How I Mark my Scripts! | Actor Advice

[@piperdoolen8260]

“Because... I’m an overachiever? I like office supplies? I like pretty colors?” -Katherine Very relatable.

[@cassiecope99]

GUYS!! It's 'cast', not 'casted'. The past tense of 'cast' is 'cast'. Double cast, not double casted. Okay little rant over.

[@eliana4421]

Cassie Cope that’s what i was thinking about too

[@e.azcoitia5198]

you deserve an award

[@greensun92]

"Tips/Tricks/Hidden little bits" put a beat to that and it's a great little rap 😂👌🏽

[@Kath_Steele]

greensun92 i'm basically ready for Hamilton 💁🏻

[@greensun92]

Katherine Steele 😂😂😂 Basically.

[@anya._sunshine]

I was going to comment on that! XD I thought it sounded like the Witch's rap from Into the Woods 👌🏽

[@jazmynrodriguez6683]

greensun92 I love your profile!!

[@Mousy677]

man, you mark up scripts SO much more neatly than i mark up mine. i have a score for iolanthe which i have literally marked in places with ">:0" and "sulk"

[@mian.4848]

I found one of your videos last night and I immediately subscribed!! Your account is so so so helpful!

[@Kath_Steele]

Mia Nordhagen AAH thank you love! Xx 😊 welcome to the #TheatreThursdayFam 🎉💕🎭

[@askmeaboutmyrefrigerator6864]

If you have erasable highlighters, definitely choose them over regular ones. In a show I'm doing now, as soon as I got my part I highlighted all my lines, cues, and stage directions. When I went to the first rehearsal, I found out that the director had sent me the wrong email and tat I played a different part. Thankfully, I had used an erasable highlighter, so I could redo all my highlighting

[@viagracey]

wamen noodles Great tip! Where can you get the erasable kind?

[@askmeaboutmyrefrigerator6864]

Olivia Grace i ordered mine online from amazon. the ones i used are pilot frixion pastel highlighters

[@BlueGiraffe14]

I'm currently TRIPLE-casted as the narrator in Joseph because the directing team couldn't agree on anyone. Not only that, each cast has three narrators instead of one. That makes a total of 9 narrators. But I actually like it because the Narrator is a HUGE role for us inexperienced high school girls.

[@Kath_Steele]

Lights Camera Liesl That's so interesting!!! 😊💕 and YAY!!! Congrats on the show Xx

[@elizabethglenna4844]

could you please do a video on ways to memorize lines.

[@Kath_Steele]

+Elizabeth Glenna Yes!! 😊💕 Definitely on the list!!

[@emileehairl]

I used to do a lot of smaller shows in school and i wihld highlight my lines in yellow and the line/action before my line in pink so if I was bored in a class/had free time with a friend i could toss my book to them and ask them to read the pink to help. Also recording the audio of you rehearsing and listening to it on loop with headphones helps.

[@alexakate]

i just marked my script yesterday 😂 i wish i waited 😂😂

[@alexakate]

and my school does double casting too 😂 currently i'm double casted as fiona in shrek

[@alenance5871]

lexamazing OMG I HATE FOUBLE CASTING my school is doing their second double cast and evry1 Hates it

[@Kath_Steele]

lexamazing omg YAY!! Congrats 💚👑 (and omg when I played Fiona, Shrek and I were the only people who weren't double cast--all of the stage moms got so angry 😂)

[@mary1012341]

Ok I'm pretty sure almost every school or community theatre has double cast Shrek😂 rehearsals were awful

[@togufere374]

NOICE I WAS BABY BEAR LAST YEAR LOL

[@caitlin-271]

I needed this! one of my shows got recast so instead of playing Narrator 4 I’m playing Aladdin?!? So I needed to change my script marking completely! Thank you soooooo much my broadway queen!!!!

[@kathswag4456]

Do you think you could do a video on master classes. What to wear, what to bring, how to pick a song, what happens at one ect. I think many (including me) would find it very helpful! 😊💕 love your channel by the way x

[@jadesadventures528]

double cast shows is the worst to be honest

[@beetlebozo]

Jades fan university true

[@isabelladippel9649]

I was once in a triple cast show, it was insane

[@thatoneannoyingsoprano8066]

i was in a double cast musical and it was awful. the girl i was cast with was like 11 and kept trying to criticize how it’s acting out the scene we had and i just went “dude, we have 2 lines and 1 throwaway song, it’s not that big of a deal”

[@jitterymeg]

have you met triple cast musicals??

