Without any warning, the lights went dim and dark. In addition, it was time for the little match girl. The moment I had been waiting for had come and my adrenaline sharply increased. I was trembling as if I have never been before and the faces of the audience humiliated me. That was when everybody was serious waiting for my piece. This was the time that I would hear and see my very first theatre performance. When casting, I never thought such a time would ever come especially knowing that everybody in the cast had received professional training on acting and theatre performance. I had never been to a big concert and one with a well-known band and professional actors I received some information about it a couple of weeks before but I did not think much about it. I could not imagine and believe that I was performing in front of dozen people in Novel Hall for performing arts in Taipei, Taiwan. At first, at first, the excitement led me to talking to some friends who agreed to get tickets but little did I know of the spectacular time I would have.
I had never before imagined how a crying water Mellon would look like, but this time I was the one handling the crying water Mellon. This was the very time for me to act extemporary. At first when I saw the crying watermelon, I was filled with sympathetic tears and imagined myself as the watermelon. I behaved as though I was interacting with a fellow human being and this became the highlight of my time on stage. It has inspired me since then and I will never experience again ever in my life because I did and it was wonderful. I will always remember how the lights tormented me. All I saw were dark faces laughing meaning they were seeing me clearly.
I realized how happy I can make people and this helped me get the connection between the audience and myself. I felt part of the audience but to them I was the show. That first experience has changed my life and I now know how it feels to be in front of a thousand faces looking at me. I will always remember the coming back of lights and people leaving the theatre, not many people knew each other and I could tell how deep they were thinking. I guessed they were thinking about the performance. My adrenalin was still high but felt courageous. It is from then that I gathered courage to face people and many people for matter. “This was definitely an awesome experience for me” this is what is thought to myself and I really hoped I could do it again. I felt proud of myself and my team who helped me trains (Mary, 12).
How many of you can look at my eyes leave alone many eyes? This is a rhetorical question telling me that I did a great job. The claps and laughs kept me going and once again, I felt connected to the audience. At times, I forgot everybody and concentrated on the mental picture of the crying water Mellon. Since that time, I have enjoyed talking and addressing people like, who care to listen and accept my piece of cake. It has made like what I did not think I could ever do and it has made me make positive choices, which I am today proud of one of them talking to you right now.
Work cited
Mary, Winston. My first experience in theatre. New York: New York Times, 2010.
