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Is this rehearsal schedule over the top?

Hi I'm in a production of a short play (89 pages) in October. Since May we have been doing one rehearsal a week for 2 hours. I am one of the two main parts and I know all my lines by now and understand how all the scenes should work.

The directors have said that for the next 3 months there will be 2 rehearsals a week, going on for 3.5-4 hours, and then for all of September and October until the play, 4-5 rehearsals a week, again 3.5-4 hours.

This works out at well over 50 rehearsals! The rest of the cast has not bothered to learn their lines and also don't seem to have read the play as they have no idea about the dynamic of the scene. Also the directors don't talk about the play except in rehearsals and everybody has to stand around whilst they argue over how it should work.

I have health problems and work full time (most of the cast are housewives or work part-time), and I live 45 minutes from the place where we rehearse, so it's impossible to expect me to get home at midnight two nights a week for 3 months.

The number of rehearsals seems way excessive and also I feel it's unfair that we are delayed because others are not prepared. Am I being reasonable or is it normal to spend upwards of 200 hours on a short amateur production?

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    9 years ago
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    That's actually pretty easy rehearsal schedule. I've never been in a play (amateur or otherwise) where I only had to rehearse 2 times a week. Usually it's at least 5.

  • 9 years ago

    in my experience you are getting off easy. I was a stage Manager of 2 amateur plays and for one play for 4 1/2 months we had rehearsal5 (sometimes 6) days a week for 4-5 hours. We all worked full time so during day we were at work (which wasn't a walk in the park) and at night we were in rehearsal and or the other we had rehearsal for 31/2 months following the same schedule.

    It was all volunteered so no one was making money off this and all the money we did make went towards the organization we were doing this from.

    I would finish rehearsals 10 or 11 pm and then have a hour meeting with the director and not get home until 12 or 1 am and then get up for 7 am for work the next morning and start the day all over again.

    why did I do it, because I love theatre and I love seeing the ending results.

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