All the world's a stage

In high school, I was too intimidated to audition for my high schooling performing arts program. When I finally built up the courage, they cast me as the dance captain. I had never taken a dance class before and a different director had recently made fun of me for dancing. “Surely this is a joke,” I said to my friend. As we got into rehearsals, the choreographer asked how long I had been dancing. I think I literally laughed and told her I thought this was some mean joke they were all playing on