In my younger years I was highly involved in show choir and school productions. Any way I could get on stage and strut my stuff I would take it. My sixth grade year of elementary school, the year before I would make the massive leap into middle school, I decided I would perform in my final production. The play was Aladdin and I had my eye on the role for the Genie and I wanted this role so much. I practiced this role day and night from singing to dancing to even some impressions anything that would ensure my little mind that I would get the part. A week and half goes by and it’s time for tryouts and I was beyond nervous. Anytime someone even mention the tryouts my body would tremble and quake. I didn’t know why I was so nervous I mean I had
During my high school experience, I have truly embraced the arts, specifically performing arts. Tri-School Theatre (an extra-curricular, educational theatre program) has been a great opportunity where I have been able to appreciate my talents while learning about theatre with other students. Being an active leader in this program, I constantly collaborate with students for rehearsals and events; after my junior year of high school, I was nominated to be an assistant director for a children’s production, Aladdin Jr. Having much enthusiasm for the arts and promoting theatre at school, I was thrilled with this opportunity. Theatre has strengthened my self-confidence,
I would be the only fourth grader to attain a lead role featuring my own solo. It was an incredible feat because I never thought I could achieve the role against such tremendous competition. I was dedicated to performing perfectly spending hours rehearsing both in and out of school. From then on, I knew I could achieve anything as long as I had dedication and perseverance by my side. The following year, I went on to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast and when that spotlight was gleaming, I was at home. My directors, Ms. Qualshie and Mrs. Badillo, had been remarkable examples guiding me to be a cooperative team player. Every role had a purpose allowing us to work as a well-oiled
My sister was a singer. When my sister was around twelve, she wanted to get an agent. So I went to Toronto with my sister and my mom to find her an agent. She's six years older than me. She went in to go get the agent, and my mom and I came in with her. The agent looked at me and asked me if I wanted to join. I was just five, and my mom was just like, "He's too young. I'm not sure if he wants to do that." But I was like, "I'll do it." And they were like, "So what do you want to do?" And I was like, "I wanna act." And they just let me into their agency. I tried it out, and I've been acting ever since.
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
As a shy, reserved student, I found myself blossoming through the stage. I fell in love with the stage and auditioned for the middle school's play, A Christmas Carol. Fortunately, I was casted in the performance. I loved the experience so much that I auditioned for the next year's play and musical and got a part in those as well. The more time I spent on stage, the more confident I became. I felt like the stage was where I belonged. I had a passion for theater that began to distinguish like a flame when I entered high school.
I thought I had it all down until that very moment. Its casting night for the middle school play. Me as an 8th grader went in pretty confident, and I was determined to get a part. Even though last year for me as a 7th grader didn't go quite well for me. I kept working hard for the next year, to make my skills better.
Honestly the amount of fear that I have i'm debating on even going to the tryout. If I don't go I am going to blow a perfect opportunity to play for a really good team. If I don't go I will let everyone in my family down. So there is no reason for me not to go but the fear that I have in me is not letting me go.
The tryouts were for three days, which made me exhausted and even more scared. Looking around, I see a bunch of girls jump roping and stretching. I get out my green jump rope and join my friends. We are all talking about how scared we are for tryouts. As we jump rope and stretch we see the three coaches walking towards letting us know tryouts will begin in a few minutes.
I have been in several plays and performances. I have been in almost every christmas play at my grandmas church since I was less than a month old, I have also been in several other performances at the same church all ranging from Easter to Pastor Appreciation. I have also been in shows such as Radium Girls, Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook, and currently in Drop Dead Juliet. My favorite performance, however, was my first high school performance, The Reluctant Dragon. This play was put on for the elementary schools surrounding this area. We call that type of play a Kiddie Show. In this particular play, I was a chicken farmer named Farmer Green and I had a pet chicken named Fredricko. Fredricko was not a real chicken, he was made of plastic and only had one eye. He was a very ugly chicken but we became very close.
I came into my audition only auditioning for the ensemble, leaving the audition I ended up receiving the titular role of Pippin. There was also a dance audition, where we were asked to learn the choreography to All that Jazz from the musical Chicago, this was a challenging experience because I have had no professional dance training but I ended up doing very well and responding well to the choreographer and her teachings. This whole process helped me to develop my confidence and social skills. The auditions were the most like professional auditions I’ve ever attended, and therefore allowed me to better understand what the real musical theatre industry is like and give me a taste of what it would be like if I continued onto large productions. I was very lucky to receive the lead role, as I didn’t even audition for it, despite not seeing this at the time. There was a long break between auditions and the beginning of rehearsals, almost three weeks. This seemed like a very long period of time due to not being able to tell any of my fellow cast mates that I had received a
Sophomore year I yearned to be drum major. Learning patterns and practicing fight songs, I tried to lead the band. After an extensive summer I felt prepared to capture respect from my director. Following a not-so-well audition, I did not succeed and I felt defeated. I told myself I would never audition again. This affected me by making failure not a big deal, but that was all that was on my mind.
We decided to pass the ball around to help kill time. I saw many familiar faces many of the girls I grew up playing with on rec leagues were going to tryout. At exactly 5:30 sharp the tryouts commenced. We started with a simple 3 lap jog or so it sounded. At the pace the older girls were taking those three laps they might as well have called it a three lap sprint. After the worst three laps of my life I was drenched in sweat and breathing as heavily as a dog after it chases a squirrel. After we got past the sprinting and stamina part I began to show what I could really do. I tried my hardest on every drill that they had us do so I could ensure myself a spot on the team. After that there was still one day of tryouts that would be the following day. The next day we did mostly the same stuff we had done the day before but you could feel that everyone was trying their best to impress the coaches that were judging us. As the tryouts came to a close I hoped that had done just enough to catch the eye of one of the judges. After the second day of tryouts the coordinators told us that know who did and didn't make the
Somewhere in that span of time, I also discovered musicals movies. I will always remember the first musical movie I have ever seen, Singin’ in the Rain. It was from there, which my journey into the world of theatre began. I started taking voice lessons and going to dance classes in high school. And the most fun of all happened when I started doing shows, like musicals, dance concerts, and vocal concerts. Whenever I am on stage, I just have the time of my life in whatever manner I can be. Back then it was something I just enjoyed, but there was a moment in which the thought of doing this as a career hit me. On the closing night of a production of Urinetown at my high school, I returned to my dressing room and just burst into tears from the amount of happiness I felt from just being able to do what I love. To play pretend on stage, while singing and dancing. What more could a person ask for? So I more intensively started training, and applied to colleges. I graduated high school and attended Florida School of the Arts for two years and got some amazing training there. For a two year program, I received some of the best training and individual attention that I could
I woke up on the day of the try out and my heart was in pain from how afraid I was. After getting out of bed I did my hair and makeup for an extensive amount of time. I had to look perfect. As I finish getting ready I began
A performance I attended last year was when I chose to sing at my year 12 formal instead of giving a speech. I sung my version of Jessie J’s “Flashlight”. It was amazing to see how many people were happy to hear me sing. I knew after that performance that all I want is to sing for people and inspire people to do whatever they want to do and that they can do what they want not what people only say they can do. After I sung that night my singing teacher and myself were getting wonderful feedback. It also now motivates me to now want to take on a career in music.