I cannot begin to explain whats going through my head. When I was three years old I took a mommy-and-me music class at this place called the Ren Center. It was pretty fun, so I stuck around. I took these amazingly fun art classes from Bob Kucher with Addie Ringenberg. When I was eight, I was in my first Rennaissance Players musical. This year marks the point where Ive been doing shows with them for half of my life. I remember sitting in my first rehearsal, wondering what Amy Arrington Scott meant when she introduced herself (Im Amy Scott and Im NOT the director!), first making friends with Marshall Zane Jordan and Emma Jordan, sitting on Tom Whitings shoulders, and realizing what a kick-butt team Bryan J Wlas and Nathan W Brown make. I met some of my most cherished friends, and met some of my most looked-up-to role models. Kelli Bruce Workman taught me so much, and not just about playing the piano. When I came to the Renaissance Center, I was a bundle of fuzzy hair. I chewed gum in rehearsals and wore heeleys on the stage. I really dont know how to say any of this with words, honestly I dont. Because thank you doesnt really seem like enough. Theres no other place that I can spend the whole day and have the owner of the building compliment me on my last performance, and then be able to turn to the janitor, who never fails to remark about how shes watched me grow up. Thank you isnt enough for the day it FINALLY snowed in December and the kids in The Homecoming got to go sledding down the hill behind the building. Thank you isnt enough for transforming me into one of my favorite Disney princess or for coaxing my little brother onto the stage. Thank you isnt enough for the smiles Ive worn, the bonds Ive formed, or the lessons Ive learned, all of which will last me a lifetime. I am so unbelievably lucky to get to spend these last weeks with my wonderful theater family in the cast of A Christmas Carol the Musical. So fill in the blank, Renaissance Center, with a phrase much stronger than thank you, because I will, and so will all of the other people whose lives youve touched.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:04:16 +0000
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