Shana McKie
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The Stage that Changed Everything
Imagine you walk into an abandoned house with rats scratching at the floorboards and mold eating away at the foundation of the walls, you feel your body reacting to the stench of the living room involuntarily causing you to hold back tears in your eyes. You then look over at your mother expecting the same intense reaction, but all you see are her lips forming the words, “We’ll take it!”—surprising everyone, even the landlord that's renting us this horrific home. This was my entire childhood and every house that we moved to from day one only got worse. In my experience, life is all about changes. Just when you think nothing will change, everything does. Growing up, I didn’t have a very healthy childhood. My family was very dysfunctional, and I felt as if I didn’t belong anywhere. Looking back, I would’ve never even considered joining theatre based on everything going on around me; luckily had the opportunity to walk through those dimly lit doors to the stage that would change my life forever. Theatre helped me overcome my shyness while creating powerful friendships and changing my life for the better.
By Shana McKie5 years ago in Motivation