Playing Troy in "High School Musical" at Fort-Osage I've been a lucky guy. Or maybe I've been a talented guy. Either way, I'm leaving high school this year with several lead roles on my resume, the anchor position for my school news, the VP position for my debate & forensics team, several awards for forensic performances, a rotary award, over 20 commercials & radio voice-overs, a few professional theatre productions, a few independent films & a job at HyVee that I love!
I'm grateful for all the opportunities I have had both big & small. God has been good to me. :) I've had the support of my family, friends, teachers, bosses & my agency as well as the acting, voice & dance coaches I've had that have pushed me to my limit & helped me attain the achievements that I have had.
This summer I will be a dancer in Sound of Music at Starlight Theatre and also the lead male dancer in a mini-ballet of "Lady and the Tiger" for Pure Dance. As I figure out my next path on the road after high school, I will be making some major decisions about going to a musical theatre program immediately or using my A+ status to attend a junior college for free for 2 years before I transfer to a 4 year university for theatre or musical theatre.
I have a lot to consider.
But the one thing I won't consider or care about are the few people who tried to pull me down or put me down in order to derail me from my goals.
I only bring this up, because in life, there will always be people who can't stand to see you succeed. it doesn't matter what field of life you are in or how old you are. I have experienced it in the acting world as well as my job, and even in school achievements. Some people will think you didn't deserve what you got; and some people just won't like you for no reason at all, but you can't let that affect who you are and who you are going to become. You have to rise above it with a good attitude and never forget the people that rejoiced in your successes and comforted you in your failures-these people will always be there-the others will fade away, replaced by new vitriolic people. Brush off their harsh criticism. Your record in life speaks for itself.
I haven't made any final decisions about my future. But one thing I know is that if the next 18 years are as successful as the last 18, I should be ok.
I'm grateful for all the opportunities I have had both big & small. God has been good to me. :) I've had the support of my family, friends, teachers, bosses & my agency as well as the acting, voice & dance coaches I've had that have pushed me to my limit & helped me attain the achievements that I have had.
This summer I will be a dancer in Sound of Music at Starlight Theatre and also the lead male dancer in a mini-ballet of "Lady and the Tiger" for Pure Dance. As I figure out my next path on the road after high school, I will be making some major decisions about going to a musical theatre program immediately or using my A+ status to attend a junior college for free for 2 years before I transfer to a 4 year university for theatre or musical theatre.
I have a lot to consider.
But the one thing I won't consider or care about are the few people who tried to pull me down or put me down in order to derail me from my goals.
I only bring this up, because in life, there will always be people who can't stand to see you succeed. it doesn't matter what field of life you are in or how old you are. I have experienced it in the acting world as well as my job, and even in school achievements. Some people will think you didn't deserve what you got; and some people just won't like you for no reason at all, but you can't let that affect who you are and who you are going to become. You have to rise above it with a good attitude and never forget the people that rejoiced in your successes and comforted you in your failures-these people will always be there-the others will fade away, replaced by new vitriolic people. Brush off their harsh criticism. Your record in life speaks for itself.
I haven't made any final decisions about my future. But one thing I know is that if the next 18 years are as successful as the last 18, I should be ok.
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