If you’re reading this, you’re either a student who wants to join Drama club as it seems fun and interesting, or just someone who is curious about what goes on in the back of the curtains. If so, then you’re at the right article. I’ll be going more into what the Drama club does when we’re not on stage presenting the best plays you’ve ever seen. Such as different things we do besides acting, different types of people we need besides actors, and just how hard you’ll have to work in Drama club.
While acting is one of the main things in Drama club, it’s not the only thing the actors do. Another main thing we do is painting. Sometimes chairs aren’t the right colors, or certain props just don’t fit, so what do we do? Paint over it of course. In drama, paint is used a lot more than you would expect. Especially for the backgrounds of the play, where most of our time not acting is spent. Sometimes we’d have to do a little bit of construction, such as nailing things together, and carrying heavy loads to one place or another.
Another thing about drama is that there’s a lot more roles than just being an actor on stage. While the audience’s eyes are solely on the actors, there’s plenty of people in the shadows that make sure everything goes smoothly. One such role would be the stage manager, the one who tells us our lines when we’re practicing, keeping watch to make sure the blocking, movement, and everything is correct. Then we have the stage crew, without them the theater would be really boring to watch. They’re the people that move things around in the dark to make things progress. Then there’s the lights which helps the stage crew stay hidden while also dramatizing things. All these roles coordinate together in order for a perfect performance in drama. So if you’re too shy to go on the stage, you can still contribute to drama in your own unique ways.
Now while Drama club is only a club, you’re expected to be there every day as if it was a sport. The reason drama requires you to be there for two hours almost every day a week is because there are many things to consider doing. Like which way the actors face, how loud they have to project their voice, and just how it looks to the audience. Actors also need to get their lines memorized and be comfortable with them. We need to know the entire play like the back of our hand before presenting otherwise it can turn into a nightmare. So when you join Drama club, you’ll need to know that you’re gonna be pushing yourself pretty hard. But it’s all worth it when you can look back at the play and see how good of a job you did.
Overall drama was a really fun and unique experience for me, providing me with a lot of fun memories and feeling accomplished. Now would I recommend it to you personally? It heavily depends, as almost all questions do, on if you’re willing to spend almost two hours of your day every day during play season for it. If you have those two hours and are willing to spend them, it’s an awesome experience to take! You feel like a mini celebrity when you walk onto the stage with all the eyes on you. It helps you project your voice and lower a lot of your social anxiety. If you don’t have those two hours or you’re taking really hard classes, then I wouldn’t. It’s very costly, making you memorize many lines while juggling classes is a difficult task. But if you ever get the chance to try it out, I’d tell you to give it a shot.
