I in turn have a question! I know ur putting on a Hedwig production so im curious whats ur history with theatre like? :3c
oh my LOOOORD thats a BIG QUESTION for this gal. thanks for asking! its THORNE LORE TIME!
my grandma raised me on physical storytelling, and we would always put on plays together based off whatever i was reading at the time. when i was a young lad, my mother made me choose between being in the musical "Annie" or being on a basketball team. i chose "Annie", which i was obsessed with at the time. i got a tiny role, felt the spotlight for the first time, and immediately knew what my life's calling was!
i was never ever a bootlegs kid. i was only ever into theatre i had seen physically, which meant i was never a Hamilton or Dear Evan Hansen guy. whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, i can't say...
i was in a plentiful amount of productions in many different companies, favorites of which include Fiddler on the Roof, Seussical, and . i was also always writing, and went to a play writing coach at a certain point. i also briefly had an agent and did commercial auditions???? but that never turned into anything.
theatre was always the end goal for me, at least in terms of college, but in high school, i decided to go to a magnet school for graphic design, where i ceased my theatrical shenanigans for THREE MISERABLE YEARS!!!!!!!
after having enough of my evil graphic design teacher and evil school, i spent my senior year at a regular high school rediscovering my love for theatre through Alice in Wonderland, Newsies, and Heathers! i also wrote and directed my own short play, which lit a fire for directing in me as well!
and then, college. a smattering of plays, short films, and student-made t.v. shows, all of which i've enjoyed to varying degrees. i grew a bit apathetic and stagnant though, i will say! until...
i broke up with my boyfriend and came out as a lesbian last summer, after which i promptly discovered Hedwig through a local production. I became truly, madly obsessed, and felt my passion once again spark.
this flame was kept ablaze by my study abroad in london and edinburgh, where i consumed enough theatre to make my brain explode. Oscar At The Crown furthered my desire to do new stuff with theatre and to make it relevant, fun, and approachable for all of us craving an escape from digital hell.
somewhere along the way, i also became a drag queen. which is also theatre, in a way!
and hence.... we arrive here! a woman obsessed, i felt it was my divine mission to bestow Hedwig's majesty on my fellow classmates who need her message most: what you long for you can find within yourself. MAKE. SHIT. HAPPEN!
i dream of a theatrical revolution that turns theatre into something affordable and commonplace and accessible. i want there to be stages everywhere with weird people on them doing weird shit for their communities.
i love theatre. i wanna do weird theatre forever. that's my life goal.
tl;dr weird girl who never watched bootlegs and had a crush on the guy playing horton in seussical the musical loves theatre a lot and wants everyone to do it and watch it forever
thanks for coming to my personal history lesson! i love to yap! yay!!!!!!!!!
