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verystrangehuman · 1 year

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High school theater is so much fun because literally everyone is unstable as shit, pretty much no one has their schoolwork fully up to date, we’re all exhausted, and there’s usually huge amounts of relationship tattering drama but during performance nights we drop all of that off and if asked, we would all still die for each other. It’s like the pinnacle of non negotiable found family.

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str4wb3rry-guy · 2 months

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just watched the somerville high school production of newsies everyone has been talking about and oh my god.

the fight scene was so heartbreaking i cant. race holding onto jack as he panics saying "i cant go back" when he sees snyder? race pulling jack away telling him "we have to go" as jack tries to go after crutchie who is yelling "jack! race! please! youre right there!" while hes dragged off stage? fucking sobbing.

and santa fe ??? starting with jack going "no no no no crutchie no" ???? my heart has been shattered.

how the hell does a high school pull this off😭😭

#not to mention the amount of jackcrutchie #holy shit #crutchie fixing jacks neck tie during ctb #my heart stopped #theyre so cute #(kinda in love w the guy who played jack)#newsies #newsies the musical #crutchie morris #newsies broadway #jackcrutchie #crutchie #jack kelly #racetrack higgins #race higgins #theatre #high school #high school theatre #musical theatre

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fawna12 · 6 months

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Theater is

Theater is a kid, trying to figure out what clubs to do in second grade, knowing that they've seen musicals and plays before and loved watching them and seeing drama club on the list

Theater is

Audition

Casting

Rehearsal

Theater is the kid, old enough to sing in the musical, memorizing their lines and others, loving every second of being onstage

Theater is

Memorization

Blocking

Choreography

Theater is the kid, now in middle school, deciding to do the theater class since there is one at their school now, meeting the theater teacher, meeting new friends, being good at it, finally auditioning for their first actual musical

Theater is

Stage Fright

Friendship

Confidence

Theater is that kid getting the main role, doing theater again the next year, knowing so much about all of it and teaching the newer kids, painting set pieces with their friends, the friends that they now have because of theater

Theater is

Props

Costumes

Lights & Sound

Theater is the kid going into high school, leaving their middle school theater teacher and younger friends, so anxious about it but quickly finding their place in their theater class, volunteering at a drama fundraiser and meeting older theater kids there, learning their names and being able to make an impression

Theater is their first high school audition, for the fall play, multiple smaller plays directed by seniors, and having fun, getting cast in one of the biggest ones with the best directors they could've asked for, still anxious about being a good cast member but getting more confident again

Theater is rehearsals 3 times a week after school, the kid finding their footing in the cast, making friends with the older kids, being able to make suggestions or point things out that need fixing in the show

Theater is the kid being able to impress people, being able to memorize their lines, being able to be confident, being able to fix things, being able to say hi to their cast in the halls, at first just smiling at their director when they passed each other during passing period but then saying hi, even talking for a minute or two, the cast walking to the grocery store together at the start of a rehearsal for almost no reason, the kid being able to talk to their castmates, their friends, and not feel out of place, being excited for the bigger productions later in the year, not being worried about stage makeup because they know the older kids will be there, knowing that the older cast members and their directors will help them if they need it, knowing that they'll still be able to spend more time with them, knowing that they'll be so sad when the seniors graduate, but knowing that they still have almost all of the school year with them

Theater is

Belonging

Safety

Laughter

Freedom

Joking

Focusing

Acting

Acting, but with people that you trust. With people that even though you met them 2 months ago, that you know. You know their mannerisms, how they laugh, their sense of humor. You know that they're kind, you know that they care, you know that all of you love this. You all love this so, so much. You know that if you make a mistake on stage, that they'll improv and cover for you, and that you'd do the same for them. You know that no matter how anxious you are before the show, that they'll be someone with the same nerves and you can comfort each other.

And then the last show will end, and the audience will applaud. You will bow, with these people, these people that you may not have known a few months prior, but that so much trust has formed between. You've played improv games with these people, walked to the store with them, rehearsed over and over and over again with them, learned so much from them, taught and helped and been taught and helped, and it's over.

