Hug an Actor/Techie/Theatre Geek Day

Theatre people, they are very special people, people who can sing, dance, act, build sets, make costumes, work make-up, run lights and sounds, direct, choreagraph, write, create, etc. They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people who need people, and who are in many ways, the luckiest people in the world... or so some would say. (adapted from the Spamalot spoof of People from... [read more]

Theatre people, they are very special people, people who can sing, dance, act, build sets, make costumes, work make-up, run lights and sounds, direct, choreagraph, write, create, etc. They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people who need people, and who are in many ways, the luckiest people in the world... or so some would say. (adapted from the Spamalot spoof of People from Funny Girl)

Most theatre people don't realize the luckiness that many seem to say they posess, no matter whether they are the performers on the stage, the techies or crew behind the scenes, or if they just have a fascination for the art in general.

On this date, let the theatre people in your life know that they are loved away from the theatre.

If you are a crazy insane theatre geek (like me), then you will realize that this date is the same day as the death of William Shakespeare... how else do you honor a man who shaped the art as we know it than by hugging those that the changes have affected the most?

(Its on his death day because on all the information I found, his birthday doesn't have an actual date, its speculated to be the same day as his death, but there's no for sure information about that. His death, however, has an actual date, so I went with that.)

Techies also include the orchestras for musicals, the people selling the tickets, basically, if you're involved with a show, but not performing on the stage, you qualify as a techie.

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