prerehearsal

Etymology

From pre- + rehearsal.

adj

  1. Before a dramatic rehearsal.

noun

  1. An informal rehearsal done very early in process of preparing a performance.“Then, later on, before we starting shooting, after we had gotten cast, everybody came in and sat around at a table and read it. We did kind of a prerehearsal, and that was very valuable to me. Because you see who you're working with.”