[@frankieobrien5742]

I did les mis TRIPLE CAST (and I got Joly and like legit 7 other roles in that show) and one of my understudies had no idea what she was doing so yeah that was fun

[@jordanhorne8600]

this video came at the perfect time, thank you so much!

[@Kath_Steele]

Jordan Horne YAY!!! ❤ Happy to hear it love!! Xx #TheatreThursdayFam 🎉💕🎭

[@charlottelarkin755]

I just marked up I my script last night using this video, thanks for the help Katherine

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

I'd reccomend this colored sort of see through tape where you can clearly see what your marking under it I know about this tape because my piano teacher used it when I always messed up on a specific note

[@oliviarainemorgan]

I'm doing a double casted show in my theater troupe now. We're doing Beauty and the Beast and I'm playing Babette. I just got my script so this was so helpful. Thanks Kath!

[@Kath_Steele]

+Olivia Morgan AAAH how fun!! Congrats love! Xx 💕 I played Babette too!

[@jasleen4474]

My script always is so messy! Definitely going to be using this.

[@actressincheer6158]

I’ve been double cast before! It was for my last show, A Midsummers Night Dream there were just too many characters with like, one-three lines, so one night you were a minor character and the other you were a major character I didn’t mind it tbh. It was just a little stressful to learn my blocking and everything for each one, at first.

[@kcorona7715]

ahhhh i'm auditing for little shop soon and i honestly can't wait to mark up my script if i get in

[@Kath_Steele]

+K Corona exciting!!!! Break a leg!! Xx 😘

[@halimcglothlin7686]

Just got Belle in Beauty and the Beast and using these tips to mark up my script. I know this video was posted forever ago but it is SO helpful. Thanks for the upload!

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

I learned nothing about how to actually mark up a script. You seem like a nice lady and you have a great community, but I’m sorry. T’was is the sad facts of life!

[@faithperez5561]

I just got Duffy in a professional show of Annie! I was really hoping I would get Annie and people who were auditioning kept telling me they knew I would but this one girl who ALWAYS gets the leads in this company got her:( Also they changed most of Duffys lines to go to other people and she doesn't sing Fully Dressed anymore

[@Kath_Steele]

Congrats though!!! That's fantastic!! 💘

[@Junoisverysleepy]

Currently costuming a triple/double cast show of RENT..... in highschool.... with a costume team of 4 and a cast of 50+..... it’s fun tho

[@allymcdaniel5091]

Angipandi Pacheco I’m getting ready to tech for Mulan jr and we only have one actual rehearsal it’s for my high score choir and I’m also doing sound for a variety show my school is also doing

[@Junoisverysleepy]

Ally McDaniel wow that sounds a lot good luck mate!

[@allymcdaniel5091]

Angipandi Pacheco Thanks it’s a lot but I love doing it

[@gonzalez1823]

So I just got in a solo in my FIRST musical ... crap

[@birdietalkstoomuch]

i personally mark my script with two colors if i have a named character tack and an ensemble track, much easier. also there was on script where the vocal book was in the back so i marked the separation with a paper clip.

[@erinreed9882]

My high school did a two person play last year and we actually triple cast the show. It was kind of interesting. We had two juniors paired together, a senior and a freshman, AND a junior and a sophomore. (It was Jerry Finnegan's Sister!)

[@goodjobeli]

Can you do a video about controversial plays/musicals (like taming of the shrew)?

[@isabellabarrett5112]

I’m currently in the ensemble in a double and triple casted show. So stressful

[@musicmoviegirl565]

I know this is an old video but if anyone happens to find my video, my tip when marking, if I'm working with someone on stage, I will write a little of their blocking, so if I'm rehearsing at home I can get a visual of what they're going to do and the director will be satisfied that I didnt forget/mess anyone up

[@pegasus.624]

I don’t do double casting

[@gracecollier2344]

I was double cast as Alice in seven brides for seven bros, it was so fun

[@pearlthomas7784]

Thanks for this! I just got cast in willy wonk (Violet) and I get my script tomorrow and I need help

[@lillyelizabeth11]

Omg, I was cast as Violet in Willy Wonka too. Of course now we didn't preform but it is funny.

