I know I recently published a blog about my experiences in theater and a recent musical I went to, but I wanted to elaborate more on a specific year of theater.
This year, I was chosen for UIL theater, a class with 20 students who each have a special passion for theater. For some of us, it’s the acting, while for others it’s directing or backstage work. It’s a tightknit class and on the 3rd and 5th, we got to perform the play we spent 2 months working on. It wasn’t perfect, but we were ok with that! We still had a lot of fun and learned valuable lessons from it. Our theater teacher has promised that for our next play, in the spring, we’ll get even more time to work on it, meaning we’ll have an even better play.
Here’s a short poem I wrote about my UIL theater experiences so far.
Circle up, circle up
A routine we know so well
Set the set, markings clear
Circle up once again
Places, places
We know exactly what to do
Get ready to head on stage
And make sure you just be you
Lines, lines
Etched into the brain so deep
No doubt about what comes next
We could do this in our sleep
Curtain, curtain
The play is now done
Strike the set, put it away
Could we have won?
Waiting, waiting
Holding hands, scared
Hold our breath as they call out names
Four people from our school won medals, they declared
Laughing, laughing
Packing up our stuff
We might not have won, but we had fun
And that is always enough.