A director’s vision is their definition and implementation of what they believe a production should look, sound, and feel like, and it should be treated with the utmost respect by the cast and crew. This is especially true for stage managers like myself; directors place complete faith in us to ensure that their vision is maintained once a show reaches its performance phase. In this essay, I will describe the time I threw my director’s theatrical vision right...

I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it weren’t for the Hutto High School Theatre Department. I was blessed to work alongside a group of people who supported me and me to become a better person, with greater confidence in myself and more joy in my life. They are the people who truly raised me, a community of individuals who were brought together by their love of theatre. To me, there is one experience that best...

Volunteering is an outlet for me to do what I’m passionate about while making a positive impact on my community at the same time. Ever since my mother taught me how to, I’ve been an avid reader. I think there’s a kind of magic involved is being able to be taken away to another world and to see it through the eyes of fictional characters. I believe that magic needs to be easily accessible and shared with...

I most enjoy learning about the progression of technology from the research and development phase to the point where it’s commonly used by the public.Thinking about how technology has come to create convenience in our lives now and how it will evolve to do that even more effectively in the future never fails to excite me. I was far more hyped for the USB-C standard for data and power transfer than the average person. The moment I read...

I think it’s funny how the community that shaped me more than any other, and which I have shaped just as much in return, was a community I only joined because I wanted to get my fine arts credit without having to draw or perform on stage. But as an incoming high school freshman with a little artistic skill and a lot of performance anxiety, the technical theatre course I took was nothing but an easy credit, at least...