More Romeo and Juliet problems...?

Question

I am in love with a guy named Arie...likee extemely in love, he thinks of me as just another person in our play of Romeo and Juliet...I on the other hand can't stop thinking about him......He will be playing Romeo and I will be playing Juliet, we aren't that far into the play yet, we just started blocking the balcony scene, and we are still not finished...the feeling when he holds my hand and hugs me are amazing and scary at the same time...any tips on how to get over this so I don't mess up the play?

Answer 1

It's fine to have a crush on someone, but you might get over it soon. It's best just to act normally, if you think to much about it, you'll start to overreact. Maybe sometime you can tell him how you feel, so you don't feel that awkward around him.

Answer 2

Ugh! This is difficult. I've been in acting for a while and I've seen plenty of show flings and heartbreak. The older you get the more dirty, cruel, and shameful it becomes.

I have made only 2 rules for myself when I started acting:

1 - never get a big head, and 2 - do not get involved with anyone I work with. They have turned out to be the best rules I have ever set forth for myself.

When you are acting in a show, you end up spending a considerable amount of time on that stage and with the same people day in and day out. You begin to lose sight of the rest of the world. I once heard the statement, "The longer you work with someone, the more attractive they appear to you." and it's the truth.

What you have to do is remind yourself that there is a world outside that theater. My rule #2 is also followed with this: If I like a guy I work with and am interested in him, or a guy that I work with is interested in me, give it 3 weeks AFTER the show closes and we aren't working together anymore. If you are still interested in each other, then call each other up.

On the other hand, I have 2 friends who met in a show we were doing and they are now engaged to be married. It all kind of depends on where your standards lie and if you are looking for a long lasting relationship or just a fling. (Most theater relationships are flings)

If you are in high school, this is kind of a different situation. All I can say about that is, you're still much too young to know what love is. You may have an idea, but you still have a lot to learn. That may sound cruel, but I went through it and I thought I knew, and now that I look back, I realize I had no clue.

Good luck and break a leg!

Answer 3

channel that feeling into your acting, it will help with your emotional honesty on stage. i wouldn't act on your feelings until after the play though, so as not to mess up with cast dynamics. If he asks you out, fine, but I would wait until after the play is over, maybe at the cast party, to ask him out.