Intro to Tech Vocab

4. The audience follows the actors from area to area.
6. Staging in the center of the room, with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area; also called arena stage.
9. The creation of technical elements used in a theatrical production.
11. A backstage mic, usually controlled by the stage manager, that broadcasts to the house and all backstage areas.
13. Signal for light changes, curtain, etc.
14. A stage with a permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play.
15. Tearing apart the set, storing away pieces of intact costumes and set pieces for future productions.
16. An error of technology-based systems so large, it requires the show to stop.
17. A stage consisting of a large empty square with black walls; also called a “flexible stage”.
18. Sticking tape to the stage to indicate the location of non- permanent set pieces.
19. A stage that juts into the audience area with the audience usually sitting around its three sides.

1. when stages are created in any location and when they cannot be classified as proscenium, arena, or thrust stages.
2. The actors perform to the audience somewhere in the street.
3. The writing or performance of plays, operas, etc., written to be performed in public.
5. The people involved in a stage production besides the cast and directors..
7. A building, room or outside structure in which people can watch a performance or other activity.
8. The performance is based around a place or building.
10. Effects in a performance that are not created by the onstage performers, including lighting, recorded sound, costuming, etc.
12. Eliminate; for example, “kill the noise” means to be quiet.
20. The audience is on both sides of the acting area.