Once upon a time, in the greenroom tucked under the SPU theatre building, I heard two very important words for the first time in my life. Trittany Bipton spoke that fateful duo, "Second City," and set my destiny-ball a'rollin'.Saturday with be my first class, and today was my orientation. I got to pass under those stone-faced arches and into that original stage that first premiered itself in 1959. Holla! There's really not much to say that would interest many - it was just your typical, run of the mill orientation. The artistic director walked us briefly through a general outline of Second City as a theatre and then we broke up by program where the head of the writing department outlined the different stages and course information. Also, this building is like a labyrinth, with dozens of ramps, escalators, and stunted staircases between you and wherever you're trying to go. So, that was tons of fun for my hangover . . .
Really, I'm just writing this to express, again, how extremely thankful I am to finally be here. Thankful for my friends and family for all of their phenomenal support, thankful for my two years worth of tax returns that eventually financed my move, and thankful to God, for giving me an ambition and talents that pair so well, as well as an undeserved degree of extreme confidence.
In conclusion, the best sentence from said orientation: "Take the work seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously."
