Things on the Stage
The bar used to hold the lights and scenery.
What is the batten?
Lights above the audience that are not used for lighting the stage.
What are House Lights?
The "thank you" at the end of a play.
What is an Epilogue?
This person gives the cue to begin and run the show.
Who is the Stage Manager?
The Broadway musical based upon a young orphan girl who is adopted by a billionaire during the great depression.
What is Annie?
Any area on stage that the audience can see.
What is the acting area?
Transparent colored plastic that is used to color the stage lights.
What is a Gel?
The year in which women were permitted to act.
What is 1666?
This person is in charge over the entire production.
Who is the Director?
The Broadway musical based on the story of the witch from the Wizard of Oz tale.
What is Wicked?
Long narrow curtains that hide the waiting actors.
What are the legs?
Lights behind the scenery or actor that is used for special effects.
What is Backlighting?
The year in which the French Parliament closed theatres believing that the material provoked violence.
What is 1642?
The person who runs the lights during rehearsals and shows.
Who is the Light Technician?
A musical story of Edwina Spoonapple advice giving extraordinaire.
What is Dear Edwina?
The place where the scenery for a show is stored.
What is the scenery dock?
When all the lights go out suddenly (no dimming).
What is a blackout?
An introduction with an apology for any offence to the audience.
What is a Prologue?
This crew designs the production programs.
Who is the Publicity Crew?
The story of the con man / music professor Harold Hill who attempts to sell musical instruments to small town Iowans.
What The Music Man?
The arch around the proscenium stage that helps to form the fourth wall.
What is the Proscenium Arch?
The control device for the stage lights.
What is the Dimmer Board?
The preferred audience for early theatre troupes in order to earn more money.
What is royalty?
This crew creates or locates props and makes sure that actors have what they need for a production.
What is the Properties Crew?
The musical based upon the classic television show featuring Gomez and Morticia Addams.
What is The Addams Family?