Emma 

 When I tell people that I do theatre at a place called New Enlgand Youth Theater there response in always the same. Thy rejistor what I just said and imidiatly their mind starts thinking of school plays or comunity theater. And they smile and nod in a polite way saying "thats nice."  or "that sounds fun"

So ofcourse I try to explain that NEYT isnt an ordinary youth theater and that its more of a professional theater and the actors just happen to be kids. But I try to sound modest  and end up makeing it sound stuck up and, well, just terrible. So really the only way you can truly understand NEYT is through seeing a show or being in a show or even a class. Because NEYT is more then just a youth theater its a home and a family. And when I say that you may laugh and think that is one of the most cliche things I'v ever read. But theres no way around it, and really its the only way to describe NEYT. 

 Plays I've been in (on the old stage)
1. The poet/pirate, Dandy in Jolly Roger and the Pirate Queen 

2. Amryilis in the 30 person cast of the musical Music Man

3. Mr. Gruff and a siren in the Stearns/Amidon musical, Princess Willow and the King of Theives

4. Pompington, the father in the comedic play within a play, Scheme of the Driftless Shifter (one of my favorite parts)

5. Brigitta Von Trapp, in the famous musical, The Sound of Music (a double cast production)

6. the Late Rabbit (one of Rabbits Friends-and-Relations) in a play from my FAVORITE book, Winnie-the-Pooh

7. Amy in the play based on Louisa May Allcot's novel, Little Women (one of my favorite plays to put on)

8. stage manager for the first time with Rebecca, for the play Harvey

9. Detective Angel in the gender reversed melodrama, My Gun Is Pink

10. Sir Toby Belch, the rotund drunkard, in Shakespeare's Twelth Night

11.  the Strawberry Seller, Book Stall Owner, and a Chorus member in the last show on NEYT's old home stage, Oliver!

 (on the new stage)

12. Mrs Farfanello, and Juan Revolta in my second Stearns/Amidon show, the re-run of the Blind King and the Sleeping Queen.

13. Rosetta Enchellada, tango dancer and sultry temptress, in one of the four melodramas, Way Way Off Broadway

14. Adrianna, the wife of Antipholus of Ephesus, in Shakespeares Comedy of Errors

15. Hot box dancer in my fourth musical, Guy & Dolls

16. Titania siren queen in A Midsummer Pirates (or Nights) Dream (by far my favorite costume)

Emma , age 12