1. You have no life when there isn't a show going on.
2. There should be a closing night support group
3. You know the exact location of every fast food restaurant and coffee house within 15 minutes of the theatre.
4. You know your "notes" aren't just suggestions...
5. Boys who can sing, dance, AND act = Love.
6. Your room at home is a mess, your dressing room is pristine.
7. Your "bubble" has been taken to with a scissors and "personal space" means nothing to you
8. You talk with your hands.
9. There are three things in life: Rehearsal, Stress, and Cast Parties.
10. You have a box (or nine) labelled “Scripts/Sheet Music”
11. You have a program collection.
12. You have a ticket stub collection.
13. You have a face book album for every show.
14. You listen to OCRs in the car, and your friends don’t mind.
15. You understand and laugh at the lyrics of Forbidden Broadway
16. You spit out your gum every time you walk into a theatre.
17. You know not to bug the stage manager during tech week.
18. Febreeze is your friend.
19. So help you if you’re the kid who screws up the harmony.
20. You know not to touch the headset.
21. Or the stage manager’s show bible.
22. Or the dance captain’s choreo notes.
23. Or anyone else’s props.
24. You’d rather chill at the theatre than at home.
25. You get used to not sleeping.
26. Or eating.
27. You know what wings, scrim, masking, flies, and pit are.
28. You've come to accept that all the eyeliner will never come off your eyelids no matter how hard you scrub.
29. You can detect a cold that is days away.
30. when you can see "Joseph ... Dreamcoat" listed as a credit in a program, and are able to fill in the "..."
31. AND you know all the colours of his coat by heart.
32. You know you're a theatre kid when someone says, "Let's start at the very beginning.." and without missing a beat you chime in with "It's a very good place to start."
33. As soon as you start rehearsal, you stop putting effort into your appearance. Tech week? Everyone at school asks if your dog died.
34. You know the opening dance to A Chorus Line....whether you want to or not.
35. You don't care that fourteen girls had the same dress as you at prom but god help the whore that has 'your' monologue.
36. You do not cut or dye your hair, lose weight, gain weight, or change your physical appearance in ANY WAY under penalty of death once cast.
37. You are constantly having to explain to your parents that too sick for school and too sick for rehearsal are totally different...the former is "contagious" and the latter is "dead".
38. when someone asks if you have a non-showtune on your ipod you reply, "well, moulin rouge, and idina menzel's and adam pascal's solo albums," and they reply that those don't count.
39. You actually start using your lines in real life.
40. You tap dance when you are waiting in line or have to pee (which is quite often what with all the water you drink to keep those precious cords hydrated!).
41. Your first pair of heels were character shoes.
42. You randomly break into different accents
43. You even if you just hear the word 'theatre' or 'play' and it automatically interests you.
44, You refer to someone as their character and not there real name
45. You actually want to participate in drama class
46. Sutton Foster is your hero.
47. You fall off the stage the first time.
48. You know "theatre" refers to the building and "theater" refers to the dramatic arts.
49. You and your best friend nickname each other the names of your dream roles.
50. You know a broadway song for every life situation.
51. If you are a boy, you know that contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be gay to be talented at/love theater.
52. "If you can see the audience, the audience can see you."
53. Enunciation and projection are your two best friends.
54. You get annoyed at kids who think they are theater geeks just because they have seen the MOVIES of rent, grease, hairspray, mamma mia, and high school musical.
55. You know what YAGMCB, YCSTB, and POTO stand for
56. You know what us, ds, sl, sr, cs, usroc, and usloc stand for.
