{"id":57,"date":"2016-04-15T19:35:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/performerstuff.wpengine.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2018-09-12T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:39:08","slug":"10-ways-high-school-theatre-teaches-you-about-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/10-ways-high-school-theatre-teaches-you-about-life\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways High School Theatre Teaches You About Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 Ways High School Theatre Teaches You About Life<\/h1>\n
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Written by Tiffany Weagly- Wilkie<\/p>\n

March 1, 2018<\/p>\n

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1. It builds confidence.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Once you\u2019ve mustered up the courage to get on stage (sometimes in tights!) in front of thousands (or even tens) of your peers, you know you have the confidence to take on the world.<\/p>\n

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2. It teaches you the value of a dollar.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You learn a lot about how to\u00a0make a little money go a long way when you help put an entire musical production together with just a $1000 budget.<\/p>\n

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3. It teaches you about relationships.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Chances are that your first brush with romance was during the fall production of Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, or maybe you had your first kiss on stage in front of the whole school.<\/p>\n

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4. You learn to do nice things for others.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There\u2019s always a friend who needs a ride home, or someone who forgot to pack a snack, or an exhausted director in need of Starbucks, and with a little effort, you can be the hero who saves their day.<\/p>\n

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5. You learn to\u00a0succeed under pressure. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nothing prepares you for future stresses like the dramas that happen during tech week.<\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0You learn to appreciate other people.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

After spending weeks in dealing with your castmates’ quirks and wacky theatre-people, whether it’s pretending to be lovers, family, or enemies, you will be prepared to deal with any personalities life throws at you.<\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0You understand the importance of connections and mentors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Your theatre director and coaches can make a lasting impact on your life and development, and they could become some of the most important relationships in your life. Most won\u2019t tolerate an ounce of disrespect.<\/p>\n

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8. You\u00a0understand to never be late. Ever!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You never want to give your director an excuse to say (for the millionth time), \u201cIf you are on time, you are late!”<\/p>\n

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9. You learn to respect everyone in the company.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Treat your technicians kindly or you may find yourself in white spandex.<\/p>\n

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10.\u00a0You learn that sometimes a family is the one you make.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Insert your troupe number here: _____________ forever!<\/p>\n

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Tiffany Weagly-Wilkie<\/strong>\u00a0is the Director of Theatricals for\u00a0PerformerStuff.com. She also serves as the Casting Director for The Imagination House.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260,272,453],"tags":[271,313,17,314,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}