Being involved with theater is a lot more stressful and involved them people think. If you've been in theater for awhile you know the struggles of staying up late, trying to organize other people and yourself, and crazy rehearsal schedules. There's a few common thoughts that come to your mind:
1. NAPPING
Clearly I look like that when I'm napping. Seriously though, I would probably be more well rested and an overall happier human being if I got more sleep. Theater is a lot more time consuming than people think it is, you have crazy rehearsal schedules where you might be up until 10 pm. Sleep is VERY important.
2. Eating
Now, to be clear: WE DO EAT (most of the time) before rehearsals. Just...not well. Between my class schedule and work schedule, I find myself with like 30 minutes to eat dinner and get the theater on time. So what ends up happening? I go to the dinning hall, grab something light, and inhale it so I can be there on time. If I didn't have hundreds of hours of rehearsals, I could probably eat a meal and actually take time to enjoy it (as much as one can enjoy dinning hall food.)
3. Watching more Grey's!
Now, if you read my previous article, you know of my love-hate relationship with this show. HOWEVER, I would watch this show all over again and not having rehearsals would grant me that opportunity.
4. Doing homework at a reasonable time
Being in rehearsals, like mentioned before, theater is time consuming. So, I sometimes have to bring my homework to rehearsals. I get it done on time and fully completed but if I wasn't in rehearsals all the time, I could probably do my homework right after class instead of trying to get it done in between scenes or at odd hours of the night.
5. Having fewer mental breakdowns
Not only is theater time consuming, it's STRESSFUL! Sometimes, i have so much on my plate that I don't know how to process it and every now and then I just have a attitude with everyone. This isn't because I'm mad at THEM, it's just so many jobs working in theater that it can become too much. Sometimes, you just need a day for mental health.
6. Spending time with my roommates.
These are the goofs I live with. Honestly, I see them pretty much all the time because I live with them. However, sometimes plans fall short because of rehearsal schedule and showtimes. If I didn't have all this rehearsal time, I'd probably spend about 99% of my newfound time with them.
