Scenery
A prop that is handled by the actors.
What is a hand prop?
This is the name for the pipe that lights and scenery can hang from.
What is a batten?
Following the final performance, this is the act of clearing the stage of props, scenery, costumes, etc.
What is strike.
How you will balance the batten when hanging lights or scenery.
What is a counterweight or stage weight?
The time when actors should arrive at the theater in order to get into costume and makeup for a performance.
What is a call time?
The system used to raise or lower lines or backdrops.
What is fly system?
These are 4 spots a microphone could be placed on an actor.
What are 1) lapel 2) cheek 3) forehead 4) over-the-ear
These are two reasons why actors wear makeup.
What is to keep their features from being washed out by the lights and to appear more like the character they are portraying.
When a theatre does not have a performance, it is considered this.
What is dark?
This is the name for a prop that is onstage but never interacted with.
What is set dressing?
This is the rehearsal when actors will put on their costumes and stand on stage, in full lighting, in order for the director and designers to see what they look like.
What is a dress/costume parade?
This German word means "Seated Rehearsal."
What is sitzprobe?
A section of the deck that can rotate.
What is a turn table or revolve?
These are 5 things that can be altered in a sound cue.
What is: 1) Volume 2) Fade-In 3) Fade-Out 4) starting point 5) ending point
People who do quick changes, laundry and make repairs on costumes during a production.
What is the costume crew?
This is a rehearsal only for technical elements. No actors are necessary.
What is a dry tech?