Tech rehearsal

Also called: Tech · Tech week · Production week (UK)

Rehearsals that add lights, sound, set and effects to the acting. Tech week is the stretch right before opening.

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When does this happen on your show?Type your opening night and see every milestone dated.

Cue-to-cueA tech rehearsal that skips the dialogue between cues and plays only the moments where something changes.
Dress rehearsalA full rehearsal played exactly like a performance: costumes, makeup, every cue, no stopping.
Paper techA meeting before tech where the stage manager, director and designers go through every cue on paper so the SM can write them into the book.

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