Becoming A BFA In Musical Theatre

The past four years, I have breathed, slept, eaten, thought and immersed myself in all thing pertaining to theatre. This is where I discovered to truly work in a team, where I could be without fear of being something I am not, and where I have found peace in the maddening swirl of day to day life, ironic in the fact that theatre is a hectic world. This world is where I have made my best friends and found people I know I can count on and that I insist can depend on me. If I have learned one thing from my experiences in theatre, it is to strive and achieve

Before I even entered high school, I obtained a love of theater and the performing arts. I have been singing and acting since I was nine, as well as on and off dancing since three. Taking classes at a local theater really introduced me to this interest of mine. When I entered high school, an injury kept me from doing shows. But now I graduate with nine high school shows under my belt, as well as being in multiple community theater productions. Being a part of these shows made me feel a strong sense of belonging, and whether I was an ensemble or lead

Above all, I wouldn’t be where I am today without theatre. Without the chance to perform throughout my life, I would be disconnected from the wide array of communities and histories that’s been imbedded in my daily routine. Unfortunately, it’s speculated that the theatre is a dying art form, because of the expanding popularities of movies (“Is”), but I think that it’ll remain a well renowned part of expressing imagination and interpreting history as years pass; it only takes cooperation with school faculty and young students that go above and beyond to change their

I have grown over the course of my four years in college at Texas A&M University, and it has included many setbacks. However, one thing has remained constant my resiliency. When times get rough I tend to fall, but without fail I always rise and exceed my expectations. In various situations in my life I’ve been faced with obstacles, but I always push forward. The most memorable scenarios are my research project in Dr. Maren’s neuroscience lab and freshman year at Texas A&M University.

Acting on stage with the lights, props, and sets is all surreal. But with that being said acting is much more intricate than to just memorize lines and go on stage and recite them with simple blocking. To combine people and ideas, adding natural movements and gestures, to take the playwright's' words and turn them into your own is the beautiful art form of theatre and acting. To be able to become another person, to feel what they feel, to live their life, is very magical and astounding to me. While acting I lose myself, I am solely whoever I am portraying and I take all matters

Regardless of the outcome of every dilemma or crisis, it is imperative that we learn how to adapt and move on and continue to be happy. If we choose to let our problems and upsets eat us alive, we will be living very unhealthy and depressing. I’ve had one dream and one dream only while in high school, to become a drum major for the marching band. It was my first year marching, I am a sophomore, auditions for section leader were soon and I was prepared to execute all the practice that I had put into my audition, an upperclassmen and friend of mine said “You’ll be so lucky if you make it because you are young” and I replied “You are right, Imagine if I score high enough to become eligible for drum major auditions”. We both erupted in laughter because we knew that would not happen. Finally, auditions day came and I nailed it. I gave it my all. Results were posted that weekend. To everyone’s surprise I was one of very few sophomores to become a section leader and one of two to be eligible for the drum major spot. However, my auditions were weak and it slipped out of my hands, this was very difficult for me. Then came my junior year auditions and I went in extremely confident that it was going to be me. I had a flawless audition but the odds were not in my favor. I was broken, depressed that whole summer going into my senior year. My friends and coworkers at Peter Piper Pizza cheered me

It was the winter of 2014 when my mother forced me to go to The Corner Health Center Theatre Troupe. I was livid, and acting at the time was something that I was terrified of. I felt as if I was a bird being pushed from the nest too early. I knew there was no possible way that I could be able to: one,talk to strangers, two, learn a script,

I always thought actors had such fun on TV, and it was something I really wanted to do. We happened to hear about an acting camp, and my mom asked if I wanted to go. Of course I did, and we had to go to LA for the camp. My mom had a GPS to get us there, but we got lost. We stopped off at a store, and my mom wasn’t sure we should keep going. I said I really wanted to go, and I begged her to keep going. And then we found the camp, and I had such a great time. My coach at the camp was a real

“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances” said by Stanford Meisner. Theatre is an area of arts where you can be free from reality and imagine the impossible. Some of my favorite things about theatre are, the people that are involved, how helpful theatre is and how helpful everyone is, then my last thing is how much fun we have. One of my top favorite things about theatre is the people that are involved within it. Every person has a different personalities, that put together makes a new and neat experience. Theatre is an important part of my life and I enjoy every minute, while I’m there.

