Opening Night

I was fourteen when I started taking drama classes at the Renaissance Palace. I was very excited when Laura, the drama teacher, told us about auditions for South Pacific. One day I told my mom I wanted to go to the auditions. She hesitated then said, “You know it will be a lot of work.” I told her “I know it will but I really want to audition. Just to see if I could make it.” She finally gave in. I had a lot of work to do to prepare for the auditions. I needed a song to sing. To sing it I had to have the sheet music. At the auditions they split us into groups of ten, they taught us a short dance to perform. Even though the audition was difficult, it was a lot of fun. I had to wait four excruciating days to hear from Eric, the director. Finally the day came. I came home from school and on the answering machine was a message from Eric. He said “Hey April it is Eric. I am calling in regards to your audition for South Pacific, if you could call me back at 446-5775 ASAP. Than...