Tech Theatre vocab

The rate of flow of an electric current through a conductor. The capacity of an electrical conductor.

Main curtain of a prescenium thatre.

part of the stage in front og the main curtain on a proscenium stage

lighting thrown on the performaers from above and slightly upstage

much as the same as offstage but used generally in reference to stage workers and machinery rather than actors

a device consisting of two or four hinged metal flaps which is placed in front of a spotlight to reduce the beam spread in one or more directions

horizontal pipe hung from a line set of a flying system

the instantaneous killing of all stage lights

set a two fold of scenery in an open book position

short curtain hung over the stage to mask light

refelected diffused light off the floor or walls

lighting booms located in front of house box seat position

sudden movement of lights to a higher intensity

a lighting control path

established paths of electricity

uses fixed line sets

to fade from one lighting set up to another without going through a dimout

a visual or audible signal from the stage manager to execute a predetermined movement of lights to scenery

short for cyclorama

no performance or inactive theatre

a unit of scenery hung directly from the giridon and not a part of the flying stystem

stage floor

a plastic meduim placed in the color holder! of a spotlight to break up the light in a variety of ways

change the intendity of light, either brighter or less bright

apparatus for altering the flow of electric current to cause a light to be more or less bright

the area nearest the footlights and curtain. (toward the audience)

stage jargon for ellipsoidal reflector spotlights

wash or soft light that fills in the light on the face from the direction opposite the key light

basic unit of scenery

kitelike action when a flat is allowed to fall or float to the floor

widespread focus on a spotlight

a lighting instrument that produces a broad spread of light

a scale drawing of the stafe from overheard

the direction in which a lighting instrument is aimed

Front of house

a high intensity, long throw spotlight requiring an operator in order to follow action on stage

a lense recognized by its CONCENTRIC rings

illumination on the stage from instruments placed in the auditorium

a METAL CUTOUT

decorative first border in olf prosceniun type theatre

stage hand

horizontal profile unit of scenery to mask the bottom of a drop or cyclorama

all items carried of moved by actors on stage

multiGROOVED pulley

very narrow beam from a spotlight focused on an actor's head

the audience portion of the thatre

mechanical means of closing APERTURE of a spotlight

franmed brace to HOLD scenery UPRIGHT

commercial SLANG for electricity

cable connecting two or more lighting instruments

accent of highlihgt on actor's face

correctly the name of what is often called a light bulb

side or vertical drape on an adjustable frame

to the actor's left as he faces the audience

a type of spotlight sold by the STRAND LIGHTING

a group of from three to five lines using the same head block to lift a pipe batten or unit of scenery

individual pulley on gridon of a line set

CONCEAL from the audience

out of sight of the audience. away from the center of the stage

an electrical measurement of RESISTANCE in a circuit

a STATEMENT of the relationship of current, electric potential, and RESISTANCE in a circuit.

in sight of audience

PLANO CONVEX lens of lighting instrument

PARABOLIC ALUMINIZING REFLECTOR lamp

a flexible system allowing the electrical connection of an ystage circuit with any dimmer

sets made up of three flats shaped as EQUILATERAL or ISOSCELES triangles mounted to a wheeled carriage that can be pivoted

BAR to which rigging ropes are tied

descriptive of something that can be used by the actor, like a window sash that can actually be raised or a light that can be switched ON AND OFF

a PRE arranged set up held in rediness for later use

refers to anything NOT REAL OR PRACTICAL

the wall that separated the house from the stage and the backstage areas

scenery or stage floor angled to the footlights

element of scenery that RETURNS the downstage EDGE of the setting to offstage

to the actor's right as s/he faces audience

a glass color fliter for lighting instruments

SLANG for ellipsoidal reflector floodlight

NARROWbeam focus spotlight

the term fot the escape of electricity from its prescribed path

a BEAM FRAMING device located at the aperture of an ERS

line of sight from an audeince seat to a point on a stage

MARK on floor to locae the working position of scenery or properties

NARROW BEAM focus

a lighting instrument with a lense that throws an intense light on a defined area

TAKE DOWN a setting

side or vertical drape on an adjustbale frame

SYSTEM OF OPENINGS through the stage floor

MARK DESIGNATING the HEIGHT of a lineset

a basic UNIT setting from which several SETTINGS can be created

on the stage but away from the audeince

the pressure behind the electrical flow

a platform on CASTERS

an electrical term for the rate of doing work

low angle front of house lighting sources which illuminate in general manner

area offstage RIGHT AND LEFT stemming from the era of WINGS and backdrop