1. Auditions that go exactly as planned.

2. The Hamilton Original Cast Recording.

3. Hot co-stars.

4. Easily impressed districts and state thespian judges.

5. Throat Coat Tea during cold and flu season.

6. Cast parties!

7. When someone brings extra food to rehearsal.

8. Those extremely rare occasions when the director says, “We’re going to finish up early today.”

9. New awesome headshots.

10. The time you spend laughing with the people who get you the most: your theatre fam.

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