Until the next show, and the next, and the next year with more new freshmen, some of the kid's younger middle school friends now there too, until the year that the kid will direct their own show, as a senior, and try to be just as good a director as the ones they had their freshmen year.

And they will belong.

They will all belong.

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moonthemagical · 10 months

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Let's normalize tech theatre kids who are also regular theatre kids

#high school tech theatre #tech theatre #high school theatre #techblr #technical theatre #theatre #theatre kids #musical theatre kid

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floralcavern · 2 months

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My friend accidentally said the play that shall not be named in the theater. They froze, processing what they said and I looked at them and said “Go to the hallway and do the ritual” and I just realized that theater kids probably seem like a cult to outsiders

#Theater #theater kids #high school theatre #Meme #Funny #Theater kid

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willsolacesshoelaces · 10 months

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"We should rename the drama club to ADHD: The Musical."

-My Theatre Director during the process of rehearsing LSOH

#musical theater #musicals #high school theatre #theatre kid #theatre #shitpost but also not #lsoh #little shop of horrors

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sillysally13 · 21 days

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nowhere has more drama than a high school theater department

#so much shit went down during urinetown #so. much. shit.#theatre kid #theater kid #sillysallyspeaks #musical theatre #high school theater #high school theatre

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theslowestspeedster · 7 months

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daily confession

I’m auditioning for the highschool play tmr as a middle school kid bc they need middle schoolers- I MAY BE A TRANS BOY PLAYING PRETEEN ANASTASIA EVEN THOUGH IM OLDER THEN HER-

#daily confession #confession #confessions #anastasia #anastasia the musical #the russian princess Anastasia #musical theater #theatre #high school theatre #middle school theatre #school play

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averageschooltheatremoments · 8 months

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Actual goddamn things people said/did during my school’s production of Newsies

Stage crew writes “troll strike” instead of “trolley strike”

Ensemble: “Every small child is going to think you’re an evil old man.” Pulitzer: “Well maybe I am”

“See kid? Women have legs too!”

“Romeo we can see you dancing backstage”

The villains and Theodore Roosevelt dancing

Davey: “This day will go down in PISSTOR- I MEAN HISTORY”

“If I drop my cello, PLEASE kill me.”

*holding glass upside down* “TEN CENTS FOR A GLASS OF SELTZER??!”

Davey: *Points at painting of Santa Fe* “Is this Arizona?”

Davey and Spot Collin keep shaking hands and then pretending to kiss

PULITZER KEPT ALMOST FALLING OFF THE STAGE

*backstage* “Uhmmm…why is there a box of dog food here?”

Jack: “You got a name, Katherine?”

Katherine: “Just think, while my father is…slipping??…we’ll be…taking him down!!” (She was great I wish I got to know her better before she graduated)

Spot was Pulitzer’s backup so when Pulitzer was sick the final confrontation scene was…interesting.

“OH I get fishnets :)”

Katherine: “And if I was a boy, I’d be…looking at you through one swollen eye!!” (It’s supposed to be “you’d be looking at me”)

Nun: *running around backstage* “I’m a nun on the run”

“I just don’t think committing suicide would be very fun y’know?”

“YOU CAN’T JUST PUT FIRE ON THE FLOOR!”

*Ensemble Newsie falls over* Weasel: “…Guess I have to” *pretends to kick them*

Jack drops all of his coins everywhere all over the stage

Jack: “You bet! Me n’ the boys will take a Journal over to the hike!”

Jacoby: (to a Newsie) “Don’t swing that aroun-“ *Does exactly that and spills a glass of water* “Oops.”

Davey: “Inspirational Speech time guys”

Les: “Are you kiddin’? She got no legs on!”

Pulitzer: “An escaped thief and petty…thief.”

AT THE END OF THE SHOW THE SENIORS GAVE THE BAND TEACHER A PINEAPPLE???

