Design
In Performance*
Off Stage
FOH
Wilecard (all units)
100

This role designs what characters wear.

What is the Costume Designer?

100

This role builds a character and says the words of a play.

What is an actor?

100

This role organizes the whole production, hiring the necessary designers and director.

What is the producer?

100

These are workers who help patrons find their seats.*

What is an Usher?

100

This is the wall that separates the audience from the performance areas.

What is the proscenium?

200

This role designs the color of the lights.

What is the lighting designer?

200

This role operates the fly system.*

What is the flyperson?

200

This role leads the technical team in all areas of the production.

what is the technical director?

200

This is the person who works in the box office, ensuring tickets are sold.*

Who is the ticket agent or ticket salesperson?

200

This is the short curtain that frames the top of the performance space.

What is a border, or teaser?

300

This role designs the projected images.

What is the video/projection designer?

300

This role assists, usually backstage, for audio needs.*

What is the A2, or audio2?

300

This is the 'manager' role of the production, keeping track of schedules and taking notes on rehearsals.

What is the stage manager?

300

This is the person who controls the mic levels and parameters.*

Who is the audio engineer, or A1?

300

This is the person who writes the script.

What is a playwright?

400

This role designs the physical elements of the performance.

What is the scenic designer?

400

This role moves scenery on and off stage.*

What is the Grip?

400

This role oversees the lobby actions.*

What is the house manager?

400

This is the person who oversees the operations of the whole production, managing all technical areas in a performance.*

Who is the Production Stage Manager?

400

This is the area behind the stage legs.

What is the wing?

500

This role designs the objects an actor picks up.

What is the properties (props) designer?

500

This role helps coordinate backstage actions.*

What is the assistant stage manager, or ASM?

500

This role ensures that all electrical components for the theater are connected, programmed, and working.*

What is the lead electrician? (or master electrician)

500

This is the magic book that a Stage Manager uses to run/call a show.

What is the prompt book.
500

This is the term from Greek theater that describes the introduction of a god through mechanical means.

What is the Deus Ex Machina?