have some theatre au headcanons because it is that time of the year again and ya girl nia is in Theatre Hell™
Piper basically lives in the theatre ok aside from volunteering at her local animal shelter sometimes she doesn’t have a life outside of this
She is the Drama Queen. Head Thespian.
imagine every theatre stereotype you’ve ever heard. that is piper.
Jason is literally that kid who remembers everything. He’s memorized the script, all the blocking, all the cues. h o w
annabeth is SM and she’s never taken a job this seriously in her entire academic career
if you miss a rehearsal without informing her at least two days in advance she will make it her mission to hunt you down
nico absolutely hates being in the spotlight but he always volunteers to work crew for a show so annabeth promotes him to ASM
they’re both really intimidating so you can imagine the productions the department put on are A1
percy was that one swimming jock who decided to give theatre a try and ended up being crazy talented
he performed Sante Fe for a showcase one time and everyone was moved to tea r s
Leo, Rachel, and Hazel are those who like to double as techies and actors
honestly there would probably be no set ever if they didn’t have Leo
Rachel is basically #1 when it comes to publicity ok she designs all the posters and t-shirts for the productions
she once made everyone “I can’t, I have rehearsal.” T-shirts for the hell of it
but when she decides to act in a production she leaves that to Hazel because boy does she immerse herself in her characters
She takes method acting so seriously like when she was casted as Madea she literally started a protest outside the school over the dress code
“F*CK YOUR MISOGYNY! STOP SEXUALIZING OUR SHOULDERS!”
piper: “i’m a thespian” someone: “did you say lesbian” piper: “that too”
Calypso is in charge of costuming and if she doesn’t make the most beautiful intricate well put together costumes every damn time
Frank usually just does run crew and honestly they wouldn’t have it any other way because he can lift set pieces that would usually take like 3 ppl
he also goes and gets pizza for everyone during tech week thx frank
everyone has seen each other half naked at one point it’s not even weird anymore
“nico the production is over you don’t have to wear your show blacks anymore” “what are you talking about these are my normal clothes”
it’s a tradition to have the entire cast go out to eat after a final performance in stage makeup and all
everyone in the ihop gives them strange looks
the employees are used to it
glitter. glitter everywhere.
THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS BEST GENRE TO PERFORM IS GREEK TRAGEDY AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT
Antigone. Madea. Oedipus. Trojan Women. Heracles. all sold out.
Greek plays are just their specialty lol no one’s sure why
“VALDEZ PUT THAT PROP BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME GOD”
once piper and percy convinced half the department to stand on the side of road at a busy intersection and bucket fundraise
they also ran around a nearby parking lot for a Wal-Mart and put their show flyers in the windshields of parked cars
leo almost got hit by a car twice
their director made them run laps when they found out but it was fcking worth it
a pre-show tradition they always do is to have everyone drink a cup of tea and then do the penguin dance
if you don’t know what the penguin dance is i’m referring to this
someone once dared leo to say the M word for 20 bucks and hE DID RIP IN PEACE
that day during their dress rehearsal they had a stage light fall, 3 broken props, one costume malfunction, several missed cues, and their director tripped during a blackout and split their forehead open and had to be taken to the hospital for stitches
Annabeth wanted to kill him lol it took Nico Percy and Piper to hold her back
