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You are convinced that dance is a sport and argue constantly with those who disagree
You have what seems to be thousands of pairs of dance shoes
You have been known to refer to a sports practice as "rehearsal" or a sports try-out as an "audition"
You know exactly which audition songs are overdone and always avoid singing them
You cringe when other people perform them
There is constant drama in your life…in fact, it is expected in your daily routine
People get mad at you (and you get mad at them) if you don't hug them hello or goodbye
You are extremely critical of other actors’ performances, particularly if they’re your competition
Everyone finds out everything
All you talk about with your theatre friends is either who sucks and who is "amazing"
You understand how "politics" apply to theatre and have to put up with them constantly
You cry about stupid things constantly
You get really ticked off and get in bad moods for no reason randomly
Your idea of a Saturday night is going to see your friends' show
Your best friends are of all different ages
You have like 4 different groups of friends who all live nowhere near you
You quickly become best friends with any group of people you are doing a show with
The only thing in your cd player is show tunes
You can stay up all night listening to show tunes
You know all the lyrics to all the musical theatre shows ever
Your non-theatre friends get irritated when all you have time for on the weekends are rehearsals and shows
You have been known to call your friends or cast mates by the names of characters they’ve played
Everyday conversations contain phrases from past shows, and you thus respond with the following line/lyric
You use your current production as an excuse for slacking in school
You're in the car for at least a fourth of your week
Your parents are sick of driving you everywhere…and if you can drive you are sick of driving other people everywhere
Fast food is your dinner at least 5 times a week
You can hardly ever sleep in on weekends because you have to go to rehearsal
The most exciting thing in your life is knowing what show your company is doing next
The most depressing thing in your life is when you can’t be in a show
The biggest news in your life is when the cast list comes out
You miss school because you are tired, stressed and have a show that night
Your life is put on hold when a new touring musical comes to town
You were familiar with the shows like Rent, the Producers, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Moulin Rouge etc. BEFORE they became major movies
You've seen all the classic musical movies and compare them with the stage versions
You know what green rooms are (and you know that they aren't green)
You randomly burst into song and dance in public
You save all scripts, programs, and t-shirts from shows you’ve been in or seen
You still have secret handshakes, but instead they're more like dance routines
Your friends know all of the lines to your shows, past and present
You get excited when your face is streaked with mascara and tears because you have just figured out how to cry on command
You're parent's wallet is always empty because you force them to buy tickets and show merchandise every month.
Your friends just don't even ask anymore
You don't throw out any of your old clothes because you might be able to use them as a costume later on
You've kissed other guys/girls while in a relationship and it's not considered cheating
You have been completely (or nearly) unclothed infront of the opposite sex numerous times
You've been to more shows in the last month than movies
You understand that whatever happens at cast parties, stays at cast parties
When you act odd in public with your non-theatre friends, they explain your behavior to strangers as "she's a theatre kid"...then the strangers are like "ohhhhh"
You use "Break a leg!" as opposed to "Good Luck" under all circumstances
Video cameras+theatre kids= much dancing
When your company is doing a new show, you and your friends sit around for hours "casting" it
Every few weeks you go on an internet audition hunt
Your ears perk up anytime you hear the words "theatre," "audition," "acting," "stage," etc.
You keep cruddy clothes for set painting
You work your schedule around the slight possibility that you will make "the show"
You collect auditions books, Broadway bootlegs, and search Half Price Books for VHS and DVD movie versions of anything that was ever a Broadway Musical
You have an enormous collection of sheet music, song books, and karaoke CDs of show tunes
You collect Broadway soundtracks
Your room is decorated with framed theatre posters, playbills & other theater memorabilia
You have any sort of "Broadway" or "Drama" sign up on your wall
Half of your t-shirts say things like "Drama Queen, I Love Acting, Broadway Bound" &/or are t-shirts from Broadway Shows
The other half of your t-shirts are shirts from shows you have been IN
You have voice lessons weekly. You can't wait to go to Musical Theatre Camp. You want to take more dance lessons. Etc.
Your friends all know that if you show up at school with your hair curled in ringlets you must be in a show that night. (AGAIN!)
