Personal Narrative: Aldolpho

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In eighth grade, I graced the Arizona stage as a fumbling, bumbling, and bombastic Latin man named Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone; I seduced all the ladies, sang a song about my own name, and my pants fell off three times. It was an odd experience playing a Latin adult man as a nearly-teenage girl, but I treasure that experience and that memory more than anything. Aldolpho taught me that I can be something so different from what I am and hearing the roar of laughter as I awkwardly hit on -- excuse me, seduced -- my friend’s moms in the audience gave me my greatest love: comedy. I am forever thankful to Emma England at Studio 3 in Gilbert for this experience. However, playing Aldolpho came with a dark side. After that show, it seemed like

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