What an Intermission Does
An intermission is more than just a break for your audience — for ShowSort, it's a full costume-change reset for every performer. No one accumulates a quick change across an intermission. In their first routine after the intermission, every performer is considered fully rested.
This makes intermissions a powerful tool for managing shows with many quick changes. Strategically placed, a single intermission can resolve a huge number of timing conflicts.
Adding an Intermission
Click Add Intermission at the top of your configured order. You can:
- Let it float — the optimizer decides where the intermission is most helpful
- Lock it in place — drag it where you want it, then open its gear settings and choose Restrict To… → Position to pin it there
Multiple Intermissions
You can have as many intermissions as you like. One important rule: intermissions never pass each other. If you have Intermission A before Intermission B in your configured order, they will always stay in that relative sequence — Intermission A before Intermission B — no matter what the optimizer does.
Acts
Intermissions define "acts." A show with one intermission has two acts (before and after). You can use act restriction on routines and groups to keep them from crossing an intermission boundary. See Act Restrictions for more.