Do you feel this is excessive?

[Anonymous 5]

Sorry...but this doesn't seem out of the ordinary for theater.

My daughter is in theater. They are preparing for a show. The last month they have been at school until 7 or 8. The next two weeks is scheduled for 9 which really means 9:30-10. Most of these kids are also in advanced classes, have jobs, and do other things outside of school. They are also scheduled to be at school 7-7 on Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday.

[Deleted User 670]

My daughter was in the theater in middle and high school. Her middle school rehearsals were like that but the high school one only had a couple of weeks leading up to the show with late nights and a couple of weekend rehearsals. The only difference was in high school the teacher/director knew what he was doing and wasn't an anal/retentive bitch who thought she knew what she was doing like her middle school theater director.

[EmilyH87]

It sounds like theater. Especially if it's getting close to the show date.

[mojogirl]

Nope. I went to a performing arts school and this was pretty normal during rehearsals and performances. And, yes, most of us also had jobs and were in AP classes.

[Deleted User 876]

My daughter is in theater. They are preparing for a show. The last month they have been at school until 7 or 8. The next two weeks is scheduled for 9 which really means 9:30-10. Most of these kids are also in advanced classes, have jobs, and do other things outside of school. They are also scheduled to be at school 7-7 on Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday.

No. Theatre presentations take a lot of work and rehearsal.

[Traci_Momof2]

Not necessarily. And like another said, unless your DD has a lead role that is pretty much always on stage, there should be down time for her during rehearsals when they are working on scenes that she is not in. That's when she should be sitting back stage working on her homework. If she's spending that time instead gabbing with others, then that's on her. Prime multitasking lesson.

[Olioxenfree]

No, that sounds pretty typical for theater. Putting on a quality production is a lot of work and commitment. If she has other commitments more important to her that she needs that time for, maybe theater isn't the best choice.

[mojogirl]

Not necessarily. And like another said, unless your DD has a lead role that is pretty much always on stage, there should be down time for her during rehearsals when they are working on scenes that she is not in. That's when she should be sitting back stage working on her homework. If she's spending that time instead gabbing with others, then that's on her. Prime multitasking lesson.

if you have downtime between scenes you aren't in you should be:
1. running lines
2. building sets
3. making props
4. managing costumes
5. setting the light board
6. or watching the scene being rehearsed so you don't make the same mistakes they do

my director would have kicked your ass out if you weren't being productive toward the show during rehearsal time

[Traci_Momof2]

Not necessarily. And like another said, unless your DD has a lead role that is pretty much always on stage, there should be down time for her during rehearsals when they are working on scenes that she is not in. That's when she should be sitting back stage working on her homework. If she's spending that time instead gabbing with others, then that's on her. Prime multitasking lesson.

if you have downtime between scenes you aren't in you should be:
1. running lines
2. building sets
3. making props
4. managing costumes
5. setting the light board
6. or watching the scene being rehearsed so you don't make the same mistakes they do

my director would have kicked your ass out if you weren't being productive toward the show during rehearsal time

I guess it depends on the director then. I have experience with community theatre, not so much school theatre.
In our theatre sets, props, costumes, etc are all done at completely different times than rehearsal. Rehearsal time is literally just rehearsal so the only points that would potentially apply are #1 and #6.

[Anonymous 5]

Our HS has crews for those specific areas (2-5) that you mentioned. During rehearsals, the kids knew when they were to be totally focused on a scene and when they were permitted to do classwork.

Not necessarily. And like another said, unless your DD has a lead role that is pretty much always on stage, there should be down time for her during rehearsals when they are working on scenes that she is not in. That's when she should be sitting back stage working on her homework. If she's spending that time instead gabbing with others, then that's on her. Prime multitasking lesson.

if you have downtime between scenes you aren't in you should be:
1. running lines
2. building sets
3. making props
4. managing costumes
5. setting the light board
6. or watching the scene being rehearsed so you don't make the same mistakes they do

my director would have kicked your ass out if you weren't being productive toward the show during rehearsal time