College of Fine Arts School of Dance Undergraduate Handbook

Rehearsal Process

  1. Be courteous to all: cast, crew, shop personnel, designers, stage managers, and director. Realize that people are often performing their jobs for the first time and are learning by doing.

Rehearsal Calls:

  1. Calls will be posted on the FAC callboard (additionally at Carpenter Hall for musicals) and be emailed to cast members on a nightly basis. Check the callboard periodically throughout the day for updated information.
  1. Write down call times.
  1. Arrive ten minutes early. You should be warmed up and ready to rehearse at call.
  1. If you are unable to be at rehearsal for any reason, call the stage manager (check the show contact sheet for the number) as soon as possible.

Costume Calls:

  1. Write down call times.
  1. Be on time & wear appropriate clothing.
  3. Please give as much notice as possible if you find yourself unable to make a fitting.
  5. Because of the number of shows the costume shop produces, there is little time to waste with missed costume fittings. Therefore, any missed fittings will be reported to the director and all work will stop on your costume until you have made amends with the costume shop coordinator.
  1. Rehearsal costumes should be given the same care and respect as actual performance costumes.

Rehearsal Props:

  1. Rehearsal prop care is the responsibility of the cast, the ASM(s), and the stage manager.
  1. Do not touch props except in the course of the rehearsal. Never touch any prop but your own.
  1. If a prop is broken report it to the SM immediately.
  1. Props broken due to negligence will be repaired by the person or persons responsible. If they are unable to perform the repairs, comparable work will be assigned.

Remember to keep quiet in the hallways during rehearsals since there are other rehearsals or performances in progress.

It is important that the stage management staff know where each cast and crew member is at all times during the rehearsals in case there is a change in plans. Please do not leave the rehearsal space without obtaining permission from the stage manager.

Since we share our rehearsal and performance space with other productions and classes, please keep these neat and clean.

The University of Oklahoma has declared all of its public buildings to be smoke-free. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. The only exception is for non-tobacco cigarettes used as part of a rehearsal or production.

If an actor or production staff member is late for rehearsal, appointments, costume calls, etc. more than three times (two times for costume fittings), without prior notification, a memo will be sent to the faculty and the Director of the SOD. This memo will be read aloud in faculty meetings and will drop the grade received for the performance/crew experience by one letter grade. Please understand that in the past, repeated tardiness has resulted in dismissal from the company.

Disrespectful attitudes have no place in rehearsal or performance. The stage manager and ASM are instructed to report any such behavior to the stage management faculty and the Director of the SOD. 

All members of the cast and production team are required to assist in strike.

Cast members should refer to section II.B.2.a (Etiquette & Decorum).