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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






2. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist






3. Grainer






4. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






5. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






6. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface






7. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round






8. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






9. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)






10. In the theatre - the person who decides where the lighting instruments should go - how they should be colored - and which ones should be on at any particular time






11. A hose connection for a fire hose






12. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances






13. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)






14. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?






15. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system






16. A stage area out of sight of the audience






17. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






18. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






19. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens






20. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused






21. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show






22. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






23. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






24. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery






25. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music






26. Two instruments - same circuit






27. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start






28. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round






29. 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






30. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame






31. Directions from the actor's point of view






32. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects






33. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors






34. 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






35. One who works in the theatre as a resource for the history of plays and dramatic literature. They research - study - write - and often teach this material to others






36. Designer that usually determines the color of the show






37. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch






38. Fire curtain used to be called this






39. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe






40. Levels of intensity






41. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






42. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )






43. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window






44. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens






45. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






46. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels






47. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on






48. Two instruments - same circuit






49. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)






50. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music







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