Production Staff
If the show is a musical, these two people will be hired to coordinate the musical and dance numbers.
What is a Musical Director and Choreographer?
Lights can be colored with these special sheets of thin plastic.
What is gels?
What are the clothes worn by actors on stage called?
What is costumes?
What are the props that are carried on-stage by actors?
What is hand props?
What are giant pieces of painted fabric hung from metal bars along the tops of the curtains?
What is a backdrop?
This person is in charge of the backstage area during rehearsals and the show. He/She has a script with all of the cues, and often they make cue sheets for the curtain, the scenery changes, props, and even lights and sound. They make sure that costume changes go smoothly, and is prepared for any kind of backstage emergency.
What is the Stage Manager?
What is added to lighting instruments to give the scene a time, place, mood, and depth?
What is colored gels?
Where do actors keep all their makeup, brushes, cleaning supplies, etc. that is portable?
What is a makeup kit?
These are props that are placed on the set prior to the opening of the curtain.
What is set props?
What is an example of materials discussed during class that are used to make props?
What is Plaster of Paris?
What is Chicken Wire?
What is Tulle and Netting?
What is foam/styrofoam?
What is wood?
What is cardboard?
This person promotes the show. He/She is responsible for printing posters and programs, sending out news releases, and for all advertising.
What is the Publicity Manager?
What are small, metal disks that are added to the lighting instrument to project stars, cloud, and other shapes onto the stage?
What is gobos?
For these specific costumes, it is best to rent them because of the styles.
What is period pieces?
What are the props that are placed on one's body or in the costume to be removed and used at some point during a performance?
What is body props?
What are wooden frames with hinged braces on the back to help them stand?
What is flats?
This person has the highest authority in a play. He/She hires the director and often the director's staff. He/She is also in charge of all the finances.
What is the producer?
If a school or smaller theatre do not use microphones, what do actors rely on in order to make sure the audience hears their voices?
What is vocal projection?
With Theatre makeup, it is important to define what?
What is your facial features?
A sofa, chair, and rug are examples of which type of prop?
What is set props?
How are backdrops flown in and out using a system of ropes, pulleys, and weights?
What is fly rails?
These are the people who have been put in charge of the individual crews. They are specialists in the fields of props, costumes, makeup, set, lights, or sound. They answer to the technical director, and in a large production, they may have crews working with them.
What is crew chiefs?
This is used in order to help projector the actor's voice in a larger theatre.
What is wireless body microphones?
A tray, cups, and packages, are examples of what type of prop?
What is hand props?
Flats can be built using wood. What else can a flat be covered with that is then painted?
What is muslin?