My name is Daniel Morrice. I am incredibly proud to say that I am an original member of Playing For Others. I can’t even begin to imagine who I would be now, if I had not been invited to that very first meeting four years ago. Talk about life changing. Very cliché sounding, but it is impossible to describe it any other way. So many people I have meet, so much confidence I have built, and so honored I have been to get the chance to affect others in the way we do. Being from the first year, I realize how much the organization has grown and changed along with the teenagers who work in it. I look at myself now, in comparison to who I was four years ago. Yes, I have grown as all teenagers do, developing my own opinions and values, making choices, and gaining confidence to tackle things on my own. But through PFO, I’ve learned more about the world around me and to become less self centered (as some teenagers become). I have been exposed to view people differently, to look beyond appearance. I’ve learned that I have an incredible amount of power, and if I choose to use it, an incredible effect on this world. I’ve learned that every person, no matter how much I disagree with or dislike, is a person and should be treated as such. Again, cliché lessons, but it’s incredible how much this program has opened my eyes. I have played roles in two of the PFO theatre productions, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” and “A Year with Frog and Toad”, and last year I was a part of the Art Experience. I have served on the “Historians” committee, “Publicity” committee, and this year I am working in the “Costumes” committee. I attend Myers Park High as a sophomore and plan to be a part of PFO up until my senior year.
