My appearance on stage was in a non-speaking role, but it was a starring role. I was Joseph in a Nativity tableau when I was in kindergarten. I was thrilled to portray the man, and was in character the moment I stepped on stage with our upstairs agnostic neighbor’s cane, as surely Joseph would have been tired and deliberate as he walked to the manger where Mary had laid the baby Jesus.
The most memorable, mind-bending aspect of my experience was extra-theatrical. I was very much in love—for want of an adequate alternate way of expressing my feelings—with the girl playing Mary, and fully expected that she would be my wife one day—one day very, very far in the future.
So, for me, it was a transformational moment.
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