Today, after spending hours of my time painting sets for the last two months - with less dedication than only the head painter herself, and to the point where my health and grades suffered - I finally got to see the play I worked so hard on. I was the only one they forgot to put in the playbill. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at my school, we had the opening night of our production in which I act. None of my family or friends came. Basically, after 3 long months of hard work, the only person to "congratulate" to me after the show was the head of the theater department, who just wanted to tell me I was doing it wrong. FML
Today, I was sent the script to a play I'm participating in at school. After reading it a couple of times, I noticed that my part has been forgotten completely. FML
Today, I signed up for a theater production as they needed extras. I had exactly one line in the entire play. During opening night, I became so focused on remembering the line, I forgot to walk on stage when it was my cue. People stood there on stage waiting for my character, who was backstage, congratulating himself for not forgetting his line. FML
Today, it was the premiere of a huge play I've worked on for months. The latest week we've practised a lot, resulting in little sleep. In one of the scenes I'm just lying there pretending to be asleep. Guess who actually fell asleep? FML
Today, I auditioned for a part in a play. I've been practicing for months, and was very excited. After I'd finished singing, the director whispered something to the other judges, and they all laughed. Hard. So much for the lead role. FML
Today, it was opening night for the play where I was, for the first time ever, one of the leads. I went on stage with a loud and energetic entrance. I came in two scenes early. FML
Today, in art class, everybody was showing the paintings that we have been working on for weeks. Everyone was cheering and clapping. When mine came up, nobody clapped. FML
Today, I was part of a community theater play as a prop helper. I was supposed to slide a fake letter under a door, but I got overenthusiastic and kicked it into the audience. The actor improvised, but the crowd laughed harder at my blunder than the actual play. FML
Today, I co-starred in a production of Hamlet. Halfway through play, the actor playing Hamlet forgot his lines, threw a raging temper tantrum, screaming about how much he hated the play and how he wanted to go home in front of hundreds of audience members. FML
Today, I spent the afternoon painting my bedroom and was really pleased with how it turned out. When I moved the furniture back, I noticed a large patch behind the wardrobe I'd missed. The paint shop had closed, and I had no idea which shade I'd used. FML
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Mrtigerblue 14
you sort of deserve it. you are stupid enough to prioritize something as trivial as painting over school and your own health. for that overwhelming stupidity I laugh at the fact that they forgot you. YDI
amsterdamgirl 20
you suck.
amgarcia 1
The same thing happened to me! I was the assistant director and did almost all of the backstage work and was not put on the bill or special thanks
datdrumchick_32 10
This happens to me all the time at band concerts. Don't feel bad!
GoddammitHoward 4
as a tech I can tell you that we often get excluded. Especially the people who work on the set itself. Usually they only include head painter, carpender, etc and set designer. It sucks but sometimes you just gotta admire the work youve done
theamazingd 17
I'm so sorry to hear that that happened to you!
LostInTheZone11 29
I have had something like this happen to me two years in a row. They screwed my name up with a no show fifth grader and took me off my stage crew's E-Mail work day list, and the playbill. (We were doing The Wizard of Oz that year and the 5th graders were the munchkins, but how they got two different lists mixed up is beyond me.) Then the following year the stage crew's student leader forgot my name again which also got my name out the stage crew's yearbook page.
kindasortayeah 25
This happened to me too! I was the assistant art director and they completely neglected to add that to the playbill. I was so angry, I never worked on sets again.
interesting33 37
That really sucks OP - but honestly, your health and grades should not be suffering for this. Especially not your health. Iam not necessarily one to talk, but being healthy physically and emotionally, eating right and gettting enough sleep, is more important (though I'm not doubting how important this is to you).
GhostFox 34
I'm pretty sure this could get them in trouble, big time. Isn't the use of someone's work without credit plagiarism? Or whatever the art equivalent is. Either way, it sounds like you need to bring this up with the director ASAP and get your proper credit announced, and a formal apology. If the director refuses to make a formal public apology, take it up with the art/drama director and keep going up the chain of command until someone does it. What they're doing- especially if they refuse to give credit- sounds like it violates either some laws, some academic rules, or both. Also going to say I disagree with the idea of 'biting the bullet' on this. Lack of credit means whoever else worked on art aspects of the play essentially stole OP's work, and letting them get away with it now means they will probably try it again.
ThLast_Huntr22 7
Why would you work till your grades suffered.