Limitless Theatre: a Descriptive Essay

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Bailey Parenteau Composition 1 February 10th, 2010 Susan Borden Limitless Theatre; A Descriptive Essay There has always been a rush when acting on stage. It is an unyielding powerful current of thoughts, breaking through the dam of reality. I am no longer Bailey Parenteau, the bubbly thespian with dreams that exceed expectations. I am a character, portraying my message under wide eyed audience members giving the feeling of never ending empowerment. I have greedily trapped their attention and will only dare let it free when I have had my fill. Before theatre, I was caged; trapped and not knowing what to do to escape the iron clutches. A theatre filled with children, has been my escape to discovering my true potential of my limitless future. Last summer, I was asked to choreograph for Masquers Theatre Summer Camps at my high school that I just graduated from. Every morning for two months I walk into the familiar main hallway; my footsteps echo against the once crowded linoleum floor. Opening the theatre doors, the blackness threatens to leak outside. Feeling my way to the light board I throw the light switch, the only light that bursts on is the stage light. I raise the house lights to a dimness that resembles the dawn in the morning. I walk to the lit stage, drawn to the light like a moth. Walking up the steps to the stage, the smells of black paint similarly like a black Sharpie. As I stand center stage, silence envelops the space in a calm natural state. The bright lights meant to blind me; instead, bask me in a comfortable glow. The audience is empty; the chairs cast the shadows of previous audience members. The red velvet curtains frame the face of the stage, adding an elder glamour to the stage. When I stand on this stage, I feel calm; free of the worries and stresses of the everyday matters that plague the every day. But once there are children; a

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