Production Staff
Writes the play
What is a playwright?
Gives a production money in exchange for a percentage of the profits.
What is an investor?
Literally letting your ideas cook
What is incubate?
This technical element is most helpful in establishing location and time of day
What is Lighting?
The practice of painting, enhancing, or altering the face, hair, and body of the actor with cosmetics, plastic materials, and other substances.
What is theatrical makeup?
Helps the director in all aspects, like communicating or being in multiple places at once.
What is the assistant director?
Provides context, research, and interpretation to the cast and crew of a production.
What is a dramaturge?
Most important part of the design process, should be done MULTIPLE times.
What is read the script?
This piece of equipment is used to equalize frequencies
What is a soundboard?
Three facial features that need to be emphasized by stage makeup
What are brows, lips, and eyes?
In charge of the tech crew, and works with the director on the shows look and feel.
What is a technical director?
In charge of creating the world of the production.
Who is the set designer?
Designers do this to deepen their understanding of a play
What is research?
Lions roaring, traffic, noises found outside, etc.
What are 'found sounds'?
The era when actors began wearing stage makeup.
What is the Elizabethan era?
In charge of making the play happen, hires the director and gets money
What is a producer?
In charge of promoting the show
What is a publicity manager?
Done many times and many ways before making any actual set or costume piece
What are sketches and models?
Illumination, mood, revelation of form, focus, establishing setting, etc.
What are the purposes of lighting design?
A chart listing the makeup needs for each character in a play.
What is a makeup plot?
In charge of individual backstage crews
What is a crew chief?
Calls the show, makes sure everything happens when it is supposed to.
What is the Stage Manager?
One of the first steps of design, usually presented to the creative team before or after you've committed to the job.
What is a concept?
Special effects, amplify actors, and underscoring
What are the purposes of sound?
Create the illusion that the actor has become the character and emphasize facial features so the actor’s face can be seen by the entire audience
What are the purposes of theatrical makeup?