My Theatre Research Paper

When I was a child, my mother noticed that I was full of too much energy for her to handle, so she sent me to an after-school theatre program at my elementary school. This was groundbreaking for me. Being the middle-child often means that you are never really the center of attention. So theatre was my salvation because I could capture the attention of an entire audience, I could make people listen to me. I had this incredible rush pulse through my blood as I stood in front of people who were paying attention, who were interested in what I was going to say next. Unfortunately, I think it is a common problem in our society for a child to feel like no cares, like they are entirely alone. I think theatre saves us from that, at least it does for me. I was never really
I could be as radiant as the sun under the heat of stage lights. I could be as powerful as a hurricane through the deliverance of a monologue. In the theatre, I was full of life. Theatre has also created deeply-rooted compassion in me. I guess it’s hard to not be when you literally live another person’s life. The theatre allowed me to understand that every person I meet has as much of a richly-colored life as me, that everyone has burdens. Theatre creates people who see the world in all of its broken integrity and still choose to love it. Every single person could benefit from putting themselves in the shoes of someone else. I think the world would be a much kinder place if we were all able to see the world from someone else’s point of view. I suppose that there is nothing more comforting during high school, than having somewhere to go when the world is just too much. My theatre classroom has always been that for me. My teacher has also been one of my strongest allies. My theatre teacher once said four words that shook me to my core: “this is your home”. I have found myself in between the pages of