Chapter 1: What is a showmance and why do they happen in the theater industry?
Six, seven, eight. Showmance is corrupt. PTSD on the daily. They sure fucked us up. Check SSRIs on the daily. Hi, welcome to Theater Girls. Hello. Welcome, everybody. This is our very special Valentine's Day episode. Yep, bonus ep just for you. A bonus ep, which, I don't know, we just felt like talking about love in the theater industry, which is niche. A shit show for the most part.
It's a niche little shit show, and it's funny to talk about. It is.
It's funny.
Chapter 2: How do showmances impact personal relationships among actors?
Before we jump into that, I'm staring at my friend Barrett, who had an amazing night last night, and she texted me at 2 in the morning and was like, I'm locked out of my apartment and I hate everybody and it's so cold. It was two in the morning, you guys. And I was very scared. I actually was up because my toddler was up with me. We were watching Peppa Pig. But I digress. It's not about me.
It's about Barrett. So, Barrett, what the fuck happened last night? As I'm staring at you. You think I know? I think you do. I want you to give me. I want you to go bullet point by bullet point.
Chapter 3: What are the pros and cons of dating a co-star?
Okay. Went to a housewarming party. Fierce. In Inwood. Yeah. Got back to my apartment. In Brooklyn. In Brooklyn. Yeah. At one in the morning. Yes. I'm working with spare keys right now because I've been traveling a lot and I've misplaced my master set of keys. There's Ritalin for that. Keep going. And Sahar has my spare and she is working in Connecticut.
Chapter 4: How can past relationships affect current professional roles?
This is where we are. So I have my bad spare, which I thought had a key to the front door of my building. It didn't. It has a key to my mother's house. Why is that key on there? I don't know. I took it off this morning. Your mother's house is also in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Massachusetts. Not helpful for us at this moment. I'm a little bit drunk.
I get back to my apartment and I say, oh, for fuck's sake, what am I going to do? It's seven degrees. Right. Also, then I go to start calling my neighbors.
Chapter 5: What advice do experts give about navigating showmances?
I get one phone call in and my phone dies immediately. In my hand. And I said, okay, amazing. Long story short, I ended up at the Ace Hotel in downtown Brooklyn. Shout out to my dudes who got me a hotel room at two in the morning. Well, your dudes, who are the dudes? The dudes are... Really, the bartenders at the Ace Hotel in downtown Brooklyn. Yep.
Kyle, Ignacio, and Manny, who were like, this is fucking crazy. And I was like, this is fucking crazy. I hate everything. But yeah, we are a phone-dependent culture. Just a little. So they charged my phone.
Chapter 6: Are there any success stories from showmances in theater?
They put me in a hotel room. I slept in these clothes, and now I'm here. Was it really nice?
Doing this with you.
Honestly, I love the Ace Hotel. Yeah. So I wasn't that pissed off, but I was just kind of like, only in New York. It's like, would this happen? Yeah, of course. And also, thank God I'm an adult with a grand heart. I can just be like, help me, please. Help me. Of course. Help me. Speaking of helping, I don't know if we've helped you or not gain deeper insights into this whole industry mess.
Chapter 7: What should you consider before dating someone in the industry?
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Chapter 8: How do theater professionals handle breakups and new relationships on stage?
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All that to say, we really love it, you guys. And you send us your questions all the time, which is so cool. And like every question I get, I'm like, we should do an episode on that. We should do an episode on that. Also like from all of you literally all around the freaking world. It's so cool. I love it. Like, hello? But now we have questions from... On theme. On theme.
About... We actually... Talking about dating in the industry. Yeah. We haven't apparently heard this one yet. No, we haven't. So I'm excited to hear it. It's a voice memo. So Jeff in the booth. Roll tape. Yeah.
Hi, I have a few questions about showmances. For sure, for sure. I just got hired to do my dream show and the actor playing my love interest is literally an ex. Oh boy. What would you do in this situation? And also just in general, like are showmances ever a good idea, bad idea? I have so many actor friends who like strictly don't date other actors or people in the industry.
Like, do you agree with that? What are your thoughts? Okay, that's it. Thank you.
Oh, my God.
Nightmare.
I mean, this is also leveled, layered, because, like, some exes are cool. I know. This has happened to me. Like, some exes are cool. Some exes are not cool. Are these love interests, like, are they taking their clothes off? Are they kissing? Are they just high-fiving, like, in Thoroughly Modern Millie? Like, you know what I mean? What kind of show is this?
I do think it's contingent on a lot of things, but that does sound most likely like a nightmare. Yeah. I'm having PTSD flashbacks. Why? Tell us, Barrett, why? Oh, my God. Why? Well, I will say the one time this happened to me, the plug got pulled on the project, so I didn't have to go through with it. Well, that's awesome. Which I was like, thank God.
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