"I don't just jump into bed like an acrobat..."

The life of a theatre junkie is incredibly underestimated. People don't go around comparing the lives of jocks to those of the theatre department. Those people that don't DO theatre don't know what putting a show together entails.

For our upcoming show, we have been rehearsing since August 10th (before school started). At the beginning, the practices weren't incredibly long and weren't strenuous. As time goes on, practices get longer, and longer, and longer. Until this past week we had practices from 330 until 9. That is 5 and a half hours of straight practice right there.

Before that practice begins, you go through hours of memorizing and learning all the music. Not to mention getting all your costumes prepared. When it comes to the week before the show, practices are brutal. You spend most of your time running around backstage and figuring out what costume comes next. You are forced to remain quiet through all of this because you could be heard out in the audience. As you are scrambling around backstage you have to be fully conscious of what is going on onstage because god forbid you miss a cue.

Next comes showtime. You have your nerves all built up and your eagerness to get on stage and show everyone what you have put together. You hope and pray that it will be enjoyed. You hear those famous words said by the director, "Enjoy the show!" and you take your place.

What I am trying to say is, the amount of time you put in just for one show is tremendous and can easily be compared to the life of a jock. The only difference is we (thespians) don't practice on a field. The theatre is our dwelling place, our field if you will. We put in just about the same time for one show as the football players do for 4. Next time you think that theatre isn't that hard. You just remember that 2 months of time went in to that show just for your enjoyment.

Will you enjoy the show?