[@dearbhailevaughan6192]

One time loads of ppl quit the show I was in so it ended up just being me and another girl playing like 8 parts between us.

[@jenniferw.7855]

I color code my highlights and post-its in my script too. A color each for character name, stage directions, lines, and cue lines. I get many odd looks on table read days... it's nice to know I'm not alone! I was double cast in 12 Angry Jurors last year... I had 8 different highlighter colors going on (in a perfect world, it would have been 8, but alas, I could not find 2 more colors, so my name and stage directions matched colors for each character). It was blue, yellow, and green for Juror 9. Juror 11 was orange, pink, and purple. My script looked like a highlighted rainbow!

[@majestic3560]

3:03 - This tip has helped me so much. I’m in a production of puffs and I’m playing 6 different characters with different accents, and this helps me remember which accent to use.

[@jessica23claire]

I'm not even in a show right now I just wanted to hear your lovely voice 😘

[@Kath_Steele]

+cuppajess JESS!! 😍 you are absolutely too sweet! You just made my day ❤

[@camillematlock9254]

i just got double cast in my theatre's 'a christmas carol' as belinda cratchit and each cast has 13 performances and i'm so excited because this is my first time getting into one of their professional shows and we have two weeks of rehearsal before and then show for a month!!!!! i got the call yesterday and flipped out!!!! and my high school show also did double casting for the leads.

[@zoemarie5335]

This video is helpful, and I too like office supplies and fun colors

[@ellagosain152]

I was in a show that was triple cast. It was fun, but everyone got sick by the end.

[@PotatoFn428]

Yes

[@kelseymorganlevie]

Omg double cast shows are the worstt

[@ashleydekroon6472]

try being TRIPLE cast!

[@cookiecatofficialyt3360]

Omg...I just did a double caster show--- AHHH----they're kinda annoying--

[@kitteridgesimpson8144]

Okay I'm not the only one who turns everything into a process. The 'and then the world!' Was adorable af. For me, dependent are what I get in school I can keep it, (because The sixth grade kids are sneaky) I will constantly make notes on what's think of a character, but if it's something I can hang on my wall, I'll put in my stage directions. (I'm technically supposed to return my script for school, but she doesn't freak out about it.)

[@Kath_Steele]

+Kiersten “Kierstey” Simpson 😂😂 That's great!!! Haha

[@cecilbell6248]

Thanks for this video- I always mess up my script somehow I'll be marking my next one differently! 💜💜

[@Kath_Steele]

+Theater Cecil 😂😂 happy to help!! 💕

[@coffeetimebyyassmineo.]

Hello from Spain Katherine, I would like to know if you color mark your film/tv scripts differently from theater, if so how? Thank you! … Yassmine

[@dylannicholas6921]

also my school does things where when one character becomes drastically different we doublecast that character. for example, we had an ogre and a regular fiona and the wicked witch and the old hag are 2 different people in snow white

[@Kath_Steele]

+Dylan Ruggeri Interesting!! 😊

[@avabalise4005]

I’m currently double cast as Mary Poppins in a production of Mary Poppins jr! I’m so excited!!!

[@jameswilliams2580]

my freshman year, we did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and double cast the Baroness and Truly Scrumptious

[@heather1694]

I am currently in a double cast play

[@oliviakuanromano]

I did "George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker' at Lincoln Center" which is double cast.

[@kathrynelizabeth8057]

I have a script marker hack: If you’re script won’t get ripped, put tape over you name whenever you speak. Then you can highlight it, then after you highlight it, tape it again (REMINDER: use CLEAR TAPE)

[@Oilyarm]

thank you I'm so bad at marking my scripts😂😂

[@youaremagick5935]

I just got cast as Morgan Le Fay in Camelot. I'm super excited!

[@HaleyMary]

I collect colored post it notes and those lined mead notes all the time for writing down my lines in point form in order to memorize them. Office supplies is an actor's best friend!

