Friendships made through Theater

[jeff_thedancer]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 10:05am

Oh gosh guys, besides the token musical theater kids-i made so many freinds this summer through shows...like..there my new core Friends,what happened to my school friends. now were all gunna go back to school with these inside jokes and talking about these people that dont go to our school and pritty much were your summer-ugh..i wish we all could just go to the same school..and then now were gunna have to leave next summer to go away to our different colleges/universities..ahhh how do you cope..we have made such a strong bond! ugh. im just a ol' softie.lol ugh

what about u guys?
cheers,
Jeff

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 10:08am

I had a really hard time right after my summer program finished, and like a week after I went to visit a friend in PA. I'm also sad beacuse there's not really a theatre interested group at my school at all, so it's kinda just me.

[Difran]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 10:17am

i just finished an amazing summer program that has taken up every day of the summer. the people that i met there are amazing. i love them all soo much. and because some people are from as far away as simcoe (i live in ontario) its generally hard to see each other...but we all made a pact that we would see every single persons show that they were in, and that we would arrange hangouts to see each other...i cant wait for these dates because the program was done 2 days ago and i miss them all soo much already

[nate2]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 10:28am

well every year i go to show choir camps of america and they bring in a broadway star this year was HUGH PANARO omg incredible voice lol but yeah you learn 4 songs and extremely tough dances in a week! And you make so many friends most of them are in different states so it sucks on the last day cause we sing this really sad song called how do we say goodbye but i cope with it because i know i'll see them all again my next 2 summers and when i become a counselor so for me it's all good!

[Becca]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 10:40am

Yes there are the Theatre friends at school but I have allways been quite the oddball. It was more with the art and band geeks where I fit in. I went to Chicago to make money for college this summer and ended up making quite a few theatre friends there without even being in a theatre. I agree it is a wonderful feeling to know that there are other people with the same passion out there. It isn't just you. Leaveing them kills. I am Majoring in theatre at OSU and have no clue what the people are like as of yet so I am just going to have to trust my instincts close my eyes and leap.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 4:41pm

Socially, theatre has saved my life. I did not have many friends in high school who WEREN'T involved - not because I was cliquey, just because it formed so many great bonds and I was shy prior to that. All of my closest friends in high shcool were involved. Instead of shy and mousish, I became outgoing.

My first night of college. 4 kids sitting on the grass, discussing theatre stories, belting out Avenue Q and Spamalot...I'll never forget it.

[Mt4life]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 5:06pm

Oh my goodness. I've been doing theater all my life but the past two years have been absolutely amazing. I met three boys while doing Scrooge the musical at a community theater. I had worked with them before but never all together. We completely connected and became best friends. We hung out almost every day and always enjoyed each others company. No words can explain how amazing it is to have met these spectacular people and to have the privilige of hanging out with them all the time. Of course, we have added more and more people to our group but sometimes we just hang out. I love hanging out with them because the aren't cliquey and we understand completely what the others go through at school. We can talk about anything and not feel at all embarassed and we share everything with one another. Its absolutely amazing to have friends like these from theater.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 7:30pm

I haven't made a lot of kid friends through theatre because my mom hasn't done shows with kids in them. But I've made some great adult friends. I'll name three for ya.

One is Greg. He's a middle school wood teacher, so there's a reason he likes me. Anyway, my mom cast him in Plaza Suite, and we talked sometimes when he wasn't rehearsing or was backstage. Greg was so sweet to me, that I decided to give him a candy bar with a card saying thanks for being so nice on the last day. After the performance, he walked up to me, and planted a kiss right on top of my head. And he said to my mom, "You have the sweetest daughter in the world."

My mom cast him in Play It Again Sam (He played Dick) and he was still just as sweet to me. And NOW my mom cast him in Run For Your Wife as the gay guy. XD But knowing him, he'll steal the show (He used to do stand-up). Plus, it'll be a lot of fun seeing him splashed in red paint. XDDD

Okay, two more!

One of the best actors in the area was cast in The Foreigner, which I was in this time. His name was Mark, and he was also very nice to me. He told me after a rehearsal that wherever I was going to go in the future, I was going to make it. I was floored by that comment, and just spent the rest of the run admiring him. I talked to him after the last performance about how nice he was to me, and he gave me a big bear hug that lasted for awhile.

Last one! I know, I'm nuts.

A lot of friends from this board have heard his name too many times, but there's a perfectly good reason why. His name is David, and he sings...like an angel, I swear.

