A space that holds the house drops, drapes, lighting instruments & scenery.
What is the fly loft?
100
These parts of the stage are not (supposed to be) visible to the audience.
What are the wings?
100
This person serves as the link between the artistic director, managing directors, and the heads of the production departments. This person's responsibilities include scheduling, budgeting, and communications.
Who is the production manager?
100
This person assists in placing the speakers, microphones, and cables and programming the board.
Who is the sound engineer?
200
The team of people who work backstage.
What is the crew?
200
A network of steel beams high above the stage floor (I pointed this out in the Eva last class period.).
What is a grid?
200
This piece of technology assigns sounds to a set of numbers that is sent to a computer memory.
What is a sampler?
200
The head of the scene shop. This person oversees the construction, painting, and installation of scenery.
Who is the technical director?
200
Once a production goes into performance, this person is in charge and runs the show.
Who is the stage manager?
300
To mop the stage floor.
What is to swab?
300
A system that uses metal stageweights and scenery to "fly" and change scenery.
What is a counterweight system?
300
Small, windowed room that most often overlooks the stage area.
What is the control booth?
300
This person sews together the pieces of fabric.
Who is the stitcher?
300
This person shapes costumes on dress forms.
Who is the draper?
400
The ropes that control the scenery.
What is the rigging?
400
This door is outside door that actors use as an entrance and audience members wait beside to get autographs after the show.
What is the stage door?
400
A term for the space for storing costumes.
What is the racks?
400
These people works with leather, plastics, and other materials to construct accessories including footwear, jewlery, masks, etc.
Who are the costume crafts artisans?
400
This person sometimes doubles as the Technical Director. He/she supervises the carpenters.
Who is the scene shop manager?
500
The reason nautical terms are used in theatre.
What is because sailors were often hired to work backstage in the eighteenth century.
500
This is the actors' waiting room.
What is the green room?
500
This is the route actors use to travel from one side of the stage to the other.
What is the crossover?
500
This person supervises the actors' costume needs and changes during productions.