Hear Me Out: Actor's Edition

Growing up as a theater kid, I just have to put it out there that by no means am I a "theater kid". NO, I don't randomly sing Broadway tunes (life is not High School Musical). NO, I don't have a Rachel Berry mentality (as a true Gleek, that's not a flex). NO, I don't whip out the fake tears when I get a lead role in a play, at least not in front of people. I'm the theater kid that has Broadway posters on my wall alongside old movie posters and I'm talking Invasions of the Body Snatchers old. I know the whole soundtrack to Mean Girls: The Musical and yes, I was sat when Wicked: Part 1 was in theaters. Saw the movie twice and the Broadway show twice, so I'm the epitome of theater kid.

Nonetheless, keeping it study abroad related, last night I found out that I'm going to be in a student film! I was stalking the official AUR (The American University of Rome) instagram when a random student popped up on my search bar. Being nosey, I saw his instagram story and it featured a casting call for a student film that's going to start shooting in January. Long story short because I can't keep the news in me, I got casted!!!! Yes, I will be filming the movie not even a full week into me being in Rome, so talk about forcing myself to socialize. I'm excited! I cannot wait to be in the process of filmmaking, and to look good doing it. I mean, my outfit has to look like I'm going to a nightclub, so it's the perfect excuse to go shopping and spend some Christmas money. 

On an emotional ending note, acting was a way for me to overcome the speech disorder I grew up "suffering" from. It taught me how to speak in a way that people will understand, and even though the acting bug's poison didn't affect me until I was 13, I'm glad that years after my introduction to the theater, I'm still performing. Mark my words, I will be winning an Emmy in the future :)