A scenic designer draws this to show where things are from a top-down view.
What is a ground plan?
100
The traditionally red curtain used to hide the stage before a show and during intermission
What is the grand drape, main rag, or main curtain?
100
This person is concerned with staging and character development. Can be considered the 'designer of the actors'.
What is the director?
100
This person is in charge of the costume shop.
What is the costume shop head?
100
When you are hired to work one season at a theater
Who is a seasonal position?
200
Shows where to hang which lights.
What is a light plot?
200
Fabric backgrounds painted and hung
What are drops?
200
Creates the physical environment for the production, creates the 'playing space'
What is the scenic designer?
200
It is this person's responsibility to determine how the scenery will be built, out of what materials, and to oversee the implementation of all elements.
Who is the technical director?
200
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What is PDF?
300
A 3-dimensional representation of the set in a small scale.
What is a Model?
300
Curtains that mask the overhead space of a stage
What are borders?
300
This person creates the overall mood or feeling of the show utilizing the ethereal concept of lighting and shadow
What is the lighting designer?
300
This person's main concern is with the safety, quality, and consistency of the show.
What is the stage manager?
300
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What is your name?
400
Shows detailed drawings of a specific piece of scenery.
What is an elevation?
400
These curtains mask the off stage space or wings
What are legs?
400
This person helps enhance a character’s persona through the way that character is dressed.
What is the costume designer?
400
This person coordinates the operations of various production departments.
What is the production manager?
400
The person you address your cover letter to.
Who is whoever is doing the hiring?
500
Side view of the theater. A cut away.
What is a section?
500
A traditionally curved drop used in the back of the stage as a sky
What is a cyclorama?
500
This designer works as hard as everybody else, but sadly did not get a Tony Award from 2014 until 2017.
What is the sound designer?
500
This person is in charge of painting the scenery to look the way the designer wants.
Who is the scenic charge?
500
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