BWW Blog: My White Privilege
I reflect and realize that those are things that I, a white male, could do without any issue before the virus.
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I reflect and realize that those are things that I, a white male, could do without any issue before the virus.
As a theatre person, we go through high school assuming that in order to be successful and make our big break, we have to go to one of the top theatre schools in the country.
When deciding to pursue an education in Musical Theatre, it took a lot of convincing to my peers, counselors, and voice teachers that I'd be ready to go for it.
How did this Brazilian girl find her way into writing blog posts for BroadwayWorld? To be honest, sometimes, I find myself asking this question as well.
Equality.
I never in a million years thought that I would live through a global pandemic.
In my journey from community college to university I've come across some obstacles with the current changes.
My immediate thoughts were along the lines of: a?oeHow on earth do they expect students to retain any kind of theatre teaching in solely an online setting?a?? a?oeWhat will be their expectations of us moving forward?a?? a?oeWill I continue to succeed or lose interest?a?? a?oeWhat will I do for my…
Did you ever see the video of the cast of Be More Chill finding out they were going to Broadway? That's how we felt.
It was on Wednesday, March 11th that Princeton announced to students that the rest of the 2020 Spring semester would be virtual.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I earned my Bachelors in Theater.
In the first week it was a whirlwind of singing for voice teachers so I could be placed with the right one, running from ballet to tap classes to be put in a dance level that would make sure I didn't end up with someone who had been dancing since the age of three, an abundance of meetings about…
Being a part of Temple University's theater program has been an absolute pleasure so far.
I hope everyone reading this is staying safe and healthy wherever you are.
There is no question that this pandemic has disrupted people's everyday lives and created a new standard for normal.
Choosing a college is hard, trust me I get it.
This is obviously a terrifying time for theatre and those who love it.
The play was supposed to run after spring breaka?"a break that we never came back from.
I hope that we can emerge seeing justice and that the ones we endowed with trust beforehand, are still worthy of said trust in the end.
When I first decided to involve myself with the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg's Theatre Company I, like many others, had a set of expectations for what I would be doing there.
Every time I see a blank piece of paper, I have a little mini stroke.
I gathered 32 quizzes related to theatre, each of them tested to see not only are they fun but relatively unique to each other.
Always being a musically inclined person led to me being involved in musicals throughout my middle and high school years, even playing bigger roles throughout the years along with actively singing in choir.
I am excited to share with you my adventures at CCM, and the incredible impacts that this program has made on my life.