Picking a play Analyze your audience Who will audition? Look at the technical elements Cast-size
Auditions: Cattle-call Sight/cold-read Monologue Call-backs
Casting Terms: Double casting Type casting Callboard Understudy
Rehearsals: NOT called play practice Warm-ups Read- throughs Blocking Walk-throughs Work-throughs Line bash/Off book Run-throughs Technical rehearsals Dress rehearsals
Stage Etiquette 15 minutes early Meet “off-book” deadlines No eating/drinking in costume Prepared: script, pencil, paper
SHOW TIME! The evening of the shows: Call-time- costume, makeup, and warmups “Places” Show time Curtain call Photo call Meet and Greet
Strike Once the show is over, within the next week the cast and crew stay behind and “strike,” or take down, the set.