Details of my Acting Debut

Last Saturday I made my acting debut in a 2 act play called "Two Rooms" as Walker, a news reporter in his 30s. He gets a little heated through out the play and enjoys saying expletives and being drunk. All of which I must do.

I have been dreading this day since the start of the semester. But like it or not I had to push through and do it. On Friday we had dress rehearsal, and not knowing anything about theater I went down to the make-up room. As some of you know, I don't have a clue where to start with make-up. I walked around the room nervously and feeling embarrassed that I didn't know what the heck to do. (But I did feel proud of myself since I was the ONLY male in the class who didn't know how to put make-up on. You could say I'm a real man). I eventually got up the nerve to ask my professor (who obviously really likes make-up cause she looks like she could be a good fit for the circus) to put make-up on me. I don't have clue what she is putting on my face but she said that needed eye liner. She then proceeded to jab a pencil in my eye, and my eye begins to water up and now I can't see. After this torturous process, she said that I needed some lipstick. She told me I should dab my finger and put some on my lips. So I did, but of course it's all over my mouth and I look like a 5 year old girl who got into her mother's lipstick drawer. All of this really is not going my way.

The day of the performance I felt ready. As I walked on to the bright lights of the stage I could see the theater was about 75% full. And as I turned to say my first line I see 15 of my close male friends all in bright yellow shirts in the front row laughing at what I am about to do. I could not look over at them the rest of the show because I would loose it and start having a laughing attack, and we know that lasts about 15 minutes. I managed to pull it together and give the performance of a lifetime. The rest of the performance went well, we messed up a few times but all in all we did a pretty good job.

Today at my final my prof. said I was the most improved actor of the semester. And then she asked me if I wanted to try out for the fall play. I then told her that I had retired from the stage immediately after my debut and I would decline any offers at this present time.

Overall, acting is very difficult and takes a lot of practice. I now have a lot of respect for those who endure this craft and all the hard work that goes into a performance.