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...Camp Grizzly in the northern desert, Marines spend the sunset hour of most days throwing horseshoes they've made by bending tent spikes. Some do chin-ups on a 2-by-4 hung from a wooden frame next to their tent. Or they just relax by lounging on a wooden bench they built. Behind the bench, a sign on a pole reads BUS STOP. "What bus are you waiting for?" someone asks. "We're thinking of a loop," says Lance Corporal Josh Hotvet, 21, a Marine Reservist from Albany, N.Y. "Baghdad and then home...
Within two months of starting class, Harding auditioned at the Longview Community Theatre, where he got the part of Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun. "I'm still a serious guy," he says, "but I'm having more fun than ever before. I get onstage, and I relax. Even my wife says she's seen a change...
Indeed, theater has the power to transform both the audience and the actors. All the performers who participate--even if their first attempt is at age 50--are keenly aware of that. "Not only have I discovered I can memorize lines, relax and even make a fool of myself without falling apart," says James Harding, "I've also become more aware of the needs of others. After all, if the audience has chosen to spend a few hours in the theater with me, I want them to feel it was time well spent...
...best part about touring is meeting people who like the music. But sometimes I don’t know what to say to them, so it feels kind of awkward,” Mendenhall says. “[After shows] I usually try and relax and not talk to many people, unless they want to talk to me, but for the most part, I avoid my band...
...just wanted to talk,” Keller said. “I could sense that they were starting to relax too much...