Day 6: Anna

Today, I decided, would be the perfect day to embody Anna. What I respect about Anna is that she is never afraid to be one hundred percent herself. She is fearless, strong, optimistic, and embraces her awkwardness. Family is also her number one priority. Today I am determined to embody her true-to-herself attitude and her dedication to her family.

Today is my last show ever with Hoggard's Honors Theater class. The drama department is like family; we bicker, we fight, but everyone has each other''s backs, no matter what. It has been a long three years in this class and I am sad to leave it. The show tonight was especially hard knowing that it would be my last time on the stage for good. At the end of Yellow Boat I felt it actually hit me that I was officially done. At first I felt relief and then I just felt plain sad. It is not everyday that you lose family and this is what that felt like, like I was losing part of myself. While I know I am moving on to do even bigger and better things there will always be a part of me that wishes I could just be a freshman sitting in Drama 1 again.

After the show we went out to dinner as the last thing we would ever do together as a class. We literally had 29 people sitting at one table in Red Robin. My classmates were loud and goofing off. Normally I would hide my face and mentally apologize to the people around but I ended up just laughing it off and enjoying myself.

I chose to be Anna today because I know how much family means to her and how much of an impact my drama family has had on my life over the past few years. It was time to say goodbye and I thought that would be easier to do as optimistic, fearless Anna. It wasn't.

Tomorrow, for my last day, I will be embodying Cinderella.