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This tool is used to drive nails into wood and can also remove nails using its claw.
What is a hammer?
An actor facing the audience moves toward the back of the stage and to their left. What direction are they moving?
What is upstage left?
This power tool is best suited for making curved cuts in wood, plastic, or metal.
What is a jigsaw?
Before changing a blade or attachment on a power tool, what should you do?
What is disconnect/unplug the tool from power?
This is the area directly in the middle of the stage.
What is center stage?
An actor moves toward the audience. What stage direction are they moving?
What is downstage?
This frame or arch creates the boundary between the stage and the audience.
What is the proscenium?
A technician needs to make a long, straight cut through a piece of wood. Which power tool would be the most appropriate?
What is a circular saw?
An actor is standing on the audience's right side of the stage. What is this called from the actor's perspective?
What is stage left?
A technician needs to make a precise angled crosscut in a piece of lumber. Which power tool would be the best choice?
What is a miter saw?
This PPE protects your eyes from flying debris when using power tools.
What are safety glasses?
A student needs to smooth a rough wooden surface using abrasion rather than cutting it. Which power tool should they use?
What is a power sander?
What hand tool is a lighting designers best friend?
What is a wrench?
This is the area off to the side of the stage where actors may wait before entering and where backstage activity occurs.
What are the wings?
This is the large area above the stage where scenery and curtains can be raised out of the audience's view.
What is the fly space?
This curtain hangs at the back of the stage and can be lit with different colors to create different effects.
What is a cyc?
A student finds a power tool with a damaged cord. The tool still turns on. What should the student do?
What is stop using it and report the damaged tool to the supervisor?
These curtains are located on the sides of the stage and can be used to hide backstage areas from the audience.
What are tabs?
A student is about to use a loud drill. Besides knowing how to safely operate the drill, what PPE should they use to protect their hearing?
What is hearing protection?
When facing the audience, which side is stage right?
What is the actor's right side?
This horizontal pipe is used to hang lighting equipment, scenery, or curtains.
What is a batten?
This pulley-based system allows curtains, scenery, and equipment to be raised and lowered.
What is rigging?
How many areas is the stage split up in? Name them.
Upstage, downstage, center stage, stage left, stage right, downstage right, downstage left, upstage right, and upstage left.
This part of the stage extends past the main curtain toward the audience.
What is the apron?
A student is operating a saw while wearing loose jewelry. What is the biggest safety concern?
What is the jewelry could become caught in the machinery?