Theatre Production Terminology

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Across
  1. 1. Stage area beyond the acting area, including the dressing rooms
  2. 3. Imaginary line down the center of the stage, from upstage to downstage
  3. 4. The total effect of sound in a theatre
  4. 6. Expression used instead of “good luck” when one wishes an actor success before opening night
  5. 8. Wheels on a platform
  6. 9. Panel that controls the lighting instruments
  7. 11. Electronic device that reduces the amount of power that a lighting instrument receives, thereby reducing the light that it is putting out
  8. 12. Large sheet of painted canvas or muslin that hangs at the back of a set
  9. 14. Stage area in front of the main curtain.
  10. 15. Narrow platform suspended above the stage to permit ready access to the ropes, the lights, and the scenery hung from the grid
  11. 16. Vertical lighting position, either backstage or in the auditorium
  12. 19. Fabric pouch running the length of a drape along the bottom. It is designed to hold a chain that weighs down the bottom of the drape
  13. 20. Aesthetically pleasing integration of performers, set, properties, and lighting
  14. 22. The part of the stage closest to the audience as you face the audience
  15. 23. Area in which the light and sound operators sit, usually in rear of the theatre
Down
  1. 2. Slang term assigned to any technical situation that will trip up an inattentive actor.
  2. 3. List of the cast in a show indicating what costumes they will wear in each scene
  3. 5. Chart indicating when lights, scenery, props, and sounds need to be changed
  4. 7. One of the first meetings of the production period, where general concepts are hammered out
  5. 10. In modern theatre, the major interpretive figure, the artistic visionary whose job it is to bring to life the playwright’s script.
  6. 13. Long iron pipe that stretches across the stage and upon which scenery or drops are hung
  7. 17. Light coming from upstage of an actor
  8. 18. Someone who provides financial support to a company or production.
  9. 19. Way by which an author can register the ownership of literary or musical property
  10. 20. Fast darkening of the stage
  11. 21. Drapery or short rope hanging across the stage above the acting area to mask the fly loft and overhead lights