Stage Crew Research Paper

When I was 6 years old I had a great experience that changed me in a way. Before the experience I was just an average kid that did average things. Things such as going to school then going home to play with toys.
Coming into this experience I thought it wasn’t going to be fun. My parents told me to try it and I just kind of went along with it. My parents wanted me to try out for a theater show at the Springfield Muni. When I got to the tryouts I actually didn’t know I was trying out for anything. My parents just told me to listen to the people talking to me which were the directors. During the tryouts I just did what the directors told me to do and a few weeks later my parents got a call and told me I was going to be in the show. …show more content…
As I stood off to the side of the stage the show had begun and I was preparing to make my …show more content…
Everything I had rehearsed was locked into my mind. Going from coloring on the stage to being thrown showed how intense the show actually was. The show was a violent and a non-kid show. The show was based around the time of the vietnam war so I had to get used to the sound of gunshots. After being thrown to the ground I would often peek my head up and look into the crowd that I could actually see now that I was near the front of the stage. Once my part was done I left the stage to get ready for my next part. I had to change clothes for the next scene which was Act Two where I practically laid in a bed the whole time.

The second act was very calm for me. All I did was lay in a bed and pretend that I was asleep. One of the nights I got so relaxed in the bed that I actually fell asleep. All I remember was waking up backstage to the voice of one of my helpers. His name was Tommy. Tommy had helped me out with nearly everything during the