theatre vocab 2
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- Light plot
- The chart showing where the instruments should be hung and the directions for plugging and focusing them
- Border
- Another name for a teaser, the horizontal masking found at the top edge of a stage opening
- Repertory Company
- A theatrical company that performs several plays regularly and in alternate sequence
- Pre-set
- Scenery, props, or lighting cues that are set before the house opens or a scene begins
- Footlights
- Strip lights placed at the front of the apron, which shine upward from the stage floor
- Representational
- A style of performance where the characters exist in "their world", acting as if this is real life, making no acknowledgment of an audience
- Ellipsoidal
- A lighting instrument that is tube like and has dimming shutters, having two lenses and gives a full area of bright light; also called a Leko (a common brand name)
- Muslin
- A canvas like material used for set construction, most often on flats, usually cream in color and easy to paint on
- Scoop
- A lighting instrument without a lens used to provide flood lighting over a general area on stage
- Work lights
- A general lighting used for rehearsal or technical work only; it is not patched through a dimmer board
- Drop
- A large piece of scenery which may be lowered from overhead onto the stage
- Base
- The foundation color of a makeup used for the primary skin color
- Strip lights
- A series of small lamps in a long metal tray that give a general, unfocused light; often times the lamps are different colors; also called a Tray
- Practical
- A piece of scenery, props, or lighting equipment that the actors use in the set, and which actually works ( i.e. an opening window, or a light that turns on and off)
- Latex
- A rubber like material used to build flexible, three-dimensional makeup pieces
- Gobo
- A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
- Dramaturg
- 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
- Scrim
- A piece of loosely woven scenery material that looks solid when light shines
- Production book
- The copy of the script kept by the Stage Manager, which contains all the information for running a given show
- Wagon
- A platform used on stage that has wheels or casters
- Swing
- A type of actor who studies and learns multiple parts within a cast, keeping able to perform any of those roles in any given performance
- Gel
- A piece of colored medium placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to change the color of the light; held in place by a metal frame that is inserted
- Conservatory
- A school devoted completely to the study of the fine and performing arts
- Par can
- A simple, tube like lighting instrument used for general lighting
- Batten
- A pipe or wood strip from which lighting instruments or scenery can be hung
- Lamp
- A light bulb that is housed in stage lighting instruments
- Hot spot
- The brightest part or the center of a lighting area
- Ground cloth
- A large piece of canvas spread on the stage floor, usually painted to act as a floor for the set
- Tormentor
- Another name for a leg; which is long vertical masking in a proscenium stage, helping to block the backstage
- Flood
- Unfocused, general lighting used on stage
- Tech Rehearsal
- A rehearsal in which all technical cues are established and practiced; could be run as a cue to cue with or without actors present
- Allusion
- Indirect reference to a person, place, or thing, often found within a scripted play
- Royalty
- the fee paid to the playwright or holder of the copyright in return for the right to perform the work in public
- Teaser
- A long, narrow horizontal drape which masks the overhead areas of a proscenium stage, specifically hanging to mask lighting instruments and to help frame the stage
- Fresnel
- A lighting instrument with a series of circular ridges around a single lens; gives much focused, soft edged lighting (named for its inventor)
- Revolve
- A type of stage that has the ability to spin around (used for set changes and motion)
- Leg
- A tall, narrow drape used to mask the wings on a proscenium stage
- Cyclorama
- A large, smooth drape at the rear of a proscenium stage used for special lighting effects, usually as a sky
- Patch
- To connect the lighting circuits to the dimming circuits, usually through a panel called the Patch board
- Running lights
- Found backstage to dimly illuminate passageways for actors and technicians, usually blue in color
- Equity Union
- An organization that represents professional actors and stage managers, setting rules, guidelines, and standards of the work ethics and pay scales within the business of theatre