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| Sparks High Theater |
My introduction into Sparks Highs drama club was second semester of my freshman year, when my orchestra teacher had asked if some of the class had wanted to play the background music for Dracula. I had ended up playing on stage with a few of the other orchestra students and I fell in love with how much of a home the club felt.
A little over a year later and I'm now working on getting an act together to perform on the stage. Being back stage while the others work is a very different experience than being in the sound booth and I've started to realize things and see them from a performers perspective instead of seeing them as a couple of goofy kids up on a stage.
One of the things I've noticed is how each person that is performing holds their tricks very dear to them. They work on a single movement, a set of two lines, how to toss a ring, again and again until it's perfect. And they still seek improvement. Mickayla Clune, a junior who preformed in our last play An Actors Nightmare, is a perfect example.
Actually looking for these things has opened my eyes in many ways, and has also brought the feeling of home back again, helping me notice that this club is more of a family than I thought. The Theatracks rely on other members to help with their tricks, and that's something I never did notice. How each person matters. Do the other members, the ones who sit off to the side, do they understand this?
