stage manager who finally was the one that stayed longer then a show. we always chat about the good times, and the bad times and still to this day, there hasn't been an amazing stage manager since him.
oh well, my senior year i became chief electrician! it was awesome, i had my own crew and everything and then i graduated and left my little brother to take my place. if you have never been in theatre you dont understand how much time and work it takes to get a show going. being a true theatre freak you are there from start to finish. i have no idea how many hours i have spent in the theatre. i mean, i would get to school at 7AM and not leave until 11PM sometime. that even counts for tech week. a.k.a hell week. there were times when i would have to ask my teachers if i could leave early just to help finish a set because it wasn't finished yet. our tech director, stage manager and i ended up doing that once in awhile.
anywho, this all has come up because i just watched my brothers theatre [my high school] put on the play Into The Woods. i have never seen it before but let me tell you! that cast was amazing! the crew was amazing and everything! i can't explain how much i miss theatre every time i hear someone say they are going to see a show at the theatre. i really do miss it. and it was a shocker to those who know me very well. those who knew how much i loved being in the cats and how much i loved just being in the booth and theatre. they were shocked knowing i wasn't going to be in theatre the rest of my life. that is my brothers soon to be career.
words can not express how proud i am of him filling in my shoes and taking control of the lights in the theatre department. i know i left the lights in good hands with him, even though there are times i know he gets annoyed with people and wants to quit but he is just like me and understands how much blood, sweat and tears it takes to get something going.
all in all, i miss theatre and i am proud of my brother.
I was in the show Into the Woods. It's a good one :P
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