Show:
Basic Vocabulary
The Stage
Elements of Design
The Production Team
Theatre Technology
100
Just like actors, the technical crew also has to go to the theatre version of "practice."
What is technical rehearsal?
100
The person/people responsible for moving things furniture, scenery, or props on stage.
Who are the stagehands. (Running crew is also acceptable).
100
This makes the stage bright or dark. Can be different colors?
What are lighting effects?
100
The person who tells the actors and technical crew what to do and how to do it.
Who is the director?
100
A stencil for lighting. Many different colors and shapes can be created with these.
What are gobos?
200

The onstage physical space and its structures in which the actors perform.

What is the set?

200

Proscenium, Thrust and Arena (or in the Round).

What are the three different types of stages?

200
These can make the actors look different so that they can play different parts?
What are costumes?
200
The people who create the costumes, scenery, lighting and other items needed to put the show together.
Who are the designers?
200
A computerized or physical object that represents the stage.
What is a scale model?
300
The person who writes the play.
Who is the playwright?
300

The labels used for actors to know locations on stage  (UR, UC, UL, CR, CC, CL, DR, DC, DL)

What are Stage Directions?

300
This makes the stage look like it takes place in another land.
What is scenery?
300
This person must be extremely organized. He is the mediator between the director and the rest of the cast and crew.
Who is the stage manger?
300

Tool used for recording and amplifying music and voices.

What are microphones?

400
The instructions that are given to actors and technical crew when something needs to happen.
What are cues?
400
Scenery "flies" up/down in/out of a stage with the help of rope or wires, pulleys and counterweights during scene changes.
What is fly system? (fly rail is also acceptable).
400
Items that the actors hold in the show. Can be big or small.
What are props?
400
These people are the workers of the show. They follow the orders of others and typically have no say in the design process.
Who are the crew members?
400

An electrical device that controls the brightness of the lighting instruments.

What is a Dimmer?

500

A birds eye view scale drawing of the set.

What is a ground plan?

500
When it is time to clean up the stage for the last time before a show's final run.
What is "striking the set"?
500
The audience can hear this.
What are sound effects?
500
This person hires everyone who works on a production. They are in charge of money, choose the script, and choose where to perform the show.
Who is the theatrical producer?
500
There are light and sound varieties but it controls the on stage effects of a production.
What is a board? (Sound or light board).