Curtain Calls
Posted by Eric Welch on Apr 19th 2025
The lights are blinding.The audience is packed.My heart pounds like a war drum, 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, smiling, ready for a performance they will have no idea how to process. I laugh to myself—they’re about to witness
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Full Throttle
Posted by Eric Welch on Apr 3rd 2025
I was all in now,
deep in the world of 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 under the neon glow of a club, and the next I’m standing in a circle at a Unitarian church, playing theatre games with actors.
It was surreal.
I kept my worlds separate—or at least, I tr
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