Everybody wants to hear your "Gertie" laugh
You never say the title of that Scottish play, even when you're not in a theatre
When someone mentions hating someone (or when you hate someone), "What Is This Feeling" plays over and over in your head
You have a theatre song for every occasion
You accidently tell your sports playing friends "Break a Leg'' before their games and they give you a funny look or get insulted
You get mad at people for telling you " Good Luck" until you realize their not theatre people
Whenever you go shopping instead of looking for yourself, you end up picking out clothes you think would make great costumes for the show you're in right now
Your friends and you have signals for when you think someone is singing, acting, or dancing badly
Your family has given up on buying you normal presents cuz they all know just to buy you sheet music books
You have your own website where you post all of your theatre news for 'fans' and hand the URL out to people on the street
When you get a new script, you fan yourself with it and say 'script' and 'callback' and 'rehearsal' as loud as possible so that strangers will be interested in you
You have walked around the park downtown dressed as Cruella De Ville trying to sell tickets to the latest show your company is doing
Changing in front of people? No problem, even when you're coming right from the theatre to the cast party
You have 3 boxes of mementos from past shows
The other 30 boxes are in their own storage garage at the local U-Store center
Your life stops when the cast list is posted
You read Les Miserables, unabridges, to get a feel for the character you're playing/auditioning for
You know the choreography to every number in every show you've ever done, even that one in third grade when you played the banana tree that was cut down in a rainforest
Everything you do goes on YouTube
Your first kiss was for a show
You blew off the Pirates of the Carribean premeire with 25 of your friends because a theatre friend found a way to sneak backstage at 'Guys and Dolls' and you have all of the numbers memorized, so you might as well join in on the chorus numbers. They have to have another hot box girl costume somewhere...
You memorized the script to 'Beauty and the Beast' when you stumbled across it online. Hey, it could come in handy for a cold reading some day!
You know the difference between theatre and theater
You have gotten your hair cut/dyed for an audition
You find yourself always whispering in a stage whisper
Your choir teacher tells you to use your 'inside voice' and to 'blend' constantly
Everytime something remotely great happens to you, you post it on the brag board at MTA.com
Everytime you think of a good song, you wonder if you can sing it for an audition
You project even when offstage - so much that is has become an nuisance to strangers and an embarrassment to your friends
You have more sheet music than is healthy
You know there really is a song for everything. And you sing them. Often.
People don't give you funny looks anymore whenever you start babbling
Over half the songs on your iPod are showtunes from shows your theatre friends have never heard of
You go see shows even if it got bad reviews just to go see a show
Whenever you see a movie, you think about how you could block it on a stage
It takes you ten minutes to do your makeup for school but you have your stage makeup on in five
You have buisness cards with your show dates and times on them
All you lisnen to are show tunes
Your friends know every one of your theatre friends, without ever actually meeting them.
You choreographed the opening number in Phantom when you were bored last summer, because it WILL come in handy
When you're moving, you won't go with your family unless the town you're going to has a respectable theatre program
You and your friends were almost kicked out of an expensive restaurant for belting out 'I Cain't Say No'
You smile when you are low
You judge if you will like someone depending on if there a good actress/actor. OR if someone is a bad actor/actress you automatically can't be seen with them
When bored you run through the whole show your in, in your mind
During 6th hour you rehearse your lines through your head because reheresal is right away
You know every line in the whole show...Even the scenes you're not in
You also know every dance move in the whole show....And the blocking....
Every time you start to sing, your family tells you to shut up because they know it'll be a showtune
You've tried to "convert" your family to become theatre people, but to no avail
You abbreviate everything (PotO, L5Y, OOTI, BatB,YAGMCB, etc.) And understand all the other abbreviations
You see your parents no more than three hours a day... and you're ok with that
You hang out in the area of the school that most other cliques avoid like the plague
You memorize song lyrics and lines from a play quicker than your biology notes
You know the difference between upstage and downstage... and which is where
You save the programs from every show you attend... ever
You know what SR, SL, DR, DL, UR, and UL mean
You're afraid to fall off a platform six feet high, but walking on catwalks 25 feet high is the coolest thing ever
You'll highlight your lines long before you'll highlight your notes on Government
You'll stay at school until midnight practicing, complain about being tired the next day, and do it all over again that night
Memorizing lines is more important than math homework
Your life feels incomplete if you're not doing a show at the time
Half of your school schedule is performing arts classes
You long for a strong drink after each tech week rehearsal
Being a struggling performer going from audition to audition seems appealing
You are afraid when any non-performing art people enter YOUR theatre for something non performing related
Only YOU can have food or drink in the auditorium
It's you who laughs the hardest at any outside stage show you go see
You contort your face into the most disturbing shapes as a "warm up"
You'll design a set to scale before you even touch a geometry graph
Local fast food establishments get most of their income from when you are on dinner breaks
Instead of writing down the notes the director gives you, you draw pretty pictures
You get excited whenever you stumble across a script of a play you have previously performed in
Hugs are more of a greeting than handshakes or waves
You know everybody else in the club knows your business better than you do and there is absolutly nothing you can do about it
You come up with a list of "You Know you're a Performing Arts Kid When"s instead of paying attention in science class
You sing showtunes for hours and never run out of musicals
Your wardrobe consists solely of old show t-shirts, musicals, and "I know where the Secret room is!" ones
(If you are a girl) You have been felt up by every girl in the club, and have grabbed them inappropriatly as well
People's reactions to your friends are "Are they drunk?"
