Faith Horton

I never used to tell people I’m a theater kid. When I was forced too, I said “okay but I’m not like a theater kid. I'm a cool theatre kid” (which is an oxymoron). But as much as I rejected the phrase, I was a theater kid through and through. I did my first musical when I was 8 years old and after that day, I was always on stage. But when I started high school, I hung up the costumes, and inquired about an entirely new branch of theater.

My sophomore year, I wrote my first script. I was in my Psychology class and my teacher uttered the dreaded words: Final Project. My group and I began to brainstorm what we could do to get an A, as this teacher was NOT one to give out an easy 100. One girl in my group thought of the idea to create a superhero film about the different parts of the brain. My face instantly lit up and before my own brain had time to function, I said, “I can write the script!”. I had no idea what I was getting into, but I wrote it, and we got an A. I would say it was a pretty successful first attempt.

I didn't know that “The Adventures of the Amygdala '' was going to change my life's trajectory as it did. I began to put all my focus into writing. I wrote monologues, duologues, and even full-length scripts. Creating a story from scratch was a feeling unlike any other. It was euphoric. That terrible short about brain functions helped me discover my passion. And while I may be behind the scenes now, I have finally grown fond of the label “theater kid”.