It has been awhile now since Christmas Redemption has ended. Closing the curtains with two of our best shows. It was a very long road and I am happy that I finally got the chance to showcase my acting talent to people outside my school. It’s brought back memories of the days when I always used to go out on stage and dance like it was no ones business, competing against different dance companies. Everything was just phenomenal for me. I loved it. Yes, at times we would run into problems like costume changes, set changes, lighting and sound difficulties but that's what happens when your in a production, things will go wrong it's just the way you approach the issue and how you deal with it.
In this production I had two different character roles. On Saturday I played granny and on Sunday I played Claudette (Jamaican born). I would have to say my favorite show was on Saturday. I loved playing the role of granny, the acting just came so real, my lines were fully memorized and I felt it in my soul and heart that I knew I could go on stage and nail that character. Before that performance day I have never performed the granny character in front of anybody, maybe once in front of a little group but never in front of a big whole audience that were full of hundreds of people. I felt the motivation to bring it, go big or go home. I think the best part of playing granny would be the fact that I know people had doubt in me to see if I could play the granny character well because I was just an understudy. The original granny performed on Sunday because she couldn't do Saturday's show. My director needed a back up plan, and I was her first choice. She believed in me and knew that I could handle a huge role like Granny. Who was the main character and in every scene. So of course people had doubt if I could pull it off or not and I already knew that so when I went up there and I did, I was proud of myself and also gave the rest of my cast a good shock.
They recognized that I was perfect for the job, though at first when my director came to me I was like "oh no, this is a big role for me and its my very first stage play outside of school, I don't know if I can do it, I'm nervous". My director and the original granny gave me some words of encouragement and after a min of thinking about it I felt more confident and realized maybe this happened for a reason. I love acting and for my first time doing a stage play outside of school I got to play a main character. Well I believe that I couldn't of done it without my trainer (Original granny) and especially God. I prayed days and night about this performance and he allowed it to come through. Thank you God and thank you Kandice (O.G).
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