You see a trapeze hanging from the catwalks and your response is "Pppfffhhh... No Problem.".
YOUR hallway is often referred to as a clogged artery
You know your theatre better than the teachers do
You can recite the opening broadway cast of Wicked, in order... as well as the current touring cast
You know that Stephen Sondheim did not do "42nd Street"
You know more songs in Foreign Languages than in English--but you have no idea what they mean
You understand that rehearsal--especially for "energetic" musicals involving dancing-- is equally if not more exhausting than running the mile in PE
You know that PE stands for Public Embarassment
You clean up more makeup and clothes off the floor/counters than you ever would at home
When you know the difference between drama on stage, drama off of the stage, and drama in the halls, and are involed in each of them
You complain about the tech head and how stressed s/he is, but then talk about how you want to be tech head for the next show
You complain about being at school til midnight, and even later during tech week, but when it's over you complain about not having anything to do
You dont care when your walking down the hallway and the dressing room is flung open with half naked people inside
You know if you touch the sike (sych? syke? psych? even the Cyc???), you die
You and any other cast member start belting songs from the musical while walking to your next class
It's a common known fact that women change in the men's dressing room because it is less crowded, and they too need a break from the mass chaos of estrogen
You have a restaurant that you and the cast go to the night before the last night of the show... and you battle other schools for tables when you get there
Dance moves taught to you in the new musical remind you of last year's moves... so you do those dances all over again as well
The "No Understudy Box" causes you quite a dilemma
A sleep over on the dirty stage in your sleeping bags sleeping under the catwalks would be the most entertaining night of your life
You have a tendency to hide in a pit
You have gotten/listened to a drunk message from one of your performing arts friends
You have been in every show imaginable...and all the others, you know all the lines to
You have seen one or more the cast members dive into the pit during some sort of crazy mass chaos in rehearsal, or have thought about doing it yourself
You know the light board operating system better than your personal computer at home
You are a girl who has guy friends that can do makeup better than you can
You know the difference between first tech week and second tech week when it comes to musical
You see a movie version of a musical and by the end know exactly what they cut out, what they added in, and whatever else they changed
You cry when you hear Collins do the reprise of "I'll Cover You"
You have seen the six hour documentary special "Broadway, the American Musical"
You practice lines in the school hallways with friends... and love getting weird looks from people who don't understand
You sing the songs from the musical you're in while walking through the halls to make sure the words stay in your head
You've changed where possibly hundreds of people could see you...and don't care!
You've flashed more than one person...by "accident"
The words "privacy" and "personal space" have no meaning
You start taking vitamins weeks before the rehersals start because you know the director is going to "recomend" it
You have been recognized at least once by someone who you have never met before who only knows you as "that person" from "that play"
You know were everyone from the cast lives because you've all been giving each other rides to rehearsals
When you were little, you thought drama queen meant someone who really liked acting
You've gotten your 7 year old sister hooked on wicked and she's wondering what's so innaproriate about Grease
You can talk about the most inappropriate things without raising an eyebrow
Anyone will join in a rousing rendition of "Take Me or Leave Me"!
All your attempts at getting a summer job end in failure because of your crazy rehearsal schedule
The librarians at the local library branch know you as that girl who rents all those musicals
The only time you time you don't project is backstage
You have a pair of dance shoes in your purse
You lock someone out of the theatre and yell at them through the door if they say the name of the Scottish Play
You dump a box of jackets on the head of anyone who whistles in the theatre
You can sing both parts of La Vie Bohem, and so can all of your friends
You've yelled "YOU DIDN'T WATCH THE TONYS?"
