How many rehearsals?
Thu, 13 July 2006, 10:30 amMoosh8 posts in thread
How many rehearsals?
Thu, 13 July 2006, 10:30 amHaving taken on the role of directing a one act play which has to be ready for staging in 6 weeks (including auditions) I am planning to ask the cast to attend rehearsals at least twice, hopefully three times a week. Am I asking too much? Your comments appreciated.
How Long
Sat, 15 July 2006, 03:28 pmProfessional companies where the performers are doing no other job and focusing full time reckon about 1 hour for each minute the play will run. Start from there and add arbitrary amounts to allow for inexperience or experience and the comparative difficulty of the piece. Add about 20 - 25 % because the cast will be losing focus between rehearsals as they have to earn a living and run families etc. In the end the only comment I will mnake is that I sort of agree with Grant "over rehearsal" happens when no creative drive enlivens rehearsals. If you are just going over the same material with no further development it's wasted time.
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