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I still remember my first experience of live theatre. I was 12 years old. One evening my mom took me to see the local high school musical production of Annie<\/em>. The show was shockingly good. I developed a platonic theater crush on the actor who played Daddy Warbucks, an extremely talented high school junior named Mike Copen. I was in awe of the young actress who played Annie, a natural redhead named Amy Smith. Returning home from the show that evening, I couldn’t stop thinking about the story, the way the music and book combined to create a feeling in me that defied words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something about that experience inspired me the following year to audition for the high school production of The King and I<\/em>. I was cast as Louis Leonowens. I was terrible–an awkward, gangly mess of a boy who couldn’t act or dance. The older performers terrified me. They seemed so natural, so talented and at ease on stage. I was a thin wisp of a boy and deeply anxious about how ugly I was. I still remember one afternoon when one of the older student actors took me aside for a private chat. “You’re too stiff,” she said. “Loosen up!” It was a real struggle for me. But I could sing. I’ve always been able to sing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 8th grade I was cast in the title role of Oliver!<\/em> No need to worry about dancing in that show. Singing was the thing. Oliver has maybe a dozen spoken lines. But what fabulous songs! “Where is Love,” remains one of my all-time favorites. About halfway through our rehearsal schedule, puberty struck. My boy soprano voice began to crack every time I would sing the concluding high note scale of “Where is Love?” Right after the song, Oliver ends up hidden in a coffin on stage. I remember the feeling of sadness sitting in the coffin the first couple nights of the show, lamenting that my voice cracked (again!). I also remember the feeling of elation the last night of the show, when I sat in the coffin so happy that the notes came out as I had intended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n