#high school theater

[wanderinghedgehog]

I’m watching another recorded high school les mis production and I absolutely love these casting decisions because it leads to some fantastic confrontation choreography. So Valjean in this production isn’t very tall at all. He’s seriously not very imposing. Whereas Javert here is towering over everyone. Now you may ask how will a fight scene with these two work? The answer is that I have no fucking clue. I have no idea what I just watched.

#I love this sort of thing #nothing better #les mis #les miserables #musicals #high school theater

[fawna12]

Theater is

Theater is a kid, trying to figure out what clubs to do in second grade, knowing that they've seen musicals and plays before and loved watching them and seeing drama club on the list

Theater is

Audition

Casting

Rehearsal

Theater is the kid, old enough to sing in the musical, memorizing their lines and others, loving every second of being onstage

Theater is

Memorization

Blocking

Choreography

Theater is the kid, now in middle school, deciding to do the theater class since there is one at their school now, meeting the theater teacher, meeting new friends, being good at it, finally auditioning for their first actual musical

Theater is

Stage Fright

Friendship

Confidence

Theater is that kid getting the main role, doing theater again the next year, knowing so much about all of it and teaching the newer kids, painting set pieces with their friends, the friends that they now have because of theater

Theater is

Props

Costumes

Lights & Sound

Theater is the kid going into high school, leaving their middle school theater teacher and younger friends, so anxious about it but quickly finding their place in their theater class, volunteering at a drama fundraiser and meeting older theater kids there, learning their names and being able to make an impression

Theater is their first high school audition, for the fall play, multiple smaller plays directed by seniors, and having fun, getting cast in one of the biggest ones with the best directors they could've asked for, still anxious about being a good cast member but getting more confident again

Theater is rehearsals 3 times a week after school, the kid finding their footing in the cast, making friends with the older kids, being able to make suggestions or point things out that need fixing in the show

Theater is the kid being able to impress people, being able to memorize their lines, being able to be confident, being able to fix things, being able to say hi to their cast in the halls, at first just smiling at their director when they passed each other during passing period but then saying hi, even talking for a minute or two, the cast walking to the grocery store together at the start of a rehearsal for almost no reason, the kid being able to talk to their castmates, their friends, and not feel out of place, being excited for the bigger productions later in the year, not being worried about stage makeup because they know the older kids will be there, knowing that the older cast members and their directors will help them if they need it, knowing that they'll still be able to spend more time with them, knowing that they'll be so sad when the seniors graduate, but knowing that they still have almost all of the school year with them

Theater is

Belonging

Safety

Laughter

Freedom

Joking

Focusing

Acting

Acting, but with people that you trust. With people that even though you met them 2 months ago, that you know. You know their mannerisms, how they laugh, their sense of humor. You know that they're kind, you know that they care, you know that all of you love this. You all love this so, so much. You know that if you make a mistake on stage, that they'll improv and cover for you, and that you'd do the same for them. You know that no matter how anxious you are before the show, that they'll be someone with the same nerves and you can comfort each other.

And then the last show will end, and the audience will applaud. You will bow, with these people, these people that you may not have known a few months prior, but that so much trust has formed between. You've played improv games with these people, walked to the store with them, rehearsed over and over and over again with them, learned so much from them, taught and helped and been taught and helped, and it's over.

Until the next show, and the next, and the next year with more new freshmen, some of the kid's younger middle school friends now there too, until the year that the kid will direct their own show, as a senior, and try to be just as good a director as the ones they had their freshmen year.

And they will belong.

They will all belong.