The first professional show I ever saw was an Off-Broadway production of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth. I remember getting swept up and consumed by the music, the dancing, the romance, the comedy, the story, and walking out of the theater astonished by the idea that there are people that do that for a living, there are people that do theater for a career, not just for fun. That is part of the reason that I decided to pursue theater, for the thrill of adventure and I know that I am not going to be doing some boring-ass desk job, but in the future I will get to use the skills that I learn in college to get my degree, and apply these skills to a career that I am excited about. To me, theater means that I get to work with

At the close of my senior year, I was overcome with bittersweet emotion. After years of working hard to secure my future, which came with getting accepting into my dream school at Christmas, I was hit with crushing news. Consequently, I was told that my family wouldn’t have enough money to send me to the college of my dreams. I was emotionally crushed, however, my senior year AP Literature and Composition teacher spoke encouragement into me. She reassured me that this trial that I am going through won’t last forever; she expressed to never give up and continue to work my hardest to achieve my dreams. Everyday , she was persistent in her challenges, picking me up when I stumbled, disclosing that she would do everything in her power to help me. After

Theatre means to the world to me, but, like many of the great things in my life, I didn’t know how much I would enjoy it until I experienced it firsthand. My love for the theatrical world was thrust upon me in high school. The tiny theatre department at my school was producing the Scottish Play and I had told my friends in the department to let me know if they ever needed a goofy chubby kid to stand in the background.  This lighthearted request for inclusion was taken very seriously when the student cast to play Macduff developed an unfortunate case of Mono two weeks before the show was to open. The whole cast and the director tracked me down one day after classes and kindly but forcibly requested my help in filling in that role. I took a chance and said yes. I jumped head first into a huge project the likes of which I had almost no experience with and I loved every minute of it. I can’t claim that it was the best production of all time, nor can I claim that my performance was anything less than awkward but what I can state with absolute certainty is that this experience ignited a fiery love affair with the world of theatre deep within me. After that show, I took it upon myself to become as involved with theatre and theatrical production as I possibly could. Between that fateful day in tenth grade and now I have auditioned for every show at every school Ive attended and Ive clamored to gain experience in all aspects of the craft. I have worked on the stage crew for big

By exploring the realms outside of acting, you can really get a feel of what it feels like to be out of a scene, or perhaps even in a scene. Noticing your behavior while doing nothing can really tell you how you behave otherwise. Are you really quiet in person and really loud or obnoxious on stage? This really made me think of who I was and made me wonder if I ever acted for a living, and if it were to at all change who I was as an actor.

Acting has been a part of my life since the young age of six, when I first began acting at the Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro. I have always enjoyed being the center of attention and acting gave me a chance to shine that side of me in front of strangers, family, and friends and show them what I had a natural gift in. Through acting I made multiple friends that I still have friendships with to this day and met many incredible individuals that even pushed me farther down my musical path and helped develop my musical abilities, along with my acting abilities.

The process to attain a goal and the experiences to obtain it can sometimes change the way I was. From time to time, the outcome will be positive or negative. However, some achievements I had gone through pain, it scarred me emotionally and mentally. My journey throughout high school year wasn’t that easy. I struggled with the works I had especially because I am still learning English language and I was new to the surroundings since I just immigrated to the United States from the Philippines. Some days I felt giving up because of the hard works it brought. But in the end, I overcome the battles I have been through, got a diploma and fulfilled the target I set for myself with determination and persistence. My other accomplishments were cherished and locked in my heart because of the happiness they brought. When I was a kid, my mother enrolled me in piano