Hi MissPurpleBookworm!
Interesting enough, I didn't start doing theatre until after high school. By the time I was in my late 20's, I had graduated from P.C.P.A.Theaterfest in Santa Maria, and started helping to teach summer musical theatre to kids in our city from grades 9th through12th. There had been a county wide budget vote, which once passed, had removed all creative arts programs to our schools. It was quite a blow to schools who were big on theatre, chorus, art clubs, wood & metal shops, and everything else that vote had considered frivolous. The non-profit group I worked with {S.A.V.E. Theatre} had auditions, and would take 20 -30 students each year and teach them everything from acting to directing, and from stage management to techinal director. I taught all the stage and technical stuff, and even worked on costumes, make-up, and stand in for one of the actors - it was great being pushed into a locker during blocking and a few of the rehearshals!
I hope that you are having a great time in your theatre class. Tell me what you like most about the theatre? What plays have you been a part of? Acting or technical?
Have a great evening!
Autumn Dancer