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Happy 50th: The children of the Talahassi Theater find a place to belong, stay near your heart – Talahasi Democrat

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Happy 50th: The children of the Talahassi Theater find a place to belong, stay near your heart – Talahasi Democrat

Ayla Harrison
| Columnist

В неотдавнашния хит на Бродуей на „Увелително се завъртаме“ на шоуто на Сондхайм с участието на известен известен бивш магьосник на момче, има сърдечна мелодия от финала, който би направил перфектната тематична песен за театър „Актьори“, телбод в Tallahassee Arts Arts сцена.

The song is called “Our Time” and it is about the lasting relationships of friendship – dug and found in the trenches of the show business. Moreover, the theater.

The Youth Theater School celebrated its 50th year last weekend, including three days of events dedicated to the history of YAT and their unwavering commitment to the arts education.

Nostalgia was tangible. I was a student at that iconic GlenView Drive pink building many years ago – but from the moment the festivities began – as if I had never left.

Theater: “Art education is absolutely necessary”: Tony Hale helps young actors celebrate 50th

“Trueing Party” and speeches

Last Friday night, YAT graduates gathered for Acting Party at the theater. Founder Tina Williams received a standing ovation from a packaged house of scholarships, representing the last five decades. There were tears and speeches.

Beloved music director Alison Grims led a circle of “Yattie” voice heated, which we would sing before every musical. Part of me wondered if I would actually remember that an opera -style tune “no more Crispi rice”? (For a child, this was the most worse you could sing as Pavaroti for a breakfast product.)

To my surprise, every note rushed for a moment. Generations of graduates threw themselves to the ceiling, as if we were all back at this stage, preparing for another night of opening. Somehow I felt as proof that you can be far from a place for years, but your heart never leaves.

Saturday night, in a large ballroom on the FSU campus, the pink carpet was unfolded for a glittering gala filled with the same high -octane love from the previous night. There were evening dresses that dripped with sequins, elegant costumes, champion, dancing and performances by current and former YAT students.

From my small gold banquet chair, I watched hundreds of guests from every corner of the globe, gathered to celebrate this exceptional achievement.

The host of the evening was the actor won by Emmy, and Yat’s Alum Tony Hale. He moved through a monologue to open letters glued with jokes, and overflowing with warm memories of his first artistic home.

Later that evening, when Mayor John Daily introduced Tony key to Talahasi, he was merciful and kind; But most of all, Tony was infusing in her admiration for Yat and Tina. A woman who created a safe haven for creativity for so many young people. A woman who taught everyone in this room that it is good to let yourself dream.

Affiliation

For me and many other theater of young actors, it was much more than just after school. It was a place to find the person you could become. One of the first monologues I’ve ever written was for my first Yat audition.

We had to read scenes from the script, but for some reason I decided to write a piece for an actor who couldn’t decide what to do for their first audition (I know so hiding).

I definitely torn off lines of famous movies. There were ridiculous accents. I had not made the defined material, so I was at risk of being embarrassed by the whole company. But when I finished – a second of a second of silence followed – then everyone in the theater erupted in applause. The whole place was vibrating with joy. When I took my place, my face hurts with a smile.

I was a hyper active, obsessed with a book, who liked to invent stories. So far, from my 12 years on this planet, I have been looking for a place to belong. And with that audition, everyone said: Enter. Let’s play.

This is what Yat, Tina and their instructors have given the TALLAHSSEE community in the last 50 years. Show after show. Season after season. This is a place for children to feel visible and heard. A place that plans young people with discipline, integrity, curiosity and lasting appreciation for the arts.

In the world

I kept in touch with my friends from my YAT days on many text threads, as we all left Talahassi to go to college, rushing into the busy, busy world of adulthood. Becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, producers, choreographers, actors, writers, visual artists, interior designers, therapists, social workers – there is even a yattie in NASA.

But last weekend, in exactly 48 hours, we were all teenagers again – fighting around, piling up in the rear seats of cars screaming show tunes at the top of our lungs – and none of us wanted to miss a single second of it S Our epic hangs, stretched on the days of the night.

They were filled with travel to Whataburger, scattered chats of someone’s very adult, looking ceramic barn, and endless conversations about where we were in life and where we were heading. And the laughter – the same as he once was – never stopped.

A few days later, a friend of a LA textbook writer, asking what I thought. When I told him who I had been with until four o’clock in the morning for the last few nights, he wrote: It’s so special that he has this with a group of friends. It is very rare.

I just sent a message: I know.

For some people, it can take a lifetime to meet people who become friends forever. Or find the beginning of your very most common self. I was lucky to find both at the age of 12 in a large pink Glenview Drive building.

I can’t wait for the next generation of yatties to do exactly the same. And maybe, maybe they will also think of that famous Sondheim lyrics: “We started …” here … “

Ayla Harrison is a playwright and screenwriter. She lives in Los Angeles and can be found in the Los Angeles Times. She grew up in Talahassi. Follow her to Instagram @outinThestacks

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