Enta da Stage

Scene 5 [In the office, there is a window and a desk stage left and a door stage right; the desk is facing stage left with a black swivel chair. There is a bookcase stage upstage with a lot of books, all ranging in dark colors.] Narrator: It had been a long day for Liv: she had found the cure for the zombie drug and had tried to fight the urge to indulge her former zombie ways. She sits exhausted in her office. Ravi: [opens door on stage right and enters and says in a sarcastic tone] So, how…

butterflies in my stomach made me queasy, the waiting made me anxious, and the noises that surrounded me gave me a headache. I wanted the wait to be over; I wanted to get on that stage and just start acting so I could be done with it. Yet, I also didn’t. I didn’t want our play to be over; I wanted to stay on that stage forever. It was the last show of our school’s version of Seussical the Musical. I was a Who, specifically Cindy Lou. The yellow, sparkly tutu was a key factor of my costume, not…

My Life in Music The aching pain vibrating in my chest is a constant reminder that in about thirty seconds I will be singing to more than seven thousand people. The sweat sliding down my forehead makes me realize how nervous I am. My lips are about to sing the beautiful italian words from the song, “Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento” written by the famous author Giovanni Paisiello. Every performance, prior to performing I am in this constant state. It is what I like to call, “the state of the…

heart begins to beat faster and faster, and his palms start to sweat. Everything he's prepared for is all coming down to this one night. He runs on stage with everything in place. The crowd starts to cheer, and the spotlights are all on him. “It's time to kill it,” he exclaims, and the show begins! So you might be wondering who is this mysterious man on stage was, well I'll tell you. This man is none other than Bo Burnham himself, and he’s an American comedian, singer, songwriter, actor, and…

Trying desperately to stay awake as the hot, humid air slowly overtook me, I took a quick moment and looked around the room. First, the man standing next to the podium - his loud Brooklyn accent cutting through the hot humid air of an early summer night in New England – had the attention of everyone in attendance. This event was originally scheduled to be held at a small coffee shop in downtown Portsmouth, N.H. However, due to the larger than expected turnout, organizers had been left scrambling…

I was standing in front of all my family. I was wearing my big puffy light pink dress, and I grabbed the microphone ready to talk. The day had finally come; I’ve been waiting/planning my Quinceañera (15th) birthday party since I wad ten years old. It was June 20th, 2015 at exactly 4:00pm, and I was at my reception with all of my court (four guys). After dancing all the choreographed dances, the moment to give my speech had finally arrived. It was around 6:00pm when my uncle had finally…

The Development of Relationship Stage Measures, an academic article written by Rebecca B. Rubin and S-A Welch elaborates on Knapp’s Model of Relationship Model. Their goal was to create an index for relationship stages and develop a coding system for the data. In the article, it was said that “Relationship definitions are individually constructed and interpreted, and sometimes two people in the same relationship existing on different stages of development.” Which translates to, terms are not…

When I got to Lao Family building, my sister went to get us a chair so we can sit and put our stuff down. The room that they were practicing has no chairs but a small stage and a few small storage room for chairs and a table in the corner. If there wasn’t a stage, it would feel like a small empty gym. The stage has a huge picture of our Hmong president General Vang Pao hanging on the wall. There’s two huge door that leads you to a hallway with windows where you can see University street and…

A matinee performance on Saturday, May 20 (officially titled Here/Now No. 9) was perhaps the single most dispiriting afternoon I've ever spent at NYCB. The program presented six different works. By the end of the fourth week of the Here/Now festival the number of injuries was staggering -- every week had a multitude of casting changes. The dancers, usually so chipper on social media, had resorted to venting and more venting. Georgina Pazcoguin's wry line "To those who fell, to those who made it…

The first step, Initiation, is related to the first impression someone has about an individual based primarily on that individual’s physicality. During the second stage, Experimentation, individuals learn about one another’s likes and dislikes and seek to formulate a connection based on a common interest. Meanwhile, the Intensifying stage is when individuals begin to showcase their true selves and to divulge more personal…