Briery Gap Drama Competition.

Since the start of the year we have been working on writing and preforming a play for this competition called the Briery Gap TY Drama Competition. There were 7 groups in total that entered from our school. Our groups play was titled 'Change'. It was based on the consequences gay/lesbian/bisexual people had when they came out to their friends or family or got caught in a same sex relationship through different stages of  history starting at the 1800's to 1920's to 1940's to 1960's to 1990's and then to the future and what we hope the attitudes will be like towards same sex marriages and relationships. We tried to add a mix of humor and drama to try keep the mood light but to still get the message across to the people to show that yes we have come far in terms of being more accepting towards people being gay/lesbian/bi/trans etc. but we still have a very long way to go.
     I was part of the writing of some scenes and I acted as two main characters one of them being a flapper girl who got her best friend fired from her job as  a flapper girl after she came out to me in the 1920's. I then was a boy who got bullied for being gay in school who the committed suicide.

   The day finally came around on Tuesday. I was more excited than nervous. The atmosphere on the bus was just nervousness. We got there at around 10 o clock. We were the fifth group on due on the stage. When we got there we realized that we were the only school there which calmed everyone's nerves down a bit. We got to watch other groups first before it was our turn. Each and every play became so much more alive when put on a stage. It was really great to see the transformation from practicing in the classroom with no props but just our imagination to allow us to imagine the prop in each others hand or our own or on us to having detailed props on a stage. The costumes brought each and every character to life be it a main character or just an extra on stage it made it easier to travel into the world in which the play was set in.
         Our play went smoothly and in my opinion it was the best we have ever preformed it. Everyone took their time and allowed themselves to relax and be brought into the story of our play. After that we went to good ole Mc Donald's as a celebratory meal. We then went back to watch other schools plays. We left at 3 and got back for four. The day was really exciting and although i kind of wished there were other schools there to watch it was still good and helped me to know for definite that I want to persue an acting career in the future.  (Haters are gonna hate...potatoes are gonna potate.)