As a theatre kid, I think it’s so disrespectful to go somewhere public and start performing when no one asked for it. Especially in a restaurant. My theatre group just hosts our own parties at our own houses out of curtsy to people just trying to enjoy their dinner💀
Yeah, we still go to denny’s but we just eat and talk to eachother don’t host an entire performance and then have cast parties where we actually mess around and talk about the show and everything but even then we talk about other things
you forgot the kids that just do everything that might put them in a spotlight and the ones that heard theater kids are weird and they're weird and want friends
I’m a musical lover who’s school didn’t have a theater programs and didn’t know of any public theaters so just listened to musical soundtracks on repeat.
As a musical theater kid who's literally doing Heathers right now, I find the idea of doing pizza parties at restaurants such a stupid idea. I used to do community theater and we would just have it at the director's house. I also noticed that most theater kids who I interacted with were just neurodivergent kids trying to find a community
Same!! i dont know if its just different where i live, but i dont think ive ever interacted with the kind of obnoxious people that everyone talks about when talking about theatre kids, its always just been fellow queer and neurodivergent people doing something we all love!!
We had cast parties after shows at fast food places, but in my troupe it was always heavily emphasized to be quiet, polite, and tip well. We made sure to keep a positive reputation.
I wonder if it's the same as every other communities - the loud minorities. I used to work with a girl who was trying to do theatre full time and have a friend who went to performance art sch (even went to her graduating performance, is that what it called?); neither of them display any of the so called 'theatre kids' traits'.
as a theater kid and someone who had to deal with the kids who do musicals, they were always the most obnoxious and the coolest people were the stage crew
As someone on stage crew this made me happy. I only know what it’s like working with opera and ballet majors but SOME of them seem cool and kinda funny (sometimes ballet dancers can’t follow or remember directions but that’s okay lmfao)
I’m a reformed theatre kid turned theatre professional and you’d be surprised how many professionals I’ve met that still act like this. Most of them are absolute gems but there’s a couple that make my skin crawl
I have great respect for theatre with the exception of any kind of musical. Musicals are an inherently cringe and unserious format unless it’s operatic
I agree! I’ve checked out plenty of Broadway musicals with an amazing score and an incredible cast on and off stage (on RU-vid, because I don’t live in New York), and they are super respectful, but you can’t just perform whenever you want. I say this as a hard core musical theater kid, choir kid, and band kid. To the above comment, I respectfully disagree. There are plenty of non operatic musicals that are the opposite of unserious, and a lot of the lyrics are relevant to real life. And the ones that are unserious are a good and healthy way to have fun, especially if it has a good score.
Here’s my thing. I get that being a part of something is really fun, especially in the moment. But I think if I saw even one person glare at me I would sit and shut up? Theater kids have guts, I’ll give them that
I was in choir and loved it, was good at it, wanted a solo a couple times but I don't think I could do it tbh. Too nerve racking to be the center of attention
Fs, in my school the chorus teacher is known for having favorites and you will always see her favorites as leads in the school musical despite the actual drama teacher not wanting some of them in the musical. It’s a really corrupt program, last year her son and all of his best friends got all the roles they wanted and also all got solos in the chorus program as well, it’s really unfortunate.
Also costume designer! I didnt have theatre in my high school, though. The program was cut the year I started. I came from a fashion program and then studied theatre film and tv in college.
As someone who was trained in classical voice, theater kids stress me out... The hyperventilating... The impending nodes... The social politics... It's all too much lol. Edit: In case you're a theater kid, just know that I was also a techie. 👀
Hopefully it'll be a light in the tunnel to know that though my technique isn't perfect, it's improving quite quickly! Not a classical singer, nor do I intend to be, but hopefully it helps to know that some take care of their voice. Not saying I do necessarily, but I'm working to a place where I'm not damaging it nearly as much, and I've seen a lot of improvement. Sometimes we can get our technique to be pretty good! (: That said, we are horribly stressful, I agree. I love theater too much to not be a part of it, though
I am a theatre kid myself, having been in several productions, but I think there are two types of theatre kids. 1: The obnoxious one, won't stop singing, bragging about roles, doing warm-ups when not needed (most of the time off pitch), and only got the role because they look good. 2: The mostly quiet one, respects the public, not always happy with the role they got but grows to like it, and doesn't usually get big roles even if they are very good. I can agree with most of the points you are making because I've seen people like the first example and they scare the fuck out of me.
