What is PPE?
A lineset whose load on the batten equals the arbor is said to be this
What is in balance?
This soap is best for prop snowballs
What is Ivory?
A stage surrounded by the audience uses this term?
What is arena?
Another name for the script that the SM uses
What is the prompt book?
The minimum number of points of contact when climbing/working on ladders
The elevated platform where counterweights are added to arbors
What is a loading rail or bridge?
This person on the artistic team oversees the props department
The Scenic Designer
These are the three wires in an electrical cable.
What is hot, neutral and ground?
The typical three-part cueing sequence used to execute a cue
What is warning, standby and Go
A best practice to prevent dropped tools when working aloft.
What is a lanyard?
The safe order for loading a counterweight set.
This person handles any weapons used in a show.
Who is the armorer or gun wrangler?
An opening in the stage floor that can be closed.
What's a trap?
The document where cast and crew acknowledge arrival each performance
What is the sign in sheet?
Pre‑show announcements should include exits and any of these performance hazards.
What is gunshots, smoke/haze and strobes?
What must happen on Pickard stage when loading weight
What is clear the stage from centerline to the rail.
Combustible prop supplies like spray paints and solvents should be stored here
What is a flammables cabinet?
What is a cyc, or cyclorama?
Small lights used backstage to see without spilling light onstage
What are running lights?
The standards body that writes standards for equipment?
What is ANSI?
This block has multiple grooves to handle the pick lines for a lineset
What is a headblock?
These items blur the lines between props and costumes
What are propstumes?
This person makes hats
What is a milliner?
These rehearsals are held when changing out cast members after a show has opened.
What are put-ins?