u/MPFilmNTheaterNerd

I joined the cast of a local production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the request of the director who did not get enough people for the cast and needed extra people. I am also attending university for a BA in theatre arts where in addition to the six classes I will be taking I have also been assigned to be ASM on one of the plays. I don't want to have to drop anything but am starting to worry this workload may be too much to handle all at once. I need a second opinion, will it be possible to handle all of this?

Hi r/musicals! The director of a local community theater production of Edwin Drood just emailed me personally asking if I can come in to audition for the show this week as they need more people for the cast. Any recommendations for audition songs for this show for a baritone/baritenor? I'm currently thinking of going with Luck Be a Lady from Guys & Dolls.

I am 24 years old and work at Walgreens. I have gotten into the habit of wearing my noise cancelling headphones during my shifts. I suffer from severe anxiety and my anxious thoughts tend to spiral out of control whenever I am working my shifts, and I’ve found that listening to my music or podcasts during my shifts helps keep me calm. I still work at the same pace I would be working at if I weren’t wearing my headphones and always take them off whenever customers ask me to help them with anything. For the most part, the store managers don’t seem to care about me wearing them and don’t even acknowledge it. Only 1 has outright asked me not to wear them while on the clock and I do make sure not to wear them whenever that manager is on for the day despite how much harder it makes those shifts for me. Nevertheless, I can’t shake this feeling of guilt that I’m doing something wrong by listening to my headphones while I’m on the clock. I don’t want to stop using them because it makes these shifts a lot more bearable to get through, but I’m constantly worrying that I’m putting myself on thin ice at this job for using them. Am I the asshole?