This person is responsible for everything the actors wear on stage.
Who is the Costume Designer?
100
This is the "picture frame" opening for the stage. The grand drape is usually here.
What is the Proscenium Arch?
100
This curtain separates the audience from the majority of the stage.
What is the Grand Drape/Main Curtain/Front Curtain?
100
This person has the overall vision for a production.
Who is the Director?
100
This is the area of the stage where the movement of the battens are controlled from.
What is the Fly Loft/Fly Gallery?
200
This person oversees all the technical crews and designers. He or she is responsible for making sure the technical side communicates with the director.
Who is the Technical Director?
200
This is the narrow acting area of the stage in front of the proscenium line.
What is the Apron?
200
These curtains, which hide the offstage areas from the audience, are part of the term for "good luck" in theatre.
What are the Legs?
200
This person works closely with the set designer and director to design the lighting plots.
Who is the Lighting Designer?
200
These are pipes that can be lowered and raised, and are used to hang scenery in the air until it is needed.
What are Battens?
300
This person is responsible for designing the scenery that will be used in the play.
Who is the Set Designer?
300
These terms come from stages being built at an angle, or raked, and refer to the area closest to and furthest from the audience.
What are Upstage and Downstage?
300
These are the black curtains that mask the flies and lighting.
What are Borders?
300
This person works with the assistant stage manager to find or make props for rehearsal and performance.
Who is the Prop Master/Mistress?
300
These are the pipes, curtains, and lighting instruments hanging in the air that move.
What are the Flies?
400
This person is often considered the most powerful on the production team because they control the money.
Who is the Producer?
400
This type of stage can be arranged in many different ways, including cabaret, proscenium, arena stage, and thrust. It is usually painted a dark color.
What is a Black Box?
400
This is the upstage-most curtain that is often light blue in color to represent the sky.
What is the Cyc (Cyclorama)?
400
This person is responsible for line notes once the actors are off book.
Who is the Assistant Stage Manager?
400
This is the special name for the pipes hanging above that have lighting equipment on them.
What is an Electric?
500
When technical rehearsals start, this person takes over the run of the show from the director.
Who is the Stage Manager?
500
This is the term for creating a "stage" out of an unusual or atypical location, like a tennis court or old hotel.
What is a Found Space?
500
This curtain, which is part of the grand drape, hides lighting battens.
What is the Teaser?
500
This person works closely with the Costume Designer to make sure their design matches with the clothing looks.
Who is the Makeup Designer?
500
Gloucester High School uses this "hand" for its stage and curtains.