Tech Week

(tek•week) n. Jargon 1. The week in which a theatrical production works with all technical elements and performers in the performance space.  2. a 40 to 80 hour work week where everybody ignores "labor laws" ; I haven't been able to sleep more than a few hours a day but I'm in Tech Week so it is expected.  3. The week in which friends and family of theatrical workers must accept the near to total absence of said theatrical ; I haven't seen my sister for a while, either she was abducted by aliens or she is in Tech Week.

--abbrv. Tech

--archaic. Hell week