Theater Field Trip: Kim’s Convenience

By: Anthony Searle

It was Friday morning at Bart station, I waited outside for about an hour or so since we were meant to arrive at 8 o’clock or 9 o’clock since we were told of a certain time to be at Bart in order to be there in time for our train. We wait for a bit of extra time for everyone else to arrive before Kammet tells us it’s time to get on the train which we head up and go through the terminal to get to the platform and wait for about two other trains to pass before getting on the third to get to San Francisco, which we then boarded and rode before arriving at the station where the theater was that we had the show at but we’ll have to wait before going to the show so we went to an area to eat if we haven’t eaten at which some events would happen, so me I didn’t eat since I wasn’t hungry while the others played around or talked or ate or chilled around like I was doing.

There was something events that happened like someone’s stealing something from someone in my class before they got a new one but after a while with a few minutes we went into a Nintendo store that was nearby which we noticed before entering the park like area so we all looked around the store some may have bought some items or just played the demos of Nintendo games but after a while we went to the theater to the show.

Once there we waited a bit before noticing the other schools but we got our seats and waited for the show to start. I actually passed out for a little nap but I woke up before the show started and I watched the show but during the show someone from the audience ran up on stage. While a teacher from that school tried to get them off the stage but the show continued with that intuition that none of the actors broke and the show went on which was great. I was told that the play was a Netflix show but was originally a play, but after the show was done we were all handed cards to write to the actors if we wanted to ask questions. Though we were told by Kammet to not ask “How did you remember your lines” since we were all in the theater, we waited around and let them answer the questions on the cards we wrote on.

Once done we went to the mall to eat lunch but the food court was mostly shut down and nothing was available besides a “Shake Shack” and “Panda Express”. Last time I was there a bunch of places were open but now it was mostly empty. We ate and all chilled, some went into the nearby stores like I went into one but nothing else and didn’t buy anything but I just bought something from panda express which I went to get something from the vending machine. I was looking for some water because the line was long but the machines were busted. I put a dollar to test it out and tried to get my money back but had to figure out later how to get my dollar back. Which I did, and luckily enough got a dollar coin and dealt with not getting a drink but once done we went and waited for the train to return to Hayward.

Overall, the show was great with some minor setbacks from the lunch options, but still a lot of events happened that day, with waiting at the station before leaving for SF, and things that happened during the time in SF. There were many things that had happened that day, and they were all eventful since a lot of interesting things had happened, like watching the show, going to the Nintendo store, etc. Overall, that day wouldn’t be a day I would forget.