Cristela Alonso

I was in choir in junior high.

The school got the choir program defunded.

So I had to switch.

I wanted to do something in the arts still.

So eighth grade, I switched over to theater.

I had this really basic acting class.

My teacher, Mr. Honnell, had this exercise.

It's very chorus line.

He's like, I want everybody to pick an appliance.

And that they're going to act out.

They're going to pretend to be.

And then when I say go, you're going to act out that appliance, make the noise of it, blah, blah, blah.

And he said that and I didn't do anything because I thought it was so ridiculous.

And then he came over to me and he's like, why aren't you doing it?

And I'm like, I am.

I'm a vacuum cleaner and I'm broken.

And literally the next day, I get called in to the office, the principal's office.

And the principal tells me that my drama teacher, Mr. Honnell, has changed my schedule to put me into this advanced theater class.

I had no idea what that was.

Got so upset, went to him, went to his room, got so upset because my best friend and I were going to have different lunch periods.