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Theatre Cue Player

Free cue playback for school theatre and classroom instruction on show control software — runs in Chrome, works on a locked-down Chromebook, no install required.

Extension Load Screen. Open/save locally or Google Drive.

Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Chrome OS  Installs from the Chrome Web Store like any extension. Note that district-managed Chromebooks often block extension installation by administrator policy. If that applies, the Online version needs no installation at all and runs from a link or a USB drive.
  • Online  Audio only - video, projection mapping and the sound editor are in the extension. Runs from a link or a USB drive with no installation and no internet. Folder picking and Save As use Chromium file APIs; in other browsers they fall back to standard file dialogs.
  • Google Chrome
Audio Only Mode, almost exactly the HTML version.
Waveform editor for simple fades and trims
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The Chrome Extension includes an audio editor with Chromebook-friendly effects and a "send back to cue", that makes a backup of the original file and puts the edited audio in the cue list
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  1.  Educational

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Live Performance

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  • Developed by

    US flagKevin A. Patrick

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $10 and $50 per month + free version with limited functionality.

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    9 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English
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What is Theatre Cue Player?

Show-control software for school theatre that runs in Chrome — including on a locked-down Chromebook, where nothing else does. Build a cue list, press GO, and your cues fire in order.

It comes in two versions: a no-install single-file audio playback, and a Chrome extension with significantly fuller features.

BROWSER VERSION — audio only, nothing to install. Open a link, or run it from a thumb drive. No installation, no admin rights, no internet connection. Audio cues with fades, auto-follow, auto-continue, loops and instant-fire hotkeys. A waveform editor for non-destructive trimming and fades. Printable PDF cue sheets, CSV export, and whole-show zip packages that carry the audio with them. High-contrast and oversized controls for when the operator screen is itself being projected. This is the one for machines where you cannot install anything at all.

CHROME EXTENSION — everything above, plus video. Installs from the Chrome Web Store. Adds video cues with surfaces, projection mapping and clean second-screen output to a projector; text cues including crawls and rolls; a full sound editor with EQ, reverb, delay, noise reduction and pitch/tempo change, which sends the edited audio straight back into the cue; optional Google Drive storage; and cue-sheet export to Google Sheets. Still works offline for shows saved locally.

Built to teach. Cue types, geometry and vocabulary deliberately mirror theatre industry-standard software, so a student who builds a class project or show with this can sit down at professional software and recognize what they are looking at.

Free for the 2026–27 school year. After that, only second-screen projection output carries a fee - watermarked video output and, in both versions, audio-only shows stay free.

"Made for education. Powerful enough to run the show."

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