Stage Lighting Descriptive Writing

Bright white lights shining above my head, while I watch the red velvet curtains cascade to the sides of the stage. I walk up to a sea of unfamiliar faces, as I hear the deafening sound of my heartbeat fill my head with anxiety. My body as still as a statue. The first time I ever performed in a play was my last. I got in a role in seventh grade, I was playing the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella”. Since I never had that much acting experience, barely even one year of theatre. I also haven’t had much experience with a thing called “stage fright”. Surprisingly, it didn’t even occur to me during rehearsals. Mostly because there was an audience of one, Mrs.Green. Even when it was working its way up to opening night, I felt confident. Which should
I finally heard my teacher’s voice piercing through the background noises and muttering from the other actors on stage. She said “You’re up next”. As I watched Cinderella dramatically fall onto the bench, I arose from the steps onto the stage.Bright white lights shining above my head, while I watch the red velvet curtains cascade to the sides of the stage. I walk up to a sea of unfamiliar faces, as I hear the deafening sound of my heartbeat fill my head with anxiety. My body as still as a statue. I gazed at the people then over to Cinderella. Spouting the lines to her in a shaky manner. Eventually the play escalated to the iconic song sung by miss Godmother, “Bippity Boppity Boo”. I already felt shaky about speaking but the singing was much worse. My voice cracked during it, letting me hear a crowd of laughter afterwards. At that moment, I realized being an actor wasn’t for me. I couldn’t even handle the laughter, so I already knew if I got a bad play review I would go nuts. So, I moved all my focus onto drawing and sculpting. I’m much more entertained when I do it and I get a lot of positives feedback on my artwork. So, I quit theatre and pursued it ,which was the best decision I ever