[@KevinJohnsonActor]

I use yellow for my lines. Blue for my stage directions and pink for my cue lines. If I use too many colors, I can't keep track of what everything is

[@jordansmith9176]

I am currently doublecast in a local community theatre type thing of Lion King Jr. I'm Shenzi! I share the role with one other girl. Some roles are up to triple-cast (like Nala, young Nala, young Simba) because the director tries to include as many people as possible. She's always done it this way to encourage people to participate and buy tickets because I live in south Arkansas so there isn't much of a theatre crowd. Last year they did Wizard of Oz and on your off-night you'd be an Ozian. This year I don't know what you do on your off-night...... yikes. I'm ALSO the lead in my school play (auditions were thursday) and still actively competing in forensics tournaments (competitive drama type thing) in Duo Interp which is a thing where you get a partner and a script and you prepare the piece and take it and compete with it????? AND I'm taking a "group acting" event to Thespian Festival. So what I'm saying is that I have to learn four scripts right now. :)))))))))))))))))))))

[@meggypeggy9142]

My middle school just happened to double cast the year that I played Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical but not the year before. I'm lucky yay.

[@SarahBaird-io2tn]

I got a callback for Rodgers and Hammersteins Cindererella at school! Wish me luck!

[@nicolemurphy349]

Thanks this is super helpful for marking my script for Addams Family! And I have done a double castes show and it was fine. (Disclaimer ) I wasn't double castes because I was ensemble so maybe it's different for principles.

[@scoutpunk]

I have never related to anything more than I relate to 'I'm an overachiever, I like office supplies, I like pretty colors. I don't know.'

[@sammiephilp2637]

Oh in high school double casting was the norm! We did a production of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown four years ago and the lead girls were triple cast!! (Kind of a reason why I was very angry I didn't get Lucy...)

[@aidanzimmerman]

I've been double cast so many times it's ridiculous. At points I was overjoyed when I was the only person playing a character

[@angeliquenichelle]

My school Multi Cast where you change characters through the play???? Like for each song??? (We do a lot of concert versions of plays) but we have our first single cast show in March. Auditions are next month and I’m super nervous

[@lcmrox11]

this is great, but what about if you're not allowed to use colors? I'm understudying Teen Eva and I'm in the ensemble of Evita, and I struggle with following both tracks in my script.

[@j-rexentertainment7246]

actually no way! Like I'm doing my very first double cast show this spring! We are performing Illinois Jane and the Pyramid of peril and I am Thaddeus. Love my understudy such a funny yet spontaneous guy

[@ElBaulSorpresasAlba]

You look like Vanessa, the human form of Ursula from The Little Mermaid on this video. Fabulous, that is. You even have the golden touch that woud be the shell with Ariel's voice in your necklace. Flawless.

[@NolaAlon]

In our high school, we didn't just double cast, we double cast, then had understudies for our performance of Noises Off, it was a lot.

[@henryanderson6752]

TIP If your script is of low physical quality (falling apart, pages bend easily, tears etc.), carefully take out the pages and put them in a display/binder folder. This also is great in case you get any extra pages (like songs).

[@cocobutter3621]

I’m doing a really difficult marry poppins dubble casting, my off night character (Jane) is never at rehearsal, so I have to teach her 9 different dances every week

[@pinkishtoast3561]

My school theatre actually did away with understudies (because for two nights, it's probably unlikely you'll be used), and half the leads quit and only two of the principal roles stayed. We made do, though.

[@alexyncervantes7423]

in my high school production of carousel, we had six performances and we TRIPLE cast Julie Jordan, Carrie Pepperidge, Nettie, Mullins, and Enoch Snow. We also double cast Billy and Jigger. we had 3 weeks to put it up and we didn’t get to the starkeeper and heavenly friends scene til the day before we opened

[@newtnelsontheweird]

I just got quadruple cast (theres four of us) as sophie in mamma mia and ive never had so many lines and scenes so thank you for this! t'was exactly what i was looking for !

[@leah_camden]

We did double casting we I did wizard of Oz but I got Wicked Witch so I couldn't be double cast because the green makeup would stain my skin.

[@laurengretz4802]

Hello! I am reaching out because I was just cast as Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes! I am about to mark up the script. I also really enjoy color coding the heck out of the script and doodling too! I know that you have a video on the subject but would you be able to DM me and let me know when you’re about to color code and doodle, what categories do you usually break a a stage production into and what colors would you use for legend purposes? Thank you, I appreciate your feedback! 😃 🎭

[@theresac.7264]

You have no idea how much that flag tip helped me! I used to just cut sticky-notes in half which didn't really work because they would fall out, tear, and/or there'd me pieces of sticky note all over my room, lol!

