My freshman year was the first time I ever stepped into a theatre, not as an audience member, but as an actress. It was one of the most life changing things that has happened to me. The beautiful posters of every show that had been performed there on that stage, where in just a few weeks I would be with all of my classmates putting on our first show, performing my first monologue, and auditioning for my first show. All of these feelings rushed over me in a second, all to be stopped when I looked up and mistook the girl who would become my big sister, as my new teacher. This place would soon become my home, my safe place, and I would gain a new family from this. Here's why I fell in love with theatre, and why I will never regret it.

1. The stage can be any place in the entire world

The worlds a stage and the stage is the entire world. You can be anywhere, feeling anything. From laughing, to sobbing, to even playing roles you never thought you'd play, you can be anything.

2. It is the only place to sing and dance with no judgement at all

Chances are everyone around you will join in too! Flash mobs are always welcome.

3. You have a full time second family

I never fit in, but the minute I stepped into the theatre I found people with hearts full of love, but more importantly I found my family, and I wouldn't change it for anything.

4. I can be whoever I want to be

You can be whoever, whatever, and anything you have ever wanted to be. In a way, being everything helps you to find who you really are, and it changes you for the better.

5. Theatre kids love with their whole hearts and nothing less

We love each other, everything in life, and everything around us. It is the greatest feeling ever to love life and to see life in a way that makes it so bright and beautiful. To us theatre is not just a class, it's our whole life.

I fell in love with theatre a year ago, and I will never fall out of love with it. I am so blessed to be a part of theatre, and to have a new family. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in this, and I cannot wait for what is to come!