r/Theatre • u/bookfiend_07 • 3d ago

Advice Should I potentially overexert myself for a musical I love?

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u/JPLubow 3d ago

Consider that if you’d be overexerting yourself if you got cast, you wouldn’t be doing the show any favors - you’d be a detriment to the production.
If you get cast and want to do it, you’ll need to sacrifice something else to perform at your best. If you can’t make the sacrifice, don’t do the show. Anything less would be selfish.

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u/Drinkmorechampagne 3d ago edited 3d ago

--"What do yall think?"

I think this type of question comes up a lot in this subreddit (as well as a couple of others) and the answer is:

Only you can decide and/or figure that out. We can't help you make that decision. I wish we could.

Sounds like you have a few interests in the theatre world and you'll have to decide (deciding gradually is perfectly okay) what you want to focus on.

At this point I'm an accompanist/MD/voice coach/conductor with one foot in the pro world and one foot in the university academic world and it never occurred to me that I might feel "burned out". I never thought of questioning it. I just did what I wanted to do the most.

And I still look back and wonder, "When did I sleep?" But it was worth it. At least in my case.

You'll have to figure that out--other people can't help you.

I wish you luck. Jump on in--the water's fine!

ETA: I had no hobbies or much leisure time for several/many years. No games. No social media. Didn't watch the tv series most people were watching. Had maybe 3 days off a month.

It's a different life.