Senior Showcase Piece (2): Tech Rehearsal and Transitions

Rehearsal session where each group finishes its piece and runs it with music, simple lighting, entrances, exits and spike marks. Students learn how a real tech rehearsal works.

How to play

1. Review the project sheet and list what still needs creating (5 min).
2. Create and set the missing sections, led by the rehearsal lead (15 min).
3. Tech rehearsal: tape spike marks and run the piece, stopping only at music, light and entrance cues (12 min).
4. Full run filmed on one group phone; watch it right away and pick two fixes (10 min).
5. Update the project sheet and delete the video or upload it to the school folder (3 min).

Rules

• Film only with everyone's OK and for class use; nothing goes on social media.
• Videos go on the school platform, not personal phones, or get deleted at the end.
• Groups rehearse in marked zones so they don't overlap.
• Drink water and rest between full runs.

Variations

Adaptations

• Deaf or hard-of-hearing students: set visual cues for each change (a director's gesture or a light).
• Blind or low-vision students: lay tactile marks with doubled tape and rehearse entrances with a partner.
• Students with a temporary injury: take the stage manager role and call cues from the side.

Learning goals

• Complete and set a group composition.
• Understand how a tech rehearsal works.
• Use video responsibly and privately to improve.

Equipment for a class of 25

• speaker: 2
• flashlights: 8
• phones: 5
• masking tape: 1

Teacher tip

If only one corner can be darkened, rotate groups through it in 3-minute slots. Groups tend to run the whole piece over and over; have them rehearse the transitions first.

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