Messages

1

The Hardline / Re: Re: Breaks During Run-Throughs

« on: Dec 20, 2011, 11:50 pm »

Thanks folks.  FWIW, I talked to the director prior to the read through, and we both thought it would be about a 90 minute read.  I would have simply been flexible and let us get through it, but when we got into it, it was a lot longer than we thought -- 110 minutes... 

All you can do is use best judgement in a given situation.  I did that, and explained my reasoning.

2

The Hardline / AEA Breaks during very long one-act readthrough

« on: Dec 20, 2011, 01:52 am »

Post #1:
My question is, what constitutes a run through?  I had a first read through of a one act tonight, and when I saw that we still had 30+ pages to go at 80 minutes, we broke.

I would not have broken if it were a design run, but at a first read I was unsure and decided to err on the side of caution. 

The one act timed out at 1 hr, 50 minutes with a main character who is on every page of the script...

The Director allowed me to break, but the Artistic Director wanted clarification on the rule... This is SPT, and there is no rule...

Merged with post #2:
So my question is... what constitutes a run?  Is a first read-through a run?

I did a first read through tonight, and the one act - assumed to be about 90 minutes - turned out to be 110 minutes...  The artistic director questioned my request to break  (he was right that it interrupted the flow etc.) but, while I am happy to skip breaks during a design run or a dress run, it seemed like a first read through was dubious...

Again, this is an SPT house, and I could find no reference in the handbook.

EDIT: Merged Kalsang's two questions together and split off the discussion into its own separate thread. Some posts below will appear to be doubles if members responded to both of the original questions. - PSMKay