This is really a dream role. It will be the third time that Schick has gone to the festival in one of Bright's productions, but her first trip in a major role, let alone the lead. The show and the role are a triumphant and well-deserved finale to this chapter of Schick's life. She plans to major in musical theater, get her bachelor of fine arts, then go to New York and take her shot at a Broadway career. She says her parents have simultaneously encouraged her dreams and kept her focused.
Good grades are the priority.
I'm not as organized as I should be, but being in a show helps me get more organized with school work. I've maintained my grades this quarter because I have a goal. I'm not going to sacrifice theater because I got a bad grade. She also makes time for church, community service activities, family time and an occasional evening out swing-dancing with friends. And, like many island families, she and her parents have been weighing tuition packages, scholarship programs and related factors.