dress rehearsals
Costumes, no audience
Dress rehearsals is the plural of dress rehearsal—a final practice session before a performance in which everything is done exactly as it will be during the actual show, including costumes, lighting, and staging.
Figuratively, any trial run that simulates real conditions: The military exercise was a dress rehearsal for invasion.
- run-throughFull practice of something
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- costume changeSwitching outfits mid-performance
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stage directionsInstructions within a script
audience · practices · performance · stage · script · cue · call time · green room · runs · actor · director · iteration · wardrobe · polishing · props · curtain call · lighting · tech week
dress rehearsalsopening night
First staged performance
premiere · opening nights · premieres · live performance · final performance
dress rehearsalstable read
Initial cast script recitation
read-throughs · cold reading · script reading · workshop · auditions
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