[@goodjobeli]

I wasn't in the show but in the first year of Secondary School we did a full uncensored version of Billy Elliot (there was ONE censored version) and they double casted that.

[@afungus520]

yo!! random video to ask this on, but i was wondering what i'm expected to show up wearing to tech week and/or show nights? we obviously have people doing hair and makeup, but that's after i get there lmao ,,

[@hannahpickering2710]

For our production of 'les misérables' we do double casting because it's a school edition and in the uk if you are under 16 you can't do every show so we have two teams red and black❤️🖤

[@novastrawder734]

i have a much simpler method lol. i highlight my lines in one color (usually yellow), my cues in another color (usually orange), and my stage directions in another color (usually pink)

[@skylarryan4330]

I'm currently in a double cast situation. another girl and i are both playing Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest. Cecily is the only role that got double cast lol

[@CoriLane3060]

One time I got a role change when I was in like 7th grade a whole page of lines was just those 2 characters and I literally only had one highlighter so the whole page was orange, so was the song

[@justbeingdaisy]

I wish I was this organized I kind of just memorized every single thing I did without marking it is that weird? (id only highlight my lines) I honestly don't know how I did it. 😂😂

[@erikabentley8185]

a lot of theatre companies i’ve worked with double cast. some of my favorite roles that i’ve been double cast in are: Cinderella- Into the Woods, Chava- Fiddler on The Roof, and my all time favorite, Sue Snell- Carrie (there’s a video on my channel from that show actually!)

[@hopeelyse]

My school only does double casting I just auditioned for Pride and Prejudice yesterday.

[@caroline456]

I’ve never been in a double casted show, but I know people who have. My theater doesn’t even have understudies (but one has never thus been really needed, which is surprising for highschoolers and midleschoolers and some elementary schoolers doing six shows a week for three weeks)

[@ainsleyslife7275]

I’m double cast in a musical right now. And my second doesn’t care about the show. For example we have a solo and I tried to help her learn her lyrics and she would not listen. Then we we’re blocking a scene and she wasn’t there that day so next rehearsal, I try to help her by walking through it with her and she kept on pushing me as we walked to center stage. I’ve given up helping her but if she acts like that on stage I’m pretty sure I’m going to take over. Tell me if I sound harsh please..

[@k.hizzle5376]

I’m in the process of memorizing a short play for school. Thank you

[@aliceswayer9979]

i'm literally marking my script while watching this video lol

[@liamotoole628]

this community theatre near me is doing ragtime and it is a pro theatre with adults and kids etc. and i'm only 13 and i'm auditioning for little boy. thoughts ?

[@porshawilliams7127]

I did a double cast show of Beauty and the Beast and Bella and the Beast switched roles every night. I couldn't imagine the work they did to get those lines and dances down!! I was only 7, but the leads were seniors.

[@miltonmelendez5370]

My director in my high school is considering dounle casting the supporting roles for whatever our next show is

[@Niqhtmusic]

I’ve never done a double casted show let alone a full show at all

[@noor0553]

Thanks so much! I am doing this thing in my school where if you are a hard worker in your drama class you get to do official performances out of school and stuff like that and I just needed a little help.

[@Kath_Steele]

+Noor05 oh yay!! Happy to help 😊 #TheatreThursdayFam 🎉💕🎭

[@nicolefrothingham9170]

yes i was in a double casted show. it was the worst experience of my life. HAHAHA

[@barrychambers7441]

Being double cast is bad, but i was in a show last year where three people were playing 2 roles over 4 nights?! it was soo bad lmao.

[@audreyandel4790]

this is not that related to the video I just wanted to comment it somewhere but: is there any way you could make a video or just give some advice on understudying a role? I am an understudy for the first time right now and it's kinda stressful!

[@noahsmith4918]

Do you keep all your scripts and if you do where do you keep all your scripts

[@LexxLafever]

I used to do double cast shows but thats cause the director was the mom of one of the girls in the troupe, and even though the lead role was kinda perfect for one person - the director HAD to let her daughter have the spotlight once every show we ended up doing *eye roll emoji*

[@WilliamAltermann]

I was in a double casted show....😕😕😕

[@strawberryfieldz4eva]

please do a video on how you write out a stage track/road map!!