Most Proud Memory

Throughout high school I was what a lot of people would consider a "theater geek". I did the shows, the musicals, the technical stuff, and anything else you could think of. Although I never followed through with my acting, I knew it came naturally to me. My first moment of pride would have been my 8th grade year, when I was casted as the lead role for "The Million Pound Bank Note". A silly little performance about a British man who ends up with a million pounds. My role was the leading lady and his love interest. My second moment of pride came when I wrote the one act "A Rose By Any Other Name", a short, romantical play about a waitress on a cruise who meets the most annoying man of her life - who becomes her love interest.

But my most proud memory of my theatrical years was easily when I performed in the one act play "Bang Bang You're Dead". Though I didn't have a specific name, I still had a leading role. The play was about a high school shooting and how it lead up to it. In the play I portrayed several different people, but the most memorable being one of the girls who was killed. "Bang Bang You're Dead" was a beautifully written piece, and was later made into a movie many people have seen. It was a one act, however it was 50 minutes long, and to be qualified for the one act festival, it could only have 5 mistakes or fewer (we made it with 3). The rest of the one acts that qualified were simply 10-15 minutes long. We made Oak Park history with not only the length of our one act, but with our performance as well.

After we finished the one act festival I was talking with the director of our play. Her older sister was a very well known student around our school, even after she graduated her name still echoed the halls of Oak Park. Her and her sister were probably two of the best actresses to ever cross my high school's doors, and both of them agreed that out of every one act that performed, and out of the 6 people that performed in our one act, my performance was the best. My performance gave them butterflies.

I made that performance my last one ever. I wanted to end my acting and theater on the highest note possible, and that's exactly what I did. Never will I regret not acting anymore, because I know that then I had reached my high. No, I will never be a Broadway or Grammy winning actress, but I know that I did my best and fulfilled a dream that most will never even think about conquering. Mostly, I just want to so thanks to everyone who made my dream come true. It might sound small to you, but to me, it was a life changing experience I will never forget.