Stage Fear Essay

I can feel the chill that ran down my spine as I stood next to the curtain on stage waiting for the score to finish, and the spotlight to appear. All of the thoughts in my head are clouded by my uneasiness. I am unable to control the tremor in my hands. Now I need to walk on while the spotlight hit me to get to my spot. I open my mouth to speak my first line, and I muttered air since I forgot the line. I never thought that in a million years, I could forget a line. The director looks at me, and shook his head. “We will try again, but for now let's take a break.” This is only practice, and yet I am anxious. But in theater, anyone can become anxious. I always have stage fright, especially from when I first became involved in the drama club

But in my thoughts through each rehearsal, I became concerned about how i actually will be through the shows since this is the first performance in high school where i am the lead. But I also needed to survive through three nights of performance. So the first show day appears, me and the rest of my friends get ready, do some singing exercises, and get pumped up. Right before the show starts, we huddle, and place hands on top of each other’s shoulders. We do a chant that basically states “perform a good show.” so the first show starts, and the orchestra is playing. But I did the dumbest move, because we never got to run a full rehearsal of the show with the orchestra. So as the orchestra is playing, I did not know when to walk out, but I walked out about halfway through the prologue song. So I honestly knew, that i became more nervous at this point since i am in front of an audience in the dark. But overall, the show flew by without a single complication. I sang to my fullest, and i did everything that we did throughout rehearsals. The other two shows flew by amazingly. Even though I am anxious, I could not have ask for a better chance to be the lead rather than