1. VOCABULARY #5
PRODUCTION PROCESS

2. AUDITION
* To try out for a role in a play or musical.

3. TABLE WORK
* An organized reading of the script by the actors with speaking parts.

4. RUN REHEARSAL
* Rehearsal when the director explains all of the “pieces of the puzzle” to the cast and crew (including sets, props, costumes, etc.).

5. RUNTHROUGH
* Rehearsal used to assist performers in learning dialogue and solidify aspects of blocking and stage movement.

6. TECHNICAL REHEARSAL
* Rehearsal intended for lighting and sound technicians to work without the actors (or limited). Also known as a Q-2-Q or cue-to-cue.

7. DRESS REHEARSAL
* Rehearsal(s) when the entire cast dresses as they will dress at the performance for the audience.

8. COSTUME PARADE
* An event held in the theatre in which each actor walks across the stage in his/her costume, one at a time; designed to show the costumes to the director.

9. CALL TIME
* Announced to performers and/or crews that they are needed for a rehearsal or performance.

10. “PLACES”
* A call to the actors to get ready because the curtain is about to go up.

11. CURTAIN CALL
*Bowing and receiving the audience’s applause at the end of a show.