Tools of the Trade
This tool measures a perfect right angle.
What is a speed square?
The seating area where the audience watches the show.
What is the house?
The single bare bulb left lit on stage when the theatre is empty.
What is the ghost light?
A tool you’d use to tighten a bolt.
What is a wrench?
The opening through which the audience views the stage.
What is the proscenium arch?
The rehearsal where lights, sound, and set changes are added.
What is tech rehearsal?
This power tool cuts curves and shapes in wood.
What is a jigsaw?
The area of stage just beyond the audience’s view, hidden by curtains.
What are the wings?
The person who calls the cues and runs the show.
Who is the stage manager?
This tool makes surfaces smooth by abrasion.
What is a sander?
The curtain that separates the audience from the stage at the start of a show.
What is the grand drape?
Tape marks on the stage that show actors and crew where to stand or move set pieces.
What are spike marks?
This tool uses compressed air to drive staples.
What is a pneumatic stapler?
The area above the stage where scenery and lights are flown in and out.
What is the fly loft?
When a set piece on casters built to move on and off stage quickly, it’s called this.
What is a wagon?