So you like show tunes. It doesn’t mean you’re gay. It just means you’re awful.

1. An actual theater major
2. A man who wears a fedora (unironically)
3. The random guy who thought it would be funny to audition but now has the lead
4. The injured dancers who keep dancing and choreographing regardless
5. People who love theater but can’t sing/act so they decide to apply for a production position  
6. People who then love said production position and never let it out of their grasp (shoutout to my fellow stage managers)
7. The people who take it too seriously
8. The sweethearts who don’t realize what they’re getting into
9. The Rachel Berry’s
10. Ensemble members who feel the need to sing way louder than everybody else
11. Really cool producers who keep the show together
12. Theater kids who still hate on acapella
13. People who are still pronouncing CUPAL as “cup-all”
14. Similarly, people who confuse CUP and CUPAL
15. The ones who pitch for a MainStage slot every single season
16. The people in KCST who have not read enough Shakespeare
17. The people in KCST who have read too much Shakespeare
18. The people in KCST who are suddenly very invested in Shakespeare after only one semester in the troupe
19. People who have been doing theater since high school and thought they’d continue getting the lead in college but don’t
20. And finally… people brave enough to showcase their brilliant talent to the broader Columbia community and have fun doing it! We <3 you student theater! Keep rocking on!

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