Junior Nick Bible is a leader in the theater department that the audience often does not see.  His roles continue to increase with responsibility in school productions.

Q: What made you join the theater department in the first place?
A:  I just joined it because a lot of my friends were doing it. I didn’t really have too much interest in it when I started. Then as I started doing it, the process really grew on me and is now something I’m doing all the time. I enjoy it quite a bit. I started second semester of freshman year.

Q : Did you think you were going to reach the level of leadership in the theater department that you currently maintain?
A: No, by no means. I thought I was just going to build sets every now and then. But it has just evolved into so much more than I thought it would. I didn’t realize there were so many aspects to it and how cool it could really be.

Q: Do you think you could see the field as a potential career?
A: Yes, I wouldn’t go into theater directly. I would go into an engineering aspect of theater. I am looking into structural engineering so I could design and build sets for different theater productions.

Q: Most recently, what position did you hold?
A: I was the production stage manager. That means that I was in charge of checking on all the technical aspects, and making sure they meet the actors needs to ensure the whole show comes together and does its thing.

Q: This sounds very time consuming. How do you balance your time with theater and schoolwork?A: You just kind of do it. You lose some sleep quite often.  Staying here until 8 isn’t exactly ideal, but I enjoy it and that’s why I stay. I have to push myself to get the schoolwork done, but it all falls into place.

Q: Besides major productions, what other events does the theater department take part in?
A: Just last night, we did a fundraiser where we went and mingled with doctors from St. Luke’s. They had an annual banquet and we all dressed up as characters. I was a greaser from the show Grease. As a theater department, we do a lot of other events like we have different parties and see other schools shows and have dinner. We try to build a community, so we probably do two to three things a month.

Q: What is the atmosphere like in the theater department?
A: It’s fun. Everybody that does it knows it’s serious, but it’s fun. It doesn’t seem like it’s a lot of work by any means because people are doing what they want to do.

Q: What is your favorite memory from past productions?
A: It seems ironic, but I had an accident during theater. I cut into my leg with a circular saw, so that doesn’t seem like a favorite memory by any means. I was working on the “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” and so that whole experience and the accident played a part in bringing the atmosphere really close together. We were working with kids from all over Parkway, so we weren’t as close to our theater department, but that kind of brought everyone together because everyone was like ‘Wow, this kid just had a serious accident that required 40 stitches.’ That was a good memory in that aspect, but it also wasn’t fun. It was just a minor bump in the road.