A Look Back

I'm sitting backstage waiting for my final cue to be called to dance my choreography for the last time in cbp:LLC's production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." I'm thinking of how I got here and of all the people who have influenced me. And I remember Drew University's Department of Theatre and Dance.

I get nostalgic 

Each closing night

I remember so much 

Remember so many plights.

I think of me

And how I've grown

And how glad I am

That growth has shown.

I think back to all

Who've impacted me

Helped me to become

All I could be.

I think of the man

Who started it all

A man who caught me

Each time I'd fall.

A man who says

A theatre major I'd be

Who saw my potential

When that I couldn't see.

Then all too quick,

In a blink he was gone.

The love he instilled in me

Forever lives on.

I sit here too

Thinking of all the hands

Who have helped me to grow 

My theatrical plans.

All of the professors

Who stood by me

Taught me to learn

My own potential to see.

Rosemary and Lisa

They inspired me to write

Helped me persevere

Through a dramaturgy fight.

Baz and And

Taught me how to design

To build sets and character

And always challenged my mind.

Dan is a sage

Wise and true

Words of encouragement 

He'll always give you.

Then there's Chris

Who taught me to act

 Made me a great teacher too

And that is a fact.

And of course there's Cheryl

Who taught me most to grow.

To dance and choreograph

And all about Laban I know.

As I sit backstage 

Working in this art

I'm so grateful for the knowledge 

Each chose to impart.

This closing night

Is special to me

Because I think of those

Who taught me to be.