“Switch” Play Audience Member Experience

Today I went on a sophomore field trip to a foster play. We all had to be in the front of the school office by 8:15 and we took a bus. When we went on the bus we were able to sit with who ever we wanted to sit with. I had sat next to Alex. We played a couple of games on the way there. Miss. Priester had made a little play of her own which was really funny. When we got there I had ran into old friends which were foster youth who had emancipated from the system. Once we had got into the theater they sat us down and from there the play started. The part when the actor pretended to be a little boy getting taken away from CPS made me cry. It brought flashbacks and old feelings that were still kept in me. I though that the play was real and very emotional. I thought that the characters had played their roles very well. The writer of the play wrote this play to show people what foster children had been through or what they are going through now. Two actors knew about the system and two of the actors knew nothing about the system until they were asked to play the roles of foster children. These stories were lives of real foster children who had been through all that emotional destruction. It was very touching in my opinion. After the play, we left and we had pizza. I did not have anything to eat because It was my choice, but I was able to tell that it was good because my classmates went back for more or they were just hungry. I enjoyed the trip. I am glad that I chose to go instead of refusing like I was planning to do, but I had a great time. Then we went back on the bus and headed back to school. The bus ride back was fun too. I know that everyone had a good time, they probably thought it was better than being at SPA and going to class.