1. Emphasizing the TH in thespian because everyone thinks you're saying lesbian.

"No, THespian. Not lesbian. THespian."

2. Never winning any Broadway ticket lotteries.

3. You can get through a 5 hour tech rehearsal without a problem but you wheeze at the thought of doing any exercise.

4. You never remember harmonies for more than 5 minutes.

5. Closing night of a show means carrying 3 bouquets of flowers, all of your hair/makeup kits, and your 10 costumes, complete with shoes and accessories home.

6. Half the people you follow on every social media site are Broadway shows and actors/actresses.

7. Having costumes that you love.

8. And, costumes that you hate.

9. When everyone says "Let's go out after the show!" and you look like this because of stage makeup combined with 2 hours of singing, dancing, and sweating.

10. You may as well record yourself saying, "I can't that day, I have rehearsal." and "No, I can't just skip it" to save yourself the trouble of repeating yourself.

11. Stage manager isn't worried? Not that big of a deal. Stage manager is panicking? Everyone panics.

12. Listening to Broadway Original Cast Recordings while you're out and singing/dancing to them a little bit.

....and sometimes getting weird looks from people, but you don't care because the Hamilton soundtrack is just that good.

13. Being home alone and getting to belt show tunes and dance around.

14. Practicing your songs in the shower and wondering "why don't I ever sound like this during rehearsal?"

15. You look like this in most dance auditions/rehearsals:

16. That feeling after acing an audition:

17. And, that feeling after bombing an audition:

18. OR, even worse, that feeling when you do amazing at auditions AND callbacks and STILL don't get the role you wanted.

19. When the director yells "everyone on stage NOW for mic check!" but you've got no costume on, half a face of makeup, and a wig cap.

20. Being in the ensemble means being in just about every scene, having 15-20 costume changes, and singing more than any of the leads, while also being totally unappreciated.

21. That ONE person in every show who thinks they should be headlining their own one-man cabaret.

22. Watching videos of your old shows consists 90% of cringing and 10% of wondering why. Just, why.

23. Most, if not all, of your friends were made through musical theater.

24. Seeing a Broadway show close is like mourning a death, especially if you never got to see it.

25. It's the same with closing a show and the post show depression hits hard.

26. But, when another show is announced, you're always happy to go through all the struggles because you can't imagine your life without musical theater. You're a thespian, and it's what you do.