Free private cue trainer
Practise every line from the cue that triggers it
Paste cue and response pairs, hide your line and test whether it arrives on demand. Free, private and built for actors learning exact text.
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Do not learn your lines in isolation.
Your response belongs to what has just happened. Testing the other character's final thought with your exact line strengthens the route you need in the scene.
Reveal only after making a genuine attempt. Mark a line secure only when it arrives cleanly. Then retry the misses instead of spending equal time on every line.
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A five-minute drill
Test the cue, not the sequence.
- Paste five to ten cue and response pairs.
- Leave shuffle switched on so the previous line cannot prompt the next one.
- Read the cue once, look away and say your line aloud before revealing it.
- Choose Got it only when the exact line arrives without rebuilding it from the page.
- Retry the misses, then finish with one uninterrupted scene run.
Keep the deck small enough to diagnose. A difficult cue belongs in a short focused set, not hidden inside fifty lines you already know.
Worked example
Preserve enough of the cue to keep its meaning.
Cue: “You knew I would find out.”
Your line: “I hoped you would hear it from me.”
Do not reduce the cue to the final word, “out”. The complete thought tells you what has landed and why your response begins. If two cues end alike, include the words that distinguish their meaning.
Common questions
Use the trainer without flattening the scene.
Should I practise the whole line?
Yes. Use the cue to retrieve the first words, then speak the complete line. The entrance and the thought both matter.
Should the cues stay in script order?
Start in order while learning unfamiliar material. Shuffle them once the wording is secure, because random starts expose memory that depends on sequence.
What should I do with a missed cue?
Check the exact wording, say the cue and response together twice, then test it again after another pair. Do not simply reveal it repeatedly.
Privacy: pasted text remains only in the current browser page. Clear the deck or close the page when you finish, especially on a shared device.
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