Hey! My name is Emily, and I’m 15.
I began theatre acting classes when I was two years old, and have been fairly consistent over the years. When I was younger I did gymnastics, ballet, and tap dance. I grew up with stages, and so I’ve almost always been comfortable acting on them. Several years ago I began scriptwriting, and I helped direct a small cabaret that my school was holding, as well as performing in it. (My high school didn’t have a stage though, and had incredibly minimal lighting equipment, so no learning opportunities there.)
So, I’ve done acting. I was one of those actors who didn’t even think about tech when I was doing a performance. I’d never realized there was so much work put into it… then I started college and teching.
This first semester, I took a lighting design class for theatre, but that mostly turned into a dance lighting design class (I can’t describe how exhausting it was to be in a performance and do tech and design for it.) Still, though, it was an incredible class, and I found that I really loved lighting. During that class, I also was required to do 25 hours of tech work. I had an incredible fear of heights, and I still do (as in I’m even scared of bunk beds) but I liked hanging lights so much that I climbed to those crazy heights that you all climb to. Scary, but fun!
After this semester, I’m determined to learn as much as I can, and then some more about lighting design, tech, and programming. I’m taking another course next semester specifically on the tech, and a tutorial on stage management. I’ve always known that I want a career in a theatre. Now I know what the career is!
Sorry about that being so long ^_^ Wanted to give a thorough introduction. Nice to meet you!
If anyone would like to talk to a beginner, IM me
I began theatre acting classes when I was two years old, and have been fairly consistent over the years. When I was younger I did gymnastics, ballet, and tap dance. I grew up with stages, and so I’ve almost always been comfortable acting on them. Several years ago I began scriptwriting, and I helped direct a small cabaret that my school was holding, as well as performing in it. (My high school didn’t have a stage though, and had incredibly minimal lighting equipment, so no learning opportunities there.)
So, I’ve done acting. I was one of those actors who didn’t even think about tech when I was doing a performance. I’d never realized there was so much work put into it… then I started college and teching.
This first semester, I took a lighting design class for theatre, but that mostly turned into a dance lighting design class (I can’t describe how exhausting it was to be in a performance and do tech and design for it.) Still, though, it was an incredible class, and I found that I really loved lighting. During that class, I also was required to do 25 hours of tech work. I had an incredible fear of heights, and I still do (as in I’m even scared of bunk beds) but I liked hanging lights so much that I climbed to those crazy heights that you all climb to. Scary, but fun!
After this semester, I’m determined to learn as much as I can, and then some more about lighting design, tech, and programming. I’m taking another course next semester specifically on the tech, and a tutorial on stage management. I’ve always known that I want a career in a theatre. Now I know what the career is!
Sorry about that being so long ^_^ Wanted to give a thorough introduction. Nice to meet you!
If anyone would like to talk to a beginner, IM me