"She is all dressed up and this guy is just in pajamas," bro, did you not go to public high school? This is the most normal aspect of this situation 😭😭
@@beplankingPersonally for me, it depends on the person and what they need. If you are more extroverted and more energetic, public school might be for you. However, if you are more introverted and need to socialize in a way that is comfortable, like me, I recommend being homeschooled. It also depends on if u have any mental conditions. Some kids literally can’t focus in regular school, or have sensory issues. But that’s just my opinion
@@charlie8829 I was talking more about not diverting public school funds to private school vouchers, but under certain circumstances I can see home school being an option. They should still have some way to assess their skills and knowledge tho. I know a ton of kids who "homeschooled" and ended up with basically a 6th grade education as young adults
i was a theatre kid but i just loved the plays more than anything. the musicals were always filled with kids like this who were so dramatic about cast lists and all that!! it became so draining worrying about that so i just stuck to plays and did tech theatre for the musicals :)
I’m a theatre kid and while I understand this it’s rlly not anything bad and it gives me a lot of friends I wouldn’t have and helps me w social anxiety
I'm so incredibly glad that my friends and i never did any of our theatre shit in public spaces. We would belt songs in the car and do dance numbers from past shows when hanging out at each other's houses, but NEVER in a Denny's. I think it's cuz we all had anxiety.
@@rebeccat7912 cos the guy he tried to roasted responded to him in a video and it turned out old jakey boy was telling some lies. Which being a beta fatty boy he is too scared to deal with.
My only problem with Jake's videos is that I have to skip parts because I suffer from the inability to watch certain types of cringe that is presented many videos
It's so weird I grew up doing theater and never felt like I had a true "theater kid" experience.... then again I kinda was the theater kid stereotype for like 3 years; but even then I feel like I was kinda one of few... Everyone else was rly chill and great. There are definitely annoying theater kids out there but it's kinda saddening when the entire love for theater is chalked up to an annoying stereotype *plays tiniest violin*
in my school, theatre kids will do the most to separate themselves from the THOSE theatre kids. we generally have a rule of keeping the singing in the class and on stage other than that shut up (ESPECIALLY DENNY DINNERS). but yes we can be the absolute most at times and no one hates theatre kids more than theatre kids.
i feel like people only think theatre is cringe because the idea of performing gives them second hand embarrassment, and people think it makes someone a disappointment. not to mention people think that if you’re obsessive over theater you’re cringe. Also: theres nothing wrong with being passionate about something. its honestly only “cringe” when they’re untalented or cant even sing at ALL…
Theater kids are annoying because they think they're better than everyone else, constantly talk about theater, and think they're going to make it Broadway when they aren't musically gifted at all
As someone who was literally in Grease earlier this year and would go to a restaurant after every single show, all I can say is I'm glad my group of theatre kids behaved and just ate their food relatively peacefully
I woke up sewerslidal but now i feel superior to these theater kids. I've been taking vocal lessons for almost 10years and knowing your range is the basics to using your body as an instrument, especially if you're gonna act like you're such an amazing actor. Anyways, thank you Jake for the uplifting videos. Everyday I learn of new people that suck and are unreal, i love it
The truly worst type of people are Tik tokers who make fun of theaters kids but then do the “Veronica open the door trend” or the “you’re never getting rid of me trend” or “hi my name is sky”. And think they’re the shit.
i doubt you’ll see this but i really enjoy your daily content, i’ve been really ill the past few weeks and it’s been really nice everyday to be able to forget about the world chill out and just watch one of your videos about anything. so thank you for being able to cheer me up in this crappy time :)
I’m a theatre kid and I’m a pretty quiet person, it’s just when i’m with other theatre friends i get lots of adrenaline and do all the singing and screaming stuff. but it’s not for attention, it’s literally just bc it’s fun. theatre has helped me so much with overcoming anxiety and finding a bunch of new friends i fit in with!! honestly, i know we’re annoying but we’re just having a good time! (i do not excuse the running a whole song in a denny’s though, that’s insane)
Ok so I was a theater kid in like middle school, amd literally I swear they knew I was queer even though I wasn't put vause I would always get villain roles or comedic relief roles. Being in stage crew is way more fun, you're not directly "threatening" the loud obnoxious people but still get to be a part of the performance and its artistic expression. I wish all theater kids a very get over yourselves :). I'm also in art college right now (not theater) but I live in fear of like all but 3 people I've met in the theater department.
The fact that in this one they gave something to the people who lost but in the one where it was “guess the poor person” they gave rich people money and showed them giving nothing to the girl who is working at a young age trying to survive when she should be able to just enjoy her youth 🤨🤨🤨
as soon as you said jubilee i literally started freaking out because i knew what video it would be i literally went to high school with austin and he promoted this video on his personal instagram story 😭😭😭
As a theater kid, I can’t imagine performing when not asked. When we went to ihop at midnight we were dead from 3-5 days of performance, not in the mood to do more bullshit. 😂😂😂
I was a theatre student in middle and high school (so 7 years). I’ve directed, acted and done tech theatre. My class even took a play to a nationals conference. If you held a gun to me head I would not be able to tell you stage left/right. 😂😂 my mind deleted that quick.
