THEATRE VENUES
The area of the building where the performance occurs.
What is the stage?
What are auditions?
The first step in the design process.
What is reading the script?
This person works in the scene shop and is responsible for the construction and fabrication of scenery as well as cleaning and maintaining the shop space.
Who is a carpenter?
Name one of the elements and one of the principles of design.
Elements: Line, shape/form, color, value, space, texture
Principles: Balance, unity, contrast, emphasis, pattern, movement/rhythm
The 'typical' theatre building featuring a stage clearly separated from the house. This venue may feature an orchestra pit.
This is the process of cementing the physical actions of a character in relation to the staged environment.
What is blocking?
This designer focuses their script analysis on the characters, gathering as much information about personalities and appearances as possible.
Who is the costume designer?
This person translates the lighting designer's vision into the lighting console, recording cues which tell the lighting fixtures what to do.
Who is the programmer?
This is the title of the first show being put on by the Nebraska Repertory Theatre that you are required to see this semester.
The offstage space on either side of a stage can be used for storage, entranced, exits, and lighting fixtures.
What are wings?
This person is the person in charge of a rehearsal room and acts as the organizer and distributor of all relevant information.
Who is the stage manager?
This drawing acts as a scale-accurate map detailing the scenery and theatre architecture from an aerial or top-down view.
What is a scenic ground plan?
This person takes costume renderings and creates workable patterns that are able to be built by other members of the costume shop staff.
Who are cutters/drapers?
This is the title of the second show being put on by the Nebraska Repertory Theatre that you are required to see this semester.
What is Arcadia?
This configuration features audience members on all sides of the playing space.
What is arena? [OR in the round]
This part of the rehearsal process is an opportunity to strengthen the cast's understanding of the script while exploring their perspectives as well as tone and inflection.
What is table work?
What is a centerline section?
This person is responsible for the safe suspension or attachment of anything that is hung or flown overhead.
Who is a rigger?
What is theatron?
This area is where some members of the run crew as well as the stage manager complete their task with a full view of the stage.
What is the booth?
This type of rehearsal is used to adapt blocking from a rehearsal room to the physical set on stage.
What is a spacing rehearsal?
This is a deliverable that all designers complete is some form; used to communicate ideas before getting too far along in the design process.
This person is responsible for the acquisition of lighting equipment and organizes/runs the lighting hang and focus.
Who is the head electrician?
This is the name of the proscenium theatre here in the temple building.
What is the Howell theater?