People
This is the person who in; a non profit theater chooses the play and generally the people
Artistic Director
These are narrow, adjustable masking flats on each side of the stage opening. Combined with a teaser they can be used to frame the audiences window onto the stage
Tormentor
Short or the Latin Ad Libitum meaning freely in the theater to ad lib means to improvise.
Ad Lib
Antagonists are present in almost every play they oppose what the main hero or protagonist is trying to accomplish.
Antagonist
Basically this is scenery or other visible material designed to hide backstage stuff the audience is not supposed to see, such as the wings or the back wall
Masking
what happens at the end of the play- even if there isn't an actual curtain to signal the end- when the actors acknowledge the audience's applause.
curtain call
The character who generates the main action of the story
Protagonist
An enclosed, windowed are, usually at the back o the auditorium, used or the technical control purposes. Sometimes there is a separate booth or sound and lighting control. The stage manager may also operate from a booth rather than from backstage
Booth
Conversation in a play.
dialogue
A performer in a play. "Actress" the grammatically correct female form of the word is little used in the theater world today. Although it is still sometimes used in film and television
Actor
A scenic design that includes three walls and sometimes a ceiling, usually to give a very realistic visual effect. it tends to emphasize the notion of a fourth invisible wall, the one at the front through which the audience observes the action.
Box set
what actors learn and speak on stage.. the word is also used technically to refer to the counter- weighted ropes or wires that may be used to lower scenery.
lines
the team of theater workers- often the unsung heroes- who take care of the physical aspects of a production at each performance.
crew
narrow bridges above the stage from which scenery and lightning equipment can be handled. some theaters also have lightning catwalks above the seating area
catwalk
A friendly customary encouragement offered to preforms prior to a show it may sound harsh but the expression is said to derive from the idea of a performer, having left the stage, being called back from behind the legs for encore.
Break a leg