I have to admit that I was emotionally, mentally, and physically challenged in playing the role of Orpheus in Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Playing a guy's role was nothing new to me (our director has yet to cast me as a female character… Or maybe she will never), but Orpheus, as the god of music, loved his wife Eurydice dearly, had so much hope in finding her, and even became slightly too crazy from planning his trip to the underworld (aka hell), finally broke down in realizing that Eurydice and him would never be together again. This play shows how powerful passion is. It was incredibly beautiful and I had fun singing for the first time on stage. I learned and loved my role as Orpheus more and more every rehearsal. It taught me the pride and burden of being the lead (not to mention how to find the spotlight and interact with the space around me), and am really thankful for getting casted as it. It was very rewarding to hear from the audience how they were so moved that they teared up. Hopefully, this will not be my performance at my high school. I am debating whether to audition for or do stage sets in the spring production as it's a musical (still uncertain about my singing though everyone seemed to have enjoyed it); but if I do audition, can I be casted as a girl? Please?
