Freaks and Geeks

I was in the drama club in high school. My friend called it the freaks and geeks club. And although you got a good assortment of those, there were many types of people who were in our drama club. We even won a state competition while I was there. "Guys and Dolls."

The most vivid memory I remember is when the male lead singing "I've never been in love before." For some reason I can hear his voice when he hits the climax of the song. I can recall seeing Nicely and the guys singing "Sit down your rockin the boat" Last minute, one of the actresses dropped out of the show for academic reasons, so a memory that sticks out in my mind is when the 'dolls' are doing their show tune and they threw in a girl who was neither graceful nor eloquent in and she knew it. She played it up and it was wildly hilarious to see her jump in, 'trying' to do all the things that the other girls were doing. It took the fun scene to a whole new level. Why we didn't have her in the show in the first place, no one quite knows.

My friend didn't understand what goes into a theatre production. The freaks and geeks of high school could turn the theatre upside down and into something great.

I still think about and appreciate all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes when I see a play. I saw 'Beauty and the Beast' and marveled at their self revolving sets. 'Momma Mia' had amazing vocalists who worked long and hard hours to perfect each ABBA song without getting laryngitis. 'Some like it hot.' had eye popping make-up artists, who transformed the men into 'ladies.' And I'm always curious on how the children are going to climb out of a wardrobe and into Narnia in "The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe.'

So one last hurrah from this blogger for the freaks and geeks that live behind the scenes, who have truely found their calling.