Ashton Hatch

Name: Ashton Hatch

Grade: 9

Future College: BYU Provo

Future Job: Lawyer

Years in Theater: 4

Inspiration: Friends that did theatre with me

Favorite Actor: Emma Watson

Wingspan:What made you want to choose to do theater?

Hatch: “I enjoy it.”

Wingspan:How does theater impact your daily life?

Hatch: “Helps me socially communicate.”

Wingspan:Are you considering continuing theater beyond high school? Why?

Hatch: “No, because while I do love theater I am more interested in other careers like being a lawyer.”

Wingspan:What are your personal goals for this year?

Hatch: “My goals for theater this year is to get better at public speaking and articulating when I speak.”

Wingspan:What is your favorite thing about theater?

Hatch: “My favorite thing about theater is working on scripts with other people. While working on it you get to bond as a group, become interesting characters with an interesting prompt, and all around just have fun.”

Wingspan:Do you audition/enjoy the plays that the school puts on?

Hatch: “I haven’t auditioned yet because I am in color guard which is time consuming at the times the plays are rehearsing.”

Wingspan:What’s your favorite memory of theater?

Hatch: “My favorite memory of theater is when I did my first musical “Shrek Jr. The Musical”. We had just found out we had sold out the Sharolyn Wilson Center for the Arts for every performance we were putting on. We did very well each night and I had so much fun with the rest of the cast.”

Wingspan: What is your advice to anybody thinking about joining theater?

Hatch: “My advice would be to join theater 1. You don’t know until you try it, so might as well try it out.”

Wingspan: What is your favorite thing you have done in theater?

Hatch: “My favorite thing we have done this year is the audition unit. We worked on plays in groups and got to feel like what it would be like to work with a director and put on a play.”