By Abby Lass
Editor-in-Chief
1) When the teacher asks you to read a paragraph or act something out in front of the class because they assume you’ll know what to do.
I mean, at least give me a few minutes to rehearse.
2) When everyone around you is freaking out about having to memorize 10 lines of Shakespeare in three nights.
Oh honey, you know nothing.
3) When you’re assigned homework during tech week…
I brought this on myself, didn’t I?
4) …but then your teacher comes to the show and gives you an extension because your performance was just that good.
No, Mr. Lee, you’re the star.
5) When it’s production week and everyone around you has a plague.
(and you definitely don’t want to admit to being Patient 0)
6) When you start getting really touchy-feely with someone and then realize that that’s not appropriate in any context outside of theater.
Don’t try to change me.
7) When everyone is telling their first kiss stories and you have to decide whether or not to admit that yours was onstage.
Thank you awkward summer camp production of Guys and Dolls.
8) When you’ve spent all week wearing ridiculous outfits to promote your show and someone tells you that they can’t make it.
“You’re busy”? Oh, no, it’s totally fine– my happiness just clearly means nothing to you.
9) Hearing your alarm go off on the Friday of production week and realizing that maybe you shouldn’t have gone to IHOP the previous night.
But were the pancakes worth it? Absolutely.
10) Weighing the pros and cons of confirming every theater kid stereotype when the soundtrack to your favorite show comes on in public (and knowing that as soon as you start singing, your people will surround you in an impromptu, choreographed, harmonized spectacular because that’s just how you roll).
#sorrynotsorry #gohardgoham
