The Theater Checklist

Ninakaw mula kay Alvin na ninakaw niya mula kay Hogi.

[x] 1. You’ve said countless times, "I can’t. I have rehearsal."
- Excuses, excuses. At least I'm not lying.

[x] 2. Anyone who says Macbeth has a death wish.
 - Theater superstitions are my favorite. Break a leg, bawal ang mani, Chicharap...

[ ] 3. You realize theater is your social life and you don’t have any friends outside of theater.

[x] 4. If you're an actor, tech people become your heroes.
- Mabuhay sila! They are the best source of theater chismis! Hello batute tech people!

[ ] 5. You think the Reduced Shakespeare Company is hilarious and understand the jokes while other people watching it are confused.
 
[x] 6. You want to shoot people who think putting on a production is easy.
- Hay.

[x] 7. Stress is a way of life.
- Stress makes us appreciate life. Hahaha.

[x] 8. Cast parties rank right up there with birthday parties.
- Equal between Cast parties and Vice parties

[x] 9. You never realized how much fun you had at rehearsals until you don’t have any more.
- Rehearsals, hell week, playtime, shows... lahat na!

[ ] 10. You’ve been quoted on the Quote Wall.
- Kwento lang. Isang araw, may rehearsal ng Ondine. Nire-rehearse ang eksena ng muling pagkita ni Hans at Bertha. Sabi ni Herbie na dapat daw kapag makikita mo ang eks mo, siguraduhin mong maganda ka. Hindin-hindi ko ito makakalimutan. Patuloy.
 
[x] 11. You can’t seem to memorize your lines, but you know everyone else’s lines verbatim.
- Especially the roles you want to play. At some point, you also memorize the blockings.
 
[x] 12. You have the urge to be in character in public.
- Guilty

[x] 13. Once the production is over you don't know what to do with your time.
- I end up sleeping late even if I have nothing to do.

[ ] 14. You complain about how ugly your costume is.
- I actually found all of my costumes interesting. Kasi kapag iisipin mong pangit, eh di may negative vibes na yung costume mo tuwing isusuot mo. Tapos, hirap ka nang kumilos na suot yung costume. Tapos, mahihirapan ka nang gumalaw sa stage. Tapos, magkakamali ka na lagi. Tapos, magpapanic ka. Tapos, wah!!!! Kaya mabuti nang hinga ka na lang ng malalim, tapos pagtawanan mo yung costume mo. Tapos isipin mo yung effort ng mananahi na gawin yan. Oh di ba. Tapos!

[x] 15. You absolutely love your costume and want to steal it from the costume room after the play is over.
- Favorite costumes so far: Blue table cloth gown and Ondine outfit from Ondine, Pink gown with Christmas balls from Tempest, Ninoy shirt from Birthday ni Guido ;>, Jungle outfit and daster from Rite of Passage, hahahaha.

[x] 16. You think your director is the coolest guy ever.
- Go!
 
[x] 17. You think your director is an idiot.
- I had a director once who would let us mark our scenes in every rehearsal. Alison, kilala mo 'to! Buti hindi natuloy yung prod na yun!

[x] 18. You love going to see other productions just to compare them to yours.
- You don't really compare. You just criticize a bit, then realize not to do this and that because they did it and it didn't work and... compare. :D

[ ] 19. You argue with your director about which play to do next.

[x] 20. You go see other productions and cringe when you see people that can’t act.
- I say "Oh no!" Cringe, close my eyes and whisper to myself "There's no place like home. There's no place like home!"

[x] 21. Homework? Never heard of it.
- Aaminin ko, maraming beses akong nakalimot gumawa ng takdang aralin. Pero nakakaya ko pa ring humabol. Siyempre!
 
[x] 22. You could easily set up a cot and live in the theater. You’re there all the time anyway.
- Papa: Nasan ka na?!? Gabi na a!
Ako: Nasa CCP/School/<insert rehearsal venue here>, di pa kami tapos
Papa: O sige ingat ka.

