Tech Rehearsals

What are Tech Rehearsals?

Technical reharsals are done to practice testing out all of the equipment and technology that is going to be used in a production, there are two types of technical rehearsal, one being Dry Tech Rehearsals, Dry Tech rehearsal are rehearsals done without the performers needing to be there for them, they usually last multiple hours where each designer or department head runs his or hers parts of the production. It is also a chance for the tech crew who will operate the equipment to become familiar with the flow of the performance. Technical rehearsals however are rehearsals which include the performers that will be featured in the show, these rehearsals run through the whole production in its entirety or cue-to-cue (when the sound and lights are run with certain parts of scenes within the production). These type of rehearsals also focus more on the performers costumes and how they look in the light. These forms of rehearsals can become very repetitive.