roles in stage production

• Producer - he or she choose all the team members and assign them their functions, and oversees the casting of the actors and actresses for their different roles
• director - he or she has a vision of the desired total effect and impact of the performance
• playwright - the writer of the script is specifically called a playwright
• set designer - he or she builds the sets that will stimulate the world that the play's characters are supposed to live in
• lighting designer - lighting is critical in designing the mood of each scene in the play:

  • highlighting a dramatic moment
  • signaling the entrance f a character
  • focusing attention on a specific spot on the stage
  • or even providing the blanket of darkness for set and prop changes
• costume designer - he or she studies the general setting (time and place) that the play is meant to take place in as well as each character in the scripts
• sound designer - serves as a vital role in creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the performance
• production manager - coordinating all the complex behind-the-scenes details of staging a play is the production manager
• technical director - shadows the play's director throughout the entire production process
• choreographer - they not only plan all the dance steps to suit the music; but also rehearses the actor
• makeup designer - is brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup to compliment the costumes