Power Tools
This power tool drills holes and drives screws into materials.
What is a Power Drill?
This tool has a head for driving nails and a claw for removing them.
What is a Hammer?
This is the area of the stage closest to the audience.
What is Upstage?
This is the area below the stage that may be used for storage, access, or special effects.
What is a Trap Room?
You should wear these to protect your eyes from flying debris when using power tools.
What are Safety Glasses?
This power tool is designed to make long, straight cuts in wood and other materials.
What is a Circular Saw?
This hand tool has a handle and a blade designed to drive screws into or out of materials.
What is a Scredriver?
When an actor is facing the audience, this is the area to their left.
What is Stage Left?
This is the frame or arch that separates the stage from the audience.
What is the Proscenium?
These types of shoes protect your feet from heavy or sharp objects.
What are closed-toe shoes?
This power tool uses sandpaper to smooth and shape surfaces through abrasion.
What is a Power Sander?
This tool is used to measure and mark angles when working with wood or metal.
What is a Speed Square (Combination Square)?
This is the area farthest from the audience, toward the back of the stage.
What is Upstage?
This is the large space above the stage where scenery, curtains, and equipment can be stored or flown.
What is the Fly Space?
These protect your hearing when working around loud equipment such as saws and drills.
What is hearing protection?
This power tool uses a narrow blade to cut curved shapes in wood, plastic, or metal.
What is a Jigsaw?
This tool is designed for pulling nails and prying apart pieces of wood.
What is a Pry Bar?
This is the area in the center of the stage.
What is Center Stage?
These hidden areas are located just off the sides of the main stage and are used by actors and crew.
What are Wings?
Long hair should be secured this way before operating machinery.
What is tied back?
This power tool is used to make precise crosscuts and angled cuts in pieces of wood.
What is a Miter Saw?
This tool has adjustable jaws and is commonly used to grip, turn, tighten, and loosen pipes and pipe fittings.
What is a Wrench?
When an actor is facing the audience, this is the area to their right.
What is Stage Right?
This is the front part of the stage that extends past the main curtain toward the audience.
What is the Apron?
When working around dust, paint, or certain chemicals, this protects your respiratory system.
What is a Respirator/Dust Mask?