You know that review shows are actually a chance for the choreographer to see how hard they can work you before you pass out
You have traveled many hours and spent hundreds of dollars just to see shows
You're parents stopped asking "Haven't you seen that yet?" because they know that even if you have seen it you are going to see it again
You freaked when you heard the rumor that raven symone was going to play G(a)linda in Wicked
You're non-theatre friends hate riding in your car because your car is "allergic to anything but Broadway"
When you're sitting here watching TV and you hear a commercial with something something "Phantom" and your head snaps up insanely quick. And your entire family goes "No. Not your Phantom. It's a razor."
At your sleepover, you forced your friends to watch the movie verson of Rent
You don't have any non-theatre friends
You get incredibly stressed out because you know a girl who's average is going to get a lead a show that you could do so much better on
You end up failing two or more classes because you either skip class to talk to your chorus teacher about ideas for the show, or because you sleep thru class because tech week is coming up soon and you need your sleep
Everything you say has a song to go with it, and you're perfectly OK with singing that song in publi
You ''street perform'' for extra cash, at the entrence of Wal*Mart (singing songs from you're latest show)
You've made a calendar that lists every performance at any notable theatre within two hours of where you live
You email said calendar to your grandparents monthly because you know they are far more likely to take you to those shows than your parents are
You hear another theatre kid singing a showtune from across the gym, and you pick up where she left off when she leaves the room
You spend more time watching videos on youtube than you do watching TV
You become offended when someone doesn't capitalize Broadway
You start singing showtunes while you're babysitting, and the kids sing along because they've heard you sing/play the songs so many times
Everyone at McDonalds knows your name, your order, and what show you're currently rehearsing
You only watch the Super Bowl for intermission
You leave in the middle of the Super Bowl party to go upstairs and sing/play the piano with a friend
You see the commercial for the video game F.E.A.R. that ends with "They all deserve to die" and you can't resist adding "Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why"
When you see a trailer for a movie about Robert Kennedy called "Bobby" all of a sudden Sondheim is less than silently slipping past your lips
When you actually care to make a big fuss over the difference between soundtracks and cast recordings
When visiting NYC you must walk past every major theatre and explain each show to whoever is listening
You know that 'the city' refers to New York City and NOWHERE else
You're discussing baby names and all of your suggestions are names of characters
Your entertainment center is packed with exclusively cast recordings and movie musicals
You have a closet and a bookcase that is devoted solely to the storage and display of theatre memorabilia and it's organized to the point where all playbills and souveneir programs are alphabetized and all theatre magnets organized by date
You can always find a character to relate with your problems or other people's problems
You go to a restaurant or store just because you saw a cast member from a Broadway show there
You reserve a copy of a Broadway cast recording months in advance, just in case
You can point out minute changes in the book/score of movies based on shows
You can name everyone who has ever played Elphaba
Your ipod has a playlist called "Diva Moments"
You insist on wearing theatre related Halloween costumes even though no one ever understands them
You have a nervous breakdown and showtunes start pouring out of you
You refuse to say that you're sorry when you finally snap and yell at your friends who can recite the entire movie of "Rent" but don't know a word of 'Christmas Bells' and insist that 'Seasons of Love' has always been at the beginning of the show and say that everyone should sing 'Love Heals' at the school talent show
You find out that your classes are cancelled for the afternoon so you get tickets to a nearby show
You can think of more than fifteen showtunes with 'love' in the title
Whenever any minor cast change is made in your favorite show you have to go see it again
Anytime the toliet is used 'My Friend, the Dictionary' pops into your head
You sing 'Luck Be A Lady' while you listen to the lottery numbers
In art you constantly sing 'Putting it Together'
On "famous character day" during school spirit week, you dress up as a theatre character and get asked repeatedly who you're supposed to be
Your computer desktop is always decorated with something related to Broadway
You get to be a speller in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and can actually sing along word for word as the cast sings to you
You drive past a sing that says 'Putnam County' (no matter what state) and start screaming and singing the opening number from the Bee
When anyone challenges you to a competition in aything, you sing "Anything you can do I can do better..."
You own multiple cast recordings to the same show, even the movie soundtrack if there is one, and actually make a CD with your favorite version of each song
You say 'loverly' instead of 'lovely'
You have more drawings of comedy/tragedy masks in your geometry notebook than you have drawings of geometric shapes
You watch 'Broadway: the American Musical' whenever it's on, even if you've already seen the one that's on
You actually own all of the VHS tapes and DVDs of 'Broadway: the American Musical'
You actually take the time to draw out the posters of various Broadway musicals to tape to the cover of your notebooks for school because you don't have enough ink to print the posters
You constantly complain that there are folders and notebooks for every movie, but there aren't any for musicals
Your three-year-old cousin runs around singing "...to Grandmother's house!!!" every time she's at your grandparents' house because she's seen you in "Into the Woods" more than once
You love going to Barnes and Nobles in big cities because they actually have a section devoted to theatre, not just a section with theatre, movies, and music all combined.
