Middle School Plays Part 2

Middle School plays #2: Casting

By Natalie Dolsky

Last week I auditioned for the school play and I learned how terrifying it was and that I never want to be on another stage again. Today it seemed like it was just another day at school. Another day of me staying in the shadows as I watched the kids that had just one million friends that they would gossip with or discuss the latest sporting events. Honestly I was kind of jealous, the only friend I really have is Carol. I watched the kids make their way to their home room, but others headed in the opposite direction. I turned to see where everyone was going. There was a big group of people clumped in front of the theater then I saw a hand becoming for someone in my direction then I saw cora peek her head out of the mess of students and beckoned me over “look the cast list is posted” she said I was so scared “let see if we are on here soph” I looked over at the list and stared at it and then I saw what I was horrified of the cast list looked like this:

                                         Cast List

Cady Heron - Mary Snigher

Regina George - Amber Wilson 

Gretchen Wieners - Sophie Gollen 

Karen Smith - Caroline Gliners

Janis Ian - Carol Hudson 

Damien Hubbard - Max Spegeleson

Mrs. Norbury - Ariena Noris

Principal Duvall - Ethan Hendrickson

Mrs. George - Merissa Lorance

Kevin Gnapoor - Nathan Goodman

Mrs. Heron - Elizabeth - Rose Meirn 

Shane Oman - Tom Ross

There I was. Right next to Gretchen Wieners was Sophie Gollen. Most people when they get one of the leads in the play they would be jumping up and cheering but not me I was devastated. I couldn't bear the fact that I was going to be one of the lead roles in the school play! “EEE” Carol squealed with delight “I got janis and you got gretchen this is amazing we will be in the play together now.”she exclaimed. “By amazing you mean amazingly bad. “How could this happen? My audition wasn't that good was it ?” “Look if you really don’t want the roll then just tell Ms. Liete that you can’t do the play, many other people want that roll so I’m sure it won’t be too hard to recast it. But are you sure you don’t want to try it? It's really fun, trust me. I mean sure it's scary but only at first then the jeepers go away and it's just fun after that, pure fun.” I thought about what she said. I huffed a breath and finally muttered  “I’ll do it.” “YA''- “no YAYS yet If one thing goes wrong I'm out in seconds.” 

That night I laid in my bed rethinking everything I had said earlier to Carol. I didn't know what thoughts were running through my head then I probably just reached up and grabbed a matching thought. Now though Carol won’t let me back down now. Not after I said the stupid things that had popped into my head at the time she wouldn't let me in a million gazillion years. But if I quit the play Amber will taunt me saying that I am a little kid who can’t even be the smallest bit happy when I get a main role in the play. I couldn't let that happen and even however shy I am I wouldn't let Amber do that to me my reputation at school was already pretty bad but with Amber taunting me if I drop out it will just get worse and like in mean girls Amber is Regina Gorge, the queen be, the one who makes you feel intimidated, Amber is the one who makes everyone else around her feel non important. That's what she has made me feel like in the past but she isn't making me feel that way now. Now I won't let that happen.