#here's a little bit of my soul please be careful with it- #this got out of hand #but this is what theater means to me #this is mostly about my personal theater experience as I'm feeling sentimental at the moment #not sure if this is poetry or word art or a story or something else entirely #but whatever it is it is mine #I love theater and I always will #I don't think any of my cast is on tumblr but if they are and somehow found this and know its about them #I love you guys and thank you so much for making my high school theater experience a good one. I'm going to miss you all so much #and I hope I can make you proud #alright normal tags now- #theatre #theater #musical theatre #plays #theater kid #theatre kid #high school theater #high school theatre #poetry #poem #(i think) #art #word stuff #belonging #fawn's poetry

[sillysally13]

nowhere has more drama than a high school theater department

#so much shit went down during urinetown #so. much. shit. #theatre kid #theater kid #sillysallyspeaks #musical theatre #high school theater #high school theatre

[wtfisgoinonrightnow]

Ah the chaos of underfunded high school theater

#high school theater #theater kid #theater #musicals #we have no money

[briardatura]

Beauty And The Beast (The Broadway Musical) facts

Fact 1: Lumiere kisses Cogsworth on the cheek on two occasions during the show.

Fact 2: Lumiere has a girlfriend, named Babette. She's a feather-duster/maid.

Fact 3: Lumiere does not kiss his girlfriend one single time during the show. (Unless you count the time he kissed her hand and immediately sneezed from the feathers.)

Source: The official script that I'm currently looking at and have read all the way through three times. (my school's doing Beauty And The Beast, I was recently cast as Cogs himself)

Conclusion: This is Gay Ass behavior.

#zach that's gay #beauty and the beast #beauty and the beast broadway #broadway musicals #disney #disney movies #beauty and the beast lumiere #lumiere #cogsworth #babette #lgbtq+ #gay #he's gay #lumiere x cogsworth #shut up I know that tag exists somewhere #theater #high school theater #high school theatre #theatre #musical theatre

[the-metropolis-marvel]

Damn, highschool theater really just be

Hey! Meet some of the coolest and chill people you will ever meet who share similar interests as you!

Or

Hey so the pride ring of hell was full so take some of the most egotistical maniacs in this mortal plane and shove them in here

#vent post #theater kid #theatre #high school theater

[ostronat]

"and if you kick every queer kid out of this school then WHO is going to be doing high school theater?" "ooh...that's not..." "no, i mean, in the sense that--"

#asterpost #shitposting #tiktok #theater #high school theater #theater kid #musical theater

[crowbubbles]

#musical theatre #musical theater #broadway #theater kid #theater #theatre #theater kids #high school theater #broadway musicals #rehearsal track cowbell #lgbtq #musicals #one act play #Theater kid core

[4n0therp4intb4llepis0de]

I think the only downside to seeing/being in one of my school’s production of a musical/play before seeing it on stage literally anywhere else is that now those characters are never going to be anybody else to me. Like. If i see that performance on broadway id be like “nah, Lucy played that role better tbh” or “That’s not what that character looks like, they look like Julie!” The whole time instead of actually enjoying it. And its nothing against the actors on broadway! Im just overly attached to the way my peers did it.

#Those are fake names that stand for real people btw #Jsyk #theater #musical theatre #high school theater

[floralcavern]

Dumb little comic because it’s tech week

#Theater kid #theater #high school theater #comic #meme #tech week #techies

[wanderinghedgehog]

In the middle of another high school Les Mis production. I think I kinda love this one. Musically, it’s one of the best high school shows I’ve seen. But the acting is also very good. There are certain choices that were made that the director is more to blame for than the actors so I won’t be too harsh. I will say though, the fight scene in the confrontation just straight up not ending before the lights went down was an odd choice. As for the actors, I’ll make a list:

Valjean’s actor is quite good and captures some of the character’s reserved nature while still looking just a little intimidating. He reminds me a bit of Gabriel Gabrio in the ‘25 film.

Javert is absolutely fascinating. The kid that plays him moves like a damn snake. It’s amazing. He’s got a bit of an odd thing about his voice that I can’t explain, but I don’t mind it.

Fantine had a gorgeous voice and lots of energy. This girl seemed to get a little ahead of herself sometimes acting-wise, but her performance otherwise was quite good.

Little Cosette was adorable. No notes.

