• Submit your selected monologue or scene along with your backup monologue via email for approval BEFORE rehearsal for review & approval.
  • Read the play fully and understand the play.
  • Choose age appropriate material. (the age range you can play as an actor)
  • When selecting material, ensure you are starting at the written beginning and cutting it 1-2 minutes in for monologues and 3-4 minutes in for scenes.  Please do NOT ever start in the middle.  This interrupts the flow and architecture of the piece as intended by the author.
  • Never make internal edits.
  • Appropriate clothing for the period.
  • Appropriate dialect for the text .
  • Basic furniture will be available at the theatre.
  • Any additional props and furniture needed for the scene are to be supplied by the actor. 
  • Working with your scene partner; schedule rehearsals together in person, on the phone or via Zoom - HONOR the schedule!* 
  • Research into the play will be expected as of scene/monologue approval.
  • BRING A PRINTED COPY OF ALL OF YOUR TEXTS.
 
 

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