Do you feel this is excessive?

[Anonymous 1]

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.

[MistressMonster]

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.

I don't. Doing theater has a lot of time commitments ontop of what you already have on your plate.

[Anonymous 2]

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, not at all. My son plays football and basketball, they practice from 3 to 7--8 pm every weekday and weekends from 9-10am to 4-6pm but with a break for lunch

[Smarties]

Well it sounds typical for theater.... its up to you/your child to decide whether its too excessive to do again next year. All the theater kids I went to school with did homework during that time. Most of them weren't busy and needed during that whole time for rehearsals.

[mcginnisc]

Nope. That is the hazards of extra curriculars...especially theater. They have to learn choreography, blocking, etc and rehearsals are paramount for this.

[Anonymous 3]

What a dumb question

[Valentina327]

Not at all. It's crunch time and so they are doing extra prep now that the countdown is on. Good luck and I hope the performance is great!

[msgme]

My dd often doesn’t get home from rehearsals till after 11. The closer the show the later the rehearsals go. Opening night for her is this Wednesday.

[Anonymous 4]

Depends on the age really. In high school I had 3 hours of homework every night to do so school then practicing until 10 then doing homework for hours would be a lot. If this is only for a few weeks that would be fine but i'm not sure months on end would be fine.

[MrsDavidB]

Yes but there will always be some extras/sports that go overboard.