[x] 23. You dread the thought of having rehearsal, but the second you get there you don’t want to leave.
- Sometimes on my way to rehearsal I would think of quitting. But when I get there I realize that this is what I to do even if I won't get rich. Hahaha.

[x] 24. You meet someone from another theater and instantly become best friends.
- I met someone... Ahihihihi!

[x] 25. You beg all of your friends to come see you in the play when you are only onstage for two minutes.
- Or let them watch an R-18 play and tell them "wholesome ako dito!!"

[ ] 26. You have lost count on how many times you've died.
- Mulan - 1, Crucible - 1, R.U.R. - 1. Yun pa lang.

[x] 27. You don't think twice about seeing guys in make-up or tights.
- and men wearing t-backs.

[x] 28. You're in public and look like you're talking to yourself because you are reciting your monologue.
- Sa jeep, sa kainan, sa bahay, sa paaralan...

[x] 29. You are a techie and want to strangle the actors because you have their lines memorized better than they do.
- Pati blocking mali, kulang na lang ibato mo yung script. Pero siyempre di mo pwedeng gawin yun.

[ ] 30. You think Shakespeare was a genius but dread putting on one of his plays.

[x] 31. You know what Hell Week is.
- Mabuhay ang Hell Week

[x] 32. If you put on a musical, you randomly sing all the songs at any time of day even if it is a musical you hate.
- Tunay

[x] 33. Sleep? What is sleep?
- Nadulas? - hay naku Alvin! Ang corny. Pero natawa pa rin ako. Hahaha.

[ ] 34. Techies and actors don't understand each other, but they pretend that they do.


[x] 35. You swear like a sailor.
- Tuwing may prod ako, matindi ako magmura

[x] 36. You've been dubbed a "Stage Nazi" or a "Tech God."
- Agnoia

[x] 37. There's more drama backstage than there is onstage.
- "Hala si Roselyn tulog sa backstage!" - The Crucible production, 2001

"Asan na si Isab??" - Mulan prod, 2007

[ ] 38. Actors and techies argue about who has more work.

[x] 39. You're on your deathbed and miss school, but you somehow manage to go to rehearsal.
- Eh ganun e.

[x] 40. You quote lines from previous plays you've done when you have casual conversations with friends.
- Sabi nga sa Agnoia...

[x] 41. You suddenly realize that your entire wardrobe is black.
- Mainit nga lang.

[ ] 42. Theater sex. Enough said.
- May alam ako... pero hindi ako.

[x] 43. You know what spiking is, and it's not what you do to hair.
- Spike here, there..

[x] 44. You've been working with the same people so long that you have blackmail to last a lifetime.
- Morality clause!
 
[x]45. You've been injured so many times it's a miracle you're still alive.
- I am prone to sprains. My right leg still hasn't recovered from a stupid warm-up that I did last year.

[x] 46. Applause after a show is the best sound ever.
- Sigh.

[x]47. You have a sigh of relief when you are doing a comedy and you hear the audience laughing.
- Ah... tawa pa!

[x] 48. You can't remember what a home cooked meal tastes like, but you can remember every single way Taco Bell makes a taco or burrito.
- Tapsihan sa Vito Cruz, Inasal, Buff food, Jollibee na walang katapusan, biscuit na panglamay...
 
[x] 49. You know you're a theater guy when you can put on makeup better than half the girls in your school.
- May highlights pa ang drama para ma enhance ang cheekbones!

[x] 50. Modesty is long forgotten.
- Modest? hindi ba napkin yun

[x] 51. You pride yourself in how fast you can strip your clothes off and change costumes. (Or help people strip!)
- Dapat kalmado ka kahit sampung segundo lang ang pagitan ng pagbihis ng costume.

[x] 52. People who aren't in theater just aren't cool.
- Let me rephrase this. People who don't appreciate theater just aren't cool.



Total: 42/52

Plugging: Nuod kayo ng "Insiang". Magaling si Shing dun. Sa Sobrang galing di ko pa napanuod yung run nitong October.

Hindi nga. Maganda talaga yun!