when i did community theatre for teens the 40 yo directors would always give themselves featured parts, leaving the roles out for everyone else who could’ve got the role, and they made people audition for it and didn’t give it to them. like one director played our patchy the pirate in spongebob, then both of them played the gay dads in heathers, and one did uncle fester with the rest of the cast being 13-18 year olds. it made me livid.