You look at the theatre section of Barnes and Nobles and have at least three or four of the books there
All of your non-theatre friends can sing along to the chorus of whatever showtune you have as your ringback tone, even though they have no clue what show it's from
You get calls from friends who sing a line or two of a song they've heard and ask you what show it's from, and you always know the answer
During computer class you look at broadwayworld.com while everyone else checks their MySpace
You can sit silently for hours in a car because it just gives you time to go over your lines (and everyone elses') in your mind
You actually have theatre friends who say you sing showtunes too much
You anticipated watching "Johnny and the Sprites" the day Sutton Foster was on it, and got mad whenever anyone tried to take the TV for a half an hour before the show
You correct sellers on Ebay when they don't provide accurate information on theatre memorabilia
Your friends are afraid to mention the color green around you because you start singing the Witch's rap from ITW
You actually know all of the words to the Witch's rap from ITW
Most people continue the phrase "Beans, beans..." with "...the musical fruit!" but you finish it with "...the SPECIAL beans!"
When your English teacher assigns you to write a descriptive essay on a place you know well, you describe the backstage area to one of the local theatres down to the glitter on the floor from makeup spills of past shows
You have a bumper sticker that says "CAUTION: driver singing"
You hum "I'm Not That Smart" every time a teacher is about to hand a test back
You finally understand something in math that's been troubling you for a long time, and the part of YAGMCB where Charlie Brown finally gets the kite in the air runs through your head for the rest of the day
You scream whenever you see your sister's Venus flytrap, and actually have begun calling it Audrey II
You rename all of your sister's pets after theatre characters, and refuse to call them by the names she's given them
You've actually made plans with a friend to go on a roadtrip once you get your license to follow your favorite show as it tours
You have at least 20 songs titled 'Finale' on your ipod
You have at least 20 more titled 'Opening' or 'Prologue'
Your most prized autographs are all from people that your friends have never heard of
You have a song to fit every person you've ever met, and you sing the song for each person as you see them
You launch a twenty-minute lecture on how Sondheim is much better than ALW whenever anyone asks you if you like PotO
You google "You know you're a theatre geek if..." and read every entry on every list it gives you
You check the website of every theatre company in your area daily because you don't want to miss out on audition because you didn't check the listings enough
Your director starts handing out microphones and skips you, and when you ask him why, he says "YOU don't need one!!!"
You call your little cousin Gavroche, and when he doesn't understand, you teach him how to sing 'Little People'
Nobody looks forward to family renunions
People who know you give you weirder looks when you start singing a "normal" song than when you sing a theatre song
You totally flip out if anyone wishes you "good luck!"
You have to give an example of "Truth by Definition", so of course you write the word 'theatre' give the Websters defenition
Everyone knows the performance dates for your shows before you start rehearsals
Not only do you advertise for your own shows, you advertise all your friends' shows too
You spend hours on YouTube watching videos of Broadway shows or performers
You have dance parties in the theatre parking lot
People ask to see your NYC pictures, but change their minds when they find that they're only of you with actors
When your English teacher assigns an essay titled "Who Am I?", you are very tempted to simply type "Jean Valjean"
When someone asks "How do you do?" you're very tempted to reply "My name's Gavroche"
When someone takes something from you, you say "Give that to me, it's none of your business!"
Instead of saying "I like your hair!" you sing "What pretty hair! What pretty locks you've got there!"
You refuse to eat or drink any dairy or chocolate product during tech week or audition week
Instead of taking the time to learn the names of the new freshmen each year, you name them all after characters in a certain show
You read Shakespeare for fun
It's totally impossible to listen to showtunes on your ipod and not sing along
Your friends have stopped watching movies that have musicals with you (such as Oliver Twist, Les Miserables, or the original Hairspray) because you make them pause the movie whenever there should be a song so you can sing it
You go to see Hairspray at the movies and sing along despite the fact that the theater is packed
You wrote your entire report in shakespearean language by accident while rehearsing for a show
You have gone an entire day saying only lines from shows

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