THERE I AM...SITTING ON TOP OF MY GRANDPARENTS KITCHEN TABLE, WAITING TO PUT ON A SHOW. NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED MUCH, EXCEPT I'VE TRADED IN THAT KITCHEN TABLE FOR AN ACTUAL STAGE. (IT'S ONLY AT THAT AGE YOU CAN PULL IT OFF)

HERE'S THE STAGE I TRADED IT FOR. THE LORAIN PALACE THEATER IN LORAIN, OH. IT WAS ALSO THIS STAGE I DISCOVERED WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE. IN A CHILDREN'S PRODUCTION OF CHARLOTTE'S WEB, I PLAYED HOMER ZUCKERMAN, FERN'S UNCLE. HALFWAY THROUGH ACT 1, WILBUR ESCAPES HIS PEN ON MY FARM. SO, AS ZUCKERMAN, I GO TO CENTER STAGE AND YELL, "EDITH! THE PIGS OUT! HEAD HIM BACK OFF THIS WAY! THE PIIIIIIIGSS OUT!" THE AUDIENCE OUTBURSTS IN LAUGHTER.

SO THEN I RUN OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE AND OVERHEAR SOMEONE ASK "WHO IS THAT KID?" AND SOMEONE RESPONDED, "THAT'S JONATHAN RAMOS." WELL, WHEN THIS HAPPENED I FIGURED, MAYBE I GOT SOMETHING AFTER ALL...