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Yell "_____" when you are cutting something.
The form of communication all actors and technicians should know to make moving around onstage easier and more efficient.
What are 'stage directions'?
Describe where 'upstage' is on a stage.
What is: 'The point in the center, furthest from the house?'
Riley is lifting something extremely heavy for them. Natalie sees this happening. What should Natalie do?
What is: 'Help them for gosh's sake'?
What does Mx. Wilson say at the end of every class? And why do they say it?
The opposite of DSL is _______.
What is 'USR' or 'Upstage Right'?
The door that should NEVER be left blocked.
What is the 'fire exit'?
I want to find a screwdriver. Where would it be?
What is 'in the toolbox'?
Gabe is working in the scene shop. He sees another student goofing around for around 20 minutes and she accidentally trips over a piece of 2x4. What was each other the students' mistake?
What is: 'Gabe should've told Mx. Wilson about the student goofing around and the student shouldn't have been goofing around in the first place.'
Why should you be careful with the sink in the scene shop?
What is 'It floods if you leave it on for extended periods of time.'
Run Crew members work during _________ which are also known as _________.
What are 'transitions' and 'blackouts'?
DAILY DOUBLE (worth double the points)
The big roll of matte black tape that's used primarily for wires and cords.
What is 'gaff tape'?
Daily Double! (Worth Double the points)
An actor or technician doesn't know their stage directions. Name and explain at least 3 consequences that could impact their performance/work.
They slow rehearsals down, they do incorrect blocking, they aren't able to communicate where things are supposed to be onstage, they make the director mad, they bump into other actors and technicians onstage, etc.
The person on a theatre production that helps manage all the people backstage.
Stage directions are always taken from the ______/______ perspective.
What is 'actor's/technician's perspective.'
The document used to describe different jobs and roles that run crew has during a transition.
What is 'a run sheet'?
Mx. Wilson is yelling at a student for touching the chain that controls the shop door. Why?
What is: 'The student doesn't know how the shop door works'?
Name all of the stage directions with their abbreviations.
What are: 'DSL, DS, DSR, SL, CS, SR, USR, US, USL.'
Be aware of your ___________.
Daily Double! (worth double the points)
The long metal beams that the lights hang off of above the stage.
What are 'batons?'
The location of the fire extinguisher in the scene shop.
Eric is the stage manager of a show here at TC, and can't find the first aid kit in the scene shop. What should he do?
What is: 'he should not be stage manager and he should ask someone that knows where it is.'
Name all of the expectations that are specific to being in the theater.
What is: 'Only water in a closed container, stay in Mx. Wilson's line of sight, and all other class expectations apply to the theater.'