More Than Just Acting

You hear about the plays through announcements and your peers.
You may even find yourself sitting in the audience of one of the shows, gandering at the production that has consumed so much time from all that are participants.
You call those on stage theatre geeks, thesPians, lame, or just the ordinary actor/actress.
But there's so much more to being a member of the Theatre Department.
This is more then just acting.
The time, effort, and emotions put into every production is more than extracurricular.

Being a performer takes an overabundance of time and effort in order to make the whole experience worthwhile. No one wants to spend long, grueling hours participating in after-school rehersals and line memorization only to have the production... "suck", so to speak. These practices, the time spent in and out school, EVERYTHING is set forth to collectively bring an enjoyable show (and possible Cappie nomination) to those who live, breathe, and sweat theatre.

Next time you so happen to find yourself gazing upon a production that is tentalizing and mind blowing, don't think of those on stage sweating in the spotlights as acting. It's so much more than that.

Theatre is life.