My Theatre Major Thingy
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A THEATRE MAJOR WHEN...
Your academic advisor is also the director who casts you in shows.
You've dated at least one other theatre major...and then had to play their sibling in a production.
Cast parties aren't really parties, as they are singing, dancing orgies.
It's common for you to break into character in the middle of a crowded hallway.
Your best friends are also your stiffest competition, and when an audition comes around, all bets are off.
You've seen and loved the movie "Camp".
Shaking hands with other theatre majors is obsolete. You either kiss or hug.
You know who O'Neill, Stoppard, Miller, and Williams are without first names.
You know who William is, without the last name.
Your parents see you in a play with questionable subject matter,and they don't care. It's ART!
You turn into mini-directors during and after an audition.
You know that "Ben Nye" is not the science guy.
You know the difference between Idina Menzel and Sutton Foster.
You frequently think that obviously gay men are "dreamy", and think that finding a straight man in musical theatre is very rare and is something that should be treasured.
There is no "sexy" or "ugly". Only "talented".
When you talk about a thrust, a fly, or a box, you are not talking about sex.
You have at least a hundred pictures of backstage of you posing half-dressed with your friends, and you know it's not porn.
Your favorite authors are playwrights.
You know that if you are an actor, the term "day job" will definately apply to you, at least before you make it big.
You've ever considered throwing someone offstage because they stepped on your lines.
You've had nightmares about forgetting lines or that a piece of scenery falls on you.
Your walls are covered with previous show posters.
You know that "Thespian" doesn't quite rhyme with "lesbian".
You think that the tech rehearsal can be the most painful thing ever.
You know that a techie is wonderful and there would be no show without them.
The words "objective", "blocking", and "center" have meaning for you.
You know that the movie versions of "Chicago", "Rent", and "Phantom of the Opera" don't even compare to the stage versions.
You use one word abbreviations like "Laramie", "Betty's", "Midsummer", "Streetcar",and "Thebes" to describe shows you've done, and everyone in your department knows what they mean.
You know the real meaning of "Diva" because you've worked with one or more of them in your lifetime, and you may have been one of them.
You know that musical theatre majors are kidding themselves.
When you daydream, your characters have backstorys, there are subplots, and your main characters seem to be not breaking the fourth wall.
You know what the "fourth wall" is.
You've ever had to wear a costume with straight pins keeping the hem up.
Looking at the audience during a performance scares the bejeezus out of you.
You've been in the same play or musical two or three times, have done tech work for it, and have seen it performed about a million times.
You've ever gotton flowers for playing "Random Person #4".
You personally ajudicate every production that you attend.
You're ambitions are sometimes the only things keeping you going.
Your academic advisor is also the director who casts you in shows.
You've dated at least one other theatre major...and then had to play their sibling in a production.
Cast parties aren't really parties, as they are singing, dancing orgies.
It's common for you to break into character in the middle of a crowded hallway.
Your best friends are also your stiffest competition, and when an audition comes around, all bets are off.
You've seen and loved the movie "Camp".
Shaking hands with other theatre majors is obsolete. You either kiss or hug.
You know who O'Neill, Stoppard, Miller, and Williams are without first names.
You know who William is, without the last name.
Your parents see you in a play with questionable subject matter,and they don't care. It's ART!
You turn into mini-directors during and after an audition.
You know that "Ben Nye" is not the science guy.
You know the difference between Idina Menzel and Sutton Foster.
You frequently think that obviously gay men are "dreamy", and think that finding a straight man in musical theatre is very rare and is something that should be treasured.
There is no "sexy" or "ugly". Only "talented".
When you talk about a thrust, a fly, or a box, you are not talking about sex.
You have at least a hundred pictures of backstage of you posing half-dressed with your friends, and you know it's not porn.
Your favorite authors are playwrights.
You know that if you are an actor, the term "day job" will definately apply to you, at least before you make it big.
You've ever considered throwing someone offstage because they stepped on your lines.
You've had nightmares about forgetting lines or that a piece of scenery falls on you.
Your walls are covered with previous show posters.
You know that "Thespian" doesn't quite rhyme with "lesbian".
You think that the tech rehearsal can be the most painful thing ever.
You know that a techie is wonderful and there would be no show without them.
The words "objective", "blocking", and "center" have meaning for you.
You know that the movie versions of "Chicago", "Rent", and "Phantom of the Opera" don't even compare to the stage versions.
You use one word abbreviations like "Laramie", "Betty's", "Midsummer", "Streetcar",and "Thebes" to describe shows you've done, and everyone in your department knows what they mean.
You know the real meaning of "Diva" because you've worked with one or more of them in your lifetime, and you may have been one of them.
You know that musical theatre majors are kidding themselves.
When you daydream, your characters have backstorys, there are subplots, and your main characters seem to be not breaking the fourth wall.
You know what the "fourth wall" is.
You've ever had to wear a costume with straight pins keeping the hem up.
Looking at the audience during a performance scares the bejeezus out of you.
You've been in the same play or musical two or three times, have done tech work for it, and have seen it performed about a million times.
You've ever gotton flowers for playing "Random Person #4".
You personally ajudicate every production that you attend.
You're ambitions are sometimes the only things keeping you going.