Lighting
Sound
Set/Scenic
Stage Management
Stage Directions
100

 Even lighting across the stage

Wash

100

Volume settings

Levels

100

 Physical environment of the stage

Physical environment of the stage

100

Signal for an action (lights, sound, movement)

Cue

100

Actor's right when facing the audience

Stage Right

200

Brightness level of a light (often in %)

Intensity

200

Music played beneath dialogue

Underscoring

200

Lighweight wall unit

Flat

200

Command to execute a cue

Cue

200

Actor's left when facing the audience

Stage Left

300

Gradual transition between lighting states

Fade/Crossfade

300

 Small body mic worn by actors

Lav Mic (lavalier)

300

 System to raise/lower scenery

Fly System

300

Planned actor movement on stage

Blocking

300

Middle of the stage

Center stage

400

Colored filter placed over a light

Gel

400

Speaker for performers to hear sound

Monitor

400

Background curtain or screen

Cyclorama

400

Warning cue that something is about to happen

Standy

400

Toward the audience

Downstage

500

Pattern inserted into a light (e.g., shadows, textures

Gobo

500

 Echo effect added to sound

Reverb

500

Taking down the set after the show

Strike

500

Script with all cues and notes

Prompt Book

500

Away from the audience; toward the back wall


Upstage