Theater and Movies

By: Paige Kleinfelder '14



A quick glimpse at what I have been up to:

The two past weekends I have been finishing up my community service requirement by working backstage for the six performances of God’s Favorite. The comedy was put on by Elmira Little Theatre at the Clemens Center. After working on the set for the show over the past month I found myself eager to see how it would all come together. It was an amazing set design because during the intermission the mansion living room had to transform into a burnt out shell of a room. This meant that rather than dressing all in black and clearing away the set in the dark while the theater was empty I found myself with half a dozen other backstage crew members each in firemen jackets. We lifted away and spun walls to reveal burnt section, then placed debris around the floor and removed the decorations. There were six performances and each was better than the one before. I never thought going to community service would be fun or that I would have so many good memories from it. I have made a lot of friends from ELT and plan on taking part in future productions. How could I pass up the chance to play dress up again, next time I am hoping to be a doctor or an astronaut.

This weekend I watched a movie with my friends to unwind after the Friday performance. I joined Pickles, Sarah, Mikayla, and Emily for what we thought would be a scary movie night. The movie choice, After Life, turned out to just be creepy. Very creepy. So in response to that I have realized a few important things:

1. My roommate is no longer allowed to pick the group movies for the weekends.
2. I am now terrified to go to funeral homes.
3. If someone tells me that I am dead, the first thing I am going to do is breathe on a mirror.
And most importantly:
4. I need to watch some old school Disney movies to try and recover.

Those are just some of the things I have been doing. But now, I must return to studying for Education midterm, which is currently scaring me more than After Life.