The Club For Acting Nerds
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Thread Topic: The Club For Acting Nerds
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Okay, so I'm an acting nerd because I signed up for a musical at my school (Shrek The Musical [JR.]) And I got nervous, stuttered a lot, and didn't project. Plus I forgot some of my lines, which made no sense because I had them all down before I went in the little audition room.
I ended up getting a background part. It was fun, but I think it would've been more fun/challenging if I got one of the main parts.
Then one day, I went to church with my meemaw (grandma) and we saw a sign for a musical our church was doing. And it's a summer camp for Shrek The Musical [JR.]!
And so I signed up.
I also LOVE singing, but adults make me nervous. Not kids though. And here's my reason why: Kids don't judge like adults do. They hear you sing, and they're like "oh that's so cool!" An adult hears you sing, and they're like, "why are you doing this? You can't make a living off this." (specifically my parents). So if there were other kids in that room in my school I went to audition in, I think I would have done a decent job. -
So ye. That's why I'm an acting nerd. Anyone else?
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So, every year, we do a declamations fair. Every year, I get first place. Even when it became an option to do it in 3rd grade, they said who got first place for each group, and I was first place. They had the people in first place do their poem, or whatever they were doing in front of every single person there. I was the only one who got a standing ovation. Every year I do declamations, I leave everyone speechless.
So, in 6th grade was when we actually get to do the broadway jr. musicals. And our auditions are weird. They give us a scene or two to act out, and have us sing only one line of part of a song in it, and based on how we do, they give us a part. And the two teachers that were giving us our parts are notorious for playing favorites. I am most definitely not one of their favorites In 6th grade, I was an oompa-loompa, and last year, I had a better part as an orphan, I mean, I had a few lines.
This year, the 8th graders are supposed to star in the musical (it's a 6th to 8th grade musical. we have a small school). My mom was angry at them, because here I am, getting first place every year in declamations, and getting a tiny part in the musical, so the teachers had that to consider. We either were or are doing Aladdin, and I originally wanted to be Genie. We got our audition results, and I was Jafar. Then I realized that Jafar was better than Genie, because besides Genie's grand entrance, he's basically Aladdin's conscience. So, would you rather be the protagonist's conscience? Or the bad guy? It also takes more acting ability to be the bad guy.
I will also break out into song about related or unrelated topics that we're having a conversation about.
And you guys know how dramatic I can be on here. If you don't, you're blind. -
Growing up I was in a ton of church musicals, but it wasn't really the real thing. There was almost no tech involved, and they were always so short. But when I got the lead role in the last one they put on before I was gonna be too old for it, I absolutely fell in love with acting. That was in 6th grade. But the middle school I went to didn't have a drama department. So I wasn't going to be able to keep doing plays. Yes, there was the local community theater, but that would have been way to expensive, right? So life went on. But my cousin (who is like 22 I think) works at this place that put on musicals, and when I was in 7th grade, I saw them put on the lion king, and I remembered the feeling I had when I was in 6th grade on that stage. Everyone's eyes on me. It felt amazing. I really wanted to be apart of that again. They announced that they were going to put on Annie in the fall, and my parents said that I could audition! It would be so cool to get the part of Annie! And to be working with my cousin! So I auditioned. I did not get the part of Annie, I was part of the ensemble. So in November of my 8th grade year, I was in that musical. It was so much fun! I still had lots of lines tripling up as background characters, and I realized I had found a second family. All of this was at a community theater that cost hundreds of dollars to be a part of the show. Plus it was a 15 minute drive from our house. My neighbor and one of my best friends was currently in The Wizard of Oz while I was in Annie, and she was in it with the community theater that is actually a few blocks from our house. So in the summer before freshman year, I auditioned to be in Frozen the musical! (I thought it would be so funny to have someone named Anna play the part of Anna. BUT MY NAME IS NOT PRONOUNCED THE SAME AS HERS :D) So I auditioned. Of course, I didn't get the part of Anna, but I was "Bulda" who is the motherly troll that's like "OMG KRISTOFF'S HOME" and stuff like that. I even got a solo! It was so cool to get a supporting role, not just being part of the ensemble, at that place because I had never even done any of their plays before. Plus, it was way cheaper to do it it with that community theater than with the one my cousin works at. So Frozen happened just this last November. Now I'm currently in a Wrinkle in Time as part of the ensemble, and I'm proud of myself for getting in to it because it's a very small cast. Unfortunately it was postponed to June cuz of covid, and opening night would have been last weekend, but at least it's still happening.
Oh and now that I'm in high school there is a drama department! And not to mention the best drama department out of all of the high schools in the state!!!
And that is how I got into acting. Oh and have I mentioned how much I LOVE SINGING???? I won't bore anybody else with any more of my story. I just wanted to share it. -
When I did Shrek The Musical at my school, I got really devastated on our last opening night because I was like, "This is my second family, and this is our last night. Now I'm sad."
ALSO I LOVE THE MOVIE FROZEN. It's my favorite Disney movie :) -
I'm writing a whole musical with you cousin.
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I know sameeee I love Frozen!
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No, really?
(Lol that was sarcasm)
No but me and Eggaly are writing a surprise musical (don't tell them what it's about, because I want to have credit for our writing. Tons of other writers would agree with me) -
Yeah, it's called the sword princess, or something like that.
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(That comment was directed at Eggaly)
The second Frozen movie was... sad. Like it made me cry. But I'm emotional so maybe that's not me.
Btw don't spoil Frozen II, Eggaly hasn't seen it yet. -
I don't know if they're going to have this musical for next year, or do it as a summer thing. I want with all my heart for it to be in the summer, so that I can be Jafar.
The high school I'm going to next year doesn't have any extracurricular, nothing. No band, and no musical! So my mom is going to try and get me in with a local group that she plays for when they're performing. Last year the performed Esther, and this year they were planning to do Phantom of the Opera. I'm excited for what they're going to do next year, and hope that I make it in. -
Okay I'm just going to say ACT (that's the name of the local community theater I'm a part of, the one that's close to my house) so don't have to say community theater every time.
So I found out that ACT is going to put on the lion king in the fall! I'm totally auditioning for it. -
Frozen II made me cry. But I'm so emotional, so maybe that's just me.
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I almost cried. But I didn't.
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I didn't like either Frozen. I mean, I'll watch it, but I'm just not a fan.
Yes, I know the first one was based of of a story, but isn't every disney movie? The first Frozen was just so annoying.
The second one was just so cliche. It's a plot that everyone uses. And I don't quite understand how Anna can make a gigantic leap from one end of a cave to another, but can jump across a shorter distance across the bridge.
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