Back to Basics
A vertical drape that masks actors' entrances and exits offstage, creating "hallways" that we call wings.
What is a leg?
The template that slots into a light to create texture.
What is a gobo?
The art of creating custom sound effects utilizing everyday materials, typically different from the actual people/objects “making the sound”.
What is Foley?
An appointment for an actor to try on their costume.
What is a Costume Fitting?
The person directly beneath the Stage Manager who oversees the backstage portion of a show.
Who is an Assistant Stage Manager?
The arch that separates the stage area from the audience.
What is a proscenium arch?
When the lighting designer's job truly begins.
What is Tech Rehearsal?
A phenomenon that occurs when a microphone picks up sound from a speaker while that speaker is playing sound from the microphone, thus creating a loop usually accompanied by an undesirable pinging sound.
What is feedback?
A hand-sewing stitch similar to a running stitch that loops back on itself.
What is a backstitch?
The person who runs the lights during the run of a show.
Who is the Light Board Op?
The part of the tech process where the production team works the show without actors.
What is Dry Tech?
A lighting fixture that has a lens made of concentric rings.
What is a Fresnel?
Connects INPUT devices to SIGNAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, and makes sure signals are able to make it to the right place. This device also lets you alter the signal itself (volume, reverb, etc.)
What is a mixer/sound board?
Name 3 out of 6 characteristics that can be expressed through a character's costume.
Historical Period
Age
Gender
Socioeconomic Status
Occupation
Climate and Season
The person who manages the technical side of sound operation/design.
Who is the Sound Engineer?
An audience arrangement that has the audience on 3 sides.
What is a thrust seating arrangment?
The 4 controllable qualities of light.
What is intensity, color, movement, and direction?
The ear piece worn by actors; part of a wireless mic.
What is an element?
A technique used by costume designers to enable a quick change easily by layering costumes; Having another costume variation on underneath a previous costume.
What is underdressing?
Costume shop employee who assists the costume shop manager in day-to-day operations.
Who is the First Hand?
What is the Renaissance?
The 4 functions of purposes of light.
What is mood, illumination, modeling (contouring), selective focus?
The three categories of sound design that a designer is responsible for.
What is music, sound effects, and reinforcement.
A decade in which women primarily wore dresses/skirts but were transitioning to pants, had tall yet neat hair, and fashion utilized a lot of color blocking (and not so much patterns).
What is the 1960s?
The person who oversees all design departments and ensures the tech staff has what they need to succeed.
Who is the Technical Director?