Dry tech and wet tech
A dry tech is a technical rehearsal without the cast: the crew and the operators run cues, scene changes and transitions on their own. A wet tech adds the performers. Dry first, because an actor standing in the dark while a fly cue is re-timed for the fourth time is a cast member's evening lost.
Features
- Tech Cues — Light, sound, deck and other cues recorded against scenes, with a master cue view and filtering by type.
Related terms
- Cue-to-cue — A cue-to-cue is a technical rehearsal that skips from one cue to the next, running only the moments of the show where something technical happens — a lighting…
- Tech week — Tech week is the final stretch before opening when the production moves into the theatre and the technical elements — lights, sound, scenery, costumes, cues —…
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