uction of Grease. I think that throughout the whole entire play my mouth was partially open from my shear astonishment of the whole thing. Who knew that my friends could sing like that? I could not believe that these once shy 10 year old were up in front of such a big audience like it was no big deal. I was amazed, to say the least. The reason that this event in my life reminded me so much of Darwins theory of evolution concerning theatre, is because I saw very clearly that night that the people that I had grown up with were, well, evolving into people I never knew that they could be. Great actors. As I re-write this personal story I wonder if the early actors and creators of theatre, and I use that term loosely, would ever imagine how far along it would come. Theatre today is huge! Productions contain so many aspects that all take great thought and attention to detail. I wonder myself what possibly the future can hold for the fate of theatre. Or even yet, where did theatre and the idea of theatre begin? How primitive was it. Of course this is a question for not only theatre, but also the world itself. I often watch the Discovery Channels programs on Amazonian tribes, and African tribes, that still live in a very archaic civilization. A big part of their culture is tribal rituals. They have different dances and dress for different events. Whether its to rid their tribe of illness, or talk to the god of fertility, there is no doubt that they put on a very well organized performance. Charles Darwin spent his whole life trying to find where and how our existence began. He went to unconventional measures to prove that there are other answers out there. The history of theatre can, in the same way, be rigorously researched and disassembled. Every aspect of our history and our own person lives is evolved. The difference is that some things evolve within our lifetime, and some things take centuries, never really ending. The...
