Basic Vocabulary
The Stage
Elements of Design
The Production Team
Theatre Technology
1000
Just like actors, the technical crew also has to go to the theatre version of "practice."
What is technical rehearsal?
1000
The person/people responsible for moving things furniture, scenery, or props on stage.
Who are the stagehands. (Running crew is also acceptable).
1000
This makes the stage bright or dark. Can be different colors?
What are lighting effects?
1000
The person who tells the actors and technical crew what to do and how to do it.
Who is the director?
1000
A stencil for lighting. Many different colors and shapes can be created with these.
What are gobos?
2000
The skill or art of writing and producing plays.
What is stagecraft?
2000
Proscenium, Thrust and Arena.
What are the three different types of stages?
2000
These can make the actors look different so that they can play different parts?
What are costumes?
2000
The people who create the costumes, scenery, lighting and other items needed to put the show together.
Who are the designers?
2000
A computerized or physical object that represents the stage.
What is a scale model?
3000
The person who writes the play.
Who is the playwright?
3000
Clock Style (moving around in a circle) or (UR, UC, UL, CR, CC, CL, DR, DC, DL)
What are Stage Directions / Acting Areas?
3000
This makes the stage look like it takes place in another land.
What is scenery?
3000
This person must be extremely organized. He is the mediator between the director and the rest of the cast and crew.
Who is the stage manger?
3000

Which of these is not a type of stitch you might use for a costume in the theater?

Buttonhole stitch
Running stitch
Back stitch
Straight stitch
Fix-it stitch

What is a fix-it stitch

4000
The instructions that are given to actors and technical crew when something needs to happen.
What are cues?
4000
Scenery "flies" up/down in/out of a stage with the help of rope or wires, pulleys and counterweights during scene changes.
What is fly system? (fly rail is also acceptable).
4000
Items that the actors hold in the show. Can be big or small.
What are props?
4000
These people are the workers of the show. They follow the orders of others and typically have no say in the design process.
Who are the crew members?
4000
Table, straight, jig, skill, chop are examples of these.
What are types of saws?
5000
How to behave act backstage.
What is backstage etiquette.
5000
When it is time to clean up the stage for the last time before a show's final run.
What is "striking the set"?
5000
The audience can hear this.
What are sound effects?
5000
This person hires everyone who works on a production. They are in charge of money, choose the script, and choose where to perform the show.
Who is the theatrical producer?
5000
There are light and sound varieties but it controls the on stage effects of a production.
What is a board? (Sound or light board).
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