How I Got Started in Theatre

 


How I Got Started in Theatre by Erin


In fall 2010, my mom asked me if I wanted to go and see a community theatre production that one of our family friends is in. I have always loved to dance and sing but had never thought about acting until I saw that production of Annie Junior. After the performance, mom asked me if I wanted to try musical theatre, and I said yes. In the summer of 2011, I was in my first production of the Music Man Junior, and I never thought theatre productions would become one of my most significant interests. As of July 2021, I have been in 23 plays and musicals. In middle school, I was in theatre productions run by the school and in the school’s drama club for all of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. I didn’t join the drama club in high school and couldn’t get into any theatre productions until my senior year. I was still in community theatre outside of school, but I only did one play and one musical run by my high school. Since 2011, I have been in 16 community theatre productions. Sometimes I was in multiple shows at once because, throughout high school, I was in a two-week day camp during the summer where we did an entire musical in two weeks. This day camp was happening while I was in a different production that practiced a few days a week all summer with performances in the fall. Yes, it was intense and crazy, but I loved doing it. Since starting college in fall 2018, I haven’t been in many theatre productions because I needed to focus on my coursework. I was doing backstage crew for the first time for a community theatre production of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. I haven’t been involved in a theatre production since. I hope to do more theatre productions run by my college when I have time in my busy school schedule.


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