1)  You must be ready to go onstage at your assigned rehearsal time.  You may have to wait for us; we cannot afford to wait for you.  You cannot attend just any dress rehearsal but must attend your scheduled on-stage rehearsal.  You must attend the rehearsal for each performance you are in.

 

2)   You must enter and exit through the stage door located on Pennsylvania Ave.  If crossing the stage, please cross at the back of the stage against the brick wall.  Stay off the dance floor as much as possible.

 

3)   Only one person may accompany performer to dressing room.  Others must go directly into the theatre's seating area (during dress rehearsal);  during performance, everyone must enter through the front doors except the performer and the adult who accompanies the performer-- who enter through stage door.

 

4)   Unless you are a backstage volunteer, you must leave the dressing room area immediately after getting the performer settled.

 

5)   During dress rehearsal only, you may go directly to the theatre's seating area and wait until it is your turn to rehearse.  The dressing rooms are available during dress rehearsal for those performers who wish to use them.

 

6)   Level 1 performers must be at the theatre on performance day 30 minutes before performance begins; Level 2 performers 40 minutes; Level 3 through Level 5 performers at least 1 hour before performance begins.

 

7)   Only bottled water is permitted in the dressing room area.  No food or drink is permitted in the auditorium.

 

8)   During dress rehearsal - no one is permitted in the lobby or the upstairs seating area of the theatre.

 

9)   A professional photographer is often supplied at dress rehearsals.  When this is the case, they are set up in the upstairs portion of the theatre and the lobby steps can be used to reach the photographer-but no one is permitted to play on the steps or hang around the lobby area.  This method of reaching the photographer is subject to change depending on what else the Palace has in the theatre at the time we are rehearsing.

 

10)   Backstage volunteers are taken on a first-volunteer basis.  You will not be accepted if you volunteer after the required number of volunteers is filled.

 

11)  Backstage volunteers do not need to purchase a ticket for the performance in which they are volunteering.

 

12)  No costume may leave the theatre without permission.  You cannot wear your costume home from either dress rehearsal or performance regardless of when you will be returning to the theatre. 

 

13)  No underwear should be worn under your costume.

 

14)  We recommend you wear a nude (or light colored class leotard) under your costume-- for modesty sake-- it is not a requirement.  We cannot guarantee privacy while changing.

 

15)  Safety and bobby pins should be part of every dancer's performance bag.  An extra pair of tights is also recommended.

 

16)  You must be quiet during dress rehearsals.

 

17)  Only major soloists receive their flowers on stage.

 

18)  You must leave the dressing rooms clean.

 

19)  After performance only level 1 & level 2 performers should be picked up by one adult in the dressing room. 

 

20)  Videos may be taken at dress rehearsal only.  No flash photos may be taken either during rehearsals or performance.  A professional video of performance is available to order.