Everyone working, in any capacity, on the production of the play.
Production Team
Paints sets, sometimes props
Paint Crew
Costume Designer
Walkers
Audience watches through a rectangular opening (aka “picture frame stage”)
Proscenium Stage
Assists director during rehearsals, responsible for all backstage activity once show opens
Stage Manager
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
Makes hats
Milliner
Lighting Designer
Extension of stage in front of proscenium
Apron
Super fast run through of the show
Italian run through
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
A flat-surfaced, woven cotton fabric
Muslin Fitting
Implements lighting design under supervision of lighting designer
Master Electrician
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
Notes every time someone enters or leaves to help with rehearsal schedule and doubling
French run through
Responsible for construction, mounting, and rigging of scenery under supervision of TD
Scene Shop Foreman/Master Carpenter
Costume Shop Supervisor/Manager (aka costumer or costume technician
Program specialized consoles used to control automated lighting fixtures and projectors under aesthetic direction of lighting designer.
Programmer
Stage wagon large enough to cover width or proscenium and can mount entire sets. Stored in wings when not in use.
Slipstage
In charge of multi-show season. Oversees other stage managers, handles contracts and budgets for designers
Production Stage Manager
Responsible for visual appearance and function of scenic elements used in production
Scenic Designer
Warp and Weft
Light Plot
Grommet