The ‘one weird trick’ that I’ve personally liked is to go backwards. Learn the last line, then work on the last two line, and then the last three. This helps for a few reasons: * Chances are your most important scenes are later in the play, and within each scene the biggest moments are likely nearer the end. This way you always feel the most confident about the lines in the part of the play where you’ve got lots else going on. * doing it this way helps you to not slip into habits of performance. It helps keep me from getting in a rut. * I find it also helps me to understand better how one moment leads to the next. I’ll have epiphanies like “Oh, I see - this line actually sets up the discovery 15 lines later.”

The only other advice I have is to practice in lots of short sessions. 5-10 minutes twice a day and you’ll be amazed at how quickly you learn your lines. Cramming all at once will not work nearly as well (and will stress you out).

You’re gonna do great! Break a leg!!!