That's a lot of elements!
People who help actors during a performance with their costumes.
Who are dressers?
The number of blocking quadrants on a proscenium stage
What is 9?
A thin metal disc with a pattern cut out, like a stencil.
What is a Gobo?
Sets the mood, creates atmosphere, and underscores actions.
What is Sound Design?
The sides of a flat.
What are stiles?
When in doubt, ask the _________.
Who is the stage manager?
XUSL to DSR
What is cross upstage left to downstage right?
An opaque, cylindrical accessory you can place over a light to reduce flare or stray light that can come from lighting fixtures.
What is a Snoot/Tophat?
Actors wear these on stage.
What is a body mic?
ADA
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
SM, ASM, and PSM.
Who are the stage manager, assistant stage manager, and production stage manager?
The audience is only on the right and left sides of this stage.
What is a Traverse stage?
The area above the stage with multiple bars.
What is a lighting grid?
Helps people hear something better; makes sound louder for artistic reasons, and enables people to hear sound in remote locations.
What is a sound system?
A writing utensil is a tool your toolbox should always have.
What is Sharpie?
If a problem involves a change in how things look from the front, tell the ________. If it only involves a change in how things operate mechanically, out of sight of the audience, tell the _________.
Who are the designer and the head of the crew?
The frame around a stage.
What is a proscenium?
Helps you direct audience members’ eyes where they should go. In the most dramatic instances, most of the stage may be dark, with just one spotlight shining on a focal point.
What is highlighting different areas?
The 4 auditory elements of sound.
What are actors' voices, music, sound effects, and ambient noise?
A light left burning on the center stage of a theatre after everyone has left and the building is dark.
What is a ghost light?
Ropes, cables, pulleys, counterweights, and battens make up this.
What is a rigging system?
N, NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
What is Theatre in the Round blocking?
6 ways lights can be used in a scene or show.
What are setting the mood, creating focus, shaping the stage, revealing time/place, telling the story using various fixtures (spots, washes, LEDs), techniques (angles, colors, cues)?
This is used to keep the body mic in place on the actor.
What is first aid/medical tape?
The proper name for the middle curtain.
What is a mid-stage traveler?