Graduation Day is fast approaching.
Everyone\u2019s making plans.
Kathy\u2019s signed a contract to teach art in a Cleveland High School.
Lillian\u2019s going to marry Bill, stay in Erie, and work at the Playhouse.
After six weeks student teaching Biology at Erie High, I know what I don\u2019t want to do.
Mom thinks I should work in a research or hospital lab.
Dad thinks I\u2019d be good at public relations or marketing.
For now, I\u2019m not thinking about it.
Kathy, Lillian and I are in rehearsal for Pride and Prejudice, our ninth show together.
It\u2019s a bittersweet time. Helen Kelly is more than our director, she\u2019s our guiding light.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m on my way back to the dorm when Miss Kelly stops me.
A friend of hers runs a summer theatre in Ohio.
He\u2019s looking for actors. Would I be interested?<\/p>\n
Would I be interested!<\/p>\n
I complete the application, write a short essay about myself, record two monologues, on the reel to reel tape recorder in the theatre lab, attach a copy of my year book picture, and seal my future in a manilla envelope.
A few weeks later, a contract for Williamstown Summer Theatre is in my mailbox.
Overjoyed, I run, skip, hop, jump, dance to the theatre to share my good news with Miss Kelly.
She\u2019s almost as excited as I am.
My parents don\u2019t exactly share the enthusiasm.
But \u201cit\u2019s only a summer job\u201d.<\/p>\n
Helen Kelly knew me well.
She always listened.
She heard the words in my heart.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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