Management/Rehearsal Proc.
Sets
Costumes
Lighting
The Stage
100

Everyone working, in any capacity, on the production of the play.

Production Team

100

Paints sets, sometimes props

Paint Crew

100
  • responsible for visual appearance of actors
  • clothes, accessories (shoes, hats, purses, canes, parasols, etc.), jewelry, wigs, makeup

Costume Designer

100
  •  walk actors blocking for tech
  • should wear colors close to costume
  • NEVER wear white

Walkers

100

Audience watches through a rectangular opening (aka “picture frame stage”)

Proscenium Stage

200

Assists director during rehearsals, responsible for all backstage activity once show opens

Stage Manager

200

Shifts (changes position of scenery, props, or stage equipment) during tech, dress, and performances under supervision of head carpenter (usually most senior union scenery stagehand—shift crew head on non-union productions).

Stage Crew

200

Makes hats

Milliner

200
  • responsible for design, installation, and operation of the lighting and special electrical effects used in production
  • must have ground plan and paint elevations from set designer before designing

Lighting Designer

200

Extension of stage in front of proscenium

Apron

300

Super fast run through of the show

Italian run through

300

Responsible for purchasing construction materials, supervising building of scenery, transporting sets from shops to stage, mounting scenery onstage, overseeing work of scenic crews during rehearsals and performances, and maintaining scene shop’s equipment and supplies.

Technical Director

300

A flat-surfaced, woven cotton fabric


Muslin Fitting

300

Implements lighting design under supervision of lighting designer

Master Electrician

300

Removable sections provide access to space beneath stage. Can be filled with stairs, elevator, slide, or left open. Also found in thrust and arena spaces.

Traps

400

Notes every time someone enters or leaves to help with rehearsal schedule and doubling

French run through

400

Responsible for construction, mounting, and rigging of scenery under supervision of TD

Scene Shop Foreman/Master Carpenter

400
  • builds or supervises building of costumes under artistic supervision of costume designer
  • must be able to translate sketches into working garments
  • must be skilled in all phases of costume construction (pattern making)
  • supervises shop personnel, works with designers and actors

Costume Shop Supervisor/Manager (aka costumer or costume technician

400

Program specialized consoles used to control automated lighting fixtures and projectors under aesthetic direction of lighting designer.

Programmer

400

Stage wagon large enough to cover width or proscenium and can mount entire sets. Stored in wings when not in use.

Slipstage

500

In charge of multi-show season. Oversees other stage managers, handles contracts and budgets for designers

Production Stage Manager

500

Responsible for visual appearance and function of scenic elements used in production

Scenic Designer

500
  • vertical and horizontal threads in fabric, must be paid attention to when cutting

Warp and Weft

500
  • done by computer. Includes plan view with set laid underneath.
  • given to master electrician after designer speaks with TD

Light Plot

500
  • circular metal eyelet used to reinforce holes in fabric
  • legs and borders usually used in conjunction with one another

Grommet

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