My brother’s high school did Clue for their fall play. Some girl wrote a fanfic about my brother and a friend of his fucking in character. Some theater kids are insane
I just joined a musical theatre group and I used to think it was so annoying when my friend would randomly start performing and… I still do. Some ppl just think the word revolves around them and theatre seems to be a magnet for those people.
as a unfortunately hardcore theater kid i will say dear evan hansen sucks calling it generic and boring is correct, it makes me nostalgic but no. its bad. him pulling out the zombie prom redeemed him for me tho
hi so im a theatre kid and honestly my school doesn't do musicals so i don't really have people like this, but its really just a bunch of lgbtq and neurodivergent kids looking for friends and overall irs really nice
God dude remember how just a couple months ago the goal was 100k by January? And now 200k by then is well within achievable range? Huge fuckin congrats to the insane growth of your channel Jake, the work you put in to consistently upload daily doesn't go unappreciated ♥︎
I was a theatre kid in middle school. It stemmed from hamilton. I participated as a stage hand, and got to move all the props and make the backgrounds. I wasn’t super into it, but found it fun. My best friends at the time took her role so seriously, that it was crazy to me.
This made me remember when I just got into varsity theatre at the beginning of 10th grade and all the older varsity students decided to get everyone together and play volleyball in a PUBLIC PARK. First thing that happened was they all started singing on top of the PUBLIC PARK TABLES. I was so embarrassed i immediately called my mom and left.
As someone currently majoring in theater, yes. There are two different species, the performance people and the tech people. Don't get me wrong, the tech people don't exclusively do tech and the performance people don't exclusively do performance, but those are the two genres. The tech are quieter, not as obnoxious, and less weird. The performance are the ones who are singing in drive thrus and public spaces for attention.
as a person who enjoys theater and is in that scene, i hate being around them. not hate them as people, but when they are all together it becomes too much
as a theater kid, WE DO NOT CLAIM THEM. i promise we aren’t all like that. it’s mostly the annoying seniors/highschoolers in general. if you did community theater you would know lmaooo 😭😭😭 pls don’t clump us all together in one group 😭
this is why i changed from a cast theater kid to a tech crew theater kid. they're much more chill and a lot more socially awkward so they don't do that whole... *preforming in public and bothering people*
I have been studying theatre for 7 years now. I am a costume designer in a graduate program... I am going to work in film and TV because I do not have the energy to deal with theatre folk 🙃 also I don't plan on being broke my whole life.
The theatre and show choir kids were the ones doing all the freaky shit in school. Those bus trips were completely nuts. I just took show choir to get out of swimming 😂🤷🏻♀️
As a theater kid, I am ashamed to share the title with these people. There’s a such thing as preforming, listening to musicals, and enjoying theater as a whole. But there’s also something called 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚
i went to school for musical theatre, always been a big fan of theatre, and did alot of musical theatre stuff as a kid. i eventually dropped out because of how insufferably obnoxious all the theatre kids were lmao
As a supposed "theatre kid" I can say that these people are the most extravagant theatre kids I've seen in my life. Practically caricatures from people I meet lmao
as someone whos done theatre for a long time i never really understood the whole theatre kid thing until highschool 😭😭 everyone suddenly got really loud and obnoxious and i slowly huddled back into my techie hole
as a theatre kid who is literally going to theatre school right now. theatre people are either very chill and cool or the most annoying people in the world and there is almost no in between
Crossing other people's boundaries (like ''''Daddy Willy 69'''' did, wtf bro ever heard of consent) and generally being obnoxious in public isn't cool, but other than that I really like theatre kids. I was a band kid who also took art so we kind of ran in the same (GAY) circles. I find that their flamboyance, accepting vibes, and friendliness spark joy. I hope those of them who don't cause genuine harm and are reading these comments don't feel too hurt by the "they are evil and should die"-type comments.
I visited NY during my sophomore year of high school (beginning of 2020) because we were performing at Carnegie Hall, but there were times where we were instructed by our director to sing in public places (Times Square, ferry boat to Ellis Island, multiple restaurants) and it was more cringe than fun. Yes I can see why my instructor would want us to be heard, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the cringe
I recently found a youtube video that my high school posted of me performing a skit when I was 14, and of course they used my full legal name in the title. how will i ever escape my theatre kid past now?
As someone who did theatre in high school because it was an interest, it was ruined for me because an old ex-friend of mine and her friends would bully kids out of trying out for parts in plays until it was her and the same group playing in every single play for three years straight 🧍♀️
