Neil Perry was a performer.

A total natural. He'd be on broadway by now if it wasn't for his parents. Strict and rich parents never boded well for a boy with such a creative mind, being sent to the private school Welton Academy. That place felt like a jail, trapping Neil within its walls like a prison cell. He wanted to escape, flee to the stage and live his dream of performing.

But that wasn't possible.

Neil and some of his friends were out on the town one night, having a weekend out in the city instead of at the school. They had gotten permission to go for dinner and a movie, and here they were, walking through the light snow after the movie. As they pass another theater, Neil pauses, staring inside. It was lit up and busy. There must be a play! Somehow Neil manages to drag his friends inside to see, and that leads us to now, where the boys crowded in the door of the theater, watching a play.

And that's how they saw you. You were performing on stage, an actor.