Picture this: you grew doing way too much theater. You were the one person in your family who had any interest in the arts at all; most of the time you probably never knew what was going on. Everything you learned about theater you had to learn on your own. Here's what it was like to be that kid.

1. Your audition song was most likely something cliché, like "On My Own" from Les Mis.

2. Your parents got you flowers for every role you were in, like even Woman Among the Dead in Our Town.

3. They also told you that your fake vibrato was the best thing they had ever heard, because they didn't know any different.

4. And your best practice place was the shower.

5. All of your dance moves are "self taught".

6. When you got a lead role, it was a huge deal and all of your extended family came to see you.

7. And if you did college auditions, you probably freaked out more than usual because you didn't know what to expect.

8. Your parents and friends never really got why you'd be at rehearsals until 10 or 11 at night.

9. But you always felt supported because they are your family.