Brody Brighton,
sixteen year old star.
Lighting up every stage
sixteen year old star.
Lighting up every stage
on this side of North Clayton.
Yeah,
I'm a star.
Danny in Grease,
Roger in Rent,
Seymore,
in Little Shop of Horrors.1
There isn't a role on the planet
that I can't master.
There isn't a show on Earth
that I can't perform.
Roger in Rent,
Seymore,
in Little Shop of Horrors.1
There isn't a role on the planet
that I can't master.
There isn't a show on Earth
that I can't perform.
I'm only sixteen,
and I've been in eight musicals.
Want me to list them?
and I've been in eight musicals.
Want me to list them?
Grease, Rent, Little Shop,
Cabaret, West Side Story,
Phantom of the Opera,
Into the Woods and Annie.
Cabaret, West Side Story,
Phantom of the Opera,
Into the Woods and Annie.
I was a lead in every one,
and that's not even including the
plays.
and that's not even including the
plays.
But don't think I'm conceited,
because I'm not. I promise.
because I'm not. I promise.
I've put everything I have
into these shows.
I put more effort into my acting
than I put into my living.2
Acting is my escape.
It's the one serenity where
I don't have problems,
because I'm not my problematic self.
I'm someone else.
into these shows.
I put more effort into my acting
than I put into my living.2
Acting is my escape.
It's the one serenity where
I don't have problems,
because I'm not my problematic self.
I'm someone else.
I spend every day
and most of the night
just practicing.3
And then I balance school,
if you can count fifty-fives
and sixties as "balance."
and most of the night
just practicing.3
And then I balance school,
if you can count fifty-fives
and sixties as "balance."
I had a thirty in math once,
until the North Clayton Theatre Group
threatened to cut me
because my marks were so low.
In two weeks, I brought it up
to a sixty-five.
until the North Clayton Theatre Group
threatened to cut me
because my marks were so low.
In two weeks, I brought it up
to a sixty-five.
There are times,
like with any job,
where I just can't take it
anymore. Where the
pressure just gets to me.
And it's times like these that
I turn to nature.4
There's a lot of pressure
in being someone else,
especially a main character,
and nothing relieves the pressure
like pouring rain,
thunderstorms
and the crashing of waves
at sunrise.5
A breath of fresh air can do anything,
for those who hardly taste it.
like with any job,
where I just can't take it
anymore. Where the
pressure just gets to me.
And it's times like these that
I turn to nature.4
There's a lot of pressure
in being someone else,
especially a main character,
and nothing relieves the pressure
like pouring rain,
thunderstorms
and the crashing of waves
at sunrise.5
A breath of fresh air can do anything,
for those who hardly taste it.
On stage,
there is no fresh air.
Just you,
a chorus of ragdolls
and an audience full of
hungry piranhas,
hoping you'll fall to their depths.
there is no fresh air.
Just you,
a chorus of ragdolls
and an audience full of
hungry piranhas,
hoping you'll fall to their depths.
And if you do,
you're done.
There's no second chance.
you're done.
There's no second chance.
Adding your comment:
It's a really different way of telling a story, and I like how this just unfolds and how the words just flow into one another. The storyline itself was pretty good too; conveyed very believably and written very well. This held my interest throughout and I particularly like the complexity of your character Brody. He has all the markings of a star but it seems as though he's at a conflict with himself, that he can't juggle the two worlds of stage and reality and I'm curious as to what will happen to him in the end. All in all an impressive piece of prose.
I'm not that great at prose myself, but you managed to pull it off really well. I enjoyed this a lot, and parts of it rang very true to me.
). And the way you ended it makes me so eager for more! Yo Kevan, you might have just become one of my favorite writers here 
