Set a dry-tech cue stack before wet tech
Practice the sequence you already learned for “Set a dry-tech cue stack before wet tech” until the order feels automatic. Practice stage-management order from production training. Fog, pyro, or full lighting looks are not added until the dry-tech cue numbers and timing are locked.
- Walk the show in order with the calling script.
- Number the cues.
- Confirm who executes each cue.
- Time transitions without effects first.
- Lock that stack before wet tech.
- Add atmospherics and pyro only on a later pass.
- Do not invent cue numbers during a wet-tech look.