I pulled up to a red ancient looking building. It was an early winter morning in 2014, and I waved farewell to my mom and climbed out the car. Strolling over towards a large wooden sign, that read ‘The Barn Theater’, where I could see some of my friends lingered. They greeted me with smiles and excitement in their voices. Timidly and nervously, I replied their greetings with a small “hi.” We then began to wait for one of our teachers to arrive with the props we made earlier that week, so the props could be set up there. Everyone had helped unload and set up the props. As we entered the backstage, the smell of dirt and dust filled our noses almost making it uncomfortable to breathe. You could hear our footsteps creak as we walked on the decrepit …show more content…
Now it was forenoon, the warm bright sun felt fantastic after being in the cold and dark for hours. There was a refreshing breeze that blew the smell of dirt and dust away and replaced it with the smell of trees and leaves, as we began to stroll along the pavement. Most of us sauntered to McDonald’s, however on the way there we were laughing so hard. One of our friends who was Cindy Lou Who in the play, had done their hair very unusual, it was super tall, and was also wearing a pink onesie. As we walked, people driving past us looked so confound and bewilder making the funniest faces, which was what we were laughing at. When we eventually arrived at McDonald’s, the smell of fries cooking filled the air. I had ordered myself an oreo milkshake, fries, and a cheeseburger. Famished, I bit into my cheeseburger, which slowly satisfied my hunger. Sipping my sweet milkshake as we all joked and chatted for awhile, before heading back. Full and ready to perform, we ambled back to the front of the theater to wait for everyone to get back to the theater. Before intermission was over we sat in the cool grass preparing to leave the pleasantness of the day and return to the dark and dusty