Friday, November 13, 2026
Student Blog: Finding My Story
BroadwayWorld: After over ten years of spending my life in the theatre and connecting with people through performance, I can undoubtedly say I am full to the brim with gratitude. This has actually been on the forefront of my mind recently, as I am taking a hiatus from performing.
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This was a really happy article to read and hear the inspiration that the student had felt in doing this and I think its something that all theatre makers can relate to in different ways. Of course working in production is a lot different in terms of the space we feel the most free in as if we are on stage, typically something has gone catastrophically wrong. However I still believe we feel this freedom in places like the studio or in design meetings with the many great minds that surround and contribute to our design vision. As someone who has been both a performer and a designer and a technician, I can positively say that I have felt the uphoria that is associated with performing or seeing your artwork expressed, and I think that is the reason I personally continued by going to do this in a conservatory environment.
This is such a sweet article and highlights one of the main reasons a lot of us are in theatre. Being able to share stories with the audience is an amazing experience and something we all strive to do as theatre makers. Every show is different and each a memorable experience that helps us learn more about ourselves and make connections with new friends. I remember my first show I was in when I was in first grade and I fell in love with theatre and again when I started doing tech. As a 13 year old walking into a theatre full of experienced actors to learn how to do tech as I was thrown in head first I was worried they wouldn’t trust a middle schooler, but they were so supportive and came to support almost all of my shows for the next 5 years. And its these experiences that gave me the confidence to pursue a conservatory education.
Reading this just reminds me of the magic of theatre and makes me fall in love with it all over again. The connections and lessons that theatre brings and teaches are incredible. Despite working in the same role, whether it be lighting design or carpentry, and sometimes even with the same people, you always learn something new with each show you work on. Seeing a stage built from nothing is magical, and being able to perform as a different character allows you to learn so much from a different perspective, almost as if you’re living a new life. So reading the article’s statement that “even though the intent is to tell someone else’s story, you end up finding your own along the way” gave me goosebumps with how reltable I found it to be. My first encounter with theatre was through joining the theatre technical team, something I actually considered leaving midway through. Looking back, I’m really glad I stuck with it, just as the article describes being “amazed at just how far that one ‘yes’ took her.”
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