A colleague of mine LOVES former theater kids when she’s interviewing and hiring. She has always maintained that if you learn when you don’t get cast in the lead because they want a 5’8" brunette and you’re a 5’1" blond, it might be “personal” (what’s more personal than your physique?) but you don’t take it personally. I generally thought this was an interesting take- a LOT of corporate roles involve rejection (sales especially… top sales people handle rejection better than anyone) but until this thread, never really understood what she was saying. She loves the kid who didn’t get the lead but happily danced in the chorus; the kid who couldn’t dance to save his life but ran technical lighting and progressed to house manager; the kid who wasn’t hands-on enough for technical theater but learned to use his social media skills for the production. Not “less than”-- but taking the rejection and figuring out ones path and strength.
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