To some, it was a paper plate.
To a youngRenee Rapp, it was an opportunity.
But she also knew she had something that deserved it.
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And yes, she means full-sized paper plates.
“Well, I needed everybody to pay the f— attention,” she says.
After watching another student find her way to Broadway through the Jimmy Awards, a.k.a.
Amrit Kaur, Reneé Rapp, and Alexia Loannides in ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’.HBO Max
the National High School Musical Theater Awards, Rapp did the same.
Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
At least that was her first thought.
“I really thought I was so bad for such a long time.
I always wanted to do music.”
(Would Regina buy all of her roommates iPads to say sorry?!)
She was fresh out of a relationship, and she rang her manager.
“I said, ‘This is going to be the best year of my life.
This is the beginning of my music career.
I don’t know why, but this is it.'”
“I don’t overthink it as much anymore,” she says.
“I’m not trying to be somebody else.”
That theme of coming into her own translates to her acting as well.
“I am no longer living for anybody else.
I’m no longer dumbing myself down to make someone else feel comfortable.
I’m no longer living my life in service to people pleasing.”
But make no mistake: Not everything has changed.
I’m a little nervous.
But I feel like the bad part is my emotional well-being.
And if that’s all that I have to deal with, I’m actually fine."
