Student Blogger: Savannah Raeder

At the end of October, I was given the incredible opportunity of traveling with a few other theatre students at my school to New York City, where for a whole weekend we lived the life of off-Broadway actors living in NYC.

Theatre kids are no strangers to busy schedules. I feel like around every corner there’s a new show, a new scene to memorize, a new song to learn, another audition to prepare for, etc. Scheduling becomes a feat one must master through communication.

This semester I am a part-time student as well as working a part-time job. I went into the semester thinking that meant I would not have as busy of a schedule. But taking opportunities has taken my schedule another direction.

Going into senior year, my goal has been to stop thinking ahead. Have I accomplished this? Well, I closed my first show as a senior last Sunday which is absolutely bonkers. I performed in a comedic, period piece called Tom Jones that exhausted me mentally and physically. Despite this, I was extremely fulfilled doing what I love to do. As I have come back to school for my final year, I have been distracting myself with these rehearsals and performances. Now that it’s over, I realize how much I have not processed about starting my final year and how terrified I am to no longer feel that fulfillment. And wow, has that realization been more than overwhelming.