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Don’t let your nerves get to you. It was a Friday afternoon in the hot, muggy, and humid auditorium. It was the opening of our new musical, Little Shop of Horrors. All I could see when I looked through the blue curtains of the stage were all the people talking and carrying on about their children. Of course people are going to brag about their kids, it’s acting. Some kids are good, some, not so much. I’m freaking out because this is the first time I’ve been on stage to act in a musical since I was in elementary. I was all nerved up and persistently telling myself, what are these people going to do if I mess up? What if I look funny? I was getting overwhelmed and agitated. It was the beginning of the show. I was so nervous. It was as if there was a thousand eyes just staring at you. Of course it’s not my part yet. I didn’t even know why I was freaking out. I didn’t say anything, I just had to sit in a chair …show more content…
and act like I was scared. Then I said to myself not to look at the people. Just focus on my part, it’s like a minute long. They won’t even notice me. I was backstage helping with props and costumes when I heard my fellow actors singing the song. The song which lets me know to get ready. Of course I’m hyperventilating. “This is it Anthony,” I said to myself, “All you have to do is wave your arms like you are scared.” When I was getting ready my nerves were playing me. I knew that I wanted to go and do it, but my nerves said no. Finally my part comes on. As the lights are dim I’m pushing my chair in, which is the heaviest thing to push because it’s a antique dentist chair, I get into position and I am ready. The lights slowly come brighter. Finally I’m in the middle of almost two hundred people, and yes they are all looking at me because I am the only one in the middle of the stage in a gigantic dentist chair. As the time inches to my part I know I am about to freak out in front of all of these people. The super bright spotlight is on me while Brad is singing his dentist song. I think to myself that I look ridiculous. As I’m doing my moves of waving my hands back and forth I actually hear laughing. I am still nervous but the laughing is actually making me feel better about my part. There is this one lady who is laughing hysterically which makes me want to laugh. Finally my part is over I was so relieved. As I am pushing the chair back one of my peers stops me and said that I did really well. I was really shocked because I thought I did so bad that Miss Nelski would hunt me down later because of it. Soon after singing, acting, and choreographed dancing, the musical was finally over.
We did curtain call, which is where you bow in front of the crowd, and when I did toward the crowd I hear cheering. Granted it is mostly my family but I heard a lot of cheering from the other side of the auditorium for me too, I think it was the lady who was laughing super loud. Everyone got lots of laughs and compliments.We got released and headed straight toward the glow party afterwards. The glow party was amazing. Everything was amazing! The cast got goodie bags full of things such as good luck notes, flowers, and candy. The drama parents made a cake with Audrey II on it, the killer plant in Little Shop of Horrors, that looked so real. It had the green tint, the moles that the plant had, and the cake tasted great. The cast got to meet with their families and talk about the show. Everyone who came to see me said that I did so well. My grandpa said he could not stop laughing during my part. Then I thought maybe it was him who was laughing so hard. He must have a girl
laugh. The next day came and I had to do the show again, only this time I wasn’t nervous at all. Hearing all these people talk about how good I did I felt that I wouldn’t be nervous anymore. I found that sometimes you have to go against of what you are afraid to do because once you do them you won’t be scared or nervous anymore, you could take things to the next level and make it so much better. Which is what I do. I’ve been in two more shows after that and one of them I was the Fairy Godmother! So like I said before don’t let your nerves get to you, you will do and try so many fun and interesting activities.
When we were on our way to see the production I was quite excited and
Little Shop Horrors is a story about a man who finds an unusual plant in a Chinese market. The man, Seymour nurses the Venus flytrap like plant to full health by his blood. The plant wins him everything he could want, respect, love and money. All to be lost in unity at the end. The main plot of little shop of Horrors revolves around Seymour. Seymour's ambition of Audrey to become his girlfriend. Seymour also wants respect from his boss and he also wants to make a little money. The play Little Shop of Horrors was written by Charles Griffith, the lyrics were created by Robert Billig, the music was composed by Robby Merkin, and the play was directed by marsha m. morgan.
A couple of years ago I took group singing lessons at an acting school called Stage Left Children’s Theater. Towards the end of the year some of the kids in my class started talking about this thing called ‘Main Stage’. I asked my teacher about it and it turned out to be a big end of the year musical that Stage Left held. Most of the classes that they held were divided into age groups but Main Stage wasn’t. Main Stage featured a variety of ages from eight to eighteen. I thought it sounded cool enough but I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it. However, I decided that it was one of those experiences that I’d only get so many chances to do. The play that year was Shrek: The Musical. I’d seen the movie Shrek and liked it so I thought why not give it a go? I asked
Performing or public speaking of any kind is difficult, but that difficulty can help to build confidence. Fine arts gives students the ability to perform and build confidence with their own support team of people who do and love the same thing. Not having to perform alone and knowing that everything possible has been done to ensure a good performance helps performers be confident in themselves and in their abilities. “Puneet Jacob, former choristers and current assistant conductor, says kids are often afraid to perform because of fear of failure.” (Lefebvre) The more a person faces their fear, especially when they do well and the fear is disproved, the less afraid he or she will become. When students work on music or a play for months on end, they become much more confident in themselves and what they can do than they were when they first began.
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that I realized what I was about to experience. I stumbled to my seat, half
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