Attendance:

1. Unexcused absences – If you miss one rehearsal (actors) or one workday (crew members), you will receive a warning note. The A.D. or Crew Head will call you. If you miss twice without giving prior notice to the director, the A.D., or the Crew Head, you will be dropped from the company.
   
    
2. Planned absences – Warn the Directors as far in advance as possible if you will miss a rehearsal (actors). If you have to make a doctor’s appointment, take as much time in arranging your schedule as the directors take arranging the rehearsal schedule to accommodate as many people as possible. Crew members who miss workdays can make up the time by asking for projects that can be worked on after school, but the instructors are not required to provide such projects. Crew members with the most hours after all workdays are asked to help run the shows.
   
    
3. Emergency absences – If you are sick on the day of a scheduled rehearsal or workday, please call the Directors (414-2343) as early as possible in the day so that alternative plans can be made. It is difficult to rehearse scenes without all of the actors present, and it is difficult to get crew work done without the crew!
   
    
4. Tardies – Repeated tardiness to called rehearsals indicates a lack of responsibility and dedication. Excessive tardies will be treated in the same manner as absences. Since rehearsals usually start after school, there should be no problems here. If you need to work with a teacher, use the morning. If the director knows they will be late for a scheduled rehearsal, they will give the A.D. instructions to start the rehearsal. If the Directors are unavoidably late, the A.D. will begin the rehearsal with physical and vocal warm-ups, blocking, run-throughs, or line run-throughs (depending on where we are in the rehearsal process.)

Rehearsals:

1. Blocking – Actors must be prepared to write down all blocking instructions as they are given.
   
    
2. Run-throughs – After a scene has been blocked, the Directors expect actors to study the blocking before the next rehearsal of the scene. Actors who do not study their blocking cause delays as they try to remember their instructions or decipher their notes.
   
    
3. Lines-off rehearsals – Scripts are not allowed onstage. The A.D. will follow the script and all missed cues or blocking. The Directors like to get these rehearsals out of the way as early as possible so that actors can begin refining business and characterization.
   
    
4. Run-throughs – Many actors make the grave mistake of stopping scene study once the lines have been learned. Actors must restudy the lines and blocking before each rehearsal of a scene to search for nuances, timing, and any detail they could have overlooked on a surface reading. Actors must bring something new to each rehearsal. Otherwise, rehearsals become merely exercises in repetition.
   
    
5. Run-throughs with props and costumes – The actor: Use of any article can throw even the most prepared actor off track. These rehearsals tend to be rough because many actors lose what they may have found in the characters by #4, especially if they are still unsure of lines or blocking. The added problems of a prop or costume piece may cause them so much distraction that they completely lose focus. To prevent disaster, the Directors like actors to use substitute props and costume pieces as early as possible so that their use becomes second nature to the actor. The actor must foresee these problems. At this point in the rehearsal process, the actor must be able to experiment with gesture and style. He must be past #4 by now if he is to be comfortable and grow in the last few stages. Some actors never get past this stage because they were lazy in the first three levels. The technician: Crew members must take note al all changes, repairs, and replacements needed after each rehearsal. Corrections should be made before the prop or costume piece is needed again. Crew members must write down all responsibilities acquired as technical problems occur that require their assistance at particular places in the show.
   
    
6. Character experimentation – If time is available in the schedule, the Directors like to improvise with character motivation to help the actors discover the emotions necessary to play the characters believably. These usually occur on the same day as practical run-throughs.
   
    
7. Tech/Dress rehearsals – These rehearsals are supposed to be for the technicians to refine their responsibilities. If the actor is not ready by now, he will never be. Actors who have prepared use this time to make the technical elements work for them, not against them. Actors who have not prepared properly cause every member of the company problems in these rehearsals.

Behavior:

1. Attitude toward crew members – All cast members must give warm fuzzies to crew members who are not part of the cast.
   
    
2. Attitude toward cast members in minor roles – All persons in major roles need to realize that any member of the company one level below them was considered for the same part and could take over the major role in a heartbeat.
   
    
3. Attitude of assistant director and officers and rehearsals – You are not allowed to bark orders at others unless you are doing some of the work yourself. Have open arms to all members of the department and company. Jealousy will not be tolerated.
   
    
4. Attitude of the crew – Your place in the company is as important as that of any person on the stage. You are in charge of the offstage spaces, but when actors are onstage, you are respectful and quiet.
   
    

Hours:

1. Hour Sheets –All memebers of the company should maintain an hour sheet for work done outside of class time for the production company. This includes any rehearsal, work session, or service outside of the regular class day. An officer of the Starlight Theatre Company must initial each daily entry of hours. No officer may initial more than two entries at a time.
   
    
2. Hour Tallies – Each six weeks,the Secretary will collect all hour sheets, tally the hours, and post a total for each company member.
   
    
3. Hour Totals – Totals are necessary for students registered in Theatre Production, for complimentary theatre tickets donated to the company, eligibility to atend the end-of-the-year ceremony, and for awards including: membership in the International Thespian Society.
    

Drama Hallway :

1. Production Callboard* –All notices for auditions and rehearsals are posted here. Company members should check this callboard daily during production periods.
    
2. Technical Callboard* – All notices for after school work sessions or Satuday workdays are posted here. All company members interested in crew work should check this callboard regularly during production periods.
   
    
3. Personal Callboard* – Notes for individual members of the company and important Company information not related to a production is posted here. Company members should check this callboard regularly.

*Postings are done by directors, assistant directors, or crew heads only.