Once a theater kid, you are always and forever a theater kid. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't do the following things at least once...
1) Sing along to the original cast recording of anything.
2) See an article of clothing on the street and think "oh god that would work so well as a costume for this random character"
3) Hear a song on the radio and say "if this were a show the costumes would be a mix of rocky horror meets leave it to beaver" (oh yea I've actually said that in the last 9 days)
4) Do some form of interpretive dance in an inappropriate place and setting.
and dear god there are so many more.
Now I know my theatrical tendencies lean more towards costumes than being on stage, but it is through my joy of performing for an audience that I found my adoration for helping others find their joy on stage. I love being able to hear the background of a characters life and deciding, based on age, time period, personality, and life experiences what that person would choose to wear. It's a way of getting inside someones head that is completely unparalleled in my mind. In the last few weeks and I have been finding myself giving in to more and more of these theater habits. So in honor of this recent flare up of theatrical love, I am spending the rest of the day singing along to everything and being as crafty as humanly possible.
