For those of us who were theater nerds in high school but then had to pick a major other than this of ours passion in college, the struggle of being a non-theater major theater person is very real. If you relate to this statement, you will probably feel for most, if not all, of the following:
1. You constantly listen to show tunes, and people ask you if you're a theater major, and you tell them no, then they look confused.
2. When meeting theater majors, you have to pretend like you don't know who they are even though you definitely recognize them from that show you saw last fall.
3. You feel flattered when your friends who are theater majors ask you for advice on an audition piece.
4. You know there's a group of people who could be "your people," but you'll never actually be one of them because you're not a major.
5. It gets awkward when you have ridiculous talent crushes on people, but they're only fellow students.
6. You often question your life choices every time you see a show because you wonder, "What if?"
7. You've come to the terrible realization that you'll never be as good as them, or at least brave enough to try to be.
8. You constantly wish there was a major for being a Broadway star's BFF/Susan Blackwell or Paul Wontorek's job.
9. You memorize countless facts about shows and stars and keep up with all of the latest theater news to compensate for the fact that you're not a major.
10. You don't understand when you know about a show that one of your theater major friends doesn't.
11. When you first got to college, you didn't know what to do with all of your spare time because you would have always been at rehearsals in high school.
12. You're still not quite sure what to do with your spare time, so you find yourself watching a lot of Broadway.com vlogs or reruns of The Tonys.
13. You force your pet to be the audience for your one-man show since you don't get to perform on stage anymore.
14. Your favorite time of the day is when you're driving home in your car, and you blast some show tunes and belt as loudly as your heart desires.
