In High School I played some roles in our spring musicals
. The only reason this is significant is because my high school was known for having the best musicals in eastern PA. Each year we have a budget of 30k and thats saying something for a school that has only four thousand kids K-12.
I acted for the first time on stage when i was a sophmore. I played the role of Harry Trevor/Baptista in "Kiss me Kate" and when I was a junior I played Big Jule in "Guys and Dolls". Our directer was asked to direct broadway musicals but passed because he didnt want to travel his whole life haha. His antics are....questionable. Girls would usually leave practice crying. But everyone, including the cast, loved him because all in all, he was a nice dude and we knew that he was only doing his best to make the musicals the best they could be. When I was a senior I was picked to play Abner Dillon in "42nd Street" but I backed out because I needed to focus on my grades. So instead of acting I just worked backstage as the Assistant Stage Manager
We used some original sets from Broadway and original costumes(they are not as nice as you would guess. most of them are musty and smell terrible because they are 40+ years old) We would take pictures of the backs of the sets because famous actors would write their names on them. You can't see it from the audience obviously but there were some REALLY cool signatures. One of my friends who played Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls", had a costume from the 1992 revival show, which won 4 awards at the Tony Awards, including "Best Revival".
If I find the pictures I'll post them on here
I had some opportunities to continue acting on stage after high school, but as some of you guys know, I had to move to Kansas City, so that has been put on hold :/
Hopefully some day I'll be back to the stage but I still have the occasional uke-gig to look forward too