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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: REHEARSALS: Giving line notes
« on: Jun 01, 2010, 03:22 pm »
Normally during a two-run day I would hand out line notes right after the first run, then hand out a second set after the second run. I’ve never been asked to email line notes. For me it would be an extra step that takes longer to process, since I take the notes by hand during the run and distribute the same pieces of paper. I would talk to the director (or whoever asked you to do this by email) about just handing out paper line notes for the first run, so the actors have the option of looking at them before the next run, and then emailing notes for the second run only. I think Matthew makes a good point about adapting to the actors’ needs as far as what to make note of. But if there aren’t any special requests, I generally note every mistake during normal rehearsals if I can write fast enough to do so, since I can’t always remember whether the actor has made the same mistake before. I guess if I was forced to email line notes after the day’s end, yes, I would note a mistake made in the first run even if it was corrected in the second.