Personal Narrative: Singing In The Rain

I was on the verge of tears. Everything was so overwhelming, and I was having a terrible day. I took a deep breath, pushing down the ball of anxiety in my chest and blinking away the stinging behind my eyes. A moment later, those same feelings returned, as bad as ever. I have never been very good at pushing away or bottling up my feelings, and this time was no exception. Realizing I had no chance of making myself feel better before going to my singing lesson, I settled for simply holding back the tears, letting my other emotions run free, bringing physical pain to my chest.

The dramatic arts have had great influence on my life and on my perspective of the world. Through this artistic expression, I can take on any persona, freeing both my mind and my heart. The understanding of people’s actions and emotions has shaped me into the young woman I am. Performance and the study of performing, I find, are enlightening, priceless, and eternal. So long as life persists, the timeless themes found in plays and works will persist.

I lacked the confidence needed to try and earn a lead in the mainstage shows or solo in the cabarets. My drive to be in the spotlight was limited by my fears. For example, when Mrs. Spellman choreographed our dances, I did not want to be in the first row. The second row satisfied me. As time went on, my auditions improved as I rehearsed more for each one. My audition for The Addams Family, junior year, was a major checkpoint for me because I finally kept up with the music. On the other hand, I still needed the lyrics in front of me because of my fears. Then, my audition for Catch Me If You Can, senior year, improved drastically. The butterflies in my stomach stopped flying, I kept up with the music, and I memorized the lyrics. This audition proved to me that my capabilities far surpassed what I thought I could do. Next, when auditioning for my last cabaret, I sang confidently with my friend hoping for a solo. We wore dresses and choreographed the song. Luckily, our hard work and dedication paid off. We earned the solo. Thinking back to freshman year, I was not capable of

I discovered my passion for theatre while directing, producing, and starring in an at-home production of The Nutcracker

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

She says, "I knew right then and there, things were gonna be different." And so it was. I joined drama at school, took dance classes, and started auditioning for shows, all in the name of a newfound love for musical theatre. I was driven by an unstoppable force of wanting to be apart of it, wanting to be able to create the same magic I saw on that stage for my own audiences too.

Since I was a little girl, the lights of the stage have called me. Later on when I saw the Broadway lights I knew that those lights were destined for me, but did I have what it takes. As time went on and I began my studies, I realized that my dream wasn’t as simple as I had thought it would be.

All of my life acting and performing have been a large part of who I am. Many of my earliest memories involve me acting or performing in some way. Whether it was going all out for our classroom “performance” of the water cycle or creating my own play to put on at home, I have always had a passion for theatrics. I am not entirely sure what sparked this flame, but I know what fueled it: the performance of Beauty and the Beast at the Coronado. Before this, I already knew I wanted to perform, but did not exactly know what it meant yet. After this performance, seeing the actors as actual humans with lives outside of the stage or screen, I realized more of what acting and performing was and what it really meant. I cried when The Beast died in Beauty

I went into this class last week thinking I would not enjoy this movie because it is a musical and because it was also filmed in 1952. However, I surprisingly really enjoyed this movie. I believe that the songs, dancing, and the storyline in Singing in the Rain came together really well and captured my attention throughout the whole movie. Singing in the Rain incorporates many songs and dances which substitutes many of the actor’s dialogue throughout the movie. I believe this allowed the characters in Singing in the Rain to really be able to express their emotions in a different way rather than strictly using dialogue. For example, Don Lockwood sings and dances in the rain when he realizes he was falling in love with Kathy towards the end of

For as long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with the thought of Broadway, and being on stage. While I didn’t know much at such a young age, I knew that this is what I had to be doing with my life.

I began screaming my head off, ultimately waking up my entire household. I can remember the beating of my heart, sweaty palms and shaky voice. Reality then began to sink in that the musical would be on my shoulders. In that moment I began to doubt myself. I only had the experience of two plays and being in the ensemble of a musical. Could I do this? And even so how did come they chose someone like me? A million negative thoughts began running through my head, and looking back, those thoughts motivated me to work my hardest in order to prove that I belonged. Taking that last bow on the transformed stage changed my life

My summer went a little like how every teenager in America’s summer goes. Avoiding sunlight at all costs and pressing the ‘next episode’ button on netflix. The exception of this is the most marvelous thing that comes after ice cream and books. Theatre camp. I can’t begin to describe how it feels to perform in musicals in front of thousands of people. performing is taking all these people’s emotions and changing them with scenes and musical numbers. Then when you see the red velvet curtains close it feels like you're on the top of the world. Now the thing is directors don’t cast based on how you feel about the musical; they cast on your singing and acting abilities which i don’t have much of. That is how I ended up at theatre camp.

As a child, all I wanted to do was act. To be on TV and walk the red carpet was the ultimate goal. Playing the role of munchkins and Fagin boys was my life. In elementary school, my director’s name was Mrs. Jacksina. Her big green eyes were just as vibrant as her excitement towards theatre. She loved passing her passion down to others. She made me believe that I could obtain my goals as long as I put my heart and soul into it. Thus, the inner swirls of fire from my heart transformed into passion and dedication. That’s what I did with acting, at least, what I could’ve done at the age of 8. By 4th grade, I had a lead role in Good Luck Charlie Brown playing the role of Lucy, and in 5th grade playing the role of Brunhilda in Cinderella.

Childhood piano, cello and ballet lessons morphed into an offer at seven to join the NYC Opera Children’s Chorus to be in hundreds of choral numbers. Sadly, at age thirteen, puberty curtailed my ability to hit high C’s ordaining the end of my operatic career but by no means my love of music.

When I saw Elphaba “defy gravity” in Wicked as a leery 13-year-old, my entire world changed. I had no idea one could be in a musical and get paid for it! On the train back home, I could not stop listening to the Wicked cast recording, and I soon knew every word. Today, I still have as much of a love for theatre as my 13-year-old self. Since then, I have seen 29 individual Broadway shows and I have cemented my desire to pursue theatre as a degree in college.