The Rehearsal Process

1.

Read Through

2.

Blocking3

.Working

4. Polishing5. Dress

(Memorization completed)

Read once for plot, again for stage directions and a third time for motivation and detail.

Plan the movement-then do it the same way every time.

Memorize on your own time. When working with your partner ACT the scene and do the blocking.

Fixing all the minor things and getting as close to perfect as possible.

Use this time to rehearse costume changes and practice makeup routine.

1.

Read Through2

.Blocking

3.

Working

4. Polishing

5. Dress

2-3 weeks, maybe

2-3 weeks, maybe

2-3 weeks, maybe

3 days is usually all you can afford

1 or maybe 2 days

Musical 8-10 weeks totalPlay 5-6 weeks total

1.

Read Through

2.

Blocking3

.Working

4. Polishing5. Dress

(Memorization completed)

Read once for plot, again for stage directions and a third time for motivation and detail.

Plan the movement - then do it the same way every time.

Memorize on your own time. When working with your partner ACT the scene and do the blocking.

Fixing all the minor things and getting as close to perfect as possible.

Use this time to rehearse costume changes and practice makeup routine.

Blocking Notation

Blocking notation is a way to record your planned movement – a shorthand for writing it fast and accurately so you remember it.

Doing the same movement every time helps you recall the words and the words help you recall the blocking.

Before you begin to block, you need another piece of information. What is it?

You need to know (or decide) what the set looks like: where the doors and stairs and furniture are placed.

This is an OVERHEAD view.

Audience

This is an OVERHEAD view.

Audience

Ambiguous Dialogue #9

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is?B: Down that way.A: Which way?B: Down that way --- to the right.A: Thank you very much.B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open?B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…A: (interrupting) It’s what?B: Shhh! Would you keep it down?A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go.A: Why?B: Because the people there are…they’re…A: They’re what?B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go.A: I’m going in there, so please…B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just…A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.B: No. Come back.A: AAAUGGHHH!

This is an OVERHEAD view of the set for Ambiguous Dialogue #9.

Audience

This is an OVERHEAD view.

Audience

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? stands

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows A

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

(X C means cross to center stage)

(So, X R means cross to stage right)

(Means cross to person A)

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

BA

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

BA

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where this place is? X C

B: Down that way.

A: Which way?

B: Down that way --- to the right.

A: Thank you very much. X R

B: You’re welcome --- but I don’t think you should go down there.

A: Well, why not? Aren’t they open? turns back

B: Yes, however, I was told that it’s --- well, it’s…

A: (interrupting) It’s what?

B: Shhh! Would you keep it down? Stands looks both ways

A: I am. What is it? Please, I haven’t got all day.

B: Okay, listen, you can’t go --- I don’t think you should go. X to A

A: Why?

B: Because the people there are…they’re…

A: They’re what?

B: Never mind. It’s not important. Just don’t go. grabs A’s arm

A: I’m going in there, so please… X R

B: NO. You can’t. Can’t you just… B follows

A: Good bye. Thanks for the chat.

B: No. Come back.

A: AAAUGGHHH! from off stage

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So, you need a script

A pencil (not a pen)

A scene design

A planBA

ByeI’m

thirsty.