How many productions have you been in?

Here, about maybe seven, I think, over the entirety. But about nine for all my life.

What made you get into drama?

Probably, actually, just how fun people are. The people around you and just talking to them all seeing what they’ve done, and also how close I am with some people.

Have you been in every production that the school has put on?

This year yes, but not all in the past years I’ve been trying to as many as I can. But in my freshman year, I was a little bit negligent.

What’s your favorite thing about the productions?

Probably the feeling of when it’s finally done, truth be told. Cause it’s fun getting into, actually, doing it and being apart of it. That’s absolutely the best feeling ever, because you’re actually talking to so many people and being around so many people. And you grow to love them even if you have small squabbles here and there, but mostly it’s finally done of ‘OK, I can breath again.’ And I don’t have to do this and this and this. Then, just be able to ‘okay, that’s done, I can relax now.’ And just go back to being normal.

How crazy is it the week of production?

Really, it depends on how much we need to play catch up. Mostly, it goes — on a scale of one to 10 for stress level. It usually ride at about an eight, and then we have to run around at about an five to get stuff done. But most of the time if stuff that we have to play catch up, then we have to rush around and make stuff work. Most of the time we have it done about two weeks before, so that we have a little bit easier to cruise.

What is your favorite production that you have been in so far?

Probably, I’d have to say Guys and Dolls, that I’ve been in so far. It was a bit more fun, with all of the dancing and going through the actual movements. Also, the dance director, Mr. Almonton he actually made it a bit more fun than it usually is. Because he had a pretty good personality for it.

Which on do you prefer the actual theater productions or musicals?

Well, truth be told, I prefer the actual theater productions as over the musicals. Because the theater productions feel more like a long term fun, comparatively to a short term fun of ‘oh, I’m actually getting on stage, moving. OK this is fun.’ Compared to I’m actually getting into character, I know who this person is, I’ve this person, I’ve been going over these lines for the past three months. I know this person.

How do you get into the mindset of the character?

Well, I suppose it really depends on how I want to do it. The majority of the time I start with how I would move physically and then try and work on the voice. It just flows from there, for me usually.

How do you alter your physical movement for the character?

Well, I try go upon what the actual author says about how the character — OK, take Caliban  as an example half man, half fish; he’s a deformed, disfigured creature. So, taking into accounts of what first has been said by the author himself. Then, I try and look around online, to see a few instances of other people playing it. Thinking ‘OK, I like this, I know I can do that. So I can try that a little bit, but I don’t like that.’ So a little bit of trial and error, and then, it finally comes out to what the director likes. If the director doesn’t like me moving a certain way I shift and change it a little bit.

Are you planning to continue acting after high school?

It’s certainly going to be something I am going to try for. I am going to be trying to get a major, or at least a minor, in theater. But I am going to also keep a realistic view of, we are in the middle of Kansas. I may not exactly go into a career of theater.

Have you been involved in community productions?

Only one, I’d say because that was a few years back and it was Spamalot at city park, putting on. Other than that, I haven’t been able to do as much with community work because I’ve been watching family and taking of nieces and stuff. So I haven’t had as much time in the summers.

What is your biggest failure as an actor?

Probably, the points where I end up blanking out on the lines, because I’ve had a few mind farts here and there. And I end up skipping over a huge chunk, it gets annoying pretty quickly when you get into that one part. So you end up going over that same line over and over again, until where you actually memorize it.

Why are you an actor?

I like seeing people act, I like seeing people interact, I like seeing people move and do things. I prefer, much more, to be active than actually moving around. I just like seeing people and seeing different sides of people. That’s the whole reason why I act.