Everglowing...: Day 7: We are a Family full of Drama

I have been acting since I was around 7 years old. I started out in our churches productions where I was a servant to one of the three kings or a child follower of Christ. From there I was inspired in 4th grade. Mr. Michael Bailey was such an inspiration to me. He was a theatre teacher at the local HS. I saw a production there and decided then that acting was what I wanted to do. So middle school comes around and I find myself filling my time with basketball and theatre. When I reached High School I was placed in a newly opening HS called Guyer High. I joined theatre and basketball my 1st year. Funny thing is that the theatre was designed by Mr. Bailey himself. He made sure that our theatre had everything and anything we could need. Electronically run fly space! Oh yeah! Sadly the second weekend of our 1st opening production Mr. Bailey passed. It was a time of grief and mourning for everyone in Denton, TX. All the theatre depts were heavy for the sister school and its family of thespians. I had just seen Mr. Bailey that weekend when he passed. He came into the theatre to visit and told us he would be joining us for a show coming up. Sadly he did not.
This time was one of the most important times in my life. I found what was most important to me, my theatre family. We cried together, laughed together and held one another. It made us stronger. From time to time I remember Michael Bailey as my older sisters teacher, as a fellow thespian, and as the beginning to my inspiration. Although theatre students are so outgoing and crazy I feel like it has helped me in life. Where would I be without my crazy friends. It made me a lot more confident in who I was as a person. Theatre people tend to be a lot more accepting than any other group in High School. So when teen angst sets in its ok to wear the heavy eyeliner and dark clothes; it’s all about expression and experience. We explore so many different parts of the human life it is crazy, but it makes us better at what we do and what we seek to do: To have a sense of truth. I have had the chance to explore being so many different people… and it helps me to know exactly who I am. But, its always fun to pretend to be someone else, to become that person for a while. I have learned so much about people. Communication skills. No matter the circumstances, they are there for you, they are some of the most understanding people you will meet. They connect at the heart.
I am thankful for my theatre family & for how they’ve changed my life for good.