We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the worst parts they ever had in a school play – here are some of the funniest responses:
2) I was cast as a windowsill in a "modern" version of Romeo and Juliet. One of the trees dropped out and I was upgraded to a tree.
Submitted by Ashley Jimenez, Facebook.
3) We did a food pyramid musical in 5th grade, and I played a singing piece of celery.
Submitted by cierrac4cbcd4422.
4) I once played a "silent member of the KKK" in a school play. Got some looks when I walked to my mom's car in costume.
Submitted by Paul Livingston, Facebook.
5) I once played half of a door. Another kid stood next to me and when the main actors wanted to walk into the room they pushed us apart. After that, I had to become a chair that people sat on.
Submitted by madisonh4dce03a2a.
6) I played the Golden Harp in a production of Into the Woods. The Golden Harp isn't a character; it's a prop. The director basically wrote it into the play so my feelings wouldn't be too hurt.
Submitted by Olivia Hiers, Facebook.
8) I was Herr Zeller (the head Nazi) in The Sound of Music. I am brown-haired, brown-eyed, Jewish, and gay.
Submitted by Jay Hauser, Facebook.
9) I had to play a slave in The King and I in high school. Needless to say, my mom was pretty miffed they cast the only black kid as a slave.
Submitted by Stevo Kolison, Facebook.
10) I was dancing laundry in Cinderella.
Submitted by Lisa Martin Asmus, Facebook.
11) I was a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz, but I was taller than Dorothy so I had to squat and walk around like a hunchback the entire time.
Submitted by Hayley Cattel, Facebook.
13) Me and four other classmates played the yellow brick road in The Wiz. We literally danced around the stage in yellow unitards, tights, skirt, and a bright yellow visor.
Submitted by Asha Marie Beasley, Facebook.
14) I was a leg of lamb in a supermarket scene in a school play. My only line was "jeez mate!" in a rubbish New Zealand accent.
Submitted by Yelvy Kenya Rogers, Facebook.
15) I played a wish. I had two lines and my costume was a dress with grocer's stars tacked to it.
Submitted by laurenlouisem.
16) I was a music note that came out of the Pied Piper's flute…
Submitted by katieflorencec.
17) I played a cashier at ASDA in my primary school end of year play.
Submitted by rubyr4b7f67b85.
18) I played death in A Christmas Carol. No lines, just had to come on stage in a black hood, point, then run off stage.
Submitted by maryams449c2ec18.
20) I was a piece of dancing pepperoni in a musical version of Ali Baba because apparently he had a pizza shop.
Submitted by charliel4e7fe0602.
21) I played a can of Oil of Olay in The Wizard of Oz because the tin man was confused about what oil he should use!
Submitted by MrDortesque.
22) I had to play the part of an echo, so I basically just repeated the lines that the leads said from behind a sheet.
Submitted by jennf4b92f8ef6.
23) My elementary school put on a play about internal organs and I played the "raging hormone". I guess that was one way to start the puberty conversation.
Submitted by amyv4b821a4ae.
25) I was the "sign holder". I held up a sign to introduce each new scene.
Submitted by expiredkale.
26) I had to play a historically famous black musician by the name of Joe King Oliver in my fifth grade production of We Has Jazz. I was the tallest white girl in the class :/.
Submitted by CarolineQ.
27) I was a bit of the wall of Jericho at my Catholic primary school. Had to stand for bloody ages with my arms in the air til we fell down. Someone clearly didn't think through the requisite number of roles.
Submitted by rebeccal42bdf2b84.
28) I played the important role of the serviette in Beauty and the Beast.
Submitted by hannahj404dc4704.
29) I was once a plank of wood in the side of a boat. Not even the whole boat, just one of its planks. I had to sway.
Submitted by amyh469248e85.
30) I was the corner of a house in a play.
Submitted by swarrikoff.
