General
Rehearsal that focuses primarily on the technical elements.
What is a technical rehearsal?
Objects used by the actors on stage.
What are props?
The crew responsible for making sure the actors can be seen on stage.
What is the lighting crew?
Changes or enhances the actor's appearance.
What is stage makeup?
Crew that is in charge of advertising the show.
What is a publicity crew?
People who work behind the scenes on a theatrical production.
What is a technician/crew member?
Painted pieces of canvas that hang at the back of the stage as a part of the scenery.
What is a backdrop?
The signal for a light or sound change.
What is a cue?
Age, Occupation, Wealth, Social Status, and Personality
What should a costume show about a character?
Crew that is in charge of the box office (tickets), the audience, and the theater.
What is a house crew?
Person who creates and plans a specific part of a production.
What is a designer?
Small items carried by the actors.
What is a hand prop?
Creates patterns of shadow on stage.
What is a gobo?
Chart that shows each actor's makeup look drawn on a piece of paper.
What is a makeup chart/face chart?
Visual advertising for an upcoming performance placed around the school.
What is a show poster?
The person in charge of hanging and focusing all of the lights in a theatre. The person who handles the lighting instruments.
What is a master electrician or M.E.?
Props written in the script.
What is a literal prop?
Transforms sound waves into electricity and then back into sound waves.
What is a transducer?
Chart showing all of the characters, the scenes they are in, and the costume items they will be wearing in each scene.
What is a costume plot?
Something done by the publicity crew to reward volunteers, sponsors, etc.
What is an appreciation letter or special thanks section?
A type of prop that could be considered a scenic element.
What are stage props?
Scenic items used for walls and flooring on stage.
What are flats and platforms?
The full name for an ERS lighting instrument.
What is an ellipsoidal reflector spotlight?
The silhouette type that includes both a draped line and a fitted line.
What is a combination silhouette?
When publicity crew takes photos of the actors running the performance during a final dress rehearsal.
What is a photo call?