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-encourage the director to take scheduling into account during auditions. Try to prevent giving main roles to people who don't have the time for them.
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Read-through
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Take a look at the child page (below) for things you should make sure to tell people at read through. This is an especially good time to outline your lateness policies and so on.
You are in charge of printing scripts for read-through, unless you can get the producer or actors to do it. Printing scripts takes longer than you think! Give yourself more than an hour! Have the scripts ready to be printed beforehand so you don't have to deal with formatting while trying to print everything. Use the Athena cluster on the 5th floor of the student center, 'cause it has lots of printers. Print on all the printers simultaneously (or some subset of them). Print in small batches (2 to 5 scripts) so that other people don't hate you. Keep an eye out for running out of ink or paper so that you don't waste time and trees. You'll want scripts for all the actors, the director, yourself, plus a few extras for people like lights or sound who may want them. It's a good idea to also send out a digital version of the script in case people loose theirs or would rather work off an ipad or smaller pages or something.
Rehearsal period:
Help run rehearsals.
Take down blocking in SM script copy. Always take down in pencil as everything has a tendency to change.
Keep track of props/set/costumes- note any new changes or director notes
Be on-book for actors. (when they say "line" give them their line)
After rehearsal, put things away as necessary. The SM is responsible for securing all rehearsal items and the rehearsal room.
Write a rehearsal report. An example is attached. This helps the prod staff keep updated on new items they need or constraints on items they know about.
Check in with ASMs often, especially if they are running rehearsals on their own, and/or are new to SMing.
Attend Production meetings
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