Is it any wonder, then, that in high school I drifted toward band, choir and theater? I found my "people" - people who understood me, people I could relate to, people I enjoyed spending time with - if for no other reason they didn't seem to fit in anywhere else either.
College brought more theater experience and through those experiences brought me some of the absolute best friends I could ever hope to have.
Then adulthood struck and into the world I was sent, not knowing for sure what I was doing or where I would be doing it but one thing was for certain - I would find a way to do community theater. I needed to for my own sanity.
We flash forward fifteen years (is it possible I've been out of college for fifteen years?) and I've moved six times, got married, bought a dog, gained extended family and the one consistent has been community theater. In that fifteen years I've been lucky enough to be involved in no less than thirty productions to various degrees with over five different groups. Each time I've found enjoyment, friendship and a sense of fulfillment. Being involved in theater is part of who I am. Thankfully I've got a wife who understands that and I have and have had employers who understand/understood that.
Tonight (20 August) I embark on a new adventure with a familiar troupe and a mix of familiar and not so familiar faces. I look forward to the journey and the discoveries that will be made along it.
More to come about the specific project but this is enough for now.
Until then.....
College brought more theater experience and through those experiences brought me some of the absolute best friends I could ever hope to have.
Then adulthood struck and into the world I was sent, not knowing for sure what I was doing or where I would be doing it but one thing was for certain - I would find a way to do community theater. I needed to for my own sanity.
We flash forward fifteen years (is it possible I've been out of college for fifteen years?) and I've moved six times, got married, bought a dog, gained extended family and the one consistent has been community theater. In that fifteen years I've been lucky enough to be involved in no less than thirty productions to various degrees with over five different groups. Each time I've found enjoyment, friendship and a sense of fulfillment. Being involved in theater is part of who I am. Thankfully I've got a wife who understands that and I have and have had employers who understand/understood that.
Tonight (20 August) I embark on a new adventure with a familiar troupe and a mix of familiar and not so familiar faces. I look forward to the journey and the discoveries that will be made along it.
More to come about the specific project but this is enough for now.
Until then.....
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