I met him after my mom cast him as Max in Lend Me A Tenor. My mom told me on the way home from a rehearsal that I should ask him to sing for me. So, at the next rehearsal, I asked him. He sang this song in Italian about the moon, and I said to him after he sang, "Excuse my French, but you're f*ckin' amazing."

Eventually, we started to talk more. Just about life and musical theatre. About musicals we hated and musicals we liked. It was a lot of fun!

On opening night, I picked a white rose from my front yard and gave him a Future Star keychain (that I didn't want in the first place anyway, lol) along with it. After the performance, I dragged him into the light/sound booth and told him how much he inspired me. I gave him a big hug and just burst into tears, which I've never ever done with an actor.

Now we're the best of friends. We e-mail each other a lot and do what we can to see each other. David and I even went to see Les Miz together in June. That was a lot of fun!

Okay, that's it. But socially, like CurtainUp, theatre has saved my life.

Updated On: 8/22/06 at 07:30 PM

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 8/23/06 at 11:55am

Not really through theatre, but through music. I spent five weeks at a summer camp for music this year. At my school, I don't have any friends interested in theatre and music like me. So when I got there, I'm like 'Wow, there are people like me out there.' and I made the best friends I've ever had. Even though now we're seperated... they showed me that there is a place for me in life. It was the best experience of my life. Instead of being made fun of for my musicals... I was embraced by my knowledge of musical theatre and instead of my 'freak voice with a vibrato', I was a great singer.

Those friends I've made this summer have definitley changed my life. Now that I'm back at home, my friendships here are changed. They don't understand me like my friends at camp. I feel like I've just moved on. Yeah, there are one or two friends that I actually consider my good friends here now... but everything is changed.

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 8/23/06 at 4:41pm

I go to a performing arts HS, so naturally you make friends within your major (mine being theatre) obviously all of my best friends are theatre majors. And even though when auditions for a show come around, and your best friend becomes your competition. Everyone is still supportive. We all have everything in common, it's great. I love my friends to death and don't know what I would do without them.

I love you guys (coughlilmunkee22)

AAAAAND...I met my BWWB through the loveliness (sp??) of this fab site. DancinBlondie, Triple Threat 101, Boy_Blake, and EdenEspinosaLover are the shiz. Looking at us, you wouldn't think any of us would be friends, but we get along perfectly. It's crazy and I miss them all so much. I love theatre friends!!!!

[Becca]

Posted: 8/23/06 at 5:24pm

I have quite a few friends that go to HS's like that. I really envy them for it. Well now that I am in College it is a bit different but you know... still longing for such a community. Like the Rent family! Ha!

[justagirl2]

Posted: 8/23/06 at 5:42pm

I've made unbelievable friends through theatre.

I didn't really start doing community theatre until I was a sophomore in high school, but it helped reunite one of my friends from elementary school and me...we had become extremely distant since we entered high school, but when we both had nothing to do, our mothers made us drive together to an audition. Now she's back to being one of my closest friends.

The girl who was cast as Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof when I was Tzeitel is now one of my absolute favorite people...and so on.

Pretty much the only people who I'm tight with who I didn't meet through theatre are my best friend, and most of my guy friends. It's really rewarding.


ETA: Mt4life, you were in Scrooge? Me too! You're like the only other person I've heard of who's been in it. Who were you?

Updated On: 8/23/06 at 05:42 PM

[wicked4life51]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:30pm

everyone knows everyone when it comes to theatre
its a small community
on broadway everyone knows everyone

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 7:27pm

Camp Bravo was also a big thing for me. I met so many great friends there and became close with teachers. The cool thing about being close with the teachers, is that a lot of them are college professors and have so many connections.

AH. I miss Bravo. ::cries::

[forni-kate]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 2:58pm

I was at the Stratford Festival's Shakespeare school. The eole I met there were amazing. I did not expect to become that close with so many people in only two weeks - both campers and counsellors. I was sobbing when I had to leave.

"Pretty much the only people who I'm tight with who I didn't meet through theatre are my best friend, and most of my guy friends. It's really rewarding." - that goes for me too!

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 3:35pm

I hate when shows or theater programs end! At my old camp I was ALWAYS in the playhouse(our theater) i was exceedingly close with the drama staff, to the point where I was one of them and I got to help cast the shows and help direct. that was 2 years ago and I still miss them SOOOO much!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 6:55pm

I miss my stagedoor manor friends all the time. Its so depressing to look at old pictures!