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• Subjective information


  Information that has a viewpoint or bias, regardless of the information it provides
• Objective information


  Facts that can be verified or checked, presented in a completely unbiased way
• Subjective information is generally considered to be a single person's opinion or perception
• Objective information is meant to be completely unbiased and true
• The difference between subjective and objective information comes down to the difference between fact and opinion
• Romeo


  • Teenage son of the Montague family, who are busy feuding with the Capulets
• Juliet Capulet


  • On the cusp of 14 years old, falls in love with Romeo, the son of her family's enemy
• Friar Laurence


  • A Franciscan friar and a mentor to Romeo and Juliet, secretly marries them in hopes to broker peace between the two families
• The Nurse


  • A loyal companion to Juliet, helps to arrange Juliet and Romeo's secret marriage and often acts as an intermediary between them
• Mercutio


  • A relative of the Prince of Verona and a close friend to Romeo
• Tybalt


  • Juliet's cousin, hot-headed and proud, always a troublemaker
• Paris


  • A nobleman and suitor of Juliet, arranged to marry her by her parents
• Benvolio


  • Romeo's cousin and close friend, known for his peacekeeping efforts and loyalty to the Montague family
• Lord and Lady Capulet


  • Juliet's parents, strict and traditional in their expectations for her marriage
• Lord and Lady Montague

  • Romeo's parents, also embroiled in the feud with the Capulets, deeply concerned for their son's well-being
• Acts of Romeo and Juliet


  1. Act I: Introduction of the feuding families and Romeo meeting Juliet

  2. Act II: Romeo and Juliet declare their love and arrange to marry

  3. Act III: Tybalt's death, Romeo's banishment

  4. Act IV: Friar Laurence's plan to fake Juliet's death

  5. Act V: Tragic ending with the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
• Verbal communication


  Use of spoken or written words to convey messages, ideas, or information
• Non-verbal communication


  Conveying messages, feelings, and information without using words, typically through gestures, facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, eye contact, and other nonverbal cues
• Examples of non-verbal communication

  • Facial expressions
  • Body movements and posture
  • Gestures
  • Eye contact
  • Touch
  • Tone, pitch, and volume of voice
• TechnicalTheater


  Having special knowledge of how machines work or how a particular kind is work is done
• Cross fader

  • The lever on a lighting control console that simultaneously dims all the games from one to the next
• Prompt book


  The book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the pertinent information about the show
• Jale knife platform


  • A platform that posts on out corner
• Hazer


  A device that creates a thin mist of fun throughout the stage
• Call board

  The backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules and other information is posted
• Green room

  A comfortable area where performers wait until it is time to go onstage
• House right

  The right side of the auditorium from the audience's point of view
• Shotgun mic


  • A microphone designed to pick up sound only directly in front of it
• Set dressing

  Decorations that have no function on a set but are merely placed there to look good
• Woofer


  A speaker element that reproduces the low-end frequencies
• False proscenium


  • A portal that gives the set its own "picture frame"
• Audience blinders


  A bank of small PAR cans all mounted in time some fixture, used to create a bright wash of light or the audience
• Back light


  Light coming from upstage of an actor
• Personal props


  Items that are carried onstage by the actor during a performance
• Boom stand


  • A mic stand with a horizontal attachment that can reach over a keyboard or other musical instrument
• Subwoofer


  A speaker designed to play very low, almost inaudible frequencies
• Front-of-house


  Anything in the house rather than onstage
• Grand drape


  The main and grand curtain covering the set of the stage
• Masking


  The draperies or flats that hide backstage from the audience
• Lasters


  The wheels in a platform