Rehearsal Party
Cast and Crew work with a Director to explore ways to present a production
What is a Rehearsal?
My favorite phrase
What is Subject to Change?
A meeting where the entire design team meets with the director to discuss progress to date or action plans for the future
What is a production meeting?
All black clothing that is easy for movement and covers most if not all exposed skin
What are stage blacks
If you have multiple sets onstage, how do you differentiate spike tapes?
Different colors and/or labels
5 after 55 &OR 10 after 80
What is Equity Rehearsal break rules?
Table noting which characters/actors are in which scenes of a show. Sometimes also include details such as song titles, location descriptions, and page numbers.
What is a Scene Breakdown?
Where most elements for a costume are built and sometimes stored. Costume fittings are also sometimes done here.
What is a costume shop?
Everyone's favorite phrase
To remove an item from the stage (or audience view)
What is to “strike”
This is important for safety, blocking, and consistency.
What is Spiking a Stage ?
A report (usually) created by the PSM that documents attendance, location, what was accomplished, and calltimes/details of the next rehearsal.
What is a Rehearsal Report?
In the main lobby of Rowand-Johnson, in front of the Gallaway theater entrance
Where the box office is located in Rowand-Johnson?
A hand-held item used by an actor
What is a prop
Standby
GO
Hold
3 Examples of a Stage Manager's Vocab
Written details of an actor’s movements onstage
What is blocking?
A sheet that details the times that an actor is free and available for rehearsals or fittings. Will sometimes include conflicts. Often created by the PSM or ASM
What is an availability sheet?
Below the Gallaway stage, down the SR or SL stairs
Where the costume shop is located in Rowand-Johnson?
Backstage area used to cross from one side of the stage to the other, out of view of the audience
What is a crossover?
Three on three separate days
How many times should you read a script
Special effects, props, lighting, sound, and some costume elements are introduced to a rehearsal to ensure technical components of a performance are effective
What is a Tech Rehearsal ?
These 5 items should be on every piece of paperwork
title of show,
name of document,
Date last updated,
page numbers,
"subject to change"
Provided by the set designer; a birds eye view of the set and all scenes. Used to mark blocking and tape the stage for planning purposes and blocking accuracy.
What is a ground plan?
The person responsible for recording, organizing, and orchestrating the technical details of a theatrical production with an emphasis on safety
What is a Stage Manager
the stage manager gives a ______ that puts into action a shift in lights, scenery, sound or projections.
What is a Cue