Who I Would Be When I was young they used to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and until six years ago I never knew. It took me exactly eleven years until I figured out the one thing I wanted to do with my life. The very first show I performed in was Guys and Dolls, and from then on my devotion to acting only grew. I feel as though the Early Middle College Program is a good opportunity to further myself in my future goal of a Master’s Degree in Musical Theatre, as well as saving money while doing so. The Early Middle College Program is a very large stepping stone on my way to a Master’s Degree, and is the most effective way to get where I want to be. After six years of Classical Dance, Musical Theatre, Dramatic Theatre, Choreography, and Fight Choreography it is my belief that I can handle the workload and stress this program has the potential to inflict upon me. At one point when I was thirteen, I was in five productions at once, giving me the emotional depth, preparation, and time management …show more content…
Over the years I have balanced many productions, school, social obligations, student directing, as well as tech week. Regardless of the production, my dedication has been shown by my non-stop attitude. During JWADE PRODUCTIONS presentation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Wendy, Wendy and Peter Pan both withdrew six days from opening night. The boy playing John Darling took over for Peter, and I for Wendy. In the six days that we had I went to school and memorized 238 lines. This shows my dedication from start to finish, in addition to my role in being a team player. Through the combined efforts of Peter Pan’s Production Team the show went on as planned. This success taught me that through the combined effort and passion, achievement is possible, even under the most dire of
Wendy Darling’s development of maturity is expressed through the realizations of the consequences of her decisions and actions, and the interpretation of that development from text to movie, and text to drama. The development of maturity’s interpretation is transferred differently in adaptations of Peter and Wendy; including the Disney animated movie Peter Pan and the Broadway production of Peter Pan.
Peter Pan – whether as a stage play, a book, a stage musical, a live-action film or a pantomime – has endured for more than a century as arguably the most famous, and certainly most influential, stories for children. First performed in 1904, the fairytale drama has been addressing the ever-changing boundaries between childhood and adulthood ever since. Educationalist and literary critic Peter Hollindale – in A Hundred Years of Peter Pan (Reader 2, p. 159) – asserts that “the play retains its magical elasticity and its ongoing modernity”, or rather that Peter Pan is fantastical and adaptable, and still full of lasting appeal for audiences. In exploring Hollindale’s claim, this essay will consider the original production in December 1904, the 1928 play text, Disney’s 1953 production, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s revolutionary production in 1982, the P.J. Hogan feature film of 2003, and the pantomime tradition. It will consider how Peter Pan as a whole can be regarded as modern, and which aspects of it, as well as looking at how these aspects have been adapted over the years. It will further assess how JM Barrie’s script allows flexibility in terms of constructions of childhood since its initial performance, and look at why Peter Pan is often regarded as a prime example in the genre of the pantomime.
Freshman fifteen is the NEW EPIDEMIC!!.. or not? In the eyes of freshman, college can be seen as entering the lion’s den when transitioning from high school. Students routines, diets, and moods drastically change resulting in an imbalance of one’s well being. As a way to cope college freshman typically look towards food for a release. Therefore, this is where the term freshman fifteen was born. Freshman fifteen is the idea that in one’s first year of attending college, the student will gain fifteen pounds. On average students are gaining weight at an abnormal pace however, it is not exactly the amount that the media has portrayed.
I am currently a freshman in Boston University's School of Theatre pursuing a degree in Costume Design. Through my experiences at BU in the past year, I have gained significant experience working collaboratively with my peers and professionals to mount an average of ten productions each quarter, ranging
The career that I chose was Performing Arts, more specifically, Musical Theatre. I would perform as a singer, dancer as well as an actress, gaining the title of a performer. My career in a small view is performing different plays and musicals for people and making everyone happy. I chose this career, because I love performing and I’ve always done some form of it through elementary school until now. I had always enjoyed singing and playing music, but when I performed in front of the student body in Play Production II, everything changed. I had learned that I loved acting and singing the same amount. I decided, if I could do one thing, I would perform in some sort of musical. It is important to understand
The most important reason I want to go to boarding school is for the arts. Don’t get me wrong; I love my school. It is an arts magnet school, of course, and does have a partial emphasis on them, but I want to go somewhere where the whole school is focused on what I love to do most: perform. At GCHS, 70% of the students I’ve met only care about sports. It’s difficult to feel passionate about something you love when everyone just shoots it down for ‘important’ things. Of course, the administration aren’t like that, but the students are, and it’s a bit disconcerting. It’s not that I can’t get past that: of course I can. But I love theatre. It’s pretty much my life, and at the boarding school I wish to go to the most—Walnut Hill School for the Arts—it’s the life of ¼ of the students there. (The ones who don’t focus on music, visual art, or dance.) The school has, well, school, but it’s all about making you a better performer, actor, and singer. According to their website, theatre-centered students take 3 hours of acting, 3 hours of musical theatre, 2.5 hours of ‘movement for the actors’ (Also known as dance involved in musicals.), and 3 hours of production & design—a week.1 Walnut Hill’s expansive list of teachers are experts at musicals, plays, and shaping great actors, and most of their students are there because they love their craft, not because their parents—or the law—is forcing them to be, so it would probably be easier for me to focus on honing my talent rather than worrying about whether or not the other...