The Thénardiers were fairly good. I’m not generally a Thénardier fan anyway, so I guess I’m biased. The actors themselves seemed like they were having a lot of fun and they worked really well together.

I’m loving this production so far and I’m praying that it continues to be good.

#les mis #les miserables #high school theater

[fawna12]

theatre is awesome, onstage or not, but I need to talk about what's probably my favorite moment as an audience member, and one I enjoy as an actor

Before a show, the audience is active; on their phones, talking to each other, getting up and sitting down and walking down to the orchestra pit and back to their seats

During the show the audience is mostly silent, taking it in and watching, save for intermission and any coughs, sniffles, or laughter

But my favorite moment isn't either of those, or even after the show.

It's the moment just after the house lights turn off.

That scramble to turn off phones, that moment of anticipation, when you don't know how the show will start, what the costumes will look like, what the music is

You don't know if anything will go wrong, if you'll love it or hate it

The audience is silent then, but the energy and anticipation is high.

As an actor, it's similar but in a different way. Everyone is nervous, and is rushing to their places or reviewing last-minute lines for future scenes. It's the moment before the muscle memory, before things can go wrong, before the hot lights and eyes are on you. The last moment backstage before the show starts. The last moment for preparation, the last moment before what you've been preparing for starts and ends.

And it has the exact same amount of energy and anticipation

And it is wonderful.

#theatre posting #(again) #lol i love theater so much #theatre #theater #musical theatre #musical theater #theater kid #high school theater #acting #whoo #but yeah I love that

[sillysally13]

we need one of these but like for an entire cast

#theater kid #theatre kid #high school theater #high school theatre #musical theatre #sillysallyspeaks

[tacobellabeanburrito]

Ok well now I’m kinda in a show choir mood so time for show choir lore!!

My high school’s rival high school did “The Cellblock Tango” as one of its songs for its show. Instead of the husband’s names they put the name of teachers from their school.

There is a 9/11 show choir show. You can find it on YouTube.

People take Show Choir incredibly seriously. My rival high school’s price to participate (stuff like costumes and shoes and props and sets) comes around to 1000 dollars. Yes. 1000.

The drama in Show Choir is unbelievable. Imagine theatre drama but 100 times worse.

Most of these kids are incredibly pretentious and also discriminatory against most ethnicities (It doesn’t fit their image) and also weights and heights. It’s like being a rockette in some choirs.

Competitions are all day. From at least 7 or 6 to 12 at night if you make finals. Earlier and later if you are part of the host school.

People’s sets, props and costumes can get insane. One year, my sophomore year, a show choir had a full rotating huge prop tree. It was crazy.

My sophomore year, my rival high school’s show choir had a show that included stilts. And glow in the dark suits.

Glee isn’t really Show Choir.

There are private Show Choirs not affiliated with high schools. They’re like a club. They compete with the other high schools.

Oh some Show Choirs also have TVs so that you can see things on them. There was this giant book that my rival high school had as a prop that had words and text and images on the screen.

Show Choir is all about image (it’s why I said that most choirs don’t let people of color in, it doesn’t fit their image because everyone, for the most part, has to look the same) so if you have short hair, you need to get extensions. You also cannot have dyed hair in most choirs, it has to be at least a natural color. People also have to buy the same makeup and same everything.

#show choir #sc #high school #high school show choir #hs #theatre #theater #high school theater #high school theatre #glee #dancing #dance #race

[wtfisgoinonrightnow]

Our sound team just hit the wrong cue, so instead of a baby crying it sounded like a bunch of stuff fell, so the scene went like this.

"I knew you wouldn't give up"

"he wouldn't leave his baby"

"it looked like he was going to"

"give me my son"

CRASH BANG POTS FALLING CATS MEOWING GENERAL CHAOS

dead silence

Everyone fucking loses it

#theater kid #theater #into the woods #musicals #broadway #high school theater #theater bloopers

[blurrypop]

during my schools performance of grease, the guy who played roger said “mewing” instead of “mooning” in the mooning song

#grease #theater #high school #high school theater