I know I haven’t written in a long time, but I recently did a play called “Annie Jr. ” I met a lot of very cool people, and  most of them are now my friends. Rehearsals took 3 months, but I loved every second of it! Our director’s name was Steven Botelho. He was a very good director, and he made the play very fun for everyone. I actually did not audition for the role of Annie. I just auditioned for an orphan, but they asked me to read part of the script, and a couple nights later I got a call-back asking if I would like to audition for Annie. I said yes, and went to the call-back. All the girls who got the call back were very talented. They made Annie and Miss Hannigan go in together. The Annies had to sing “Tomorrow”, and the Miss Hannigans had to sing “Little Girls”. A couple nights later my dad was in Buffalo, NY, and I got a phone call from the producer asking if I wanted to be Annie. I was so excited! I definitely said yes!!

The first rehearsal was a lot of fun, but I was nervous because I didn’t know anybody there. We all got up and told our roles, and about us. We did some acting exercises to get us ready for the show. After that, we began rehearsing all the different scenes, but we all read from our scripts. The second rehearsal we did scene one, and we all started acting together, which was a lot of fun. By the day of the show, we knew who we could come to for help, and to run our scripts.

The first show my school came, an I was very nervous, because it was my first show. But as soon as I walked on the stage, I was absolutely fine. By the last show, we were all very sad because we had put so much effort into the play, and all the fun was over. Everyone knew there are other plays coming up, and we will see each other again soon. There was a party at Jack Astor’s to celebrate all the work we put into the play. By the end of the party, the whole cast got up and sang “Hard Knock Life”.  It was a very happy moment for everybody.

Thank you to everyone who came to the play, and to the cast who helped me get through my first show, and for all their support. But most of all I’d like to thank the director who really helped me learn all the techniques, and helped me get through it all. And my parents. My mom went to all the rehearsals and helped, and my dad who came to see every show and support me. And you guys who are reading this supporting me and my website. Thank you 🙂