Curtain Calls
Posted by Eric Welch on Apr 19th 2025
The lights are bright.The audience is packed.My heart is beating fast, but I’m breathing through it.
This is it.
No turning back.
Fuck.What if I forget my lines?What if I miss my cue?
I peek through the curtain.My mom and stepdad are out there, front row, ready for a performance they will have no idea how to process. I chuckle to myself—they’re about to witness some pure theatre
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Full Throttle
Posted by Eric Welch on Apr 3rd 2025
I was all in now—deep in the world of local community theatre, and man… what a scene.
The juxtaposition of it all was wild. One minute I’m in the streets, flipping pounds and spending weekends in the club, and the next I’m standing in a circle at a Unitarian church, rehearsing and playin theatre games with a group of actors.
It was surreal.
I kept my worlds separate&m
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The First Step Toward Change
Posted by Eric Welch on Mar 27th 2025
Evolving was something I needed to do.
If I was serious about moving to LA, about living in Venice Beach, about focusing on art, then I had to put my money where my mouth was. The art that was driving me west wasn’t just about drawing or painting—it was acting.
I wanted to explore storytelling, to step into new worlds, to express myself in ways I’d never tried before. The problem
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Walking On Clouds
Posted by Eric Welch on Mar 22nd 2025
To me, this was living large—but of course, it wasn’t.
At 20 years old, I’d pull up to my apartment in my 2000 Cadillac STS, sitting on 24” Giovanni rims with a 15” drop-down TV in the ceiling. Just sit there. Engine humming. Smoke curling from a blunt.
I’d find myself thinking about life, staring at the faded paint on the building or watching the light catch th
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