Show:
Drafting
Theatre Safety
Stock Scenery
Flat Construction
Paperwork
100

The reason we draw in theatre design

What is communication

100

required footwear in all theaters while working

Close-toed shoes
100

4 examples of stock scenery

What are soft goods, platforms, stairs, and flats

100

Hard-covered flat with framing on edge.

What is a studio (aka TV or Hollywood) flat?

100

Arguably the most important technical drawing in a production

What is a Ground Plan

200

Information located in the same place on each plate of a project including title of drawing, title of show, and designer name

What is a title block

200
A federally regulated set of laws in the workplace; Abbreviated as OSHA.

What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

200
Castors on a platform in lieu of legs.

What is a wagon

200

The lumber used to make flat framing for both traditional and studio flats

What is 1x3

200

A non-freehand drawing of an object or space which, when accompanied by written specifications, provide a complete visual & verbal description of the object/space.

What are technical drawings
300

5 hand-drafting tools

What are (any of the following)

  • Drafting board or table

  • Vellum 

  • T-square

  • Triangles

  • Compass

  • Template

  • Architect’s scale rule

  • Drawing pencils

  • Erasers

  • Tape 

  • gumby tool

300

Employers are required to comply with these laws

What are "Right to know" laws

300

The vertical part of a step

What is tread

300

6 Parts of a Flat frame

What are stiles, rails, toggles, cornerbacks, keystones, and brace

300

the lighting designers paperwork for the stage manager

What are cue sheets

400

To produce a likeness that is a proportional reduction of an object by using smaller increments of measurement to represent larger ones.

What is drawing "in scale" or "to scale"

400

Various PPE necessary for working with chemicals

What are gloves, eye protection, face shields, and respirators/dust masks 

400

5 examples of soft goods

What are (any of the following)

  • Legs

  • Main curtain

  • Traveller

  • Borders 

  • Cyclorama

  • Scrim 

  • Backdrops

  • Masking Duvetyne

400
The actual measurements of a 1x3

What is 3/4"x2-1/2"

400

A detailed drawing showing at least 2 elevations and a top view of the same object

What is Orthographic Projection

500

The type of old machinery used to make blue prints

What is a blueline machine or Diazo.

500

Flame Retardent 

What is a material that will burn but extinguish itself when the flame is removed

500

What most legs and main drapes made of

What is velour
500

Cut list for a 4x8 studio flat frame (excluding brace)

What are 1x3- 2 @ 4’-0” (rails)

1x3- 2 @ 7’-10 ½” (stiles)

1x3- 3 @ 3’-10 ½” (toggles)



500

CenterLine Vertical Section

What is a drawing that views a theatre as if cut along the imaginary centerline