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We Did It!

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Lance Barker
Exploring my own creative expression and building things that help people.

We made it.

Shrek the Musical opened this weekend—and somehow, despite all the chaos, all the costume changes, all the quick cues and frantic prop swaps—it came together.

And it came off almost without a hitch.

This show is big.

Big cast. Big voices. Big green prosthetics.

A fairytale circus on a stage held together by choreography, backstage whispers, and an unreasonable amount of faith.

I have the smallest of parts—just a moment, really.

But even from the wings, I’ve never been prouder to be part of a cast.

Everyone showed up. Everyone shined.

Opening night is behind us. The story lives now.

And I’m thrilled I got to help tell it.

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