{"product_id":"character-scene-breakdown","title":"Character\/Scene Breakdown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is in what, before the calendar exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe week before first rehearsal you have a cast list, a script, and a stack of conflicts. The rehearsal calendar can’t be built until you know who is in Act I Scene 2 and who only sings in the finale. Costumes want the same answer for change time. Sound wants it for mic swaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is that grid. Actors down the side, scenes and songs across the top, one mark per cell. Under it, the sheet writes the call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat’s built in\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mark says how the actor is used.\u003c\/strong\u003e X on stage, S sings, D dances, OS offstage vocals. Or a character name, when a doubler plays their second role or an ensemble member steps out as Dream Laurey. A blank means not called, and that is the only mark that does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA headcount under every column.\u003c\/strong\u003e The first thing to check against the script: a scene that should have twelve and reads eleven has a missing mark.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCall lines that write themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e A separate tab, one row per unit: the unit, its headcount, its pages, and every actor it needs in one line, in cast-list order. Copy the line into the daily call. Offstage singers are on it, because an offstage singer cannot be anywhere else.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe crew’s view.\u003c\/strong\u003e By Page: one block per scene, a column for each page where somebody enters or leaves, and marks for in, out, both on one page, offstage lines, and already on. Add SL or SR when the side matters. A pre-show column and an intermission block for whoever is preset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTyped once.\u003c\/strong\u003e The production fields, the character list, the unit titles: each is typed in one place and read everywhere else. The old version of this template had eight scenes on one tab and five on the other because they were typed twice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Legend tab.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every mark and every color, in one place, for the person who picks the file up cold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe eight tabs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart Here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe short instructions, with where the rows come from and where they go next.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Scene\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe grid you fill. Sixteen units an act already wired; the spares stay quiet until you use them.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Page\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEntrances and exits, one block per scene.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCall Lines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWrites itself from By Scene. Nothing to type.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLegend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe marks and the colors.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExample By Scene · Example By Page · Example Call Lines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe same three, filled in for \u003cem\u003eOklahoma!\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe worked example\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOklahoma!\u003c\/em\u003e at Robinson Hall Theatre, the same production as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/show-reports-kit\"\u003ePerformance Report’s example\u003c\/a\u003e, with an invented cast of twenty. Two acts, six scenes, sixteen songs, every mark used at least once. One doubled role: Slim in Act I, Cord Elam in Act II, so his row reads the name rather than an X and you can see where the change is. Two ensemble members featured as Dream Curly and Dream Laurey. A laugh from offstage for Gertie. Two women who sing the Dream Ballet from the wings, on the call line because they have to be somewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the Call Lines tab and the shape of the show is right there: \u003cem\u003eLonely Room\u003c\/em\u003e calls one person. The finale calls nineteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFormat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoogle Sheets. The walkthrough PDF carries the copy link; the copy lands in your Drive and is yours to rename, share and reuse next show. A free Google account is all you need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt opens in Excel via File ▸ Download. The grid comes across cleanly; the Call Lines tab is built on Sheets formulas and is the part most likely to lose functionality. If you have the choice, use Sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelivered instantly: one Sheet, eight tabs, and a seven-page walkthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it’s for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStage managers in school and community theatre, the week before first rehearsal. Directors who build their own calendar. Costume, props and sound heads who read the same grid for changes, handoffs and mic swaps. Anyone who has been asked “who’s called Tuesday?” and had to open the script to answer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theaterish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49913830506648,"sku":"THR-TPL-CHARSCENE","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0451\/3955\/8552\/files\/01-character-scene-breakdown-google-sheets.png?v=1789507952","url":"https:\/\/theaterish.com\/products\/character-scene-breakdown","provider":"Theaterish","version":"1.0","type":"link"}