A rehearsal platform shaped by one of the most recognized practitioners of the craft.

Actor Prep is Nextabula's active rehearsal-platform product for actors, developed in close collaboration with leading professional actors — now launched and in use in a major theatrical production.

Client

Internal / Nextabula

Type

Native iOS and Android apps with cloud backend

Actor Prep Platform home screen showing active script and rehearsal entry points

Actor Prep Platform rehearsal setup screen with scene, mode, and voices controls

What Nextabula built

A professional rehearsal tool built around privacy, flexibility, and process.

Native iOS and Android rehearsal apps with a cloud backend — ~70,000 lines of production code.
Local-first handling for sensitive script material.
Flexible rehearsal modes and settings.
Actor-controlled scene-partner voices.
Voice synthesis with a large library of possible scene-partner voices.
Security-forward architecture for sensitive script material.

What makes it different

Not a generic AI assistant for scripts.

Actor Prep is designed around the realities of professional preparation: confidentiality, flexibility, voice choice, production boundaries, and the actor's changing needs at different stages of the process.

The product is shaped through close collaboration with an active practitioner, so the software follows the craft instead of forcing the craft into a generic tool.

Screen overview

Actor Prep Platform home screen showing the active production workspace — **Home**Choose or create a production workspace so rehearsal, research, Q&A, notes, and voices stay organized by project.

Actor Prep Platform rehearse screen showing scene, mode, voice, and rehearsal controls — **Rehearse setup**Select the scene, rehearsal mode, voice options, tolerance, and line visibility before starting work.

Actor Prep Platform active rehearsal screen showing scene partner flow and rehearsal controls — **Active rehearsal**Run the scene with scene-partner responses, listening status, and controls that support repeated rehearsal passes.

Actor Prep Platform research screen showing local reference material and production notes — **Research**Keep reference material, production context, notes, readings, audio, images, and other prep sources inside the workspace.

Actor Prep Platform Q and A screen for asking questions about selected research excerpts — **Q&A**Ask questions against selected local research excerpts without sending script or rehearsal audio into the answer flow.

Actor Prep Platform settings screen showing account, feedback, privacy, and diagnostics controls — **Settings**Expose account, feedback, privacy, and diagnostics controls in a way that supports professional rehearsal constraints.

Evidence of the work.

Launched — in active use in a major theatrical production, with ~70,000 lines of production code across native iOS, Android, and cloud backend.

Developed through direct practitioner collaboration so product decisions stay grounded in real rehearsal work.

Public-safe evidence includes local-first script handling, flexible rehearsal settings, scene-partner voice selection, and security-forward architecture.

Building a product around expert practice?

Nextabula can help translate craft knowledge into software that respects the user's process.

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