I swear we aren’t crazy! Being a musical theater major, I spend most of my time with others who enjoy theater in its different forms. Often we can be seen as odd because of the different things you may catch theater people doing, but I swear this is normal for us. We are a species all our own, so here is a look into the odd habits of Theater students and why we are the way we are.
We Have No Boundary’s
Often, you will catch us all over each other in many different ways. Hugs, kisses and snuggles are always welcome here. We have almost no sense of personal space, and are very open physically and vocally. When acting you have to be willing to do almost anything, so we have just gotten used to it and now we are good with anything. This isn’t only physically but even having conversations with us can get odd. I do promise, once you get used to it, you’ll see it isn’t as weird as you may think.
We Will Start Breaking out into Song and Dance
Many people question musicals because of their unrealistic nature of random song and dance numbers happening in normal life. For us at times this is normal. We are so interested in musicals that we can see opportune moments to just start singing. Dancing of any kind is also always an option. Tapping, ballet or whatever your feeling at the moment, it doesn’t matter if you look ridiculous, you’ll be fine!
We LOVE Napping!
Working in theater can get pretty busy, taking up your days and your nights. So we often try and find places to take just a few minutes to close our eyes and relax. When you are always at practice you can’t exactly go home and take a power nap so we make do with what we got. Sleeping back stage, on set, where ever we can get comfy works for us. I have even fallen asleep on the stairway right next to the stage just in case I was needed. Now this is not as odd as other things because I could see other busy people doing this, we just get a little more creative.
This isn’t even the end of it, like I stated previously, we are a special kind of people with special ways of doing things. I’ve been a part of musical theater for a while now and I love every minute of it! I couldn’t imagine living any other way or with any other kind of people. All are welcome to us as well! Come and see for yourself that we can be super fun all together!