There are many ways that the Early College Program with the goal of me fulfilling my dreams. It will help me obtain valuable life skills. It also will allow me to start my career much sooner than average. Also it will allow me to have a glimpse at how I must approach my work once I am in College. There are many opportunities that the Early College Program will open up for me.
The liberal arts curriculum UCSD’s Theatre & Dance department is designed to provide the educational experience of a small Ivy League college within a large public university and is consistently ranked among the top graduate theatre training programs in the country. The program also shares a close relationship with the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse where both Caroline and I were part of theatrical productions featuring the work of undergraduate actors, as well has having the opportunity to take part in
While I have always had a passion for performing, it was not until the end of my freshman year of high school, when I auditioned for the spring play, that I fell in love with creating theatre. I longingly watched the older kids take on jobs in designing, writing, and producing. They were enrolled in ‘Production Workshop,’ a course designed to give students exposure to the production side of creating theater. I was determined to take the class the following year; in fact, I ended up taking it three times. My sophomore year, I worked as the costume designer for our original production inspired by Japanese ghost stories. As a junior, I designed and built the puppets to bring the mythical creatures of Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika to life. My ‘Production Workshop’ career culminated in devoting myself as co-writer, editor, and sound designer for an original production of Animal Farm. All the while, acting in each production as well.
A BFA acting program is the best way I can get the education I need to make a career out of acting in theatre. The last year I’ve spent Ohio University has greatly challenged me as a person, but what I love the most about my time spent here is my acting classes and the opportunities I am afforded outside of the theatre department to act. I have learned so much in the little time I’ve been here and I am continuously inspired by the faculty and upperclassmen of the Theatre Division to do the work I’m passionate about. Therefore, I hope to continue both doing and being challenged by what I love most about this school: its acting program.
After three long years of high school it is finally time to experience one of the greatest years of my life, senior year. There will be a lot of lasts this year. Last first day of school, last homecoming, last volleyball game. This year is all about making memories with my friends before we graduate and go our different ways.
I am honored to be applying for the Master of Fine Arts in Performance and Pedagogy at Texas Tech University. I believe my skills as an artist will blossom in this program as it is a place where I will be challenged and where I can develop my acting, directing, and teaching philosophies. My passion for the Performing Arts has been clear ever since I was eight years old; I have always wanted to act, direct, and inspire others through the stage. Nothing can replace the adrenaline-pumping, infinite feeling of thoroughly investing yourself, delving beyond the pale, and allow the soul of the character to be made flesh.
A bright young girl of 3 years sat in a dark auditorium watching the magic that was happening on stage. For weeks she had sat in those seats watching as the annual spring musical rehearsed. She watched as those high school students were transformed into experienced actors. That very moment started her love for musical theatre. That little girl was me and 12 years later my love and passion for musical theatre is still burning strong.
This past summer, I attended Interlochen Arts Camp as a Shakespeare Theatre Production Major. Wishing to further hone the knowledge I had gained during my previous summer at IAC, I auditioned for Advanced Acting Studio, and was accepted.
This project was a difficult one, however, I am thankful for the learning experience. I will be directing high school shows, so directing is a skill I have to master. I am new to this, and there is so much I need to learn. Going into this project there were many things I had concerns about. For instance, would I be able to build enough of a relationship with my actors that they would feel comfortable doing what I expected of them. Could I effectively