i will be homeless for one night

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because i have acting rehearsals an hours drive away from where i live, i know no one that lives around there and it will get too late for me to get picked up, and we're starting early the next day, so i think im gonna have to sleep find a place to sleep outside! we will be around a school though, and i think it's a pretty safe neighbourhood, but does anyone have any advice?

Is there a hotel nearby? Maybe knock on people's doors and explain the situation and see if they'll let you stay for one night?

What country & state/province do you live in? I know some options locally but they wouldn't work everywhere.

Is that something you actually can do in Canada? You folks really are nice!

Maybe try a church or something, they might be willing to help you out.

Yea, I'm not a fan of teenage girls sleeping out at night, or the thought of you staying with strangers. Can't you skip rehearsals or something? Not worth putting your life in danger.

I'd definitely do it if it were a kid/teen. With an adult, I'd be more hesitant. I think this is a last resort if you're stuck and need a last-minute stay, though. Planning in advance is, of course, preferable.

ive skipped some rehearsals before, and the performance is in a week, so i think i have to go, and there are no hotels around, the churches here are just open when there is something happening, (im from norway) and i dont really think id be comfortable sleeping at some strangers house? but thanks for the answers, actually feels a little safer just getting some replys

It's better than sleeping outside, at least I think so...

Maybe somebody who is performing lives nearby and can let you stay at their place for one night?

I don't know much about living accommodations in Norway, though.

Is there some fellow actors you know fairly well? Or even some student leaders you don't know well.

Best case scenario, you get one of these people to go with you to talk with one of the adults who is helping with the play.

Can you stay with one of the other actors? (Maybe they have a place to stay there with relatives or something).

What about sleeping at the school - maybe they have a nurses room with a cot.

Not having a safe place to go and sleep is not a good thing.

If you were my daughter such a time would not exist.

If there were no other options, I would arrange a hotel for both of us and rest there so I would be alert for the late night/early morning drives to and from the venue.

Your life and wellbeing is undoubtedly important to someone!

Yeah, seriously, WTF is wrong with your parents?

So this isn't going very well! There are about 20 dancers and just two actors here, and according to my friend, the dancers are looking down on us, also they won't talk to us so I feel kinda like an outsider and even the dance instructer isn't very nice and she forgot our costumes! I've found a place to sleep but I'm out of food and the stores are closed tomorrow

I'm glad you found sleeping facilities. Well, food is much easier to get by knocking on doors than a place to stay. I'm surprised there isn't even a convenience store nearby, there are tons of them where I live.

Can you talk with the one adult, even if she hasn't seemed helpful. And just keep it brief and natural, something like:

Last night, I had to spend the night at __________. I have not eaten a full meal since ________. Is there any way, you couple please help me get a meal?

And if you talk to her with your friend and in the presence of your friend, that kind of adds strength and solidarity to what you're saying, even if your friend has had a recent meal.

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These are just some of my ideas. Please trust your gut instincts regarding what feels promising.

Are these people neurotypical? This seems like the sort of thing people only do when they are confident that no one will find out, like that Australian couple who decided to abandon one of the twins they had paid a surrogate to carry because he turned out to be Downs. If you told the dance instructor that you were going to be interviewed on American TV about your experiences as an autistic performer, you'd get a hot meal in the time it takes to think "this will make me look bad."

If you're a minor, whoever is in charge of the rehearsals and have a duty to ensure you are safe. You're under their supervision after all, even if they're bitchy.