I tap-danced at nursing homes, directed talent shows on the front porch and composed original works for my recorder club. I memorized songs from The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady and West Side Story, and repeatedly staged Annie in my upstairs bedroom.
But it was not until high school that I actually auditioned for anything. In my first play, Working, a musical about Americans and their jobs, I sang backup for the Mill Worker and the Housewife. I had no lines and no costume changes, and I spent roughly 11 minutes on stage pretending to either weav...
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