I Am

My name is Michael Davis, I am 17 years old and I'm from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda. I have been going to Cheshire Academy for four years now and my experience with theater is that I have been the lead role in Peter Pan when I was in 7th grade and after that I revived my acting skills by joining the musical in sophomore year and have done it every year since (including this upcoming year). Back home, one of my nicknames is King Charisma because of my often charismatic behavior and flamboyant state, for example, when I'm not being charismatic or flamboyant, my friends will often say "where's King Charisma at today". I am also very athletic and am becoming a top flight tennis player, I have been playing for 7 years now and am hoping to make a splash on the varsity team this year but before that I am hoping to dish out an impressive performance at Nationals back home this winter. I have to be honest, tennis is my love and I love it more than anything in the world besides my family and it truly does add to my flamboyant behavior and truly brings a smile to my face every time I hear anything about tennis or whenever I am on a tennis court. My strengths in tennis are the fact that I am really fast and have a good eye for the court and my surroundings. My weakness is my mental game, whenever I hit a string of bad shots it tends to get in my head and knock me off track no matter how well I was doing before. It is also the same with acting and singing, I tend to get very frustrated at myself very easily and it is something that I am going to have to learn to grow out of as I reach the climactic stages of my youth. Which brings me to my last fact about me, I sing and play the drums. I have been singing for about 5 years now and I've been playing the drums for 2 years and I love them both so much, like tennis, music brings a smile to my face whether I'm singing, behind the kit or simply just listening. Acting class for me is going to hopefully be a confidence booster for the musical and tighten up the screws on old skills as well as learn new skills. I have definitely matured as an actor but I still do not have the proper confidence it will take for me to ever pursue a lead role but I'm hoping that by the time the musical comes around I will have the skills that are necessary for me to pursue a role like that. My reason for taking this class is because honestly I learn so much from Mrs. Guarino and I do enjoy being in her class, I had a blast last year in lit & performance and I know this class is going to be the same, but also, acting is definitely a passion of mine and I am definitely looking to improve.