Hard 2 Hide Research Paper

“Hard 2 Hide” is an original musical created and produced by myself and another student in my last year of high school. The musical focused on addressing serious problems with which teenagers in high school may be secretly managing, including anorexia, drug abuse, and the peer pressure associated with societal demands. However, because of the limited resources available and our relative inexperience with creating a musical from the absolute beginning, there were many points in the development of the production in which we were forced to make drastic cuts and revisions, sometimes only hours before a scheduled rehearsal. In addition, because the cast of this musical was composed of our fellow peers, the usual director-cast relationship established
in professional musical productions was modified; this was a volunteer production put on by our friends and peers, thus we could not simply direct the cast as if they were employees. Nevertheless, regardless of these unique conditions, the entire production troupe was able to overcome all obstacles, and the production was successfully presented both to the school and to the community at large. I had managed to keep up with the many revisions required through to opening night, as well as effectively express these revisions to the cast, orchestra, and stagehands. While it was not without minimal conflict, I had demonstrating resilience in with a creative and social sense; I had managed to communicate to my peers with authority and empathy, understanding the peer dynamic between myself and everyone else involved.