Waking Up Me!

I am a drama queen. At the ripe young age of 6, I had my first acting gig in Whitefield, NH as the Christmas Bear--the lead--in the town play. The following year I also had the lead. When we moved back to Ohio, I tried out for all the school plays. I remember playing Katrina Von Tressel in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and wearing my mom's beautiful, long, pink skirt with lace accents and a white frilly top. In middle school, I went to Catholic school and we didn't do any performances. Luckily, in high school there were many per year. If I wasn't in the play, I was part of the crew doing the actors' make-up and costumes. I love the theater! Recently, a friend posted a note asking if anyone was interested in playing a manager in a student movie for a film student at Cleveland State University. I was totally up for it. So, I got the script and memorized my lines on a Friday night after my kids went to sleep. The following morning, I went up to CSU after dropping off my ki...