Current Events > I made my stage debut in a high school musical today.

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I am a teacher and had a "cameo" part (2 lines of dialogue and some silent reacting) in our school's production of Mamma Mia!

Public speaking doesn't bother me at all, so while I have never been in a play before I wasn't nervous at all. I didn't screw up and the kids did a good job. Good times all around. Never too late to do new things.

Did you propose to a waitress chick before just awkwardly ending the play when she rejected you?

Bravo!!

That is so fun! I was in quite a few musicals in middle school and high school. My acting is terrible, but I can sing a little so the drama teacher always came calling when it was time for a musical.

I usually had pretty small parts so I could just lend my voice to the ensemble. But once I got to be the voice of the plant in a week long run of Little Shop of Horrors. Singing while inside/controlling a giant plant puppet was pretty fun.

Have a great time with your run!

I'm sure the kids enjoyed the participation. Well done.

Did you have anything to do with the actual production or were you just approached one day out of the blue with "Hey Mr. billcom6, we're doing this play. Can you do a cameo?"

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Did you have anything to do with the actual production or were you just approached one day out of the blue with "Hey Mr. billcom6, we're doing this play. Can you do a cameo?"

Basically just asked. My school has done this before where a different teacher plays a small role each night of the show, so the music teacher asked me because he figured I'd be happy to do it, and I was.
I came to most of the big rehearsals during tech week to help run through things but besides that I didn't actually help with anything besides my part.

Westernwolf4 posted...

That is so fun! I was in quite a few musicals in middle school and high school. My acting is terrible, but I can sing a little so the drama teacher always came calling when it was time for a musical.

I usually had pretty small parts so I could just lend my voice to the ensemble. But once I got to be the voice of the plant in a week long run of Little Shop of Horrors. Singing while inside/controlling a giant plant puppet was pretty fun.

Have a great time with your run!

The one girl in the play in particular is so damn good at singing and performing, its crazy. Like she's been in bigger productions before and it shows.

billcom6 posted...

The one girl in the play in particular is so damn good at singing and performing, its crazy. Like she's been in bigger productions before and it shows.

When she wins an Oscar many years from now, you will be able to say you were there at the very beginning.