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Are your rehearsals open? Maybe they shouldn’t be.
Rehearsals are the time for casts to bond with their directors and each other, and hone their performances without interference. But in community theatre, family members, significant others, friends and even casual visitors sometimes feel they have good reason to drop in and even provide feedback. The Geeks discuss why (and how) to be firm about the “closed rehearsal” rule.
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Good stuff! In my 25 years in children’s theatre (child actors), I’ve yet to see any good that comes out of holding open rehearsals. We don’t even let parents sit in on the initial read-thru. To illustrate this point you only have to look at our Dance Dept which has an “observation week” where parents are allowed to sit in and watch a dance class. The dancers are constantly looking at their parent for approval, the parent is continually comparing their child’s “performance” to the other dancers in the line. The instructor is just along for the ride….