There are many techniques I’ve heard of over the years for memorizing lines. There’s the “listening to a recording of a read-through” technique which is effective if you have a commute of some length. There’s the “typing out script” technique which I have used on occasion especially when having to learn lines quickly. That technique requires excellent focus so it can be effective but if you’re a lousy typist it can be counter productive. Lavin Cuddihee, who plays Abe in Knock Knock (and is also my next door neighbor) told me he is using the “carrying the script in the back pocket of his jeans” technique. The perception there is that lines are learned by osmosis as the words are absorbed through your butt. Research results are still out on that one.
More often than not, I prescribe to the “bathroom” technique which is dependent on never going to the bathroom for weeks on end without taking your script with you. I find it effective because, let’s face it, it’s quiet in there and there’s not much else to do. If we go back to the Jeff Goldblum line in The Big Chill where he’s a People Magazine reporter and they are taught never to write anything longer than the average person can read during an average crap.
In theater terms, those are called scenes.
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