Technical Theatre Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Food served during the intermission
  2. 6. An item used or carried by an actor
  3. 8. The theatre that caught fire in Chicago, killing 573 people
  4. 11. The entrance to the theatre
  5. 12. A fake set wall
  6. 15. A kind of mic that is used only by vocalists and speakers, not actors
  7. 18. A kind of stage where the audience surrounds the performers on all sides
  8. 19. A scenic environment created to make the world of the play come to life on the stage
  9. 21. The kind of curtain that opens and closes by pulling on a rope
  10. 22. The areas to the right and left of the stage, out of audience view
  11. 23. Curtains that hide the lights from the audience
  12. 24. A knob that can be adjusted to reduce the input going into the amps from the mixer
  13. 26. A metal filter used to cast shapes onto the stage floor
  14. 27. The type of fabric that is used to build flats
Down
  1. 1. Another word for boundary mic
  2. 2. The flat surfaces actors walk on when the stage is raised to various heights
  3. 3. Mics that hang from the ceiling
  4. 5. The curved edge of the stage
  5. 7. The kind of stage we have here at SSHS
  6. 9. A loud, irritating sound that indicates the mic is picking up sound from the speakers
  7. 10. A lighted sign board that holds the current play poster
  8. 11. The most energy-efficient kind of light
  9. 13. A stage where the audience sits on three sides
  10. 14. Another word for the sound board
  11. 15. Where the audience sits to watch the show
  12. 16. Fixtures that give a broad wash of light to a large area of the stage
  13. 17. The metal bar that holds the theatrical lighting
  14. 20. The kind of lock used for light fixture plugs
  15. 21. The curtains that conceal the wings
  16. 24. The flexible plastic film that goes over the end of an incandescent fixture to change the color.
  17. 25. A kind of speaker that the cast and crew listen to, but not the audience