I used to be unable to articulate why it is I act. People always ask me what it is that draws me too it, and all I could say was “I like it.”
But over the years, as I’ve begun to get parts that require a higher level of depth and focus, I’ve gained an understanding of my relationship with acting.
I love being in someone else's shoes, complete with their inner most thoughts, the clothes they wear, and the people in their life. There’s something incredibly powerful in feeling as though you control this person. In the space of that play you are one with them; you feel what they feel, and you lose what they lose. It can be a dangerous thing stepping into someone else mind. I’ve only just begun to discover that.
I’m 15, and because I’ve played characters in all stages of their life, I feel like I’ve lived forever. I haven’t really lived my life yet, but I’ve seen and almost felt what’s it like to be an old women, or a 20 year old girl. It’s like having best friends you can get advice from to prepare you for your life.
I’ve been acting at NEYT since I was 8, and I plan to continue acting in college (conservatory or not), when I graduate, and until I’m an old women. Even if- I don’t “make it” -and let’s face it I probably won’t-- I feel as though acting will keep me young. If I let it, it will preserve the child in me, allowing me to just play; to just live my life with a sense of discovery.
The True Story of Pinocchio(Fox)
Truth(Saddie, one of the three Harpies)
As You Like It (Audrey)
Grease (Rizzo)
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Aslan)
Cymbeline(Innogen)
The Pajama Game (Gladys)
The Crucible(Deputy Governor Danforth)
The Quality of Mercy (Various)
I have also participated in every Cabaret since 2009
