technical theater

• technical is having special knowledge of how machines work or how a particular kind of work is done
• crossfader is the lever on a lighting control console that simultaneously dims all the channels from one cut to the next
• prompt book is the book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the pertinent information about the show
• jack knife platform is a platform that pivots on one corner
• hazer is a device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage
• call board is the backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules, and other information is posted
• green room is a common area where performers wait until it is time to go on stage
• house right is the right side of the auditorium, where the audience’s pov is
• shotgun mic is a microphone designed to pick up sound only directly in front of it
• set dressing are decorations that have no function on set, but are merely placed there to look good
• woofer is a speaker element that reproduced the low-end frequencies
• false proscenium is a portal that gives the set its own “picture frame”
• audience blinders is a bank of small PAR cans all mounted in the same fixture. used to create a bright wash of light on the audience.
• Back light is the light coming from upstage of an actor
• personal props are items that are carried onstage by the actor during the performance
• boom stand a microphone with a horizontal attachment that can reach over a keyboard or other musical instrument
• subwoofer is a speaker designed to play very low, almost inaudible frequencies
• front-of-house is anything in the house rather than onstage
• grand drape is the main and grand curtain, covering the set of the stage
• casters are wheels on a platform
• stock scenery are flats and platforms that are stores and used for many different productions
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• what is this: green room

  
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• what is this: hazer

  
• what is this: audience blinders

  
• what is this: house right

  
• what is this: grand drape

  
• what is this: shotgun mic

  
• what is this: back light

  
• what is this: subwoofer

  
• what is this: false proscenium

  
• what is this: jack knife platform

  
• what is this: call board

  
• what is this: prompt book

  
• what is this: masking

  
• what is this: personal props

  
• what is this: front-of-house

  
• what is this: stock scenery

  
• what is this: set dressing