TERMS USED IN CHAPTER 1
Actor’s Equity Association
apprentice stagehand
artisan
Artistic Director
audition form
bite-light
blocking
Business Agent (IATSE)
call board
call for line
call light
call the show: warn, standby, go
carpenter, head
commercial theatre
community theatre
Company Manager
company of actors
contact sheet
Crescent wrench
cue light
cue to cue rehearsal
deckhand
dress rehearsal
dry tech
electrician
final dress
followspot: boomerang, color frame, dowser, iris, sight
followspot spot size: full body, three-quarters, waist, head
followspot terms: ballyhoo, pan, slide
foot (a ladder)
ghost light
grip
half-hour
headset: belt pack, double or single muff, channel, call light
house heads; carpentry, electrics, fly, sound
house open
IATSE: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
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journeyman stagehand
Lighting Director (LD)
load-in
load-out
LORT: League of Regional Theatres
Managing Director
NETC: New England Theatre Conference
no color
not-for-profit theatre
Offstage Jobs website
on- or off-book
pink contract
places call
plan view
pre-show preset
preview performance
production
production book
production meeting
Production Stage Manager
prompt script
prop: cabinet, hand prop, hand-off
prop guy
property department
regional theatre
rehearsal: prop, skirt, run time, character shoes
scale rule
SETC: Southeastern Theatre Conference
show call
sign-in sheet
spike tape
spot op
stage directions
stage door
Stage Manager or SM
stagehand
stock scenery
storefront theatre
strike
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table work
tape: electrical, gaff, glow, spike
tape out the set
tech or technical rehearsal
tech table
Technical Director
truss spot
USA or United Scenic Artists
walk up (a ladder)
wet tech
white contract
work lights
yellow card
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