"Standby ..."
What is blocking notation?
5 every 55 ... OR 10 every 80.
The person whose job it is to stage scripted moments of touch, nudity, and highly vulnerable moments to "accurately tell the characters' stories ..."
Who is the Intimacy Director?
The call for when actors and crew should be in their proper positions backstage to run the show.
What is "Places, please!"?
A specialized ruler used by architects and engineers to read plans.
What is a Scale Ruler?
A scale replica of this is taped out on the floor in the rehearsal space by the stage manager before blocking rehearsals begin.
What is a groundplan?
This is a rehearsal where actors go through the script saying their lines without blocking, props, etc., and may not even be held on stage.
What is a "line through"?
The person in charge of making sure the production stays on schedule and on/under budget, and coordinates all the technical elements as they work together.
Who is the Production Manager?
This is another term for the place where the audience sits in a theatre.
What is "the house"?
This is the technical term for a small portion of a scene used for audition purposes.
What is a side?
What is the contact sheet?
This is a document sent out to the production team after each rehearsal detailing who was present, what happened, and any communication needed as a result of that rehearsal.
What is the rehearsal report?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This person is a member of the company whose job it is to keep any dance numbers up to the level they were when the show opened.
Who is the Dance Captain?
These are on either side of the stage where actors/crew wait for their cues.
What are the wings?
This term refers to the number/letter of a change in lighting or sound, but also the point at which an actor/crew person must do something.
This is the term for any work accomplished before rehearsals begin.
What is pre-production?
The first rehearsal for a musical production in which the actors sit and sing through the entire show with the orchestra/band for the first time.
What is the Sitzprobe?
This is the name for the group of people that are required for the operation of each performance.
What is the Run Crew?
This term refers to the positioning of all props, scenery, and lighting for the opening of an act.
What is the preset?
These are set up in the house for the creative staff and stage manager during technical rehearsals.
What is a tech table?
A scene division within a play, marked by the entrance/exit of an actor. These divisions can be useful in splitting up rehearsal schedules, marking costume quick changes, and marking lighting changes.
What is the Character/Scene breakdown (aka French Scene)?
A tech where the actors are present, but you jump from lighting/sound moment to lighting/sound moment - skipping dialogue in between.
What is Cue to Cue?
These creative minds are tasked to create the world of the play by way of costumes, sound, scenic, and lighting, to name a few.
Who are Designers?
This is another term for the stage floor (also a stack of cards).
What is "the deck"?
A style of performance/theater space in which the audience sits on only one side of the action.
What is Proscenium?