Basic Vocabulary
The Stage
Elements of Design
The Production Team
100
Just like actors, the technical crew also has to go to the theatre version of "practice."
What is technical rehearsal?
100
The person/people responsible for moving things furniture, scenery, or props on stage.
Who are the stagehands. (Running crew is also acceptable).
100
This makes the stage bright or dark. Can be different colors?
What are lighting effects?
100
The person who tells the actors and technical crew what to do and how to do it.
Who is the director?
200
The skill or art of writing and producing plays.
What is stagecraft?
200

The head of the prop department

Who is the prop director?

200
These can make the actors look different so that they can play different parts?
What are costumes?
200
The people who create the costumes, scenery, lighting and other items needed to put the show together.
Who are the designers?
300
The person who writes the play.
Who is the playwright?
300
Clock Style (moving around in a circle) or (UR, UC, UL, CR, CC, CL, DR, DC, DL)
What are Stage Directions / Acting Areas?
300
This makes the stage look like it takes place in another land.
What is scenery?
300
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?
400
The instructions that are given to actors and technical crew when something needs to happen.
What are cues?
400
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).
400
Items that the actors hold in the show. Can be big or small.
What are props?
400
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?
500
How to behave act backstage.
What is backstage etiquette.
500
When it is time to clean up the stage for the last time before a show's final run.
What is "striking the set"?
500
The audience can hear this.
What are sound effects?
500
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?
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