observation/description of subject on stage ie: The theater is quiet. A group of student actors are scattered across the stage, scripts in hand. Among them is junior Camden Loeser, who is playing [character's name] in this years production of The Crucible
“[My favorite part is] the nerves before you go on stage,” says Loeser. “Knowing that people are about to see you and be impressed with your talents.”
Loeser has been involved in theater since age four, when he played a mouse in his first show, Twas One Crazy Night Before Christmas. Loesers favorite performance to this day is The Sound of Music, in which he portrayed Frederic in the Ogunquit Playhouse production in the summer of 2010. “When you perform the show as much as I did, you become the character,” says Loeser, who valued the production for its professional experience.
Loeser plans on pursuing musical theater after high school, though he’s worried about the competitiveness of art schools. “Sometimes you’re hard on yourself and feel like you should be able to do what everyone else can do.”
It takes incredible dedication to become an artist. For many graduates, art is created on the side in conjunction with a day job. With an overflowing wave of young artists, it is difficult to stand out and be successful.
“Everyone likes drawing, everyone like photography, everyone likes writing,” says senior Danielle Morin, “It’s hard to excel and get noticed.” (story on danielle either before or after this quote)
Nowadays, a masters degree in art is essential to a professional career in many artistic fields.
“[It’s scary] knowing that there will always be someone better than you,” says Loeser. For professional actors, competition, training and preparing for auditions is an enormous part of the business, not unlike professional athletes. “That’s your entire life.”
But what constitutes being successful? Yearly salary? Number of tickets sold or books published? “As long as I feel happy in what I’m doing and feel like this what I’m supposed to do,” says Loeser, “I want it to feel beneficial to me.”
“I don’t think I’ll do anything else. I don’t love anything else more than theater enough to want to.”
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RD is incomplete. I haven't gotten interview w/ Danielle or much observation from Camden. Waiting for camera to complete the latter so I can kill two birds with one stone. So I haven't a solid lead. What I have completed, I believe, is done well. I just need to expand and elaborate on my ideas.
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