My Debut
It was some kind of Halloween play i was playing a goblin and my big scene was with the witch who was a few years older and had done this kind of thing before Black, white, good, bad, i can't recall which kind of witch only that she was a competent actress
i had never seen so many people gathered in one place My face was green, tights and turtleneck, green wearing a green skullcap My lines failed me The competent witch began feeding me them She said her lines, then lip-synced me mine with many a pause she got me through my big scene like a ventriloquist
Little could i imagine 45 years later i'd still be at it repaying the debt helping others help me over and over as if it were all just one never-ending thing spiraling into footlights blinded by headlights continuing in the spotlight leaving after everyone else is gone leaving the ghost light on to burn through the night for those who began before me
--Larry Crist