New iPhone App 'Rehearsal' Helps Actors Learn Lines

While there are myriad ways actors employ to learn their lines, a new iPhone application called Rehearsal, designed by David H. Lawrence XVII and Rip Tide Games, is geared at helping actors with the at-times tedious task of memorizing their parts.

Warner Crocker of GottaBeMobile.com explains how the new application works. "You download the free app and then set up an account with a custom rehearsal email address. When you get your hands on a script (PDF or Microsoft Word format) you forward it to that address. From there you load the script onto your iPhone. The script then becomes interactive. You can add notes, highlights, photos, or videos. You can black out your lines so that you can rehearse a scene with only your acting partners(s) lines."

"You can also playback and record your scene with the lines flowing in a teleprompter like fashion. There's a function to allow you to email and MP3 of your work which I guess might come in handy if you need to send audio of an audition to a client or casting director."

"While the app is free, there is a cost for the service. Each script costs $1.99 to add to your account and there are monthly ($19.99) and yearly rates ($199.99) available. These are discounted at 50% at the moment. This is geared much more for the TV/Film/Commercial side of the business than it is the theatre, but it should still work just fine, assuming you can get your hands on a digital copy of the play script. That's much more common in TV/Film/Commercial."

To see a video demo of this new app, click here.