22 Things Only Theatre Kids Understand
Do you find yourself incapable of not quoting lines from Broadway musicals in everyday conversation? Are you sorry-not-sorry that you can’t because you have rehearsal? Have you perfected your jazz square and time step (or at least tried to)? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in the right place. So sit back, relax, and be our guest as we entertain you with these 22 things only a theatre kid would understand.
1/22When the new kid at auditions asks if you’ve ever been in a show…
2/22Anxiously counting down the seconds to when the cast list will finally be posted to the point where you can’t even blink because then you might not be the first one to see it
3/22Thinking you’ll look like this in your headshots:
4/22But actually looking like this:
5/22Finally nailing that one note from that one song while singing in the shower and having nobody to celebrate it with; but it doesn’t matter because you HIT THAT NOTE
6/22Crying at shows that aren’t even sad because, for a moment in time, from your seat in the audience, life couldn’t be more beautiful
7/22Always knowing how many minutes are in a year
8/22Understanding that the art and science of a quick change is far more difficult than it seems
9/22Taking every opportunity of alone time to work on that number that you know you’re already nailing but still could do better
10/22When your director has the nerve to ask you if you’re off book before the deadline…
11/22Ordering delivery to rehearsal becoming a daily routine #noregrets
12/22Only knowing how to count to 8
13/22When someone asks if they can have some of your Throat Coat…
14/22When your teacher tries to give you homework during tech week
15/22Those embarrassing stage moms that you’ll undoubtedly be someday, no matter how hard you deny it
16/22The unfathomable exhilaration you feel when there’s finally an audience
17/22Always hitting up that same local diner after opening night, regardless of how gross it is
18/22Sweating on stage and realizing you’re on for the rest of the act
19/22Wearing your stage makeup out in public like:
20/22Having to erase your script and regretting all of those unnecessary notes that you never even used
21/22Watching old show DVDs always, without fail, making you feel some type of way
22/22Realizing that no matter how hard it all may be, there’s nothing more satisfying in this world than being applauded for doing what you love.
