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printing actor scripts single or double sided?

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JustinJanke:
Unless requested otherwise I'll give the entire cast double sided. I'll always accommodate a request for single sided, but I don't want to go through all that paper unless necessary.

emilymdykhouse:
I'm currently working as an ASM on a devised piece of theatre as part of a rolling premiere across the country, and due to multiple changes being made on multiple occasions, we used single-sided script pages. More and more changes were made, even after our first few stumble-throughs, so we only printed double-sided scripts once it was confirmed that we had the final version of our script. I definitely felt guilty about the amount of paper we went through, but a new script was necessary, seeing as the scripts the other ASMs and I had were both out-of-date and covered in out-of-date line notes.

Mac Calder:
I tend to use booklet printing, double sided, but leaving odd pages blank.

 Alternatively, I print to PDF and then shrink the page to 70% and position the page top-left - leaving large right and bottom margins for notes.

I generally work corporate shows though - so these scripts are being used for 1 or 2 shows, so saving paper is worth it.

patrickcunnington2:
I believe you should ask the actors what they prefer. This will make the decision easier and have less complaints.

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