#hs theatre moments #newsies #newsies on broadway #school theatre #musical theater #theatre #theater kid #high school theatre #jack kelly

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sparrowsortadrawzzz · 7 months

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I GOT

4

CALL BACKS

*incoherent happy screaming*

#the sparrow squawks #high school theatre #musical theatre #theatre kid #theatre

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jimmymushroomisdead · 3 months

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lolol my school is doing beauty and the beast for our spring musical and be our guest is so much fun because during that one sad solo lumiere has I literally have to cling onto my friend and sob and its so fucking funny to me

#high school theatre #theatre #beauty and the beast #musicals #theatre kid #thats so silly #silly #be our guest

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imsotallsettos · 6 months

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it does not feel real that my high school in holding auditions for lsoh next month

#the director showed me the audrey ii puppet he’s renting #i love lsoh #hes letting me work on costumes and i’m gonna audition too #he keeps asking me on opinions for what the set should like like #auditioning for seymour and orin ‼️‼️#seymour krelborn #orin scrivello #little shop of horrors #lsoh #high school theatre #in so excited

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str4wb3rry-guy · 6 days

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rip racetrack higgins you would have loved high school musical theatre

#newsies #newsies the musical #newsies broadway #racetrack higgins #newsies 1992 #92sies #1992sies #theatre #musical theatre #high school theatre #high school #high school musical theatre #race higgins

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writing2sirvive · 1 year

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Remembering my senior year, during tech week for Guys and Dolls, I was not only exhausted but also having a really bad flare. I was talking with my friend (who was one of the leads of the musical) and I was talking about how being so tired was causing a flare and making my life even harder. Like I kept dropping things, could barely walk, and most notably my speech was terrible. And I was known for speaking so fast that my words and sounds got jumbled (read: I have ADHD). He admitted he noticed and was very concerned and confused as to how my having a flare, which had to do with my feet since I was dancing and such, was causing my to speak as if I was drunk.

I tried to explain that as someone who suffered from chronic pain (was first diagnosed with AMPS at 11 and a few month after this would get diagnosed with fibromyalgia) the more pain I’m in the harder things, even basic things like motor skills and speech, went out the window.

However due to my speech having stopped for dulce de leche at El Cafe Cubana in Havana (HaVaNa?!?!??) what came out was:

“Words get hard the more ow.”

My friend clearly amused repeated “words get hard the more ow?” To which I tiredly lowered my head and let out a sigh in defeat.

Keep in mind: I’m the funny friend with ADHD. I will bare the most embarrassing parts of myself for the bit, to the point I have trouble getting people to take me seriously. I’m not above self mockery if it means people find me funny. And yet, this time I did not lay myself out like A Fool™️ on purpose. This was solely my barely functioning last brain cells trying to make a point, but not having enough brain power to do so properly.

Never in my life could I have accurately described the essence of being in so much pain that you can barely speak properly yet continue to go about your day, so perfectly, despite being in so much pain that you can barely speak properly. And by accident.

#it was simultaneously not my #but also my proudest moment #chronic pain #chronic disability #chronic illness #flare up #chronic pain flare #fibromyalgia #amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome #adhd #tech week #theatre kid #high school theatre #guys and dolls #did you catch my reference?

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moonthemagical · 5 months

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It's literally my job, not yours

for background info, I got promoted by our new director to Tech Director so I am in charge of all the tech for our production. Cool, right? Wrong.

So many actors are trying to pitch me ideas for stuff that just WON'T WORK either due to our budget, amount of people needed or my mental health, or sometimes the fun ones, ALL THREE REASONS!!!

Had a small argument this evening over text because an actor wanted us to project a LIVE SCREEN RECORDING of THE ACTORS TEXTING.

First of all, no matter how fast you think you type, it is NOT going to be fast enough for the attention spans of our audience members.

Second, last time I checked it's really weird to connect a phone to a projector. There could also be lag and delay through Bluetooth.

So I told them why we couldn't do it, and for some reason according to them I was "really mean and shooting down their ideas so quickly"

I told them that it's my job to tell them if stuff doesn't and can't work, but they seem to love to paint me as some mean dictator.

So yeah, has anyone else dealt with situations like this? If so, I could really use some help as I am really bad at settling conflicts.

#high school tech theatre #tech theatre #high school theatre #techblr #technical theatre #actor problems

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pixellangel · 7 months

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i get to sing a bdg song in a british accent at school tomorrow in theatre >:]

#pixell.txt #bdg #brian david gilbert #theatre #high school theatre

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