Performance Reflection

The performance was an experience that I don't think I saw coming. I knew we were going to do a good job since we had practiced a lot, but I didn't know how much we were going to touch people through our monologues. After we finished, we had countless people come up to us with tears in their eyes and say how incredible of a job we did/ how beautiful the performance was. It meant a lot to see how moved the crowd became throughout the performance. I loved sitting on the side when I wasn't performing and being able to watch the audience reactions. Giving the monologue was an especially unique experience for me because I'm a theater major and have performed many times, but I had never done this type of poetic acting - it pushed me out of my comfort zone. In addition, the person that I interviewed was able to come and play live music during the performance. She was incredible. She is insanely talented and it touched ME to be able to tell her story and then look over and see her still playing music just like I talked about in the monologue. I am so thankful that I got the opportunity to be a part of this class and I will always look back on this experience fondly.