Back to Basics
The part of the tech process where the production team works the show without actors.
What is Dry Tech?
The end of a song where a Lighting Designer may add a bump-up or a bump-out.
What is the button?
The category of sound design that includes sounds such as thunderstorms, doorbells, sirens, etc.
What are effects?
Where the Stage Manager sits in the Circle of Communication.
What is the center?
The holiday that has been nationally recognized as of October 3, 1863 (declared by Abraham Lincoln).
What is Thanksgiving?
A vertical drape that masks actors' entrances and exits offstage, creating "hallways" that we call wings.
What is a leg?
The purpose of lighting design.
What is to support the story?
The category of Sound Design that includes underscoring and pre/post-show playlists.
What is music?
The person directly beneath the Stage Manager who oversees the backstage portion of a show.
Who is an Assistant Stage Manager?
The major shopping holiday held the Friday after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
The type of directions that are based on the actor's perspective while facing the audience.
What are Stage Directions?
The template that slots into a light to create texture.
What is a gobo?
The art of creating custom sound effects utilizing everyday materials, typically different from the actual people/objects “making the sound”.
What is Foley?
The translation of X↑ in Stage Management shorthand.
What is cross up?
The major sport that plays on every Thanksgiving.
What is football?
The arch that separates the stage area from the audience.
What is a proscenium arch?
When lights are used to cover the entire stage space with a similar color and texture.
What is a wash?
Music played in the background used to enhance or alter the mood of the scene.
What is underscoring?
The Stage Manager's binder that contains all the necessary information to put on a performance.
What is the Prompt Book or Show Bible?
The popular Christmas song that was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?
The type of theater space that allows you to use multiple kinds of seating arrangements.
What is a Black Box Theater?
The two elements used when "painting with light".
What are color and intensity?
The category of Sound Design that includes microphones, speaker placement, and adjusting volume levels.
What is reinforcement?
The notations in the Stage Manager script that tell you when to tell lights and sound to press go.
What are cues?
The character whose balloon has made the most appearances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Snoopy?