Memorizing lines perfectly

Making up lines on the spot

Practicing with a script

Directing a play

Selling tickets at a discount

Giving away tickets to fill seats

Decorating the theater

Cleaning the stage

To remind them to face the audience

To tell them to memorize their lines

To ask them to leave the stage

To encourage them to improvise

During exams

In drama class and theater rehearsals

In sports competitions

In music performances

To memorize lines perfectly

To create dialogue on the spot

To follow the script exactly

To rehearse with a script

Forgetting lines during a performance

Memorizing lines completely

Reading from a script

Writing new lines

Eating during a performance

Over-acting

Forgetting lines

Improvising dialogue

Delivering a line too early

Forgetting a line

Memorizing lines perfectly

Writing new lines

Ad infinitum

Ad libitum

Ad hoc

Ad astra

Peeking at the audience during a performance

Applauding loudly

Leaving the theater early

Buying tickets at a discount

To make the performance seem real

To encourage audience participation

To allow for more intermissions

To reduce ticket prices

To create positive word-of-mouth

To increase ticket prices

To reduce the number of performances

To shorten the show duration

It provides a full or almost full audience

It allows for more costume changes

It reduces rehearsal time

It increases the length of the performance

To "paper the house"

To discourage attendance

To increase concession sales

To shorten the performance