I Took a beginning acting class about five years ago as part of my general education at Chico State University, in California. It sounded like fun, and it was. I had never performed onstage before the course. During my enrollment, I auditioned for a one-act play and was cast in a part with five lines. I forgot two of them on opening night due to severe nausea. I was a wreck. I even begged my older brother, commonly mistaken for my twin, to put on my dress and play the part for me. He wouldn't. Even when I wept, he wouldn't. What made things even worse was the fact that I had been cast in four additional plays over the coming summer, and I'd never set foot before the lights. I really thought I was going to die. What was I thinking? Who in his right mind would ever want to perform in front of a bunch of strangers? Could I possibly be more stupid? If I could have kicked myself, I would have, about a million times over.
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