Pref Sheet

Do you use "Pref Sheet"?

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I use it very often.

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I use it sometimes.

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I've heard it but I never use it.

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I've never heard of this word.

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Part of Speech

Noun

Pronunciation

[‘pref / sheet]

Description

Abbreviation for "preference sheet."

Why It's Wild

Pref sheets are forms filled out by students who hope to act, direct, or produce Northwestern theatre productions to indicate their show preference order. After attending callback auditions for certain productions, students go to the third floor of Norris to fill out a pref sheet for StuCo callbacks, or they email the Artistic Director of the Wirtz Center with preferences for their callbacks. This information is used in conferrals to resolve preferences among the performers, directors, producers, and stage managers for each show that quarter. For directors and producers, each undergraduate theatre board interviews students for these positions, and the students then order the boards they would like to work with on their pref sheet. The theatre speech community uses pref sheet, both written and spoken in informal social contexts on campus.

Example Sentence

Will you come to Norris with me? I have to do my pref sheet.

References

Based on survey and interview data from 10 Northwestern theatre majors.

QED (talk) 18:30, 31 May 2017 (CDT)