Also called: The book, Calling script.

The prompt book is the stage manager's master copy of the script, with every blocking move, cue and standby written against the line or moment it happens on. It is the production's record of how the show is run, and the document the show is called from on performance nights.

A prompt book is usually built on a script interleaved with blank pages: the text on one side, the blocking notation, cue placements and notes facing it. When a stage manager is replaced, the book is what makes the handover possible.

In CueCall

The Script tab is a prompt-book-shaped viewer: notes and technical cues pin to the exact page, script versions insert or replace pages without the annotations drifting, and the marked-up script exports as a printable PDF.

Features

Script Viewer, Notes & Cues — The script uploaded and read in-app, with notes and cues pinned to specific pages, page overlays, versions, and page insert/replace.
Tech Cues — Light, sound, deck and other cues recorded against scenes, with a master cue view and filtering by type.

How it works in CueCall

Script Tab: Page Notes & Cues on the Script — Pin notes and cues directly onto the script page so they live next to the line they apply to:
Script Tab: Script Versions, Insert & Replace Pages — Need to add scenes mid-script — or swap out an entire act with a revision? CueCall builds a new version of the script for you, keeping each version's notes and cues safely tied to the PDF they were…

Related terms

Cue sheet — A cue sheet lists every technical cue in a production in running order, with its number, its department (lighting, sound, fly, automation, followspot…
Blocking — Blocking is the planned movement and positioning of performers on stage: where each actor stands, when they cross, and where they end up, worked out in…
Standby and GO — Calling the show is the stage manager speaking each cue to the operators over headset. A warning comes some way ahead; a standby ("Standby LX 12") comes…
Stage manager — The stage manager runs the production from the first rehearsal to the last performance: scheduling and running rehearsals, keeping the prompt book, writing the…

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CueCall theatre production glossary

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