stage struck

/ˈsteɪdʒ ˌstrʌk/
adjective
  1. Having a strong, often obsessive desire to become an actor or to work in the theater.
    • She was stage-struck from a young age and performed in every school play.
    • The stage-struck teenager spent all her free time at the local theater.
    • He became stage-struck after seeing his first Broadway musical.
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