As an actor/actress it is the most normal thing to have a "crush" on a fellow actor/actress especially when you rehearse intimate scenes.
Intimicy in a theater-related context has nothing to do with sexuality. It rather proves to be helpful to be intimate/close with each other (meaning to experience no physical boundaries between one another, nudity and touching of private parts related to the rehearsal process are not a problem). This intimicy disappears the moment the practice is over. Therefore, the "crush" disappears as soon as the practice/play/show etc is over.
For colleagues to have crushes on another while working on a play is normal and has nothing to do with their personal relationships outside of the theater context. Like stated before a theater crush is helpful to portray a believable relationship of two characters on stage. Of course, the line between practice and reality is sometimes very thin but a professional actor/actress knows to never make the mistake of believing that the theater crush could or should work out in real life.
Why am I writing this? I have found it to be extremely nerve-wracking to explain my work to others... yes, I am having theater crushes all the time and yes, it happens to be the same person sometimes but I would NEVER live that out in the real world.
I will keep on posting blogs entitled "Theater for Dummies" trying to explain things that are not understandable for "outsiders". I don't want to educate you, I just hope that it will prove to be a good source for you to understand me a little better.
I know it's hard when you're not involved in professional theater. And, I am really sorry, but I don't want to hear any "...our play production in High School" stories. It has absolutely nothing to do with it. Seriously, NOTHING! No hard feelings... just trying to get you involved! :)
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