Theatre Narrative

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Ever since grade nine, theatre has been a significant part of my life. The Mentor College Theatre Department has taught me very valuable life lessons over the past four years and has shaped me from the nervous grade nine, to the outgoing, and determined self-confident leader that I am today.
In the start of grade nine, I only participated in the spring play, Metamorphoses. The play, was essentially a series of vignettes about Greek mythology. Although, I was only part of the cast for the spring play, I did audition for the Hoffman Drama Collective play, however I was not apart of the cast. The Hoffman Drama Collective, or HDC, is a club at Mentor College where a student writes and directs a play and competes at the Sears Ontario Drama Festival.
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While auditioning for these productions became routine, the roles I played were quite difficult. In the musical, Lucky stiff, I played a dead body that had to pretend that I was alive and be carried around the stage. As well, for the play, Departures and Arrivals, one of the characters I had to play was an old man. Because of this role I portrayed I won an award for best male actor in a play. This year, I also became a role model to the younger students auditioning for these performances. I would be asked questions such as what song they should sing for their audition, and I would gladly help them …show more content…
Although, I had an ensemble role in this musical, I did have a tap dance solo. However, I have never tap danced before, so I arranged with the director to have extra practices during the week just so I can learn how to tap dance. Not only did I schedule these extra rehearsals with the director, I helped out with a lot of the logistics behind the musical, such as painting sets, making announcements designing programs, and selling tickets. In fact, my director encouraged me to take tap dance lessons outside of school. The spring play has not started, but I plan on

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