Technical Areas of Theatre1. Set design and construction

2. Scene painting

3. Sound design and construction

5. Properties design and construction

7. Makeup design and execution

9. Publicity

6. Costume design and construction

8. Stage Management

4. Lighting design and construction

10. House Management

Set design and construction

Lighting design & construction

Sound design & construction

Shawnee Mission Northwest High SchoolPresents

Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. publishers

Publicity

SMNW Parker Auditorium12701 W. 67th St.

7:00 pm $7.00 reserved seating

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Properties design & construction

Scene painting

Makeup design & execution

Costumes design & construction

Stage Management

The best stage manager is invisible and unheard—just like the best crew.

House Management

The House Manager and house staff (ushers) serve as hosts for the audience; they are the liaisons between the patrons and the players.

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ushers

ASCAPUnion for Composers,

Authors and Publishers

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

IATSE

Union for Technical Professionals

International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees

AFTRA

Union for Radio and Television actors

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

SAG

Movie Actor’s Union

Screen Actor’s Guild

EquityActor’s Equity Association

Stage Actor’s Union

Recreational Theatre

Professional Theatre

Educational Theatre

OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration

Government agency that controls safety in the

workplace

cyclorama Canvas stretched smooth on a batten and flown- used to project light or images

drops

elevation

pit

FOH

Canvas cloth stretched on a batten to fly-usually painted

A drawing of a set from the audience’s viewpoint

Lowered area where the orchestra is located

Front of House

masking

scene shop

electrics

floor/ground plan

flat

Fabric or flats used to hide wing space

Workshop where scenery is built and tools, paint and scenery are stored

Battens or pipes that have electricity running through them

Drawing of an overhead view of a set indicating where doors, windows, flats, etc. are located

A wooden frame covered with cloth used as the basic unit of structure for a box set

flies/loft Area above stage in which scenery can disappear

house

wagons

wings

grip

Where audience sits

4 x 8 platforms with wheels attached so they can be moved

Offstage area left and right of the playing area

Person who moves scenery

act curtain

proscenium

batten

box set

strike

Curtain hung just upstage of the proscenium

The arch or frame enclosing the visible stage: the hole between the stage and the auditorium

Pipe from which lights, curtains, scenery etc. can be suspended and flown

Two or three walls that form the interior of a room

To dismantle the set and store the pieces

Counterweightsystem

apron

sight line

legs/trees

A system of lines and weights that give mechanical advantage to the raising and lowering of scenery

Area downstage of curtain line

The furthest angle from which everything on stage can be seen from the audience

Curtains, usually hung in pairs stage right and stage left, to mask the backstage area

And nowyou know.