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Stage manager |
The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performance |
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Actor |
A person who's profession is acting on stage |
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Technical Director |
Usually a senior technical person within a theatrical company. This person usually possesses the highest level of skill within a specific technical field. |
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Sound/lighting engineer |
Set up and operate audio and video equipment including microphones, sound speakers, connecting cables and wires, and related electronic equipment for the play |
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Stagehand |
Person who works behind the scenes of a play. Their work includes setting up the scenery, lights, sounds, props, rigging, and special effects for a production |
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Prop manager |
Person responsible for purchasing, acquiring and/or manufacturing any props needed for a production |
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Wings |
The left and right side of the stage immediately outside the scenery, unseen by the audience |
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Apron |
The acting area of the stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch |
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Proscenium Arch |
The frame around a proscenium stage |
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Proscenium stage |
A performance space in which the audience views the action through a picture frame |
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Periaktoi |
Device used for rapidly changing theatre scenes |
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Profile |
A scenic element cut from a large sheet of plywood and attached to a flat using keystone |
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Flat |
A set piece consisting of a light weight frame, covered with canvas, muslin or wood. |
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Fly space |
The area above a stage where lights, drops, and scenery may be suspended on wire ropes |
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Flood lights |
A large, powerful light, typically one of several used to illuminate a stage. |
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Gel |
A thin piece of colored plastic, available in a wide array of colors, that can be cut and fitted to a light to color the beam directed onto stage. |
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Gobo |
A thin metal template with a pattern punched out attached to a lighting instrument to create patterned or textured lighting effect. |
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House |
The auditorium, or the area where the audience sits |
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Lighting plot |
A plan, usually drawn to scale, showing the placement of lighting instruments. |
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Makeup plan |
A form on which you can record your make up design decision |
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Drop |
A large canvas curtain that hangs at the back of the stage setting |
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Thrust stage |
A combination of the proscenium and the area stages, with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area |
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Arena stage |
A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage |
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Box set |
A feature of realistic theatre,a two or three walled set representing the interior of of a room |
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3 point lighting technique |
•The key light- this is the main light used on your subject •The fill light- the purpose of this light is to fill in the shadows created by the key light •The back light - this is used to separate subject from background |
