1. "I cant, I have rehearsal."
The all-time excuse every theatre kid hated and loved at the same time. You loved it because it got you out of baby sitting your younger siblings. You hated it because you couldn't go to Becky's Sweet 16... You heard she was going to have a huge candy bar. Too bad, so sad.
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2. NO EATING IN COSTUME!
You'd be lying if you said you never stared at the "post-show, celebration cupcakes" from across the room and questioned whether or not it was really worth it.
3. The "Scottish play" and the ghost-light.
The feeling of unforgivable betrayal when a fellow cast member says the "M" word or turns the ghost light off before a show.
4. LEAVE. THE PROPS. ALONE.
For the love of all that is good, if you don't have a prop, stay away from the prop table. This concept was so hard for people to understand.
5. "I'm leaving early, I have a show tonight."
Looking back on it, there probably wasn't a good reason for you to be dismissed at 1:00pm (during the chemistry class you were failing) when call wasn't until 6:00pm...
6. Actually enjoying Shakespeare.
Everyone in your english class had the worst times of their lives while readingHamlet, but not you. This was your time to shine.
7. Disowning anyone who sang "Popular" or "On My Own" at an audition.
You still don't really know why it was such a disgrace to use these songs at an audition... It just is, okay?
8. Tech Week.
Everything around you was crashing and burning while you jazz squared and kick ball changed your little heart out.
9. Throat Coat.
This tea is sacred. You probably introduced everyone you ever cared about to this tea because you know of the majestic powers it possesses.
10. Getting naked in front of new-comers.
Hey, they had to get used to it somehow. Nakedness lost it's effect on you at some point in middle school.
11. Missing your cue = The end of the world and all who inhabit it.
Hopefully missing cues only happened during rehearsals... But even so, you knew your director was going to roast the hell out of you in "notes".
12. The miserableness of "striking the set".
You definitely tried to hide in the dressing room bathroom to avoid strike duty, but you probably failed... Just like they all do...
13. Post-show depression.
Yes, this is real, and words can't even describe it.
