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Stagecraft Basics
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performing-arts
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1. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
Fresnel
Section View
Platforms
Smoke Pocket
2. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Board of Directors
Cove
Producer
Masking
3. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Apron
Asbestos
Vomitorium
Upstage
4. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Rake
Proscenium Stage
Director
Upstage
5. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
FOH: Front of House
Fire Curtain
Head block
Sprinkling system
6. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Grand Drape
Source 4 ERS
Batten Clamp
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
7. Mounted to the gridiron or support steel that supports and changes the direction of a lift line rope between the load and the head block
Gussets
Overhung
Fresnel
Loft Block
8. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Gobo
Drapery
Batten Clamp
Trump Ploy
9. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Dimmers
Fresnel
Proscenium Stage
Arena Stage
10. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
Stand pipe
Director
Head block
11. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Perspective Scenery
Asbestos
Ground Plan
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
12. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Platforms
Fly Space
Rails & Styles
Grand Drape
13. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Locking rail
Upstage
Drop
14. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Cove
Master Electrician/Electrician
Actual vs. Nominal
Downstage
15. Hire and fire Managing Director and Artistic Director - these are patrons w/ money & connections - in the upper echelons of authority and want to help theater but doesn't necessarily know how
Board of Directors
Proscenium Stage
Milliner
Flats
16. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Trump Ploy
Center Line
Cyclorama
Fly Space
17. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Trap room
Lighting Designer
Dramaturg
Fly Space
18. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
FOH: Front of House
Stage Directions
Producer
19. Pressure
Arena Stage
Perspective Scenery
Voltage
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
20. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Milliner
Borders
Rake
Wings
21. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Channels
Wings
Downstage
Producer
22. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Two Fer
Vomitorium
Flats
Production Manager
23. Type of performance space that is small - created out of a room - painted all black; the scenery can be arranged in any way inside the box
Master Electrician/Electrician
Black Box
Batten Clamp
Fire Curtain
24. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Drapery
Batten Clamp
Milliner
Gridiron
25. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Source 4 ERS
Fresnel
Pit
Gel
26. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Tormentors
Company Manager
Rails & Styles
Cues
27. Also known as teasers - hung over head of the stage main use is to mask any equpiment usually fixtures you dont want audience to see
Voltage
Catwalk
Borders
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
28. Plug in wall
Circuit
Technical Director
Channels
Director
29. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Fire Curtain
Stage Directions
Upstage
Gobo
30. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Fly Space
Elevation
Gussets
Upstage
31. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Head block
Trap room
Overhung
Plaster Line
32. (sizes of wood) 2 x 4 (nominal) > first milled - then changes because of shaving ... actual is 1.5 x 3.5 - for this class know 2x4 - 1x3 - 4x4... within that range
Director
Crossover
Dramaturg
Actual vs. Nominal
33. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Overhung
Asbestos
Ground Plan
Section View
34. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Technical Director
Thrust Stage
Scenic Designer
Borders
35. Pressure
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Ground Plan
Voltage
Master Electrician/Electrician
36. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Center Line
Stage Directions
Cues
37. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Overhung
Arena Stage
Center Line
Proscenium Stage
38. A curtain or drop made of gauze-like fabric; when lighted from the front - it is opaque - but is transparent if lighted from the back; a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
Scrim
Offstage
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Director
39. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Company Manager
Milliner
Scenic Director
Dramaturg
40. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Black Box
Black Box
Grand Drape
olor Elevations
41. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Section View
Vomitorium
Head block
Perspective Scenery
42. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Look - listen - and learn
Source 4 ERS
Gridiron
Scenic Director
43. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Master Electrician/Electrician
Director
Perspective Scenery
olor Elevations
44. A hose connection for a fire hose
Proscenium Stage
Stand pipe
Scrim
Plaster Line
45. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
FOH: Front of House
Scrim
Lighting Designer
46. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Borders
Fire Curtain
Loading Dock
Channels
47. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Upstage
Pipe weight
Director
Scrim
48. Directions from the actor's point of view
Batten Clamp
Stage Directions
Flats
Smoke Pocket
49. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Ground Plan
Gussets
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Channels
50. Any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface
Masking
Cyclorama
Circuit
Borders
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